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13	->''We'll meet again\
14	Don't know where\
15	Don't know when\
16	But I know we'll meet again some sunny day''
17	-->-- '''Music/VeraLynn''', "We'll Meet Again"
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19	It's a bitter scene. Alice is [[TrainStationGoodbye at a train station]] with her beloved Bob, who is about to leave for the war where he may very well be killed. Though sad to say goodbye, Bob insists that he ''will'' see Alice again one day, even if it's not in this life.
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21	This is one way this trope can play out. The basis is that a character is about to be parted from their loved one (usually significant other) with little hope of reunion, but nonetheless vows to be reunited with them one day, despite how unlikely it may seem.
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23	SubTrope to HeroicVow. Compare NeverSayGoodbye, IShallReturn, IWillFindYou, and IWillWaitForYou. Not to be confused with WeWillMeetAgain, in which a villain swears to fight the hero again as he's being carried off. May be used as a SequelHook.
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26	!!Examples:
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30	[[folder:Advertising]]
31	* A commercial for Capital One shows a pair of teenagers saying goodbye at a lake. They vow to meet up again and the boy promises to use his miles card. Cut to them reuniting... in their forties. The girl shoves him into the lake and criticizes him for not getting his miles card from Capital One.
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34	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
35	* The final episode of ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'' has Haruka, Minami, and Kirara promising to see Towa, Pafu, and Aroma again, despite the fact that the connection between their worlds is closing until another crisis emerges. When they are shown as adults, Haruka keeps her hopes up, but they ''still'' haven't reunited.
36	* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'':
37	** After saving Killua from his evil family, Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio go their separate ways, but vow to meet up one year later in Yorknew City.
38	** During the Hunter examination arc, Hisoka gives his badge to Gon asking for it to be returned when Gon is strong enough to punch him.
39	* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' ends with Nanoha and Fate promising to meet again once Fate's trial is concluded. Once they actually are reunited at the beginning of [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs the following season]], they're basically attached at the hip.
40	* In the beginning of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', Kaoru lends Kenshin her hair ribbon so that he will come back. [[spoiler:At the end of the arc, he gives it back, and she flips out, because he bled on it after getting stabbed in a duel while rescuing her.]]
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43	[[folder:Fan Works]]
44	* ''Fanfic/TheTornPrince'': After [[spoiler:Hans]] is sent away, [[spoiler:Anna]] receives a love letter he left behind. In the letter, he wishes her a long and happy life, and promises to see her again one day, be it in this life or the next.
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47	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
48	* ''Film/LoveAffair'' and its remake ''Film/AnAffairToRemember'' are about two people who meet on a vacation and fall in love, despite being engaged to other people. They agree to meet again in six months at the top of the Empire State Building if their feelings are still strong, but if only one person remembers to, they'll know that the romance was never meant to be.
49	* In the film ''Film/{{Pan}}'', Peter's mother leaves him a letter before [[DoorstopBaby leaving him on the steps of an orphanage]] in which she vows that she will see him again "in this world or another". However, she is revealed to have been killed before a possible reunion, and the [[StillbornFranchise failure of the film]] further extinguishes any possibility.
50	* ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': Shmi Skywalker promises her son Anakin that they will meet again before he leaves for Jedi training. They do meet again ten years later in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''. Unfortunately, it's during Shmi's dying moments.
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53	[[folder:Literature]]
54	* ''Literature/TheBreadwinner'': Before they part ways, Parvana and Shauzia make a promise that they will reunite ten years later at Eiffel Tower (or the beach of Goa in [[WesternAnimation/TheBreadwinner the film]]).
55	* In ''Literature/TheCaseFilesOfJewelerRichard'', Richard and Seigi exchange [[spoiler:sapphires]], which come with a promise to be returned one day, therefore securing them a place in each other's lives until they're returned.
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58	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
59	* In ''Series/The100'', "May we meet again" is an excerpt from the traditional funeral rites of the Ark. Characters occasionally use it as a farewell when they are unsure that they will reunite.
60	* In ''Series/OnceUponATime'', "I will always find you" is considered something of a family motto to Snow White and David, mostly because there is always someone trying to barge into their lives and undo their HappilyEverAfter.
61	* ''Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond'': Nathan West gets booted from the Tellus mission at the last minute, and tries to stowaway before being found and dragged off the shop. As they take him away, he promises his girlfriend that he'll find a way to join her again. When the Tellus colony is attacked at the start of the war with the Chigs, this is [[TheQuest his driving motivation]] throughout the series.
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64	[[folder:Music]]
65	* Music/ThomasDolby's song "Europa and the Pirate Twins" begins with Dolby and Europa as children playing pirates, until war separated them. "We swore a vow that day / We'll be the Pirate Twins again, Europa." Years later, Dolby is an unremarkable nebbish living OopNorth, while Europa tours the United Kingdom as a celebrity. Europa's bodyguards make sure Dolby gets nowhere near the gorgeous kitten.
66	* The Music/VeraLynn song "We'll Meet Again" is about the singer promising to meet her loved one again one day.
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69	[[folder:Video Games]]
70	* ''VisualNovel/C14Dating'': In Shoji's romantic route, he and Melissa exchange their copies of the ''Mockets'' game before parting, making it necessary for them to meet again to get them back.
71	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
72	** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', Balthier comforts Penelo with his handkerchief, promising to bring Vaan back.
73	** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'', right before [[spoiler:the last Yeul dies]], she tells Noel "You don't have to cry. We will meet again."
74	* In ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'', when [[spoiler:the New Champions are returning to their timeline]], Mipha tells her brother Sidon that they will meet again. Mipha is unaware of her ultimate fate, though Sidon and the audience do.
75	-->'''Mipha:''' I know... that we'll meet again, dear brother.\
76	'''Sidon:''' ''[clearly pained but puts up a brave face]'' Yes. You're my beloved sister... and our hearts will never be apart.
77	* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
78	** In the [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI first game]]'s ending, Sora promises to Kairi that he will come back to her before they are separated by the restored worlds.
79	** Sora does this again, this time to Naminé, in the ending of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories''. Before he goes to sleep, Naminé says goodbye, since he will not remember her when he wakes up, but Sora counters this by stating that when he wakes up, he will meet her, say thanks, and be friends with her properly.
80	** Before she is taken away by [=DiZ=] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Naminé vows that she and Roxas will meet again, even if they no longer recognize each other by that point. In the ending of the game, the two of them really do meet again, [[ExactWords as Kairi and Sora]], respectively.
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83	[[folder:Western Animation]]
84	* PlayedForDrama in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. In "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E10YesterdaysLie Yesterday's Lie]]", Camila learns that [[spoiler:Luz chose to stay in the demon realm (though not the full context that she only intended to stay the summer, until Belos forced her to destroy the portal). After a brief WhatTheHellHero, she asks if she had truly been such an awful mom that Luz felt the need to run away to the [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace Demon Realm]] and promises to be better if Luz promises to stay on Earth when she finishes the portal]]. Luz does so but is clearly conflicted because leaving behind everything she's gained on the Boiling Isles is not what she wants.
85	* ''Franchise/TalesOfArcadia'':
86	** At the end of the final season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'', [[spoiler: Jim, Claire, and Blinky depart to set up a new Trollmarket around a Heartstone in New Jersey, insisting that Toby must stay behind to protect Arcadia.]] As they're saying goodbye, [[spoiler:Jim]] promises him that they will be back someday, to which he tearfully responds, "You better!"
87	** In ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'', Krel is forced to activate the device causing the GroundhogDayLoop to avoid discovery by authorities, thus making it so he and Aja never met Jim and his friends and erasing their memories. However, Blinky confidently states that fate will reunite all of them. This is proven true by the fact that they already ''did'' meet in ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'' in the BackdoorPilot.
88	* In the seventh season of ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'', [[spoiler:Krolia, about to be parted from Keith again, apologizes for having to say goodbye to him. However, Keith insists that [[NeverSayGoodbye it isn't goodbye]]. He bequeaths his knife to her and tells her she can return it "when [they] see each other again". Sure enough, in the season finale Keith wakes up [[HospitalEpilogue in a hospital bed]] to see her and Kolivan there, having made their way to Earth]].
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