History Main / AceOfSpades

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Traditionally the highest valued card in many card games, the Ace of Spades (♠) has become symbolic of death or danger. Should a character find themselves drawing or otherwise recieving this card, they best start looking over their shoulders.

* One member of First Recon in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' goes by "10 of Spades". He asked for the CallSign "Ace of Spades", but his commanding officer thought he was [[NewMeat too green]] for something that cool.
-->''I get a few more [[SpeechImpediment k-k-kills]] under by belt, he'll move me up to Jack. Jack of Spades. Sounds better right, right?\\

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--> The card was the Ace of Spades, the Death Card. Cardsharp held before him, like a priest presenting a crucifix to a vampire. FEAR, mortal terror, primordial panic radiated out from the card, filling Kirk's mind with dread.

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-->Pushing up the ante, I know you gotta see me,
-->Read 'em and weep, the dead man's hand again,
-->I see it in your eyes, take one look and die,
-->The only thing you see, you know it's gonna be,
-->The Ace of Spades

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* ''Film/TroubleForTwo'': Whoever draws the Ace of Spades in the suicide club card draw is the person who dies. Whoever draws the ace of clubs has to go along as the executioner.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', Honest John tricks Pinocchio into going to the dangerous Pleasure Island by giving him his "ticket", an Ace of Spades card.
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* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'': TheDreaded ProfessionalKiller Claire Stanfield is sometimes associated with the Ace of Spades in its capacity as the "death card".

* There is an exotic HandCannon known as Ace of Spades in ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'', which serves as the WeaponOfChoice for the Exo Hunter Vanguard Cayde-6. [[spoiler: In the Forsaken campaign of ''VideoGame/Destiny2'', Cayde ends up getting KilledOffForReal by Uldren Sov [[HoistByHisOwnPetard using said hand cannon]].]]

* There is an exotic HandCannon known as Ace of Spades in ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'', which serves as the WeaponOfChoice for the Exo Hunter Vanguard Cayde-6. [[spoiler: In the Forsaken campaign of ''VideoGame/Destiny2'', he ends up getting KilledOffForReal by Uldren Sov using said hand cannon.]]

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* There is an exotic class hand cannon known as Ace of Spades in ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'' Cayde-6 also has one as his signature weapon.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': The character Portgas D. Ace used to be captain of his own pirate group, the Spade Pirates, before it was assimilated into Whitebeard Pirates. And he later becomes the first major character to die in the present.

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* The Spades are derived ultimately from the Swords of the Tarot, and the associations carry over of tarot cards to the more "mundane" playing deck. The Ace of Swords is to do with cutting loose from old ways and habits, dramatic change, etc; badly aspected it can mean violent death or serious illness or an act of violence. (Interestingly, the Nine of Swords/Spades has a worse Tarot meaning: this is the one that ''can'' mean Death, or at the least, something unlucky or unfortunate...)