History Main / AwesomeMomentOfCrowning

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[[caption-width-right:200:[[NiceHat Niiiice]].]]

* In FireEmblem 7, [[spoiler: the ending involves the crowning of either Eliwood as Marquess Pherae (in Eli's route) or Hector as Marquess Ostia (in Hector's)]]. Also used in FireEmblem 6, which [[spoiler: includes in the epilogue mentions of Roy's friend and proteg?Princess Guinivere becoming Queen of Bern after her older brother Zephiel's death]].

* In L. Frank Baum's original book of ''TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' The Scarecrow takes the Wizard's place ruling over the Emerald city because the Wizard said so, the Tin Woodman gets asked by the Winkies to lead them and eventually accepts; and finally, the Lion becomes King of a forest full of animals when he defeats a GiantSpider.

* [[TheParody Spoofed]] at the climax of ''Johnny English''. The CrowningMomentOfFunny is a Funny Moment of Crowning, where Rowan Atkinson becomes the King of England.

* [[TheParody Spoofed]] at the climax of ''Johnny English''.

* In {{Anastasia}}, Anya receives her crowning moment from her grandmother despite no longer having a country to rule.

* Henry "Yugi" Tudor gets one in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist of the Roses, set to one of the best pieces of music in the game.

Not to be confused with CrowningMomentOfAwesome, the old name for AwesomeMoments, though it might also be one. Nor any tropes relating to giving birth, which is an entirely ''different'' [[ScreamingBirth meaning of the word 'crowning']].

* At the end of ZeroNoTsukaima [[spoiler:Louise]] is bestowed with a Royal title and becomes second in line for the thrown by [[spoiler:Queen Henrietta, becoming her "Sister."]]

Not to be confused with CrowningMomentOfAwesome, though it might also be one. Nor any tropes relating to giving birth, which is an entirely ''different'' [[ScreamingBirth meaning of the word 'crowning']].

** In another part of the Disc entirely, averted thus far, where even though ''everyone'', even people who haven't been to the city since before Carrot arrived, knows he's the rightful heir to the throne, he hasn't been made king yet. Even better, both [[spoiler: Vetinari]] and [[spoiler: Carrot]] know that [[spoiler: Carrot]] is the rightful heir to the thrown and could actually take over in a heartbeat, '''if''' he wanted to. The main issue seems to be that he has an objection to people following him simply because of that reason, and Vimes made the valid point that there numerous problems with the term 'rightful'. After all, they got rid of the kings and never invited them back, presumably all his antecedents for 300 years were rightful too, just not narratively appropriate.

* In ''VinlandSaga'', [[spoiler: the king has been trying to eliminate Prince Canute from contention for the throne, one way or another. After threatening to attack Wales unless the prince was killed, Askeladd beheaded the king, killed about a dozen soldiers, and then allowed Canute to stab him, thus "avenging" his father. The prince, bleeding from the face, dons the crown and takes control of an army whose leader had wanted him dead minutes before. Badass.]]

* [[TheVirginQueen Elizabeth]]. Ironically, she is crowned by the man who is about to committ treason against her.
* Happens in both ''ChroniclesOfNarnia'' films: at the end of the first the four Pevensie children are crowned Kings and Queens of Narnia, while in ''Prince Caspian'' Miraz is officially made King about two-thirds of the way through ([[spoiler: Caspian's crowning occurs offscreen]]). The former is also a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming purely for Lucy's expression when Aslan refers to her as "Queen Lucy the Valiant".

** And don't forget [[spoiler: Sinclair]], who was promoted from Commander to Ambassador to [[spoiler: [[strike:God]] whoops, that would be Ivonova's title ]] over the course of the show.

->'''Gandalf''': Now come the days of the king! May they be blessed.
->-''[[{{Film/TheLordOfTheRings}} The Return of the King]]''

* Colonel Jack O'Neill gets promoted to General and is put in charge of the whole Stargate Program in ''{{Stargate SG-1}}.

* How is it that ''Spaceballs'' hasn't been mentioned yet? We find out at the end of the movie that the medallion that Lone Starr has been wearing all this time and couldn't decipher [[spoiler: says that he's of royal blood]]. Hurry! We gotta crash [[spoiler: Princess Vespa's wedding, to announce my love and that I can marry her instead]]!

** No literal crowning, but by the end of ''{{StarCraft}} Brood War'' Kerrigan has established herself as undisputed overlord of the Zerg.

*** As well in the Fanmade VGA remake of the second King's Quest by Webteam AGI, it features a flash forward with Connor from Mask of Eternity, where Graham, heirless, bequeths his throne on him.. Or not. It's playable.

** Four of them make perfect sense (two were already princes and the sole surivors of their families, one was the highest-ranking survivor of a kindgom whose king died with no heirs, and one married one of the new kings), but the fifth was rather strange. He is the highest ranking soldier in his kingdom, and is well respected. He would be a shoe in for the kingship if there were an empty throne and no heir. The only problem: the king ''isn't dead.'' In fact, he is clearly visible during the ending, apparently having abdicated the throne for no explained reason.