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** It was then also customary to assemble a kind of monument from captured weapons and armour on the battlefield or on a point of a nearby coast in the case of a naval battle. When the battle's outcome was in dispute, it could happen that both sides erected such a victory monument and then one side would try to destroy the other's victory monument, leading to another battle, as mentioned e. g. in Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War.
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* In Homer's epics, warriors always tried to bring home the armour and weapons of opponents they killed, while their late foes' comrades would try to retrieve them. Thus in ''TheIliad'' there is a big fight for the arms of Patroclus, which is ultimately won by Hector. ''TheOdyssey'' mentions the dispute between Ajax and Odysseus for the right to Achilles' arms, after the two had brought Achilles' body back to the Greek camp after Achilles' death.
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* The semi-legendary Roman consul Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus (4th century B.C.) got his cognomen "Torquatus" (which was then passed on to his descendants) from the torque worn around his neck by a big Gaulish warrior he defeated in single combat.
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* The opening of ''Kim'' by RudyardKipling, mentions an actual cannon in Lahore:
--> He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam-Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher - the Wonder-House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum. Who hold Zam-Zammah, that 'fire-breathing dragon', hold the Punjab, for the great green-bronze piece is always first of the conqueror's loot.
--> He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam-Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher - the Wonder-House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum. Who hold Zam-Zammah, that 'fire-breathing dragon', hold the Punjab, for the great green-bronze piece is always first of the conqueror's loot.
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* Standards and artillery pieces have long been a traditional battle trophy. A regiment used to be considered [[NeverLiveItDown shamed]] if it lost it's standard.
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* Standards and artillery pieces have long been a traditional battle trophy. A regiment used to be considered [[NeverLiveItDown shamed]] if it lost it's standard.its standard.
** Other objects could also become traditional battle trophies, for instance kettle-drums. One British cavalry regiment uses a silver chamber-pot (formerly the property of Napoleon's brother, king Joseph of Spain), which it had captured in the Peninsular War, at officers' banquets.
* After the battle of Belle-Alliance or Waterloo, Prussian Hussars captured Napoleon's coach, which among other things contained his decorations, including the Prussian Order of the Black Eagle, which he had been awarded in 1805. King Frederick William III took the occasion to award the same order to Gneisenau, Blücher's chief of staff, specifying that he should wear the one from Napoleon's coach.
** Other objects could also become traditional battle trophies, for instance kettle-drums. One British cavalry regiment uses a silver chamber-pot (formerly the property of Napoleon's brother, king Joseph of Spain), which it had captured in the Peninsular War, at officers' banquets.
* After the battle of Belle-Alliance or Waterloo, Prussian Hussars captured Napoleon's coach, which among other things contained his decorations, including the Prussian Order of the Black Eagle, which he had been awarded in 1805. King Frederick William III took the occasion to award the same order to Gneisenau, Blücher's chief of staff, specifying that he should wear the one from Napoleon's coach.
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* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', it is revealed that [[spoiler: either the brain or the heart of the Human Reaper]] was taken from the Collector Base after the events of ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' and incorporated into the systems of [[spoiler: Cerberus HQ]].
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* The British navy tended to leave captured ships with their old name as a reminder that they were captured. If they performed with distinction after capture, a new ship might be built with the same name.
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* The British navy [[BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]] tended to leave captured ships with their old name as a reminder that they were captured. If they performed with distinction after capture, [[WorthyOpponent a new ship might be built with the same name.]]
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** Similarly, the Idol Transformation power in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' allows you to turn an enemy or boss that's near death into an idol (the game's equivalent of trophies). Unlike ''Brawl'' however, you can get the enemy and boss trophies through the random toss mode; it's just somewhat easier to get the one you want using the power.
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* In ''DarkSouls'' you can take the head of the armoured Fang Boars when you kill them as a rare drop. Also, Darkmoon Blades characters who invade and kill another player will be rewarded with their ear.
* According to the VideoGame/TeamFortress2 supplementary material, the RED Soldier (and presumably the BLU one as well) keeps a collection of severed enemy heads.
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* In ''DarkSouls'' ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' you can take the head of the armoured Fang Boars when you kill them as a rare drop. Also, Darkmoon Blades characters who invade and kill another player will be rewarded with their ear.
* According to theVideoGame/TeamFortress2 ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' supplementary material, the RED Soldier (and presumably the BLU one as well) keeps a collection of severed enemy heads.
* According to the
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headhunting#World_War_II Headhunting]] was practiced by Allied soldiers in WWII, much to the horror of the White House. It happened again in Vietnam. Nowadays US military regulations and federal law prohibit soldiers from keeping human remains.
* Standards and artillery pieces have long been a traditional BattleTrophy. A regiment used to be considered [[NeverLiveItDown shamed]] if it lost it's standard.
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headhunting#World_War_II Headhunting]] was practiced by Allied soldiers in WWII, WWII (particularly American ones on the Pacific front), much to the horror of the White House. It happened again to a smaller extent in Vietnam. Nowadays US military regulations and federal law prohibit soldiers from keeping human remains.
** Taking weapons from dead enemies was also relatively common, both as trophies (Lugers taken from German officers) and for more practical reasons (British soldiers would take German [=MP40=]s over their own Stens, since the Sten [[UniversalAmmunition took the same ammo as the MP40]], but [[ReliablyUnreliableGuns were much less reliable]]).
* Standards and artillery pieces have long been a traditionalBattleTrophy.battle trophy. A regiment used to be considered [[NeverLiveItDown shamed]] if it lost it's standard.
** Taking weapons from dead enemies was also relatively common, both as trophies (Lugers taken from German officers) and for more practical reasons (British soldiers would take German [=MP40=]s over their own Stens, since the Sten [[UniversalAmmunition took the same ammo as the MP40]], but [[ReliablyUnreliableGuns were much less reliable]]).
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* Almost every incarnation of Batman collects items he gained from his enemies like weapons and costumes. In fact the giant penny was from a case where the Penny Plunder tried to steal it. It was later changed to Two-Face trying to steal it.
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* Almost every incarnation of Batman {{Batman}} collects items he gained from his enemies like weapons and costumes. In fact the giant penny was from a case where the Penny Plunder tried to steal it. It was later changed to Two-Face trying to steal it.
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*** ''Creature Collection''. Belsamaug keep knives and daggers it takes from their victims as trophies. Steppe trolls take the heads of mighty warriors they have defeated in battle, incorporating them into their armor or making the skulls into drinking goblets or saddle ornaments.
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*** ''Creature Collection''.''[[TabletopGame/ScarredLands Creature Collection]]''. Belsamaug keep knives and daggers it takes from their victims as trophies. Steppe trolls take the heads of mighty warriors they have defeated in battle, incorporating them into their armor or making the skulls into drinking goblets or saddle ornaments.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'', after almost every significant mission a certain object will appear in your room.
* In ''GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', there are a handful of missions that will cause a certain artifact to appear at your mansion after completing them.
* In ''GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', there are a handful of missions that will cause a certain artifact to appear at your mansion after completing them.
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* [[TheHunter Wespiary Squads]] in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' wear [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061025 over their helmets]] skulls of [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040512 Slaver Wasp warriors]].
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* [[TheHunter Wespiary Squads]] in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' got [[SuperSoldier Jägermonsters]]. Who got fascination with [[NiceHat hats]] as their [[PlanetOfHats hat]] (sorry). [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20031017 Losing the hat]] is a disgrace and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100521 acquiring one]] is a SeriousBusiness:
-->'''Maxim''': A Hat iz a ''badge of honor!'' A ''Trophy'' vot must be ''plucked from off de head'' of a ''[[WorthyOpponent vorthy enemy]]!''
-->'''Oggie''': Yah! Vun who happen to gots hyu same ''head size!''
** And after Maxim manages to win the hat of a man ''very'' famous among the Jägers, [[spoiler:about 400 of them queue to challenge him for this legendary headgear]] upon his reunion with "de pack".
** Members of the [[TheHunter Wespiary Squad]] wear [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061025 over their helmets]] skulls of [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040512 Slaver Waspwarriors]].
warriors]]. So far, it's unknown whether this gives anything other than a little extra protection and [[IconicItem a statement]].
-->'''Maxim''': A Hat iz a ''badge of honor!'' A ''Trophy'' vot must be ''plucked from off de head'' of a ''[[WorthyOpponent vorthy enemy]]!''
-->'''Oggie''': Yah! Vun who happen to gots hyu same ''head size!''
** And after Maxim manages to win the hat of a man ''very'' famous among the Jägers, [[spoiler:about 400 of them queue to challenge him for this legendary headgear]] upon his reunion with "de pack".
** Members of the [[TheHunter Wespiary Squad]] wear [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061025 over their helmets]] skulls of [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040512 Slaver Wasp
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* The Koh-i-Noor diamond, ended up in the collections of prince after prince after one conquered the other, finally(to date) ending up in the crown of Great Britain.
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* The Koh-i-Noor diamond, ended up in the collections of prince after prince after one conquered the other, finally(to date) ending up in the crown of Great Britain.Britain.
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* The ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' series runs on this trope, with the vast majority of the equipment being made from parts of the monsters you hunt and typically looking like it was made from the monster in question.
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* In the movie ''SkyHigh'', The Commander and Jetstream has an entire section of their base to show off stuff taken from defeated opponents.
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* In the movie ''SkyHigh'', The Commander and Jetstream has an entire section of their base to show off stuff taken from defeated opponents. [[spoiler: The villain, aware of their tradition, baits a rap by building a HumongousMecha with a 'This should obviously be a trophy' eye, secretly building into it a transmitter that will let her see into their hidden base]].
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* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Zoro's sword Yubashiri had been destroyed and he needed a new one, when he confronted a samurai called Ryuuma. Impressed by his sword, Shuusui, Zoro stated that he will claim it as his own. When the battle was over Ryuuma acknowledged his loss by giving the sword voluntarily to Zoro.
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* In the ''[[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles 2007 TMNT]]'' movie, Splinter keeps a trophy shelf that includes Shredder's Helmet from ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', the ooze canister from ''Secret Of The Ooze'' and the Time Scepter from ''Ninja Turtles 3'' among other {{Continuity Nod}}s. They then add Winter's Helmet, Nightwatcher's Helmet and Cowabunga Carl's mask to the shelf too.
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* In the 2007 ''[[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles 2007 TMNT]]'' movie, Splinter keeps a trophy shelf that includes Shredder's Helmet from ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', the first movie, the ooze canister from ''Secret Of The Ooze'' and the Time Scepter from ''Ninja Turtles 3'' among other {{Continuity Nod}}s. They then add Winter's Helmet, Nightwatcher's Helmet and Cowabunga Carl's mask to the shelf too.
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* According to the TeamFortress2 supplementary material, the RED Soldier (and presumably the BLU one as well) keeps a collection of severed enemy heads.
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* The Koh-i-Noor diamond, ended up in the collections of prince after prince after one conquered the other, finally(to date) ending up in the crown of Great Britain.
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* The Koh-i-Noor diamond, ended up in the collections of prince after prince after one conquered the other, finally(to date) ending up in the crown of Great Britain.
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* According to the TeamFortress2 supplementary material, the RED Soldier (and presumably the BLU one as well) keeps a collection of severed enemy heads.
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* In ''DarkSouls'' you can take the head of the armoured Fang Boars when you kill them as a rare drop. Also, Darkmoon Blades characters who invade and kill another player will be rewarded with their ear.
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* [[TheHunter Wespiary Squads]] in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' wear [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061025 over their helmets]] skulls of [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040512 Slaver Wasp warriors]].
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* The Koh-i-Noor diamond, ended up in the collections of prince after prince after one conquered the other, finally(to date) ending up in the crown of Great Britain.
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* Almost every incarnation of Batman collects items he gained from his enemies like weapons and costumes. In fact the giant penny was from a case where the Penny Plunder tried to steal it. It was later changed to Two-Face trying to steal it.
* Almost every incarnation of Batman collects items he gained from his enemies like weapons and costumes. In fact the giant penny was from a case where the Penny Plunder tried to steal it. It was later changed to Two-Face trying to steal it.
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* Standards and artillery pieces have long been a traditional BattleTrophy. A regiment used to be considered [[NeverLiveItDown shamed]] if it lost it's standard.
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* Standards and artillery pieces have long been a traditional BattleTrophy. A regiment used to be considered [[NeverLiveItDown shamed]] if it lost it's standard.standard.
* The Koh-i-Noor diamond, ended up in the collections of prince after prince after one conquered the other, finally(to date) ending up in the crown of Great Britain.
* The Koh-i-Noor diamond, ended up in the collections of prince after prince after one conquered the other, finally(to date) ending up in the crown of Great Britain.
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headhunting#World_War_II Headhunting]] was practiced by Allied soldiers in WWII, much to the horror of the White House. It happened again in Vietnam. Nowadays US military regulations and federal law prohibit soldiers from keeping human remains.
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headhunting#World_War_II Headhunting]] was practiced by Allied soldiers in WWII, much to the horror of the White House. It happened again in Vietnam. Nowadays US military regulations and federal law prohibit soldiers from keeping human remains.remains.
* Standards and artillery pieces have long been a traditional BattleTrophy. A regiment used to be considered [[NeverLiveItDown shamed]] if it lost it's standard.
* Standards and artillery pieces have long been a traditional BattleTrophy. A regiment used to be considered [[NeverLiveItDown shamed]] if it lost it's standard.
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* Pretty much everybody in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}}''
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* Pretty much everybody in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}}''
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* ''DungeonsAndDragons''
** 3rd Edition
*** The Chull takes trophies from its victims, such as weapons, armor and other belongings. If the victim has nothing, the Chull removes and keeps its skull.
*** Devils are known to attack other creatures in order to take trophies from them.
*** ''Creature Collection''. Belsamaug keep knives and daggers it takes from their victims as trophies. Steppe trolls take the heads of mighty warriors they have defeated in battle, incorporating them into their armor or making the skulls into drinking goblets or saddle ornaments.
* ''DungeonsAndDragons''
** 3rd Edition
*** The Chull takes trophies from its victims, such as weapons, armor and other belongings. If the victim has nothing, the Chull removes and keeps its skull.
*** Devils are known to attack other creatures in order to take trophies from them.
*** ''Creature Collection''. Belsamaug keep knives and daggers it takes from their victims as trophies. Steppe trolls take the heads of mighty warriors they have defeated in battle, incorporating them into their armor or making the skulls into drinking goblets or saddle ornaments.
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* Ancient Greeks often dedicated captured shields and armor to temples. Spartan boys were regularly shown the piles of captured gear at the temple of Artimis.
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* Ancient Greeks often dedicated captured shields and armor to temples. Spartan boys were regularly shown the piles of captured gear at the temple of Artimis.Artemis.
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* In ''GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'''s second season, [[spoiler: [[AntiVillain Kuze]]]] keeps Batou's knife after beating him in a fight. He reclaims it [[spoiler:in the final episode, when Kuze surrenders.]]
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* In ''GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'''s ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'''s second season, [[spoiler: [[AntiVillain Kuze]]]] keeps Batou's knife after beating him in a fight. He reclaims it [[spoiler:in the final episode, when Kuze surrenders.]]
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* ''SupermanII''. Ursa rips off a piece of the clothing of people she defeats. She ripped the patch off the suit of an astronaut on the Moon, killing him through explosive decompression, and the badge of a deputy sheriff on Earth. By the end of the film she had a collection of them on her uniform.
* In the movie SkyHigh, The Commander and Jetstream has an entire section of their base to show off stuff taken from defeated opponents.
* In ''{{StarWars}}'', General Grievous' lightsabers come from slain Jedi.
* In the movie SkyHigh, The Commander and Jetstream has an entire section of their base to show off stuff taken from defeated opponents.
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* ''SupermanII''.''Film/SupermanII''. Ursa rips off a piece of the clothing of people she defeats. She ripped the patch off the suit of an astronaut on the Moon, killing him through explosive decompression, and the badge of a deputy sheriff on Earth. By the end of the film she had a collection of them on her uniform.
* In the movieSkyHigh, ''SkyHigh'', The Commander and Jetstream has an entire section of their base to show off stuff taken from defeated opponents.
* In''{{StarWars}}'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', General Grievous' lightsabers come from slain Jedi.
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* Although she didn't kill him herself, Delores Umbridge's appropriation of [[spoiler: Mad-Eye Moody's eye]] in ''HarryPotter'' has this kind of intent.
* The Black Ears from ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' books are a tribe of hillmen that rip off the ears of captured prisioners and keep them as trophies.
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* Although she didn't kill him herself, Delores Umbridge's appropriation of [[spoiler: Mad-Eye Moody's eye]] in ''HarryPotter'' ''HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' has this kind of intent.
* The Black Ears from''ASongOfIceAndFire'' ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' books are a tribe of hillmen that rip off the ears of captured prisioners and keep them as trophies.
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* In BuffyTheVampireSlayer, Spike's [[BadassLongCoat duster]] is revealed to be this in the episode "Fool For Love." He took it from the second slayer he defeated.
* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] keeps a [[SealedEvilInACan snow globe]] containing the [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E2TheShakespeareCode Carrionites]] in a suitcase next to his Agatha Christie books.
* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] keeps a [[SealedEvilInACan snow globe]] containing the [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E2TheShakespeareCode Carrionites]] in a suitcase next to his Agatha Christie books.
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* In BuffyTheVampireSlayer, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Spike's [[BadassLongCoat duster]] is revealed to be this in the episode "Fool For Love." He took it from the second slayer he defeated.
*[[DoctorWho The Doctor]] Doctor of ''Series/DoctorWho'' keeps a [[SealedEvilInACan snow globe]] containing the [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E2TheShakespeareCode Carrionites]] in a suitcase next to his Agatha Christie books.
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* ''InNomine'' supplement ''Superiors 1: War and Honor''. Angels who follow the Archangel Michael have been known to take the weapons, insignia or even body parts of defeated demons as trophies. A few of them have necklaces of demon ears.
* Pretty much everybody in ''{{Warhammer40000}}''
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* ''InNomine'' ''TabletopGame/InNomine'' supplement ''Superiors 1: War and Honor''. Angels who follow the Archangel Michael have been known to take the weapons, insignia or even body parts of defeated demons as trophies. A few of them have necklaces of demon ears.
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* In ''VideoGame/DeBlob 2'', after capturing the Color Revolution, Comrade Black steals the Prof's SuperWheelChair and uses it for the rest of the game, including in the FinalBoss fight.
* Immigrant dwarves in ''DwarfFortress'' might arrive with jewelry made from the bones of creatures they've killed.
* In ''DragonAge: Origins - Awakening'', you get to keep and display in your throne room: the dragon egg from the Silverite Mines, the inferno golem shell from Kal'Hirol, and the dragon scull of the Queen of the Blackmarsh.
* After the [[spoiler: first]] fight with Skorne in [[VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}} Gauntlet: Legends]], you acquire his helm and gauntlets. Noteworthy in that they are among the most powerful secondary weapons in the game.
* Immigrant dwarves in ''DwarfFortress'' might arrive with jewelry made from the bones of creatures they've killed.
* In ''DragonAge: Origins - Awakening'', you get to keep and display in your throne room: the dragon egg from the Silverite Mines, the inferno golem shell from Kal'Hirol, and the dragon scull of the Queen of the Blackmarsh.
* After the [[spoiler: first]] fight with Skorne in [[VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}} Gauntlet: Legends]], you acquire his helm and gauntlets. Noteworthy in that they are among the most powerful secondary weapons in the game.
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* In ''VideoGame/DeBlob 2'', ''[[VideoGame/DeBlob de Blob2]]'', after capturing the Color Revolution, Comrade Black steals the Prof's SuperWheelChair and uses it for the rest of the game, including in the FinalBoss fight.
* Immigrant dwarves in''DwarfFortress'' ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' might arrive with jewelry made from the bones of creatures they've killed.
* In''DragonAge: ''[[VideoGame/DragonAge Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening'', Awakening]]'', you get to keep and display in your throne room: the dragon egg from the Silverite Mines, the inferno golem shell from Kal'Hirol, and the dragon scull of the Queen of the Blackmarsh.
* After the [[spoiler: first]] fight with Skorne in[[VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}} ''[[VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}} Gauntlet: Legends]], Legends]]'', you acquire his helm and gauntlets. Noteworthy in that they are among the most powerful secondary weapons in the game.
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* ''BattlefieldBadCompany'' rewards a player successful in assassinating an enemy in online multiplayer with the knife with their dog tags. This has been included in every ''Battlefield'' game released since then.
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* [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] keeps [[EvilCounterpart Mechakara's]] dismembered right hand on his shelf. Bad idea, [[spoiler:as Lord Vyce later uses it to take control of Pollo's new body.]]
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* [[AtopTheFourthWall [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] keeps [[EvilCounterpart Mechakara's]] dismembered right hand on his shelf. Bad idea, [[spoiler:as Lord Vyce later uses it to take control of Pollo's new body.]]
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* BattlefieldBadCompany rewards a player successful in assassinating an enemy in online multiplayer with the knife with their dog tags. This has been included in every ''Battlefield'' game released since then.
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* ''Film/SupermanII''. Ursa rips off a piece of the clothing of people she defeats. She ripped the patch off the suit of an astronaut on the Moon, killing him through explosive decompression, and the badge of a deputy sheriff on Earth. By the end of the film she had a collection of them on her uniform.
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* In ''GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'''s second season, [[spoiler: [[AntiVillain Kuze]]]] keeps Bateau's knife after beating him in a fight. He reclaims it [[spoiler: in the final episode, when Kuze surrenders.]]
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* According to ''Literature/TheBible'', the Philistines captured the Ark of the Covenant and paraded around with it for a while. [[ArtifactOfDeath This turned out to be a bad idea]], and they eventually gave it back.
* According to ''Literature/TheBible'', the Philistines captured the Ark of the Covenant and paraded around with it for a while. [[ArtifactOfDeath This turned out to be a bad idea]], and they eventually gave it back.
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One way to celebrate a victory, as well as to remember a foe that is particularly hated or respected, is to take a piece of them as a keepsake.
The object in question should be something personal and connected with the enemy, such as an IconicItem or, more morbidly, part of their own body. The victor might wear this piece, either to impress his allies or to taunt or demoralise his remaining enemies.
On a larger scale, one country can do this to another, taking a captured land's artworks and sigils for its own.
These might be kept in a TrophyRoom or, especially for heads, mounted on a wall. In VideoGames, this is often combined with AndYourRewardIsInteriorDecorating.
Related to CreepySouvenir. SuperheroTrophyShelf is a subtrope.
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[[AC: {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* In ''GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'''s second season, [[spoiler: [[AntiVillain Kuze]]]] keeps Bateau's knife after beating him in a fight. He reclaims it [[spoiler: in the final episode, when Kuze surrenders.]]
[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* ''UndercoverBrother''. When the title character was a child his father gave him a medallion so he would never forget who he was or what he stood for. When Mr. Feather captures Undercover Brother he rips the medallion off his neck and says "So I can always have something to remember you by."
* ''{{Film/Superman}} II''. Ursa rips off a piece of the clothing of people she defeats. She ripped the patch off the suit of an astronaut on the Moon, killing him through explosive decompression, and the badge of a deputy sheriff on Earth. By the end of the film she had a collection of them on her uniform.
* In the movie SkyHigh, The Commander and Jetstream has an entire section of their base to show off stuff taken from defeated opponents.
* In ''{{StarWars}}'', General Grievous' lightsabers come from slain Jedi.
* In the ''[[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles 2007 TMNT]]'' movie, Splinter keeps a trophy shelf that includes Shredder's Helmet from ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', the ooze canister from ''Secret Of The Ooze'' and the Time Scepter from ''Ninja Turtles 3'' among other {{Continuity Nod}}s. They then add Winter's Helmet, Nightwatcher's Helmet and Cowabunga Carl's mask to the shelf too.
[[AC: Literature]]
* Although she didn't kill him herself, Delores Umbridge's appropriation of [[spoiler: Mad-Eye Moody's eye]] in ''HarryPotter'' has this kind of intent.
* The Black Ears from ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' books are a tribe of hillmen that rip off the ears of captured prisioners and keep them as trophies.
* In ''The Things They Carried,'' some soldiers cut off thumbs and things from dead VC. This is to a certain extent TruthInTelevision.
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* In BuffyTheVampireSlayer, Spike's [[BadassLongCoat duster]] is revealed to be this in the episode "Fool For Love." He took it from the second slayer he defeated.
* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] keeps a [[SealedEvilInACan snow globe]] containing the [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E2TheShakespeareCode Carrionites]] in a suitcase next to his Agatha Christie books.
*Dexter from ''{{Dexter}}'' takes a blood sample from every killer he's killed.
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* ''InNomine'' supplement ''Superiors 1: War and Honor''. Angels who follow the Archangel Michael have been known to take the weapons, insignia or even body parts of defeated demons as trophies. A few of them have necklaces of demon ears.
* Pretty much everybody in ''{{Warhammer40000}}''
[[AC: Video Games]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'' you get a trophy for each boss you kill. You can hang them on the walls in your house.
* In ''VideoGame/DeBlob 2'', after capturing the Color Revolution, Comrade Black steals the Prof's SuperWheelChair and uses it for the rest of the game, including in the FinalBoss fight.
* Immigrant dwarves in ''DwarfFortress'' might arrive with jewelry made from the bones of creatures they've killed.
* In ''DragonAge: Origins - Awakening'', you get to keep and display in your throne room: the dragon egg from the Silverite Mines, the inferno golem shell from Kal'Hirol, and the dragon scull of the Queen of the Blackmarsh.
* After the [[spoiler: first]] fight with Skorne in [[VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}} Gauntlet: Legends]], you acquire his helm and gauntlets. Noteworthy in that they are among the most powerful secondary weapons in the game.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros. Brawl''[='s=] The Subspace Emissary has the Trophy Stand, an item that, when thrown, turns weakened enemies and bosses into trophies that you can then pick up and add to your collection.
* ''{{Diablo}} 2'' has you fighting in PvP for ears.
* Rugal Bernstein from ''VideoGame/{{The King of Fighters}}'' takes this a bit ''too'' literally, as it's revealed in his debut game that he preserves the bodies of the countless martial artists he's defeated over the years by subjecting them to a grisly liquid metal bath, making them ''living trophies''.
* BattlefieldBadCompany rewards a player successful in assassinating an enemy in online multiplayer with the knife with their dog tags. This has been included in every ''Battlefield'' game released since then.
[[AC: Webcomics]]
* In ''[[{{Walkyverse}} It's Walky!]]'', after killing Dargon and [[KlingonPromotion taking over his paramilitary organisation]], Penny takes to wearing his [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatch]] as a personal affect.
* Jack Noir, the BigBad of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' (well, one of them), is expressly fond of doing this. To the point that near the end of his most active arc, he has far more trophies than he can actually wear and has to decide between them.
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Roy takes Xykon's crown and wears it on a string around his neck after "setting him back a bit". This turns out to be a problem when the residual evil on it causes [[KnightTemplar Miko]] to try and smite him. Xykon takes it back in their next encounter.
** Later, Gannji concocts a plan that requires his partner Enor to kill him, cut of his tail, and keep it so that Gannji can be resurrected later. He tells Enor, 'Tell the guards it's a trophy of your victory. They won't question it 'cause you're part-ogre. They do stuff like that all the time.'
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* [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] keeps [[EvilCounterpart Mechakara's]] dismembered right hand on his shelf. Bad idea, [[spoiler:as Lord Vyce later uses it to take control of Pollo's new body.]]
[[AC: RealLife]]
*The British navy tended to leave captured ships with their old name as a reminder that they were captured. If they performed with distinction after capture, a new ship might be built with the same name.
*Ancient Greeks often dedicated captured shields and armor to temples. Spartan boys were regularly shown the piles of captured gear at the temple of Artimis.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headhunting#World_War_II Headhunting]] was practiced by Allied soldiers in WWII, much to the horror of the White House. It happened again in Vietnam. Nowadays US military regulations and federal law prohibit soldiers from keeping human remains.
The object in question should be something personal and connected with the enemy, such as an IconicItem or, more morbidly, part of their own body. The victor might wear this piece, either to impress his allies or to taunt or demoralise his remaining enemies.
On a larger scale, one country can do this to another, taking a captured land's artworks and sigils for its own.
These might be kept in a TrophyRoom or, especially for heads, mounted on a wall. In VideoGames, this is often combined with AndYourRewardIsInteriorDecorating.
Related to CreepySouvenir. SuperheroTrophyShelf is a subtrope.
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!!Examples:
[[AC: {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* In ''GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'''s second season, [[spoiler: [[AntiVillain Kuze]]]] keeps Bateau's knife after beating him in a fight. He reclaims it [[spoiler: in the final episode, when Kuze surrenders.]]
[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* ''UndercoverBrother''. When the title character was a child his father gave him a medallion so he would never forget who he was or what he stood for. When Mr. Feather captures Undercover Brother he rips the medallion off his neck and says "So I can always have something to remember you by."
* ''{{Film/Superman}} II''. Ursa rips off a piece of the clothing of people she defeats. She ripped the patch off the suit of an astronaut on the Moon, killing him through explosive decompression, and the badge of a deputy sheriff on Earth. By the end of the film she had a collection of them on her uniform.
* In the movie SkyHigh, The Commander and Jetstream has an entire section of their base to show off stuff taken from defeated opponents.
* In ''{{StarWars}}'', General Grievous' lightsabers come from slain Jedi.
* In the ''[[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles 2007 TMNT]]'' movie, Splinter keeps a trophy shelf that includes Shredder's Helmet from ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', the ooze canister from ''Secret Of The Ooze'' and the Time Scepter from ''Ninja Turtles 3'' among other {{Continuity Nod}}s. They then add Winter's Helmet, Nightwatcher's Helmet and Cowabunga Carl's mask to the shelf too.
[[AC: Literature]]
* Although she didn't kill him herself, Delores Umbridge's appropriation of [[spoiler: Mad-Eye Moody's eye]] in ''HarryPotter'' has this kind of intent.
* The Black Ears from ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' books are a tribe of hillmen that rip off the ears of captured prisioners and keep them as trophies.
* In ''The Things They Carried,'' some soldiers cut off thumbs and things from dead VC. This is to a certain extent TruthInTelevision.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* In BuffyTheVampireSlayer, Spike's [[BadassLongCoat duster]] is revealed to be this in the episode "Fool For Love." He took it from the second slayer he defeated.
* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] keeps a [[SealedEvilInACan snow globe]] containing the [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E2TheShakespeareCode Carrionites]] in a suitcase next to his Agatha Christie books.
*Dexter from ''{{Dexter}}'' takes a blood sample from every killer he's killed.
[[AC:TabletopRPG]]
* ''InNomine'' supplement ''Superiors 1: War and Honor''. Angels who follow the Archangel Michael have been known to take the weapons, insignia or even body parts of defeated demons as trophies. A few of them have necklaces of demon ears.
* Pretty much everybody in ''{{Warhammer40000}}''
[[AC: Video Games]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'' you get a trophy for each boss you kill. You can hang them on the walls in your house.
* In ''VideoGame/DeBlob 2'', after capturing the Color Revolution, Comrade Black steals the Prof's SuperWheelChair and uses it for the rest of the game, including in the FinalBoss fight.
* Immigrant dwarves in ''DwarfFortress'' might arrive with jewelry made from the bones of creatures they've killed.
* In ''DragonAge: Origins - Awakening'', you get to keep and display in your throne room: the dragon egg from the Silverite Mines, the inferno golem shell from Kal'Hirol, and the dragon scull of the Queen of the Blackmarsh.
* After the [[spoiler: first]] fight with Skorne in [[VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}} Gauntlet: Legends]], you acquire his helm and gauntlets. Noteworthy in that they are among the most powerful secondary weapons in the game.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros. Brawl''[='s=] The Subspace Emissary has the Trophy Stand, an item that, when thrown, turns weakened enemies and bosses into trophies that you can then pick up and add to your collection.
* ''{{Diablo}} 2'' has you fighting in PvP for ears.
* Rugal Bernstein from ''VideoGame/{{The King of Fighters}}'' takes this a bit ''too'' literally, as it's revealed in his debut game that he preserves the bodies of the countless martial artists he's defeated over the years by subjecting them to a grisly liquid metal bath, making them ''living trophies''.
* BattlefieldBadCompany rewards a player successful in assassinating an enemy in online multiplayer with the knife with their dog tags. This has been included in every ''Battlefield'' game released since then.
[[AC: Webcomics]]
* In ''[[{{Walkyverse}} It's Walky!]]'', after killing Dargon and [[KlingonPromotion taking over his paramilitary organisation]], Penny takes to wearing his [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatch]] as a personal affect.
* Jack Noir, the BigBad of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' (well, one of them), is expressly fond of doing this. To the point that near the end of his most active arc, he has far more trophies than he can actually wear and has to decide between them.
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Roy takes Xykon's crown and wears it on a string around his neck after "setting him back a bit". This turns out to be a problem when the residual evil on it causes [[KnightTemplar Miko]] to try and smite him. Xykon takes it back in their next encounter.
** Later, Gannji concocts a plan that requires his partner Enor to kill him, cut of his tail, and keep it so that Gannji can be resurrected later. He tells Enor, 'Tell the guards it's a trophy of your victory. They won't question it 'cause you're part-ogre. They do stuff like that all the time.'
[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] keeps [[EvilCounterpart Mechakara's]] dismembered right hand on his shelf. Bad idea, [[spoiler:as Lord Vyce later uses it to take control of Pollo's new body.]]
[[AC: RealLife]]
*The British navy tended to leave captured ships with their old name as a reminder that they were captured. If they performed with distinction after capture, a new ship might be built with the same name.
*Ancient Greeks often dedicated captured shields and armor to temples. Spartan boys were regularly shown the piles of captured gear at the temple of Artimis.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headhunting#World_War_II Headhunting]] was practiced by Allied soldiers in WWII, much to the horror of the White House. It happened again in Vietnam. Nowadays US military regulations and federal law prohibit soldiers from keeping human remains.
