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* The ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' incarnation of the Mandarin is motivated primarily by this: as a child, his mother told him reclaiming all of the Makluan Rings was his destiny, and he's going to do just that no matter who he has to go through to do so.

->'''Adora:''' Don't I get a say in what happens to me? Don't I get a choice?!\\
'''Light Hope:''' ...No. This is your destiny. You do not choose, you were chosen.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'

** Speaking of your cutie mark not defining you, half of the Mane Six have jobs not inherently related to their special skill. Rarity (finding jewels) is a seamstress and fashion designer, Pinkie Pie (causing laughter and joy) is a baker, and Twilight Sparkle (magic) is a librarian.

* Another Creator/CartoonNetwork {{Superhero}} team series ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' used a similar prophecy twist to the ''Pokemon'' example, in an episode where Green Lantern, Green Arrow, and Supergirl are abducted to the 31st century by the ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}. The Legion is concerned, because all their records indicate that Supergirl won't return from the future, which we are led to believe means she's going to die. Indeed, she does have a DisneyDeath, but returns in the very next scene...but then decides to stay in the future, as she had fallen for Legionnaire Brainiac 5.

* Robert Jordan's ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' novels take this trope and turns it [[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]]. Not only must the Prophecies of the Dragon (which apparently run on long enough to fill a largish book) be fulfilled, but various characters are either having prophetic dreams, seeing prophetic visions, or travelling through magical gates to get prophetic answers, all of which inevitably come true. It's very nearly reached the point where major characters can fulfill a half dozen ancient prophecies without even meaning to just by having breakfast.

* Inspector Ninzaburou Shiratori from ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' is revealed to be a believer of destiny, specially when it comes to relationships. [[spoiler:A good part of his feelings towards Sato are revealed to be born from the fact that he believes her to be a "girl of destiny", [[ManicPixieDreamGirl whose appearance changed his life as a whole]]. He makes references to destiny to other two women who he believes to be said girl as well.. and [[RuleOfThree the third woman]] [[FirstGirlAfterAll actually]] ''[[OfficialCouple is]]'' [[OfficialCouple his one]].]]

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' as the now first chronological story gives a source for the "destiny". [[spoiler:When BigBad Demise is defeated he curses Link and Zelda to forever be reincarnated and face the eternal reincarnation of his own power, Ganondorf.]]

* In Creator/DanAbnett's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} novels:

* In Creator/GrahamMcNeill's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/{{Ultramarines}} novel ''Dead Sky Black Sun'', when Uriel meets Colonel Leonid, who can tell him what is in the [[EvilTowerOfOminousness Chaos fortress]], Uriel tells him that [[ThereAreNoCoincidences it was not chance]] that brought him to meet Leonid.

* In Creator/JamesSwallow's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/HorusHeresy novel ''The Flight of the Eisenstein'', the [[OldRetainer housecarl]] Kaleb thinks his master [[TheChosenOne chosen by the God-Emperor]] and so Kaleb's carrying out his wishes is part of the Emperor's work. [[spoiler:He [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices]] his life to preserve his master for that work.]]
* In Creator/JamesSwallow's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/BloodAngels novels ''Deus Encarmine'' and ''Deus Sanguinius'', both Arkio and Rafen foresee they are destined to a CainAndAbel fight, and one would die. When Inquisitor Stele plays on Rafen's mind to induce DrivenToSuicide, Rafen's random flight brings him to a make-shift mediation chamber that he had made earlier. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane It might have been the Emperor guiding him, it might have been chance, it might have been muscle memory]]; on the other hand, he breaks free of Stele's influence and receives a vision.

* In Creator/JamesSwallow's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} novel ''Faith & Fire'', when Verity is the sole survivor of a transport, she is told that the Emperor has plans for her.

* Minwu of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' is a firm believer of this, [[spoiler:which is why he tells the party not to grieve his HeroiceSacrifice to unseal Ultima. When the same seal in the afterlife doesn't kill him, he attributes this to destiny as well.]]

* Fuma Monou in ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' kills his beloved sister Kotori, turns against his best friend Kamui and tries to eradicate humankind, simply because he and Kamui are destined to be enemies and take spots as either destroyers or protectors of mankind. And had Kamui chosen one side, Fuuma would've been his enemy no matter what. [[spoiler:However, Kotori's FamousLastWords imply that not ''everything'' is set on stone, and [[ScrewDestiny the future is still not fully decided]].]]

-->'''Terry Fallon''': "Events chose me, fate chose the place. But I was ambitious, and I was prepared and I survived."

* ''Fanfic/WrittenInTheStars'' has the Prime Kirk try and get her younger counterpart to hook up with Spock, only because she was with him in the original timeline, therefore in her eyes making it destiny. The younger Kirk isn't impressed [[spoiler:at first, but decides to go with it when she finds herself falling in love with her Spock]].
* In ''FanFic/KyoshiRising'', the title character is hesitant at first to accept her duties as the next Avatar, citing that she is an isolationist [[FarmBoy farm girl]] with no experience in politics or related topics. She relents and accepts her title when she realizes that a fully trained Avatar would be able to prevent events like what made her realize that she was the Avatar (attacked by bandits and having her mother badly injured).

* A lot of what happens in the [[Fanfic/{{Cinderjuice}} Contractually Obligated Chaos series]] is because of this, according to the Fairy Godfather; at the very least, this is the reason he cites for why the leads must marry.

* The ''[[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Battlestar Galactica]]''/''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' crossover "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9003736/1/From-Daybreak-Into-Darkness From Daybreak Into Darkness]]" affirms that the angel that posed as Number Six has spent millennia believing this to justify the destruction of the Twelve Colonies as necessary, but comes to question this after the Winchesters defy their own prophecy and avert the Apocalypse.
* In ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' fanfic ''[[http://games.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600080788 A Rose And A Thorn 4: Origins,]]'' despite all of Project Mirage's attempts to ScrewDestiny and save the Ark through TimeTravel, eventually Project Midnight succumbs to his own anger issues and, partially down to being told it's what will happen, triggers the escape of the Artificial Chaos as revenge against the humans. In many ways, the Downfall of Ark is portrayed as an inevitable result of how the humans treated their experiments.

** The interesting bit is that it only shows the image of the future but not the context. You have a degree of control by manipulating the context but the visual end result is 100% accurate. This is best demonstrated when they get a page of Jotaro dying in an explosion and go off to set up the event, however Boingo panics when he's found out and disguises himself as Jotaro and is caught in the explosion. So visually the prediction came true, however Oingo states that if he'd just dropped his disguise, the real Jotaro would have instead gotten caught since it would be the only plausible outcome remaining.

** The BigBad of part 6, Enrico Pucci, decides that heaven is a world where everybody knows their own destiny...and sets out to make it that way.

* Creator/Robert Jordan's ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' novels take this trope and turns it [[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]]. Not only must the Prophecies of the Dragon (which apparently run on long enough to fill a largish book) be fulfilled, but various characters are either having prophetic dreams, seeing prophetic visions, or travelling through magical gates to get prophetic answers, all of which inevitably come true. It's very nearly reached the point where major characters can fulfill a half dozen ancient prophecies without even meaning to just by having breakfast.

[[folder:Mythology and Religion]]
* Myth/ClassicalMythology gives us the Fates themselves: three women (sometimes shown as [[TheHecateSisters a maiden, a matron, and a crone]], but that's probably a later invention) who measure out the thread that corresponds to an individual's life, weave it in with the lives of others, and then [[AllDeathsFinal cut the thread]] to determine how long that mortal will live. Even the gods must obey the rulings of the Fates.

* Deconstructed as the central theme of ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}''. ''Deltarune'' portrays the idea of fate and destiny in a scary and pressuring way. You don't get to choose your character and you don't get to choose how you play the game. Nowhere in the game do you actually have free will or make any impactful choices. In the ending, Kris tears out the SOUL from their chest, seemingly so they can have free will and a choice of their own, even if it's sinister or psychopathic, since Kris may not have wanted to be good or be a hero in the first place.

--->[[color:grey:CCG: THIS IS AS GOOD A TIME AS ANY TO START A NEW MEMO.]]\\
[[color:grey:CCG: IN FACT IT'S A BETTER TIME THAN ANY BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF CHAT CLIENT PREDESTINATION I DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE DO I.]]

* Himemiya Chikane and Kurusegawa Himeko in ''Manga/KannazukiNoMiko'' are the reincarnations of priestesses who fought {{Orochi}} and are destined to do so again.

* As the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series goes on, this trope gets examined more and more thoroughly, and sometimes [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] or {{Reconstruction reconstructed}}. Destiny operates because gods and powerful mages have specific agendas and are manipulating events accordingly. Furthermore, some characters (notably Elspeth) refuse to cooperate and try to ScrewDestiny but [[YouCantFightFate these individuals are usually brought back on the rails eventually]].

* As the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series goes on, this trope gets examined more and more thoroughly, and sometimes [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] or [[Reconstruction reconstructed]]. Destiny operates because gods and powerful mages have specific agendas and are manipulating events accordingly. Furthermore, some characters (notably Elspeth) refuse to cooperate and try to ScrewDestiny but [[YouCantFightFate these individuals are usually brought back on the rails eventually]].

* As the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series goes on, this trope gets examined more and more thoroughly, and sometimes [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] or [[ReconstructedTrope reconstructed]]. Destiny operates because gods and powerful mages have specific agendas and are manipulating events accordingly. Furthermore, some characters (notably Elspeth) refuse to cooperate and try to ScrewDestiny but [[YouCantFightFate these individuals are usually brought back on the rails eventually]].

* More of the "powerful ancient mage says so" than this in ''Literature/NightWatch'' with Anton and Svetlana, whom Geser predicted would have an extremely-powerful child. Anton, who has knows Geser for years, trusts him implicitly and simply goes along with this. Svetlana is, understandably, a little more reserved and is upset that Anton is with her mainly due to some prediction. Then again, her previous marriage was a failure, with her ex suing her for custody of their child (something that is only mentioned once and completely forgotten in later novels), so it's understandable why she'd be wary of future relationships. Eventually, this frustration results in her having a threesome with a couple of Anton's coworkers...with Anton sleeping next door. The next morning, she's even more infuriated that he doesn't seem to care that she did that (one of her justifications appears to be that she hasn't had sex since the end of her marriage, which means that Anton hasn't even made a move to be more intimate). Somehow, though, their relationship and, later, marriage, works out.