History Main / ChekhovsGift

* ''Fanfic/OniGaShiluSeries'': Kiryu gifts Izuku Nishiki's old lighter after he leaves the Morning Glory orphanage after the end of summer vacation to go back home. Six years later, Izuku goes to retrieve the lighter from his house as a good luck charm when [[spoiler:he goes to save his mother from Akatani]]; a few days after that, [[spoiler:Izuku [[SaveTheVillain takes a bullet for Akatani]] and Nishiki's lighter [[PocketProtector saves his life]].]]

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* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKidDogDays'': Greg gets a "Ladybug" phone that can only call home and 911 as a birthday present. At the end, he calls 911 with it because he thought Frank was going to sell him. (ItMakesSenseInContext)

** The One Ring itself. Which is actually rarely given as a gift, due to fact that anyone who possesses it finds themselves unable to give it up. However, Gollum repeatedly refers to the Ring as his "birthday present" in ''Literature/TheHobbit'', in order to disguise the fact that [[spoiler:he killed his own cousin, Déagol, to obtain the Ring.]] This happens to have occurred on Gollum's birthday.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' - in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E3TheWitch The Witch]]", Xander gives Buffy a bracelet when she's trying out for the cheerleader squad. Later, witch Amy uses it as a personal item essential to a spell she casts on Buffy.

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* Literature/WhateleyUniverse example: in one Chaka story, Chaka's ring gets coated with mithril (there's a mithril-secreting mutant at Whateley too) so she can't wear the ring. The mutant gives her a mithril bracelet, and Chaka gives the ring to Generator as a gift, in part because Generator is the only one small enough to wear the ring now. Both of these Chekhov's Gifts turn out to be lifesavers in later stories.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' Book Three episode "Sokka's Master", Master Piandao gifts Sokka a white lotus pai sho tile to the confusion of Sokka and his friends. In the series finale, it is revealed that [[spoiler: Piandao is a member of the secret society the Order of the White Lotus, of which the white lotus tile is a symbol of trust between members. The Order goes on to liberate Ba Sing Se from the Fire Nation's occupation]].

** "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyBestGiftEver Best Gift Ever]]": While searching for the perfect gift for Twilight, Pinkie Pie meets three reindeer who andicipated her arrival and prepared the "perfect gift" (which is not shown to the audience). Meanwhile, Twilight attempts to prepare a traditional pudding recipe for Pinkie Pie, but Flurry Heart drops random ingredients into the pot, causing it to turn into a BlobMonster. When Pinkie Pie shows up with her gift, it turns out to be four candy canes - the exact ingredients needed to stabilize the pudding.

* A {{subverted}} one from ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' S4: [[spoiler:The Winx receive the gift of life from the ethereal fairies in ep 23. Just the thing for saving Nabu when he's fatally injured during the Black Circle's betrayal of the earth fairies in the next episode...that is, until the Black Circle also take that away from them.]]