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* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', Tohru's reason for constantly using [[{{Keigo}} polite speech patterns]] since she was very young is due to her insecurities of not looking anything like her deceased father, Katsuya, who used similarly overly-polite speech and manners. [[spoiler:She secretly has trauma from her mother Kyoko neglecting her and almost committing suicide after Katsuya died, so she adopted Katsuya's speech patterns since she thought it would keep Kyoko from leaving her.]]

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* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', Tohru's reason for her adapting [[spoiler:overly-polite manners]] since she was young is due to her insecurities of [[spoiler:not looking anything like her father, Katsuya, who used similarly overly-polite speech and manners]].

* In ''Franchise/MetalGear'', Revolver Ocelot adapted Naked Snake's praise "You're pretty good" into a CatchPhrase to honor his WorthyOpponent and says it to Solid Snake in their [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid first]] [[spoiler: [[MeaningfulEcho and]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4 last]]]] encounters.

* In the final book of the ''Literature/{{DarthBane}}'' trilogy, Bane and his apprentice Zannah fight a duel to the death (as is natural for Sith). Through the rest of the book, Bane had 1. been experiencing some twitching in the fingers of his hand and 2. researched a Dark Side technique for [[GrandTheftMe transferring one's consciousness into another's body]]. He attempts to use the technique during their duel, and after the duel is over the book lets the readers wonder a bit by mentioning that Zannah's fingers are twitching... [[spoiler:It's just a tease, though; the trope is averted and Zannah is in full control of her body.]]

* In the final book of the Darth Bane trilogy, Bane and his apprentice Zannah fight a duel to the death (as is natural for Sith). Through the rest of the book, Bane had 1. been experiencing some twitching in the fingers of his hand and 2. researched a Dark Side technique for [[GrandTheftMe transferring one's consciousness into another's body]]. After the duel is over, the book lets the readers wonder a bit by mentioning that Zannah's fingers are twitching...

* Fai D Flowright in ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'': His true name is actually Yuui but uses his dead twin brother's name ever since the latter died. Yuui!Fai believes this to be his fault, and wants to bring his twin {{back from the dead}} to give him back his name.

* The final scene of Serenity shows [[spoiler: Wash's toy dinosaurs]] displayed across the cockpit dashboard.

Sometimes, the original character who had that habit, phrase or trait is forgotten, and people mistakenly think that the habit/trait/phrase started with the second character. An example could be Film/JamesBond's CatchPhrase: “Bond, James Bond.” In the first ''Literature/JamesBond'' novel, it started with the BondGirl Sylvia Trench, who introduced herself with “Trench, Sylvia Trench”; but only if Bond had adopted the catch phrase as a nod to her.

Note that the person being remembered doesn't have to be dead.

See also DeadPersonImpersonation. Also, because it's a Death Trope, there will be spoilers.

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* In ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'', when [[spoiler:it looks like Gascogne]] dies by HeroicSacrifice, Barnette volunteers to take over her job, and adopts her signature clothing style and some mannerisms.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': After [[spoiler: Asuma]] dies, Shikamaru takes up smoking.
** Also from ''Naruto'', most of Kakashi's bad habits (including his extreme lateness) are actually in memory of his teammate Obito, as shown in the Kakashi Gaiden storyline.

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* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Buffy takes to referring to her stake as [[ICallItVera Mr. Pointy]] some time after the death of Kendra, another slayer who had named her favorite stake Mr. Pointy.

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* In ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezBoundInBlood'', Ray becomes a pacifist priest to honor the memory of his late youngest brother, William, who always dreamed about it.

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* After [[spoiler:Undine, a DualWielding Claymore]] dies in ''{{Claymore}}'', [[spoiler:Deneve takes up one of the two swords to be a Dual-Wielder herself]] in her honor. It's hinted (though not confirmed) that this is what [[spoiler:Undine]] herself had done after another friend's death.

* Walter White of ''Series/BreakingBad'' does this a lot, adopting subtle quirks of the people who he's killed or have died because of him. For instance, he starts cutting the crusts off his sandwiches like Krazy-8 used to. Others include taking on Gus Fring's method of using his public persona to blow off people he doesn't want to talk to, or ordering his whiskey on the rocks, the way Hank used to.

* Walter White of ''Series/BreakingBad'' does this a lot, adopting subtle quirks of the people who he's killed or have died because of him. For instance, he starts cutting the crusts off his sandwiches like Krazy 8 used to. Sometimes, as with [[spoiler:Gus' laying a towel on the bathroom floor before throwing up]], he even adopts quirks he never witnessed or had any way of knowing about.

* At the end of ''Film/MisterRoberts''. Pulver seems determined to pick up where Roberts left off.

See also DeadPersonImpersonation, also: Because it's a Death Trope, there will be spoilers.

Sometimes, the original character who had that habit, phrase or trait is forgotten, and people mistakenly think that the habit/trait/phrase started with the second character. An example could be JamesBond's CatchPhrase: “Bond, James Bond.” In the first James Bond novel, it started with the BondGirl Sylvia Trench, who introduced herself with “Trench, Sylvia Trench”; but only if Bond had adopted the catch phrase as a nod to her.

* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Buffy takes to referring to her stake as [[ICallItVera Mr. Pointy]] some time after the death of Kendra, another slayer who had named her favorite stake Mr. Pointy. That, or she was, in fact, using the original Mr. Pointy.

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': After [[TotalEclipseOfThePlot The Eclipse]], Guts adds [[spoiler:throwing knives]] to his arsenal, modeled after [[spoiler:Judeau]].

* Walter White of ''Series/BreakingBad'' does this a lot, adopting subtle quirks of the people he's killed. For instance, he starts cutting the crusts off his sandwiches like Krazy 8 used to. Sometimes, as with [[spoiler:Gus' laying a towel on the bathroom floor before throwing up]], he even adopts quirks he never witnessed or had any way of knowing about.

* Walter White of ''Series/BreakingBad'' does this a lot. [[spoiler: He adopts the quirks of the people he's killed.]]

* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Buffy takes to referring to her stake as [[ICallItVera Mr. Pointy]] some time after the death of Kendra, another slayer who had named her favorite stake Mr. Pointy. That, or she was, in fact, using the original Mr. Pointy.