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Chained sinkholes of this sort are not permitted. Since it isn't clear how any of these relate to the potholed words, I'm jut cutting them.





* This is core cultural concept of [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Clan]] [[TokenGoodTeammate Ghost]] [[BearsAreBadNews Be]][[BearyFriendly ar]] in ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' which they refer to as their "Great Work". Every Ghost Bear Warrior and even most of the members of the [[FantasticCasteSystem Lower Castes]] are by tradition, expected to begin a Great Work as they come of age, which they will continue working on for their entire life and then displayed or performed at their funeral.

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* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'': This is core cultural concept of [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Clan]] [[TokenGoodTeammate Ghost]] [[BearsAreBadNews Be]][[BearyFriendly ar]] in ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' Clan Ghost Bear, which they refer to as their "Great Work". Every Ghost Bear Warrior Warrior, and even most of the members of the [[FantasticCasteSystem Lower Castes]] Castes]], are by tradition, tradition expected to begin a Great Work as they come of age, which they will continue working on for their entire life and which is then displayed or performed at their funeral.
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* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Feeling {{Overshadowed By Awesome}}ness of his ancestor, Feanor, Celebrimbor wants to leave something beyond petty jewel-crafts and to devise something unforgettable. He wants to build the greatest forge ever "able to birth a flame as hot as a dragon's tongue, and as pure as starlight", with which he could transform Middle-earth into a place of beauty.
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* In ''Film/BartonFink'', the title character believes he has created his greatest work when he writes a screenplay for a wrestling film starring Creator/WallaceBeery that is full of the same themes of social consciousness he has tried to address in his stage plays. Unfortunately, his studio bosses wanted him to write a StrictlyFormula wrestling film, and his screenplay gets his supervisor fired and Fink himself locked into a contract in which he is promised that none of his scripts will be produced.

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* In Subverted in ''Film/BartonFink'', the title character believes he has created his greatest work when he writes a screenplay for a wrestling film starring Creator/WallaceBeery that is full of the same themes of social consciousness he has tried to address in his stage plays. Unfortunately, his studio bosses wanted him to write a StrictlyFormula wrestling film, and his screenplay gets his supervisor fired and Fink himself locked into a contract in which he is promised that none of his scripts will be produced.produced, at least until he learns to follow orders.
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* In ''Film/WalkHard'', Dewey Cox spends much of his musical career and, indeed, much of his life working on his magnum opus "Beautiful Ride," a song that encompasses an entire lifetime of ups and downs and which is so grand in scope that at various points in its creation it requires a veritable army of singers, musicians, and [[UpToEleven barnyard animals]] to perform it. Indeed, it is ''such'' a crowning achievement in Cox's life that, after its first and only live performance, [[ParodiedTrope he drops dead, his life's work complete]].

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* In ''Film/WalkHard'', ''Film/WalkHard'': Dewey Cox spends much of his musical career and, indeed, much of his life working on his magnum opus "Beautiful Ride," a song that encompasses an entire lifetime of ups and downs and which is so grand in scope that at various points in its creation it requires a veritable army of singers, musicians, and [[UpToEleven barnyard animals]] animals to perform it. Indeed, it is ''such'' a crowning achievement in Cox's life that, after its first and only live performance, [[ParodiedTrope he drops dead, his life's work complete]].
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* Near the end of ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', Lloyd's foster father, Dirk, gives him the best sword he's ever forged. Shortly afterward, Kratos, [[spoiler:Lloyd's actual father]], gives him the Flamberge, and Lloyd wields both swords together as the Material Blade.

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* Near the end of ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', Lloyd's foster father, Dirk, gives him the best sword he's ever forged. Shortly afterward, Kratos, [[spoiler:Lloyd's actual biological father]], gives him the Flamberge, and Lloyd wields both swords together as the Material Blade.
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-->'''Jesse:''' I've had 20 years to come up with the perfect trick. It's going to be my masterpiece. My Mona Lisa. My ''Series/BreakingBad'' Season 5.\\
'''Axel:''' ''[gives him a look]''\\
'''Jesse:''' [[BlackComedy They gave me cable in prison so I'd stop killing the guards.]]

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