History Main / RiteOfPassage

* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', the Great Khans are required to take a beating from the other members of the tribe before becoming a full fledged raider, and the New Canaanites (What Mormons became in the VideoGame/{{Fallout}} 'verse) learn how to shoot with a .45 Auto Pistol.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', young [[BirdPeople Rito]] must journey to the peak of Dragon Roost Island's mountain to receive a scale from the dragon Valoo, the sky spirit who guards the island. It explicitly allows them to grow their wings and implicitly makes them grow taller very quickly (the latter indicated by Prince Komali being noticeably taller after getting his scale). The first major dungeon arc requires Link to find a way of calming down the suddenly rampaging Valoo in part because this means the Rito can't get those scales anymore.

** To a much lesser extent his sister Lily becomes an Eight, meaning she's now allowed to a own a bicycle; she's also apparently a year away from being allowed to stop wearing hair ribbons.

* The ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Yesteryear" introduced the [[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Kahs-wan kahs-wan]], an ordeal in which Vulcan children must survive in the desert for 10 days by themselves with no supplies to prove their courage and strength. For young Spock, it becomes even more when his companion sehlat, I-Chaya, who had followed him against his wishes, was mortally wounded and the attending vet could only give Spock two choices, an extended life in agony or putting him out of his misery; Spock made the mature and logical choice to put him down.

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* The Videogame/{{Undertale}} FanFic Fanfic/{{Visiontale}} mentions a couple such ceremonies, the most frequently-mentioned being the Cementing. The Cementing is the event in a monster, and, later on, a human's, life which cements which trait or traits of magic they will use.
* ''Fanfic/TheInfiniteLoops'': Different branches of the loops have different rites that native loopers can take as a test of whether or not a looper is still a "new looper" or not. Examples include Creator/CartoonNetwork loopers having to kill [[WesternAnimation/{{Villainous}} Black Hat]] and [[Fanfic/TheMLPLoops the ponies]] needing to defeat [[StarterVillain Nightmoon Moon]] by themselves.

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* [[http://www.florestica.com/ukuonji/oneshot/rbar/index.htm Red Beans and Rice]] a ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' FanFic that briefly explores the question of "just how female is Ranma, anyway"?

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Younger members of the Snakebites Orks are initiated into the clan through a rite of passage where they allow a venomous snake to bite them and then suck out the poison.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Piper}}'': For a baby sandpiper, leaving the nest and foraging for clams. The little sandpiper eventually finds an even better way to do it.

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': The Mardu Horde are a ProudWarriorRace who traditionally earn a "warname" through an act of glory in battle. One legendary character [[TheDragonslayer killed a dragon]] singlehandedly and [[https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/truth-names-2015-01-28 took]] her grandmother's warname Alesha, coming out as {{Transgender}} at the same time.

** And the sequel introduces the krogan rite to establish themselves as a true warrior. It can be completed solo, or the young krogan may convince one or two already established warriors to help them (called a "krantt"). Said rite (or at least the Clan Urdnot variant) follows the history of the Krogan, and is as follows: Activate a totem that summons waves of varren for you to kill, symbolizing how the Krogan became the top species on a DeathWorld. Activate it again, and a wave of insect like klixen arrive, representing how the Krogan were introduced to the galaxy to fight the rachni (whom the klixen resemble). Activate it one last time, which causes it to set off the Thresher Maw Hammer, which naturally enough summons a Thresher Maw. This represents the Krogan's fate under the [[DepopulationBomb Genophage]], an enemy that cannot be fought, one you can only try to survive. You must survive for five minutes while the most dangerous predator in the galaxy tries to kill you. If you get out alive, you're in. If you ''kill'' the Thresher Maw, this is also acceptable, and is considered a mark of enormous skill (the only Urdnot to manage this in the past thousand years or so is Wrex).

* ''Fanfic/TheInfiniteLoops'': Different branches of the loops have different rites that native loopers can take as a test of whether or not a looper is still a "new looper" or not. Examples include Creator/CartoonNetwork loopers having to kill [[WesternAnimation/{{Villainous}} Black Hat]] and [[Fanfic/TheMLPLoops the ponies]] needing to defeat[[StarterVillain Nightmoon Moon]] by themselves.

* ''Fanfic/TheInfiniteLoops'': It's revealed in one loop that the Creator/CartoonNetwork loopers will use killing [[WesternAnimation/{{Villainous}} Black Hat]] as a test of whether or not a looper is still a "new looper" or not.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'', on the other hand, has [[PrinceCharmless Prince Charmles]], who ''also'' needs help to complete his rite: obtaining the heart of an Argon Lizard. Unlike Holse, Charmles quickly proves himself to be a complete and utter {{Jerkass}}, as well as an EntitledBastard who learns ''[[CompletelyMissingThePoint nothing]]'' from the rite. Although he appears to [[KarmaHoudini get away with this]] at first, his disrespect for the ritual comes back to haunt him in the long run, as it eventually costs him [[spoiler: his right to the throne ''and'' to marry Princess Medea. To twist the knife even further, the secret ending reveals that Charmles's failure to complete the rite [[HoistByHisOwnPetard directly resulted in his long-lost cousin doing so instead]]]].

* ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' (1980). A young Arborean man is initiated into adulthood through the "test of manhood", which involves [[HandInTheHole sticking your arm into a stump]] and hoping you don't get stung by the monster inside.

* ''[[{{Film/ThreeHundred}} 300]]'': The young king Leonidas has to kill a wolf with his bare hands and bring back its fur. Indeed, all Spartans must pass for hard training in their short childhood.

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* ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' as a highly developed setting have such cultural details:
** The AlwaysChaoticEvil Drow have [[http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Blooding The Blooding]], which requires them to [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunt and kill an intelligent surface-dwelling creature]].
** Rashemen has dajemma or darjemma -- [[GoingToSeeTheElephant the quest or wandering]] a year or more long that young Rashemaar people take in early adulthood. It's not an absolute requirement: e.g. it's cancelled in the times of war. Obviously some end up dead or lost, but those who return has a valuable out-land experience.
* In the TabletopGame/{{Mystara}} setting's nation of Karameikos, the Shearing is a custom in which teenagers leave their parents' home for a year to prove themselves capable of independence. As it's not intended to be a ''difficult'' challenge, this may just mean moving in with a relative or neighbor and working at an entry-level job that the Sheared teen's parents covertly arranged to have available for them. The name "Shearing" refers to how the bottom hem of such a teen's cloak is ceremonially cut short to symbolize their new status.
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': The Mardu Horde are a {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}} who traditionally earn a "warname" through an act of glory in battle. One legendary character [[TheDragonslayer killed a dragon]] singlehandedly and [[https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/truth-names-2015-01-28 took]] her grandmother's warname Alesha, coming out as {{Transgender}} at the same time.

* In ''Manga/AkagamiNoShirayukihime'' the reason Zen is receiving so many letters from noble families looking to marry one of their daughters to him is that his brother never had a beautillion ball and indicated early on he knew who he was going to marry while Zen is at an age when he could possibly still hold such a ball to look for a potential spouse so every family wanting to have a daughter marry a prince is directing their efforts at Zen.

* The "red beans and rice" meal is referenced in ''Manga/KodomoNoOmocha'' when Sana reassures an adult that she's old enough to know shame.

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* ''Webcomic/TalesOfTheQuestor'' has the Choosing Ceremony, where the youth of the village place their hand on the village SoothStone and announce what profession they intend to pursue. The stone glows blue when the child speaks truthfully and sincerely. When Quentyn announces his intention to be the Village Questor, the results [[http://www.rhjunior.com/totq/00025.html are rather spectacular...]]

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* ''Franchise/DragonAge'' also has two: city elves are considered children until they get [[ArrangedMarriage married]] (which is considered a joyous occasion in the [[FantasticGhetto alienage]], when everyone can put down their work, forget their worries, and just party for a day), and Dalish elves are considered children until they receive their ''vallaslin'', ritualized face tattoos of the symbol of one of their gods.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'', the heroes must help [[RoyalBrat Prince Holse]] complete his RiteOfPassage by acting as his bodyguards. While he starts out a DirtyCoward, the heroes' courage [[CharacterDevelopment really effects and inspires him]], enabling the rite to bring out the best in him and prove his ability to succeed his father as future ruler.

* In the world of academia, having one's work published for the first time is something of a professional RiteOfPassage, as is receiving a degree of whatever level.
* In some parts of the United States, being asked by one's parents to call them by their first names is a RiteOfPassage for both parent and offspring; it's a formal recognition that the child is now an adult, but it's also a tearful recognition for both that the son or daughter is now old enough that the parent can no longer protect him or her no matter how much the parent might wish he or she could.

Lots of cultures have a special ceremony that marks the transition from teen to adult. It's both a celebration of a major life landmark and an acknowledgment that the celebrant is a part of the mystical society of grownups. In cultures without such a ceremony, other major life landmarks are celebrated instead. May include a MeaningfulRename; if this is culture wide then it's a RiteOfPassageNameChange.