History Main / SuperheroTrophyShelf

* ElderScrolls games throw far more artifacts and other items of Power and Significance at the player than they conceivably have a use for, and many players like to keep mementos of tough kills and hard-won quest rewards on display. The physics engine in ''Oblivion'' made it easier to arrange and organize these than in ''Morrowind'', but dedicated 'trophy room' mods exist for both games.

* ''{{Nightside}}'' Adventurer Club's decorations: the shadow of Leopard Man, alien skull, used as an ashtray, something from ''[[CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon Black Lagoon]]'', stuffed and mounted, the ever-burning demon head, a mumified hand of the original Grendel monster (donated by ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' himself) and other interesting stuff.

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* ''{{Nightside}}'' Adventurer Club's decorations: the shadow of Leopard Man, alien skull, used as an ashtray, something from ''[[CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon Black Lagoon]]'', stuffed and mounted, the ever-burning demon head, a mumified hand of the original Grendel monster (donated by ''{{Beowulf}}'' himself) and other interesting stuff.

Superheroes also have a thing for making shrines to people: Photos of enemies, statues of friends and {{Love Interest}}s, the chattel that belonged to their old {{sidekick}}s, et cetera. This might be a bit creepy to modern readers: "So, Superman, you really have [[StalkerShrine a room in your fortress filled with depictions of your scantly clad cousin]]? Why, exactly?" But it makes sense when you consider that, comics being a visual medium - decades before the DecompressedComic revolution - it was pretty hard to represent someone's feelings without resorting to clunky speeches like, "[[PurpleProse Jane is so beautiful! If only I could tell her how much she means to me! But I dare not...for a girl so lovely would never marry a lame man!]]"

* TheBBC's ''DoctorWho'' Adventure Games have one for the TARDIS that you can visit.

* On ''Main/EerieIndiana'', Simon and Marshall keep souvenirs from their bizarre encounters in a cabinet in Marshall's attic. Each item is tagged at the end of its episode and locked away; only the two boys have keys.

* In ''MassEffect2'', random artefacts picked up during Shepard's travels end up being displayed in their cabin. These include a collection of model ships, a tank filled with exotic fish, a space hamster and a picture of their love interest. Various {{DLC}} add a Prothean orb, the helmet of Shepard's original armour found at the ''Normandy'' crash-site and their original Dog Tags.
** ''MassEffect3'' contains most of the above items, which are found scattered through the ''Normandy'', having been put into storage during it's retrofit. If in a romance with Tali, after a certain point in the game, she leaves a photo of herself unmasked on Shepard's nightstand.
** The ''Leviathan DLC'' can have Shepard pick up a [[spoiler: [[NightmareFetishist severed Husk's head]] that Dr Bryson was experimenting on]] for their cabin.

*** This results in a neat CallBack in BatmanBeyond, when a villain infiltrates the Batcave and the first thing that ([[MissionControl Semi-retired]]) Bruce Wayne does is go get the Grey Ghost mask to protect his identity.

* Subverted and lampshaded in Wanted. During a guided tour of his lair, the Professor mentions that the supervillains were not supposed to keep trophies from the fallen heroes (to avoid any reminders that they ever existed). Played straight in that he still kept a certain tattered red cape on display.

* In Mark Millar's ''[[{{Wolverine}} Old Man Logan]]'' story arc the future [[spoiler: president of the United States, RedSkull, has his own trophy room full of items belonging to superheroes he and other supervillains killed.]]

* In ''CityOfHeroes'' various veteran rewards allow you to put these in your Supergroup base. [[BraggingRightsReward These are only decorative, and serve no function otherwise]].

** Similarly, as one might expect coming from the same developer, StarTrekOnline has trophies both in the Captain's ready room aboard his/her ship, and in the mess hall. Some trophies are acquired via rank and level, while others are earned from coming in first place during raids or completing difficult accolades. Of course, other people are only going to see these if they're invited aboard.

* In AlanMoore's ''TomorrowStories'', Cobweb has the Vault of Voluptuousness, which contains souveniers of all her cases, very few of which are SFW. Her version of Kandor, for instance is the Nano-Bordello.

* DoctorStrange has a number of magical items which contain or seal away various mystical menaces. This became plot-critical when he was forced to destroy all his artifacts to prevent another sorcerer from getting them and then had to spend a year re-sealing all the evils that had just been loosed.

* The Maestro, an [[FutureMeScaresMe evil future version]] of [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk the Incredible Hulk]], had a trophy room full of mementos of heroes he defeated, including CaptainAmerica's shield and [[{{XMen}} Wolverine]]'s indestructible skeleton.

* In ''DieAnotherDay'', Q has a collection of stuff.
* This tendency became a major plot point of ''SkyHigh''. Here's a hint for all the superheroes out there: Don't let your kid have access to your collection of supervillain weapons!

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** In the SilverAge, Metropolis also featured the Superman Museum, dedicated to their hero (and probably the inspiration for the later Flash Museum, which stuck around after CrisisOnInfiniteEarths while the Superman Museum apparently didn't). There's also a Superman Museum in one of the ''LegionOfSuperheroes'' continuities -- with a holographic Jimmy Olsen as the tour guide.

* The {{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} has a Hall of the Fallen, to honor all Legionnaires who have died in battle, especially Ferro Lad. That stays true often from [[ContinuityReboot reboot to reboot]].

* In in the ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' animated series, Kid Flash collects a souvenir from every mission, possibly working on that museum there'll someday be. The show's young too, so currently it's kinda small but getting there. An item from it has come in handy once or twice.

For examples detailing the collecting exploits of more normal individuals see TheCollectorOfTheStrange. Compare ShrineToSelf.

* KingdomOfLoathing allows players to buy their own display case to fill whatever the hell they want. There's even leaderboards to keep track of it all.
* TheLordOfTheRingsOnline allows players to decorate their houses and gardens with trophies, leading to many hobbit holes with a dragon's skull on the lawn.

[[AllBlueEntry A]] [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] SuperHero ComicBook {{Trope}}.

Not at all related to the other kind of [[MostCommonSuperPower Super Rack]].