History Main / TakeUpMySword

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyDucks'' movie. The leader of the new commando squad, named Canard, is shown to be the bravest and the coolest of the whole squad, even having a CoolMask. However during their mission, Canard needs to pull off a HeroicSacrifice to save his team, but before doing so, he gives his mask to his lancer, Wildwing.

* In the ''Fanfic/AvengersOfTheRing'' fanfic ''Dagor Arnediad'', [[spoiler:as the last member of Thorin's company in Erebor in fighting shape, Ori takes up Orcist to join the Guardians of the Galaxy in hunting down Thanos]].

** Obviously Katniss Everdeen, who receives Steve Rogers' original shield, [[spoiler:the shield later being repainted in black and gold with a mockingjay in the centre to reflect how Katniss fights for Panem rather than America]].
** Tony Stark assembles the remnants of his old armors that survived into the future to create a new suit, [[spoiler:which he passes on to Peeta before returning to his time]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''/''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' crossover "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13272570/1/Ring-Of-Fire Ring of Fire]]", [[spoiler:Gandalf leaves Narya, the Ring of Fire, with Hiccup when he departs Middle-Earth for the Undying Lands; Narya lacks its former power with the destruction of the One Ring, but Hiccup recognises the symbolism of the gesture is what truly matters, as Gandalf shows that he has faith in Hiccup to help Men become better than they were]].

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* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': This is a mechanism built-in to the rings and it seems most Lanterns gain their ring immediately in the wake of their predecessor's death (some villains, e.g. in ''Comicbook/{{Justice}}'', abused this rule by incapacitating the current GL without killing him, so that his successor isn't "activated"). Sometimes the Lanterns recruit and sometimes a dying Lantern gets to play the TakeUpMySword trope straight as Abin Sur did with Hal Jordan.

* In ''VideoGame/JeanneDArc'', [[spoiler:Jeanne takes a [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat nasty spill down a ravine]]. Only Gilles goes on to look for her --everyone else thinks she's dead, including the French commanders, who all but force Jeanne's friend Liane to [[LegacyCharacter impersonate the Maid of Orleans]] in order to keep morale up.]] It doesn't end well for the replacement, [[spoiler: who's the one who gets [[BurnTheWitch burned at the stake]] instead of the real Jeanne.]]
* ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War]]'': The entire 2nd half [[spoiler:takes place after Sigurd and most of the player's army from part 1 die.]]

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** In ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', Zero and X return as equipable "biometals" that can impart their form unto a new user, who then not only takes up their sword, but also their body.

* One of the strangest examples of this trope involves the Console Wars. When Sony released its [=PlayStation=] 2 console, it absolutely creamed the Sega Dreamcast, and Sega knew that combined with the heavily-bungled release of its Saturn console years earlier it meant the writing was all but on the wall for the company's console division, and so handed the reins over to Microsoft for its slot in the competition, even going so far as to assist in development of the original Xbox hardware and release some exclusive titles for the platform. [[UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} The rest, as they say, is history.]]

** Faced with the threat of Thanos and the Avengers coming back together, Tony returns Steve’s shield

* In ''Fanfic/FatesCollide'', Medb does a HeroicSacrifice. The sequel ''Fanfic/LostToDust'' reveals that her student Neo started wielding Medb's sword Caladbolg.

* Another non-fatal example of this is in the ''Anime/{{Pokémon}}'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13189446/1/More-than-Meets-the-Eye More than Meets the Eye]]"; when competing against [[spoiler:her ex-fiancé in the Whirl Cup]], Misty has the secret weapon of [[spoiler:Ash's Greninja, which he temporarily traded to her for the Cup; with careful training, Misty has even been able to replicate Bond Phenomenon with Greninja, although she can only use it for long enough to mount a single attack]].

* In ''Fanfic/FatesCollide'', Medb does a HeroicSacrifice. The sequel ''Lost to Dust'' reveals that her student Neo started wielding Medb's sword Caladbolg.

* In ''We Are the Night'', this is how original character Ginette Brookes a.k.a. Swift joined the Batfamily. When Alfred Pennyworth passed away, one of his last wishes was for the Waynes to hire Ginette, an old friend and fellow MI6 retiree, as the new housekeeper. She is just as adept as Batcave personnel as a maid and cook, and her British dry wit is certainly worthy of Alfred. What stops her from being a DistaffCounterpart is her lack of familial relationship with the Waynes, being more professional and, at times, antagonistic.

** Tony lifts Stormbreaker after Thor is disarmed, only for his enthusiasm to be quashed when Thor clarifies that there is no worthiness enchantment on his new hammer

** Mick Rory gives Snart’s cold gun to Rocket

* Features for various characters in the ''[[Literature/TheHungerGames Hunger Games]]''/''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' crossover "Fanfic/AManLikeNoOther" and its sequel;

* Features for various characters in the ''[[Literature/TheHungerGames Hunger Games]]''/''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' crossover "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9872921/1/A-Man-Like-No-Other A Man Like No Other]]" and its sequel;

* In ''Film/{{Highlander}}'', Ramirez finds and trains Connor [=MacLeod=] so that somebody would have a chance of defeating the Kurgan. When the Kurgan takes the aged immortal's head, Connor takes Ramirez's sword and uses it as his own from that point on, later using it to behead the Kurgan and fulfil his mentor's wish.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'': [[spoiler: Aqua takes up Eraqus' keyblade when returning to Land of Departure after his death, and start wield it after losing her own to save Terra-Xehanort. The bequething ceremonies Aqua and Terra give to Kairi and Riku also qualify by the end have effectively passed on their roles in the story to them.]]