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* In ''Braveheart'', the honor of course goes to Robert the Bruce, but Wallace's best friend gets the literal sword, and throws it, in an act of defiant symbolism, to what can be considered the climax of the entire musical store.

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* In ''Braveheart'', ''{{Braveheart}}'', the honor of course goes to Robert the Bruce, but Wallace's best friend gets the literal sword, and throws it, in an act of defiant symbolism, to what can be considered the climax of the entire musical store.
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-->"You are the proof that I existed."//

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-->"You are the proof that I existed."//"
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** Angeal does the same thing to Zack earlier in the game.

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** Angeal does the same thing to Zack earlier in the game. Only ''he'' [[SuicideByCop made Zach be the one to kill him]], first. Hello, trauma.
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* In the RedDwarf episode "Stoke Me a Clipper", [[DirtyCoward Arnold Rimmer]] reluctantly becomes the next "[[TheAce Ace]]" when the previous one shows up [[spoiler:mortally wounded]].
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* TheSarahJaneAdventures can also be seen as this. It is, essentially, Sarah Jane taking on the Doctor's role of defending the earth. Somewhat subverted in that the Doctor isn't actually dead. But he's not always there when the earth needs saving. And that's where Sarah Jane and her team come in.

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* Famously played straight, and then played with in the ''FinalFantasyVII'' series. [[spoiler: At the end of ''CrisisCore'', Zack literally gives Cloud the Buster Sword and tells him to live "for the both of us".]] This would appear normal to anyone who played ''CrisisCore'' first, but players of the original game of course know that [[spoiler: Cloud would later unknowing assume Zack's identity while forgetting about Zack's existence. After Cloud faces the realization that he is not Zack, he still carries on the heroic ideals.]]

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* Famously played straight, and then played with in In the ''FinalFantasyVII'' series. [[spoiler: At the end of prequel ''CrisisCore'', Zack literally gives Cloud the Fair puts Buster Sword into Cloud's hand and and tells him to live "for the both of us".]] This would appear normal to anyone who played ''CrisisCore'' first, but players of us".
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* Zack Fair putting his sword into Cloud's hand in the ''FinalFantasyVII'' prequel ''CrisisCore''.
** Angeal does the same thing to Zack earlier in the game.
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* Famously played straight and the played with in the ''FFVII'' universe. [[spoiler: At the end of ''Crisis Core'', Zack literally gives Cloud the Buster Sword and tells him to live "for the both of us".]] This would appear normal to anyone who played ''CC'' first, but the rest of us of course know that [[spoiler: Cloud would later try to literall ''become'' Zack. After he faces the realization that he is not Zack, he still carries on the heroic ideals, though.]]

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* Famously played straight straight, and the then played with in the ''FFVII'' universe. ''FinalFantasyVII'' series. [[spoiler: At the end of ''Crisis Core'', ''CrisisCore'', Zack literally gives Cloud the Buster Sword and tells him to live "for the both of us".]] This would appear normal to anyone who played ''CC'' ''CrisisCore'' first, but players of the rest of us original game of course know that [[spoiler: Cloud would later try to literall ''become'' Zack. unknowing assume Zack's identity while forgetting about Zack's existence. After he Cloud faces the realization that he is not Zack, he still carries on the heroic ideals, though.ideals.]]
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* Famously played straight and the played with in the ''FFVII'' universe. [[spoiler: At the end of ''Crisis Core'', Zack literally gives Cloud the Buster Sword and tells him to live "for the both of us".]] This would appear normal to anyone who played ''CC'' first, but the rest of us of course know that [[spolier: Cloud would later try to literall ''become'' Zack. After he faces the realization that he is not Zack, he still carries on the heroic ideals, though.]]

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* Famously played straight and the played with in the ''FFVII'' universe. [[spoiler: At the end of ''Crisis Core'', Zack literally gives Cloud the Buster Sword and tells him to live "for the both of us".]] This would appear normal to anyone who played ''CC'' first, but the rest of us of course know that [[spolier: [[spoiler: Cloud would later try to literall ''become'' Zack. After he faces the realization that he is not Zack, he still carries on the heroic ideals, though.]]
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* Famously played straight and the played with in the ''FFVII'' universe. [[Spoiler: At the end of ''Crisis Core'', Zack literally gives Cloud the Buster Sword and tells him to live "for the both of us".]] This would appear normal to anyone who played ''CC'' first, but the rest of us of course know that [[Spolier: Cloud would later try to literall ''become'' Zack. After he faces the realization that he is not Zack, he still carries on the heroic ideals, though.]]

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* Famously played straight and the played with in the ''FFVII'' universe. [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: At the end of ''Crisis Core'', Zack literally gives Cloud the Buster Sword and tells him to live "for the both of us".]] This would appear normal to anyone who played ''CC'' first, but the rest of us of course know that [[Spolier: [[spolier: Cloud would later try to literall ''become'' Zack. After he faces the realization that he is not Zack, he still carries on the heroic ideals, though.]]
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*Famously played straight and the played with in the ''FFVII'' universe. [[Spoiler: At the end of ''Crisis Core'', Zack literally gives Cloud the Buster Sword and tells him to live "for the both of us".]] This would appear normal to anyone who played ''CC'' first, but the rest of us of course know that [[Spolier: Cloud would later try to literall ''become'' Zack. After he faces the realization that he is not Zack, he still carries on the heroic ideals, though.]]
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** [[MemeticMutation He just couldn't deal with that now.]]

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** [[MemeticMutation He Magnus just couldn't deal with that now.]]
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* In ''PhantasyStarIV'', [[spoiler: Alys' death forces Chaz to assume command of the team and continue the mission to stop Zio.]]
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* Combined with PassingTheTorch in ''DoctorWho'''s "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWho2007CiNSTimeCrash Time Crash]]", which, despite the time differential (it aired two years after the revival premiered), can be seen as Classic Who passing the torch to New Who.

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* Combined with PassingTheTorch in ''DoctorWho'''s ''Series/DoctorWho'''s "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWho2007CiNSTimeCrash Time Crash]]", which, despite the time differential (it aired two years after the revival premiered), can be seen as Classic Who passing the torch to New Who.
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* A variation in ''TheLastStory'': [[spoiler:the sword that Quark wears on his belt is symbolic of his childhood oath with Elza for them to become knights and protect people. Later, Quark pulls a FaceHeelTurn and tries to kill the party. After his defeat, he passes on this sword to Elza, acknowledging that he lost faith in their dream and that Elza never did]].
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** [[spoiler:And which his entire team later uses to beat Asuma himself, sparing him a FateWorseThanDeath.]]
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* With a generation system, RomancingSaga2 is considered this whenever a generation changes or when the team leader is killed, notably the first lord, Leon. He gets killed off by a bad guy during the prologue chapter, passing all his ability and skill to his wimp son Jeral, [[TookALevelInBadass who's taking a whole new level in badass.]] [[RoaringRampageofRevenge He then off to revange his father.]]

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* With a generation system, RomancingSaga2 is considered this whenever a generation changes or when the team leader is killed, notably the first lord, Leon. He gets killed off by a bad guy during the prologue chapter, passing all his ability and skill to his wimp son Jeral, Gellard, [[TookALevelInBadass who's taking a whole new level in badass.]] [[RoaringRampageofRevenge He then off to revange his father.]]
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* With a generation system, RomancingSaga2 is considered this whenever a generation changes or when the team leader is killed, notably the first lord, Leon. He gets killed off by a bad guy during the prologue chapter, passing all his ability and skill to his wimp son Jeral, [[TookALevelInBadass who's taking a whole new level in badass.]] [[RoaringRampageofRevenge He then off to revange his father.]]
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* As mentioned in the Film section, Sharpe receives his dying captains old cavalry troopers sword (bear in mind both are infantrymen and it is 35 inches long) in Sharpe's Rifles.
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* In ''Braveheart'', the honor of course goes to Robert the Bruce, but Wallace's best friend gets the literal sword, and throws it, in an act of defiant symbolism, to what can be considered the climax of the entire musical store.
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* Near in ''DeathNote''.

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* Near Two of these in ''DeathNote''.''DeathNote''. [[HangingSeparately They don't get along.]]
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** Interestingly, Dick has stayed as Batman even after Bruce's return to the costume. Bruce is out and about taking his operation global with [[GrantMorrisonsBatman ''Batman Incorporated'']] while Dick is the Batman of Gotham.
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** The "Sword" in this case is a bit more abstract: it's the mantle of Zorro.
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** Mind you, Glitch was still broken at the time, and Enzo had grown up as a virus-hunting warrior without using it.
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** When [[spoiler:Jaime Lannister]] was taken captive by the Starks, he was released on the condition that he would release other captives from his faction, [[spoiler:specifically Arya and Sansa.]] When he got home, he found that it was impossible to complete the exchange due to the captives in question having escaped on their own and vanished, and so sent out [[spoiler:Brienne of Tarth]] to find them. He also gave [[spoiler:Brienne]] a new sword to carry out the quest with, which had been [[spoiler:forged from the remains of Ice.]]

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** When [[spoiler:Jaime Lannister]] was taken captive by the Starks, he was released on the condition that he would release other captives from his faction, [[spoiler:specifically Arya and Sansa.]] When he got home, he found that it was impossible to complete the for a secret exchange due of captives, only to find that the captives in question having that would have been traded for him had already escaped on their own and vanished, vanished. He was unable to hunt for them himself due to [[spoiler:his duties as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard and so sent out [[spoiler:Brienne the loss of Tarth]] to find them. He also gave [[spoiler:Brienne]] a new his sword to carry out hand]] and passed the quest with, on to Brienne of Tarth, along with a sword which had been [[spoiler:forged from the remains of Ice.]]

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* ''ASongOfIceAndFire''.

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* ''ASongOfIceAndFire''.''ASongOfIceAndFire'' has several literal swords, especially those made of Valyrian steel, being passed down through various families--Randyll Tarly's sword Heartsbane is a good example, but it is subverted with [[spoiler:Ice, Ned Stark's greatsword, which was confiscated when he was executed, melted down, and made into heirlooms for the Lannister family.]] There are also various examples of quests being passed on.
** After Viserys [[spoiler:finally pushes Khal Drogo too far]], Daenerys takes up the quest to lead the khalasar on a war of conquest and eventually regain the Iron Throne.
** The Lord Commander of the Night's Watch grooms Jon Snow for leadership, and gives him a Valyrian steel bastard sword as a token of his esteem.
** When [[spoiler:Jaime Lannister]] was taken captive by the Starks, he was released on the condition that he would release other captives from his faction, [[spoiler:specifically Arya and Sansa.]] When he got home, he found that it was impossible to complete the exchange due to the captives in question having escaped on their own and vanished, and so sent out [[spoiler:Brienne of Tarth]] to find them. He also gave [[spoiler:Brienne]] a new sword to carry out the quest with, which had been [[spoiler:forged from the remains of Ice.]]
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* ''StrangeJourney'' has this with [[AFatherToHisMen Commander Gore]] begging you to save humanity and not give in to [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill the angels]] or [[TheUnfettered the demons]].
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* ''TheDeathOfSuperman'' led to no less than four Supermen standing up to replace or impersonate him. Three were [[AntiHeroSubstitute Anti Hero Substitutes]]; the fourth was as much of a [[TheCape Cape]] as the original (if not [[BeyondTheImpossible more so]]), and was regarded as a legitimate successor to Superman even after the original returned.

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Naturally, this trope is prone to '''SPOILERS'''.

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Naturally, this trope is prone to '''SPOILERS'''. When listing examples, remember that it has to be more than the literal "someone gives someone else a weapon" part to qualify.



* "Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but your uncle wouldn't allow it. He feared you might follow old Obi-Wan on some damn fool idealistic crusade like your father did."
"What is it?"
"Your father's lightsaber. This is the weapon of a [[StarWars Jedi Knight]]. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster. An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.""

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