History Main / TheChosenMany

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom Tears of the Kingdom]]'' has its own Sages which predate the Champions in ancient Hyrule and have successors in the present day. Each is bound to a Zonai stone of incredible power, and each has its representation in the six races - Light (Rauru, no successor), Time ([[spoiler:Sonia, later Zelda]]), Spirit ([[spoiler:Mineru]]), Fire (unknown Goron[[spoiler:, later Yunobo]]), Water (unknown Zora[[spoiler:, later Sidon]]), Lightning (unknown Gerudo[[spoiler:, later Riju]]), and Wind (unknown Rito[[spoiler, later Tulin]]). Unlike ''Ocarina'', there is no Sage of Shadow, because the only time a Zonai stone was attuned to Darkness was [[spoiler:when Ganondorf took it literally over Sonia's dead body]].

* ''Anime/MegamanNTWarrior'': In "Rockman.exe Stream", Duo marks 13 individuals with the "Crest of Duo", enabling them to see his comet, as well as become one with their Net Navis through Cross Fusion, as a test to see if Earth deserves not to be destroyed by him.

* Although the main storyline in the {{MMORPG}} ''VideoGame/TreeOfSavior'' can make you feel as if you are ''the'' Revelator (and characters will refer to you as such), it's made clear early on that your character is not the ''only'' Revelator in the story--every player character is one, including some non-player characters. One NPC in the starting area of the western Šiauliai Woods even [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall comments]] on just ''how many'' people seem to be Revelators.

* ComicBook/SpiderMan'':

* Franchise/TheDCU's Franchise/GreenLantern Corps, made up of members from all over the universe and this trope's original TropeNamer. Being an Earth-based Green Lantern is doubly non-impressive, because there are ''seven'' human [=GLs=] already, though they tend to be [[HumansAreSpecial among the best]] in the Corps. However, this has varied over the years, as the Corps has wavered between a pure police/military outfit and a 3600-member super-hero team where everyone just happens to have the same power. Today, it's somewhere in between: All Green Lanterns have the same power and order is strictly enforced, but individual members can have highly distinctive costumes and styles of using said power. For instance, John Stewart has a fairly standard costume but his ring constructs are highly-detailed pieces of engineering, whereas Guy Gardner has a very unusual costume but just blasts things with his ring, and honorary member Alan Scott's costume is ''bright red and purple'' and his ring constructs appear covered in spectral flames[[note]]in the Golden Age, there was no Corps or Guardians, and Scott actually ''was'' unique; this has since been retconned all over the place, but in most reimaginings of the character he's only distantly connected to the Guardians and the Corps at best, and his ring is powered by a different source[[/note]].

** Ever since ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' back in the 1980s, it has been DC canon that most of the universe is lifeless, and those star systems which can and do support sapient life tend to be clustered together. The official number of such planets given at that time (in Marv Wolfman's 1986 ''History of the Universe'') is not so large that 7200 Green Lanterns couldn't handle them. Thus far, no one has provided a different number than that given in 1986, nor has the book been removed from official DC canon. Furthermore, it's also held that most sectors have a lot less going on in them than Sector 2814 (Earth's sector), which is considered the "bad neighborhood" of the universe. Which is why it was the first sector to be assigned two Green Lanterns, before the expansion from 3600 to 7200 members made that a standard arrangement. Not only isn't Green Lantern unique, but the Green Lantern ''Corps'' isn't unique; Sinestro and Star Sapphire have formed parallel Corps (Yellow/Fear and Violet/Love), and there's also the Red, Blue and Indigo Lanterns for Rage, Hope and Compassion. The exception is the Orange Lantern Corps (of Avarice); it only had one member, ''Larfleeze'', who hogged all the rings for himself. ''Lex Luthor'' became member #2, and as expected they had issues with sharing. [[note]]Technically the Orange Lantern Corps has lots of members...it's just that none of them are alive. Whenever Larfleeze kills someone he steals their soul and turns them into a ring construct. Larfleeze's prolonged contact with the orange light has caused him to become one with it, and he has the power to summon ''thousands'' of Orange Lantern Constructs at a time. One of the later human Green Lanterns, 11-year-old Keli Quintela, became one in unusual circumstances -- while most Green Lanterns were usually chosen by Green Lantern Rings seeking new potential recruits, Keli got her hands on a Green Lantern Power Battery and hacked into it, managing to channel its energy through a gauntlet and becoming an unofficial Green Lantern. Due to her becoming part of ComicBook/YoungJustice's adventures while on her way to Metropolis for an internship at the Hall of Justice, the Green Lantern Corps remained completely unaware of the so-called Teen Lantern until John Stewart encountered her by the end of ''ComicBook/YoungJustice2019''. As of ''ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier'', Keli's in the process of becoming an official Green Lantern, with ''ComicBook/DCFutureState'' showing a potential future where she is an actual member.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''

* Franchise/SpiderMan villain ComicBook/{{Venom}} was originally a super suit that Spidey himself wore to augment his powers. However it was later revealed to be a sentient alien symbiote... and even later revealed to be just one member of an entire race. It was also capable of self-replicating, and so far several symbiotes have appeared in the comics canon.
** Spider-Man himself started out as a guy who got powers from a radioactive spider... until it was revealed he's connected to a supernatural force called the Web of Life, which also empowers every other arachnid-themed hero and villain.

** Inverted. The Justice Society has suffered a major legacy implosion, with the all of the children and grandchildren wiped from existence and the original JSA members becoming young again. The divide between ''ComicBook/Earth2 and the main DCU also has brought up a kind of OneSteveLimit, in that Franchise/TheFlash and Franchise/GreenLantern are the only superheroes with ongoing stories to have versions in both universes[[note]] Earth 2 also had versions of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, but they get killed off in the prologue of the series[[/note]]. Every other superhero is editorially confined to either one continuity or the other. So, for example, ComicBook/TheSpectre, traditionally a JSA character, is now in the main DC universe instead of Earth 2 with the rest of the rebooted Golden Age characters.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Inverted following "War Games". Batman's TrueCompanions were imploded piece-by-piece, with the exceptions of marketable stalwarts ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}} and ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}. Orpheus dead, Spoiler dead, long-time confidant Leslie Thompkins implicated in killing the latter "to teach Batman a lesson", current ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2000}} Cassandra Cain realizing a FaceHeelTurn, former Batgirl ComicBook/{{Oracle}} bombed out of her headquarters and sent away from Gotham City along with her ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey team, Onyx inexplicably vanished from the books, Commissioner Gordon (who'd already retired by then) moving out of Gotham, the rest of the GCPD pretty much turning against him... Some of these got [[AuthorsSavingThrow undone]]: Steph [[BackFromTheDead wasn't really dead]], and became the new ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2009}}, Cass turned out to be under mind-control and joined Batman Incorporated as Black Bat, Jim Gordon moved back and was reinstated as commissioner, the GCPD resumed relations with Batman, and Babs returned to the Bat-fold as Batman Inc's computer specialist.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'' reveals that there is more than one Time Squad, and Larry calls on one after Tuddrussel gets imprisoned by Kublai Khan ("Tuddrussel is not going to like this..."). Wouldn't you know it, the unit they call is led by Tuddrussel's ''ex-wife'' ("Oh, he's REALLY not going to like this!").

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Inverted following "War Games". Batman's TrueCompanions were imploded piece-by-piece, with the exceptions of marketable stalwarts ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}} and ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}. Orpheus dead, Spoiler dead, long-time confidant Leslie Thompkins implicated in killing the latter "to teach Batman a lesson", current ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2000}} Cassandra Cain realizing a FaceHeelTurn, former Batgirl ComicBook/{{Oracle}} bombed out of her headquarters and sent away from Gotham City along with her ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey team, Onyx inexplicably vanished from the books, Commissioner Gordon (who'd already retired by then) moving out of Gotham, the rest of the GCPD pretty much turning against him... Some of these got [[AuthorsSavingThrow undone]]: Steph [[BackFromTheDead wasn't really dead]], and became the new ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2009}}, Cass turned out to be under mind-control and joined Batman Incorporated as Black Bat, Jim Gordon moved back and was reinstated as commissioner, the GCPD resumed relations with Batman, and Babs returned to the Bat-fold as Batman Inc's computer specialist.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' has the six main characters, [[TheHero Noah]], [[NiceGirl Mio]], [[DeadpanSnarker Eunie]], [[TheSmartGuy Taion]], [[TheBigGuy Lanz]], and [[PintSizedPowerhouse Sena]], who were all specifically chosen by [[PostHumousCharacter Guernica Vandham]] to become the next [[FusionDance Ouroburos]], the most powerful beings in the world and the ones destined to take down the [[EvilOverlord Moebius]].

* ''VideoGame/TheLastSovereign'': The Chosen are young men blessed with great power by the goddess Ivala and sent off to slay evil. Unfortunately, [[AnythingThatMoves raging libidos]] and [[TooDumbToLive lack of self-preservation]] lead to high mortality rates. One of them, who ultimately [[RefusalOfTheCall renounced his status]], rightfully likens selecting a Chosen to giving incredible power to an impudent child who never got told no.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV:'' Hydaelyn selects and empowers a large number of player characters and even some [=NPCs=], giving them the Power of the Echo, unusually strong aetherial reserves, as well as protecting them from [[BrainwashedAndCrazy primal tempering]]. Unusually, she also continues to help after Choosing, up to and including deflecting a magical nuke. Slightly more morbidly, the game implies that there's not much difference between receiving the Echo and being [[{{Brainwashing}} tempered]] or [[DemonicPossession joining the side of her dark reflection, Zodiark]].

* In more than one ''Manga/{{doraemon}}'' film, Doraemon and friends are inevitably the "Chosen Ones" to save whatever world-ending threat they're facing:

* In the ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}'' universe, we learn that the preferred method of dealing with any threat to the human race is to recruit hero from Japan after hero from Japan and throw them at the problem one at a time until it goes away, and the gods didn't care which hero did it so long as it was done. Kazuma is chagrined to learn that he dealt a blow against the forces of Good by taking Aqua as a cheat item because she was skilled at making life as an Isekai hero/heroine sound more fun than reincarnation or going to Heaven. Without her, the supply of heroes dried up.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' has the main character turning into a magical girl. Then her rival, another magical girl turns up, which surprises her. Then the Time-Space Administration Bureau, an entire police force of people using magical powers, arrive. Nanoha eventually pursues a career as a part of their numbers, becoming [[spoiler: a Captain of their Air Force and the head Tactical Instructor.]] It should be noted that Nanoha is actually an UnchosenOne.

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has the four Maidens, who are each named after the four seasons, Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. They are a group of women who wield vast elemental magic chosen by either the former as the last person in their thoughts before passing or by being chosen at random.
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* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2018-02-02 one in 7 million]] humans are Seers. However, since there are over 7 ''billion'' humans on Earth, that means there are over a thousand Seers. Aside for three of them though, none of them know of any others and only five of them even know what they ''themselves'' are.

* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', first there was Buffy the Chosen One, the "one girl in all the world who had the strength..." However, after a temporary clinical death, it turns out that she isn't ''the'' Slayer anymore (first Kendra, then with her death, [[DarkActionGirl Faith]]) and the line no longer goes through her. Then, in the series finale, [[spoiler: Buffy has Willow cast a spell that activates the powers of ''all''Potential Slayers, making an army of thousands.]]
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'' introduced the concept of "Champions", each selected by the Powers That Be to do acts of good in our world. The main one was the title character, who got his mission postings in the form of psychic visions from his friend Doyle (then Cordelia starting halfway through Season 1), but it was made clear others existed, including the Slayer by definition.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': All users of Conquerors Haki are all King candidates chosen by Heaven with such potential, that their fame has earned themselves both numerous allies and enemies.

** Ever since ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' back in the 1980s, it has been DC canon that most of the universe is lifeless, and those star systems which can and do support sapient life tend to be clustered together. The official number of such planets given at that time (in Marv Wolfman's 1986 ''History of the Universe'') is not so large that 7200 Green Lanterns couldn't handle them. Thus far, no one has provided a different number than that given in 1986, nor has the book been removed from official DC canon. Furthermore, it's also held that most sectors have a lot less going on in them than Sector 2814 (Earth's sector), which is considered the "bad neighborhood" of the universe. Which is why it was the first sector to be assigned two Green Lanterns, before the expansion from 3600 to 7200 members made that a standard arrangement. Not only isn't Green Lantern unique, but the Green Lantern ''Corps'' isn't unique; Sinestro and Star Sapphire have formed parallel Corps (Yellow/Fear and Violet/Love), and there's also the Red, Blue and Indigo Lanterns for Rage, Hope and Compassion. The exception is the Orange Lantern Corps (of Avarice); it only had one member, ''Larfleeze'', who hogged all the rings for himself. ''Lex Luthor'' became member #2, and as expected they had issues with sharing. [[note]]Technically the Orange Lantern Corps has lots of members...it's just that none of them are alive. Whenever Larfleeze kills someone he steals their soul and turns them into a ring construct. Larfleeze's prolonged contact with the orange light has caused him to become one with it, and he has the power to summon ''thousands'' of Orange Lantern Constructs at a time. One of the later human Green Lanterns, 11-year-old Keli Quintela, became one in unusual circumstances -- while most Green Lanterns were usually chosen by {{Green Lantern Ring}}s seeking new potential recruits, Keli got her hands on a Green Lantern Power Battery and hacked into it, managing to channel its energy through a gauntlet and becoming an unofficial Green Lantern. Due to her becoming part of ComicBook/YoungJustice's adventures while on her way to Metropolis for an internship at the Hall of Justice, the Green Lantern Corps remained completely unaware of the so-called Teen Lantern until John Stewart encountered her by the end of ''ComicBook/YoungJustice2019''. As of ''ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier'', Keli's in the process of becoming an official Green Lantern, with ''ComicBook/DCFutureState'' showing a potential future where she is an actual member.

* The same applies to ''Dark Souls''' SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/EldenRing'', in which the player is the latest of many Tarnished to be resurrected by the guidance of grace and commanded to become Elden Lord, repair the shattered Elden Ring, and restore order to the Lands Between. After a certain point, you even gain access to the Roundtable Hold, a gathering place for Tarnished who seek to become Elden Lord. However, when you get there, it turns out most Tarnished don’t really care about any of that, and have actually ''lost'' their chosen status as a result — after ignoring the guidance of grace for long enough, they’ve stopped being able to perceive it.

* [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3 Xenoblade Chronicles 3]] has the six main characters, [[TheHero Noah]], [[NiceGirl Mio]], [[DeadpanSnarker Eunie]], [[TheSmartGuy Taion]], [[TheBigGuy Lanz]], and [[PintSizedPowerhouse Sena]], who were all specifically chosen by [[PostHumousCharacter Guernica Vandham]] to become the next [[FusionDance Ouroburos]], the most powerful beings in the world and the ones destined to take down the [[EvilOverlord Moebius]].

** The sequels add Roxas and Xion [[spoiler: both of whom are extensions of Sora]], Riku (for real this time) and Kairi, while Xigbar claims to have met Keyblade wielders ''before'' Sora.

* ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestIV Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosens]]''. Although [[TheHero The Hero / The Heroine]] is the one who can use the Zenithian Equipments, The team are considered chosens as a whole.

** When Goku learns that he is one of a few surviving [[HumanAlien Saiyans]] and that there are others like him. Piccolo is a closer fit, as his planet is still around there's a lot of Namekians still alive.

* In the Konosuba universe we learn that the preferred method of dealing with any threat to the human race is to recruit hero from Japan after hero from Japan and throw them at the problem one at a time until it goes away, and the gods didn't care which hero did it so long as it was done. Kazuma is chagrined to learn that he dealt a blow against the forces of Good by taking Aqua as a cheat item because she was skilled at making life as an Isekai hero/heroine sound like more fun then reincarnation or going to Heaven. Without her the supply of heroes dried up.

* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', Eren is the first known case of a human with the ability to transform and harness the powers of a Titan. This makes him pivotal to humanity's survival....but then it slowly becomes clear that Eren is merely one of several such people, the majority of which are antagonistic. Naturally, Eren is typically left trying to figure out how his powers work while his similarly-powered opponents demonstrate exceptional skill and control. [[spoiler: In the past, the Nine Titans were the leaders and protectors of the Eldian people, but in-fighting became an issue over time. This led to the collapse of the kingdom, and seven of the powers being stolen by the Marleyans. Only two remained out of their hands, and are now both possessed by Eren]].