History TheChosenOne / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' makes very literal use of The Chosen One, with [[spoiler:Hot Rod discovering he is the [[UnlikelyHero successor]] to the now-dead [[MentorOccupationalHazard Optimus Prime]], fulfilling the [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight prophesy]] of one who would "light our darkest hour", and being upgraded by [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement The Matrix]] into Rodimus Prime in the process]]. He is referred to as "The Chosen One" several times throughout the third season.

* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'': The titular character is a twelve-year-old boy chosen by "Destiny" to be the hero of the series. He's equipped with a cosmic cap capable of opening portals that lead to all sorts of places around, in, and over Earth, although it can't make new portals.

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': In "[[Recap/SamuraiJackS3E6JackAndTheTravelingCreatures Jack and the Traveling Creatures]]", Jack reaches a time portal that could take him back to the past. The portal's Guardian denies Jack entry, boasting that only one man is destined to defeat him and use the portal, and Jack is not that man. Jack challenges the Guardian anyway... and is soundly defeated. The Guardian only spares Jack at the last moment [[spoiler:when the portal itself shows him a vision of [[FutureBadass an older Jack with a beard and a crown]]. The Guardian sends Jack off, telling him that he's not ready to use the portal now. Jack ''is'' the Chosen One after all, but he still needs to take a few more levels of badass. Sadly backfired and [[DeconstructedTrope painfully deconstructed]] as Aku easily befelled The Guardian, destroyed the portal (among many), and subjected the future to a more hellish half-century.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': Adora discovers that she's the first She-Ra chosen in a thousand years, tasked with restoring balance to Etheria and defeating the Horde. [[spoiler:Darkly subverted, but with implications that the fifth season will make it a DoubleSubversion. Adora ''was'' chosen, but by an AI programmed by AbusivePrecursors. "Restoring balance to Etheria" means bringing online all the power sources for the First One superweapon built into the planet -- which will kill everyone; the Horde is only relevant because it's why Scorpia hasn't connected to the Black Garnet yet. Essentially, what Adora's been chosen to be is a ''firing pin'', and she ends up destroying the magic sword that lets her use her powers in order to save a large chunk of the universe. ''However.'' Season 4 ''also'' establishes that the She-Ra identity isn't tied to the sword; rather, the sword was a First One creation to ''hijack'' She-Ra and bring her power under the First Ones' control. So it may be that Adora is ''still'' the Chosen One -- just chosen by Etheria itself, not Light Hope.]]

** Alternatively, this ''is'' what "Elita One" means. The choosing person then would be Alpha Trion, but there doesn't appear to be any purpose to it.
** [[spoiler: Ironically, Hot Rod is also the one who got Optimus killed by interfering right as Optimus was about to finish off Megatron.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': In "Witches Before Wizards" Luz gets fed up with [[WretchedHive the Boiling Isles]] being a lot more dreary and cynical of a fantasy world than she was hoping for. When a wizard named Adagast tells her she's "the chosen one", Luz leaps at the chance for a genuine adventure. Unfortunately, she eventually learns [[spoiler: the quest is fake. [[TreacherousQuestGiver Adagast]] is actually a "puppeteer demon" using illusions as part of an elaborate scheme to take out Eda, Luz's mentor and Adagast's major competition in the potions market, by using Luz as bait.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'': Juniper, saddled with the short end of the Chosen One stick by being forced to stay permanently in the same city.

** The series, of course, also deconstructs this to a certain extent. Aang is a kid when he learns he's the Avatar, and promptly runs away from the pressure. Korra knew she was the Avatar from a young age, even younger than her predecessor was, and it's her ''only'' source of self-worth as her series starts. When she gets mercury poisoned in late season 3, it destroys her mentally. All of her friends/family try to tell her that she needs to focus on getting better and they’ll take care of the world in the interim but that just makes things worse because her self-worth is so tied up in being the Avatar. She gets over it with time.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/DragonBooster'': Artha, the Dragon Booster.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Skyland}}'': Lena is the "Lady of Light", destined to reunite the earth with someone who hasn't been revealed yet (nor, given the lack of new episodes, will ever be). A popular theory is that Mahad, Lena's brother and the deuteragonist, is the other chosen one.

* Subverted for ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''. Sheen Estevez is called "The Chosen One" by the monks of Shangri Llama, thanks to his strange ability to put his foot behind his head. However, he isn't the ''true'' Chosen One, but merely a substitute (since the monks were sick of waiting around for the real one to show up).
* ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha'': Rikochet Buena Girl and the Flea from "The Return Of El Malefico". They are The Chosen One because they can stop El Malefico from taking over the world.
* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'': The titular character is a twelve year old boy chosen by "Destiny" to be the hero of the series. He's equipped with a cosmic cap capable of opening portals that lead to all sorts of places around, in, and over Earth, although it can't make new portals.
* In a ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'' episode, Yin and Yang end up in a magic school, and they meet an otter named Terry, who is the Chosen One. He keeps saying this with dramatic fashion. It's a parody of Harry Potter, really.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In the Wishology trilogy, Timmy is declared the Chosen One, and he takes every opportunity to remind everyone that he is. [[spoiler: He only is because, as it turns out, someone else MissedTheCall.]] Although it's shown in "The Exciting Middle Part" that Turbo Thunder lacked the qualities necessary to be the true chosen one when he tries to attack the guardian of the ice wand without provocation. Timmy on the hand chose to ask for the Guardian's help, proving himself to be the true chosen one.

* ''WesternAnimation/Xyber9NewDawn'': Jack is the only one who can defeat Machestro, who is threatening to destroy and take over the kingdom. The show actually takes from Myth/ArthurianLegend.

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' makes very literal use of The Chosen One, with [[spoiler:Hot Rod discovering he is the [[UnlikelyHero successor]] to the now-dead [[MentorOccupationalHazard Optimus Prime]], fulfilling the [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight prophesy]] of one who would "light our darkest hour", and being upgraded by [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement The Matrix]] into Rodimus Prime in the process]]. He is referred to as "The Chosen One" several times throughout the third season.
** Alternatively, this ''is'' what "Elita One" means. The choosing person then would be Alpha Trion, but there doesn't appear to be any purpose to it.
** [[spoiler: Ironically, Hot Rod is also the one who got Optimus killed by interfering right as Optimus was about to finish off Megatron.]]
* In ''[[WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011 [=ThunderCats=]]]'' (2011), Young RebelPrince Lion-O is marked as the Chosen One when, during a RiteOfPassage designed as a [[HiddenPurposeTest test]] of his readiness, the Sword of Omens granted Lion-O a [[{{seers}} vision]] of the future, [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield choosing him]] as the next king. The series' OpeningMonologue by CourtMage Jaga quotes a prophecy from [[TomesOfProphecyAndFate the Book of Omens]] concerning him:
-->'''Jaga''': For it was written that he would be born of fire, a king to lead his people to victory, against ancient spirits of evil.

** Subverted with the Mysterion (AKA [[spoiler:Kenny]]) who is trying to find the meaning behind his not-very-pleasant ability ([[spoiler:constantly dying and coming back to life the next day with nobody remembering what happened]]). At a crucial moment, the spirit of an alien appears who seems to be claming that Mysterion is his son sent to Earth. Then it turns out [[spoiler:it was [[ParodySue Mintberry Crunch]], who ends up saving the day.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'': As revealed in the season four finale, the members of Dethklok are the Chosen Ones of an ancient prophecy.
-->'''Murderface''': You mean we're the Jews?
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' featured Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia's very own student and Chosen One. As the bearer of the Element of Magic, she would be sent to Ponyville to unite five more Elements of Harmony (all of them mares her age) under her leadership, so that she could use her friends as test-cases for the inevitable moment she must lead all of Equestria as its new princess. It's later revealed in the season 4 premiere that the Tree of Harmony, a mystical tree where the Elements of Harmony come from, foretold of a pony that bore a certain cutie mark that matches the six-pointed star shape of the Element of Magic, and it's implied but never stated that Celestia was searching for this pony to choose as her student.
* In ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', there's an episode where an order of monks think that Tohru is the latest reincarnation of their leader. [[spoiler: He isn't, but it's implied that ''Jade'' is.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheSecretDoor'', Romy and Nori believe Alexa is the only one able to stop Malucia.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': In "[[Recap/SamuraiJackS3E6JackAndTheTravelingCreatures Jack and the Traveling Creatures]]", Jack reaches a time portal that could take him back to the past. The portal's Guardian denies Jack entry, boasting that only one man is destined to defeat him and use the portal, and Jack is not that man. Jack challenges the Guardian anyway... and is soundly defeated. The Guardian only spares Jack at the last moment [[spoiler:when the portal itself shows him a vision of [[FutureBadass an older Jack with a beard and a crown]]. The Guardian sends Jack off, telling him that he's not ready to use the portal now. Jack ''is'' the Chosen One after all, but he still needs to take a few more levels of badass. Sadly backfired and [[DeconstructedTrope painfully deconstructed]] as Aku easily befelled The Guardian, destroyed the portal (among many), and subjected the future to a more hellish half-century.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'': In "A Quest for the Lost Mixamajig", King Nixel ends up creating a ruse plot on who will be the Chosen One to unlock the secrets of the Mixamajig, where Snoof is the one picked for his gullibility and heavy want to be special. Eventually, [[spoiler:it is revealed that this was pulled on multiple Mixels at once, leading to a fight over who the Chosen One is, making it easier for them to fall into the King's trap.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Invoked and subverted; Bill Cipher made the Author his UnwittingPawn by telling him he was the Chosen One. The Author eventually figured out that he was being played, but not before building Bill's DoomsdayDevice. The final episode reveals that [[spoiler:Ford is actually one of TheChosenMany in a ritual to destroy Bill. However, events prevent this ritual from playing out, and so other methods are used]].
-->"He told me he was a muse, and that he chose one brilliant mind a century to inspire. What a fool I was, blinded by his flattery and games."
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': Adora discovers that she's the first She-Ra chosen in a thousand years, tasked with restoring balance to Etheria and defeating the Horde. [[spoiler:Darkly subverted, but with implications that the fifth season will make it a DoubleSubversion. Adora ''was'' chosen, but by an AI programmed by AbusivePrecursors. "Restoring balance to Etheria" means bringing online all the power sources for the First One superweapon built into the planet - which will kill everyone; the Horde is only relevant because it's why Scorpia hasn't connected to the Black Garnet yet. Essentially, what Adora's been chosen to be is a ''firing pin'', and she ends up destroying the magic sword that lets her use her powers in order to save a large chunk of the universe. ''However.'' Season 4 ''also'' establishes that the She-Ra identity isn't tied to the sword; rather, the sword was a First One creation to ''hijack'' She-Ra and bring her power under the First Ones' control. So it may be that Adora is ''still'' the Chosen One - just chosen by Etheria itself, not Light Hope.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': In "Witches Before Wizards" Luz gets fed up with [[WretchedHive the Boiling Isles]] being a lot more dreary and cynical of a fantasy world than she was hoping for. When a wizard named Adagast tells her she's "the chosen one", Luz leaps at the chance for a genuine adventure. Unfortunately, she eventually learns [[spoiler: the quest is fake. [[TreacherousQuestGiver Adagast]] is actually a "puppeteer demon" using illusions as part of an elaborate scheme to take out Eda, Luz's mentor and Adagast's major competition in the potions market, by using Luz as bait.]]

* On ''WesternAnimation/OlliesPack'', this is the literal title of protagonist Ollie Allen, who is the latest in a long line of individuals entrusted with the duty of taking care of and protecting the Monster Pack.

* ''WesternAnimation/Xyber9NewDawn'': Jack is the only one who can defeat Machestro, who is threatening to destroy and take over the kingdom. The show actually takes from KingArthur legend.

* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': This is the point of Brad Starlight's prophecy in "The Hero". Only one hero can rescue Princess Demurra from the wicked dragon king Draykor, and Brad believes he is the hero with Wander as his goofy sidekick and Sylvia as his noble steed. However, several hinderances await the trio on the way to Draykor's castle, mostly with Wander ruining his plans. In a huge PlotTwist however, it turns out Brad is not the hero -- Wander is, and Brad himself is just an egocentric knight only caring about himself, with his "prophecy" really his childhood diary. Also, Draykor is actually friendly, and he and Demurra are in love with each other.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': In "Witches Before Wizards" Luz gets fed up with [[WretchedHive the Boiling Isles]] being a lot more dreary and cynical of a fantasy world than she was hoping for. When a wizard named Adagast tells her she's "the chosen one", Luz leaps at the chance for a genuine adventure. Unfortunately, she eventually learns [[spoiler: the quest is fake. [[TreacherousQuestGiver Adagast]] is actually a "puppeteer demon" using illusions as part of an elaborate scheme to take out Eda, Luz's mentor and Adagast's major competition in the potions market, by using Luz as bait.]]