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* ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'': Shinji somehow brought her deceased guardian Misato's cross-shaped pendant with him to the past as a reminder of his past mistakes. It becomes important later on when [[spoiler:it's used to prove his time-travel story to Kaji and the military]].

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* ''Fanfic/IdTradeMyLifeForYours'': After [[ForWantOfANail Shuichi is executed for the first murder]], Kaede keeps and wears his hat as a reminder of the detective. During the sixth trial, she reveals that [[spoiler:she did this as an act of self-punishment, angry that she'd allowed two innocent people to die for her mistake]].

* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'': Ki Seong kept the unused wedding garment she had sewn for her murdered fiance Cho Yon. [[spoiler:While battling his murderer Jeog, Anguirus puts it on to fool Jeog into thinking he's Cho Yon's ghost and distract her. The garment gets destroyed by fire, but Ki Seong comforts herself by knowing it helped avenge Cho Yon's death and she's found her SecondLove in Anguirus.]]

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* In ''Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'', there's the bracelet which Tynar's son makes for him. [[spoiler: In a variation, it doesn't become one to Tynar himself, but to [[AFatherToHisMen Lothar]] when he finds it after Tynar's apparent death.]]
* In ''Fanfic/HowTheLightGetsIn'', Black Siren once escaped her cell in the Flash's Pipeline prison, but was caught when she tried to reclaim her suit. Upon hearing this, Dean immediately concludes she wasn't trying to get the suit, but something in the suit. He's right, she was after her wedding ring and [[spoiler: a picture of her dead son]]. Laurel makes a point to return both items to her.

* In ''Fanfic/GhostsAndDreams'' Balerion the Cat is the only tangible thing Jaehaerys aka Jon Snow has of his sister Rhaenys, which contributes in him being deaf to all complaints that the cat is a menace. A bit of mixed example since he can see ghosts and regularly interacts with his sister's ghost.

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* ''Fanfic/{{Sagittarius|Destiny}}'': Ikharos owns a Hunter Knife that originally belonged to his deceased partner Lennox-2. He always carries the knife everywhere he goes and considers it to be one of his most prized possessions.

* ''FanFic/ThisBites'':
** While they aren't actually his, Robin wore cowboy hats to remember Jaguar D. Saul and used them as a source of strength.
** Trafalgar D. Water Law's distinctive spotted hat is a style unique to Flevance, his DoomedHometown and the only thing he has left to remember his biological family and childhood friends.
* In WebVideo/{{UALA}}, his All Might keychain is one of the last things Hero has from his mother.
* In ''Fanfic/TheVow'', both [[StarCrossedLovers Shen and his former fiancée Lianne]] retain the items they gave each other [[ItWasAGift as gifts]] for the thirty years Shen is in exile due to his crimes. Lianne has her [[CombatHandFan silver fan]] and [[CoolCrown wedding circlet]], while Shen keeps [[TheLadysFavour the ornamental knife]] which has red pictures of a phoenix and a dragon etched into it.
* ''Fanfic/WeissReacts'': [[spoiler: Cinder's sword-bow originally belonged to Summer, Ruby's mother and one of Cinder's good friends. It's implied she took it up when she died, before her RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Weiss' grandfather.]]
* In ''FanFic/WinterWar'', Ikkaku is first introduced wearing the MIA Yumichika's scarf; a little later, Momo begins wearing Rangiku's necklace. [[spoiler: Both examples are eventually subverted. Yumichika is alive, albeit BrainwashedAndCrazy; and Rangiku's necklace becomes part of a scheme to manipulate Gin into thinking that she's still alive, which isn't quite in the spirit of this trope. They both fit well to begin with, though.]]

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* In ''Fanfic/AmbienceAFleetSymphony'', [[spoiler:!Samidare]] keeps her ponytail tied with a red ribbon implied to belong to [[spoiler:her generation's Shigure]] and [[spoiler:Franklin Kevinson]] wears a tattered white scarf implied to be that of [[spoiler:the first-generation Yuudachi]].
* ''Fanfic/AsukaAndShinjisInfinitePlaylist'': Shinji carries around her late mother's SDAT. Even though it is broken, he refuses to replace it or try to get it fixed out of fear to break it.
* ''Fanfic/BadFutureCrusaders'':
** Apple Bloom still has her sister's hat.
** Scootaloo has three — her old CMC bandana (now used as an eyepatch), her mother's scarf, and Rainbow Dash's flight goggles.

* In ''Fanfic/DespairsLastResort'', Takara gathers a collection of these from the dead students. There's also [[spoiler: Shizuka's scarf, which Kazumi holds on to after her execution. She starts wearing it in Chapter 5 to remember her]].
* In the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' story "Days Of Future Smurfed", Empath's wife Smurfette dies by [[ImMelting reverting back to lifeless blue clay]] when the spell that changed her into a real Smurf ultimately fails. In one of the mini-stories following this event, Empath is seen carrying a jar of blue clay that Smurfette was made from as the last physical thing he would ever have of Smurfette to hold onto.

* In ''Fanfic/FateZeroSanity's'' sidestory, ''Fate: OSG'', [[TheHero Shirou]] receives a cutlass from the leader of OSG that is eventually revealed to have belonged to his adoptive father Kiritsugu, which he left behind after abandoning the group. It's eventually revealed that [[spoiler: it was also one to him as well: Kiritsugu's partner, [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka]], gave it to him for his birthday before she went on a mission. She didn't come back... [[CameBackWrong not in the right way, at least]]. Kiritsugu was one of the ones who had to kill her, and afterwards left the weapon behind because he couldn't stand the idea of keeping it [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone after what happened]].]]

* In ''Fanfic/FracturedFates'', [[spoiler:Kaneki's fedora]] becomes this for Asuna after she receives it from Akira following the end of the second trial.
* In ''Fanfic/GhostsAndDreams'' Balerion the Cat is the only tangible thing Jaehaerys aka Jon Snow has of his sister Rhaenys, which contributes in him being deaf to all complaints that the cat is a menace. A bit of mixed example since he can see ghosts and regularly interacts with his sister's ghost.

* In the pro wrestling fic, ''Hello Again'', it's shown that Molly Holly keeps an Elroy Jetson doll in memory of her late cousin, Crash.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12574905/1/In-the-Kingdom-s-Service In the Kingdom's Service]]'', Roman Torchwick's last name serves as one in honor of his team (Team Torch) after he exposed that the Council and Vale Secret Service were responsible for collapsing the tunnel to Mountain Glenn, killing thousands including two of his teammates.
* ''Fanfic/KingdomHeartsTheAntipode'': [[BigBad Xemnas]] has a few of these. As well as Aqua's discarded armor, [[spoiler:he keeps his Wayfinder on his person at all times. He also scavanged and repaired his childhood wooden Keyblade.]]

* Fanfic/{{Mementos}}: An old cassette tape made by Saki's mother is found at an antique stall, and Saki buys it immediately upon seeing it. [[spoiler:Her mother is revealed to have died when she was still a kid. She decides to stay up later that night listening to it, the memories that resurface bringing her to [[BrokenTears tears]]]].
* In ''Fanfic/MissingPiece'', on the final chapter, Konata reveals to Miyuki that she got a keychain that her mother wanted to give to her when she was old enough and gave it to Miyuki as a gift, [[spoiler:Just a few moments before she unexpectedly finally reunited with her mother again after being rescued from being kidnapped and taken back to Kasukabe, which Konata didn't through due to thinking that she was gone for good]]
* ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'': Shinji somehow brought her deceased guardian Misato's cross-shaped pendant with him to the past as a reminder of his past mistakes. It becomes important later on when [[spoiler:it's used to prove his time-travel story to Kaji and the military.]]
* A bloodstained photo of a toddler Ryuuko and a passed on Soichiro playing in the snow from chapter 43 of ''Fanfic/TheOutside'' is the most telling example from the fic, as it's the only tangible evidence that Ryuuko's dream was more than a dream.
* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'':
** Applejack's hat is from her deceased father.
** In the [[BadFuture Dark World]], after [[{{Golem}} Tom]] is killed, Rarity keeps a fragment of him imbedded in her neck. [[spoiler: This [[ChekhovsGun ends up]] saving her life during her fight with [[PsychopathicManChild Fluttercruel]], by [[EyeScream stabbing her in the eye]] with it.]]

* ''FanFic/RespawnOfTheDead'' has one in the form of [[spoiler:The Pyro's Star Of David]], which seems to be the only thing he has left of his life before he became a mercenary. It later becomes one for [[spoiler:The Medic, after the Pyro dies]].

* A [[http://xeroartsu.tumblr.com/post/86624668638/heroes-are-born-out-of-sacrifices fanart]] of [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Jaune]] as an adult shows him wearing [[TheMentor Pyrrha]]'s shield. The artist's notes imply that Pyrrha is dead.

* ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'' has an example that isn't even a physical object. [[spoiler: Due to the fact that Shinji and Asuka were [[PeggySue sent back in time]], the only thing they have to prove that [[RetGone their daughter ever existed]] is the song that Shinji had written for her. Unfortunately, Shinji can't even bring himself to play since it was supposed to be for happy occasions. Fortunately, Asuka also finds [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble what would later be]] her doll,]] [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope and it turns out at the end that she was sent back in time with them (just to a later point after all the danger had passed)]].]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Asuka''':]] [[spoiler: I have nothing else from her! I don't have photos of her, I don't have one of her drawings, I don't have Kiko, I- I don't have... *sob* Please. That song... that song is all there's left from her.]]

* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon'': Deirdre wears a badge that belonged to her dead boyfriend, Leopold the former Fortree City Gym Leader.

* ''FanFic/BadFutureCrusaders'':