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1	This is a trope where one character will adopt one or more traits of another character to remember the latter.
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3	Sometimes, the original character who had that habit, phrase or trait is forgotten, and people mistakenly think that the habit/trait/phrase started with the second character. An example could be Film/JamesBond's catchphrase: "Bond, James Bond." In the first ''Literature/JamesBond'' novel, it started with the BondGirl Sylvia Trench, who introduced herself with "Trench, Sylvia Trench"; but only if Bond had adopted the catch phrase as a nod to her.
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5	Note that the person being remembered doesn't have to be dead.
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7	See also DeadPersonImpersonation and MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe. Also, because it's a Death Trope, there will be spoilers.
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10	!!Examples:
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15	* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': After [[TotalEclipseOfThePlot The Eclipse]], Guts adds [[spoiler:throwing knives]] to his arsenal, modeled after [[spoiler:Judeau]]. {{Justified}} for more than sentimental reasons; as part of the Band of the Hawk, Guts could afford to specialize in melee combat because he was typically backed up on the battlefield by dedicated archers. Once he set out to become a true OneManArmy, he needed a more varied arsenal.
16	* After [[spoiler:Undine, a DualWielding Claymore]] dies in ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'', [[spoiler:Deneve takes up one of the two swords to be a Dual-Wielder herself]] in her honor. It's hinted (though not confirmed) that this is what [[spoiler:Undine]] herself had done after another friend's death.
17	** [[spoiler:Clare and Helen do the same by mastering respectively Flora's Windcutter and Jean's Drill Sword after their death]]
18	* At the end of ''Manga/DeathNote'', Near is seen munching a bar of chocolate in imitation of [[spoiler:Mello]].
19	* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', much of Shinobu Kocho's [[StepfordSmiler seemingly positive demeanor]] is really her taking on aspects of her deceased older sister Kanae's personality; flashbacks show that Shinobu used to be more serious and impatient than she is now. Shinobu wants to emulate Kanae as much as she can, since Kanae's positivity was always a big inspiration for her.
20	* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', one of Tohru's reasons for [[FormalCharactersUseKeigo constantly using polite speech patterns]] since she was very young is due to her insecurities of not looking anything like her deceased father, Katsuya, who used similarly overly-polite speech and manners. The other reason is [[spoiler:she has some trauma from her mother Kyoko neglecting her and almost committing suicide after Katsuya died, so she adopted Katsuya's speech patterns since she thought it would keep Kyoko from leaving her.]]
21	* ''Manga/HikaruNoGo'': After [[spoiler:Sai disappears]], Hikaru buys a fan which looks like the one he used to carry and keeps it with him for go games.
22	* In ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'', Akito picks up Gai's habit of naming his attacks after those from ''[[ShowWithinAShow Gekigangar III]]''.
23	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
24	** After [[spoiler: Asuma]] dies, Shikamaru takes up smoking.
25	** Most of Kakashi's bad habits (including his extreme lateness) are actually in memory of his teammate Obito, as shown in the Kakashi Gaiden storyline.
26	* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', later in the series, we have Simon adopting the cockiness, quirks and fashion sense of his big brother mentor, Kamina.
27	* In ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'', when [[spoiler:it looks like Gascogne]] dies by HeroicSacrifice, Barnette volunteers to take over her job, and adopts her signature clothing style and some mannerisms.
28	* In ''Manga/XxxHolic'', Watanuki takes up wearing a kimono after [[spoiler:Yuuko dies]].
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32	* ''Franchise/DragonAge: ComicBook/DarkFortress'': After Ser Aaron, known far and wide for his outlandish (but mostly true) {{Tall Tale}}s, dies fighting the Red Wraith, his loyal squire Vaea, who had previously been rather annoyed by this habit of his, finds herself starting to retell his stories to her own friends.
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36	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3700001/1/Replica Replica]]'', a Wild Adapter/Stigmata crossover, is pretty much entirely about this trope.
37	* ''Fanfic/WinterWar'' has Ikkaku nicknaming his group as [[NeverFoundTheBody Yachiru]] would have done. Leads to the amusing reveal in the opening chapters that the 'young boy' called 'Peaches' in the rowdy, drunk group causing trouble at an inn is actually ''Hinamori''.
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41	* At the end of ''Film/MisterRoberts'', Pulver seems determined to pick up where Roberts left off.
42	-->"It is I, sir, Ensign Pulver, and I've just thrown your stinking palm tree overboard!"
43	* In ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet4TheDreamMaster'', Alice starts to take on personality traits of her friends as they're picked off by Freddy.
44	* The final scene of ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' shows [[spoiler: Wash's toy dinosaurs]] displayed across the cockpit dashboard.
45	* In ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'', Shaun adopts Ed's catch phrase of "two seconds" during the epilogue after Ed's zombiefication.
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49	* In ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'' the title character takes the form of his old master Ptolemy to remember him. It's noted that the form is more realistic (small scars and so on) than most of the human forms demons take.
50	* In the final book of the ''Literature/DarthBane'' trilogy, Bane and his apprentice Zannah fight a duel to the death (as is natural for Sith). Through the rest of the book, Bane had 1. been experiencing some twitching in the fingers of his hand and 2. researched a Dark Side technique for [[GrandTheftMe transferring one's consciousness into another's body]]. He attempts to use the technique during their duel, and after the duel is over the book lets the readers wonder a bit by mentioning that Zannah's fingers are twitching... [[spoiler:It's just a tease, though; the trope is averted and Zannah is in full control of her body.]]
51	* In the second book of ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan'', the titular character befriends a human boy called Sam. Sam is shown to have a fondness for pickled onions. Near the end of the book Sam is brutally mauled by the Wolfman, and is fatally wounded. Darren is convinced to drink his blood, partly because he has been refusing to drink human blood throughout the book and is now at a point where he will die in a few hours if he doesn't, partly because Sam is going to die regardless of what anyone does, and partly because he is told that part of Sam's spirit will live on in him. At the very end of the book, Darren finds himself craving some pickled onions.
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55	* Walter White of ''Series/BreakingBad'' does this a lot, adopting subtle quirks of the people who he's killed or have died because of him. For instance, he starts cutting the crusts off his sandwiches like Krazy-8 used to. Others include taking on Gus Fring's method of using his public persona to blow off people he doesn't want to talk to, or ordering his whiskey on the rocks, the way Hank used to. He also somehow adopts quirks that he had no way of knowing about, as he puts a towel down in front of the toilet to kneel on when vomiting the same way Gus did once, when Walter wasn't even remotely in the vicinity to witness it.
56	* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Buffy takes to referring to her stake as [[ICallItVera Mr. Pointy]] some time after the death of Kendra, another slayer who had named her favorite stake Mr. Pointy.
57	* On the ''Series/DoctorWho'' Children in Need special [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CiNSTimeCrash "Time Crash"]], the Tenth Doctor tells the Fifth that he got a number of his stylistic quirks (sneakers, [[PurelyAestheticGlasses "brainy specs"]], etc.) from his past self, making this a rare instance of a character invoking this trope ''with himself''. Possibly a reference to the fact that many actors that have played the Doctor have taken inspiration from their predecessors, especially Davison and Patrick Troughton.
58	* ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'': Saki Momose’s SweetTooth lives on in two characters; [[TheLancer Hiiro Kagami aka Kamen Rider Brave]], her boyfriend who began eating cakes to honor her memory, and the [[TheDragon Graphite Bugster]], who inherited the trait from her “save data” after she succumbed to ''Drago Knight Hunter Z'' game disease and died, leading to his completion.
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62	* In ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezBoundInBlood'', Ray becomes a pacifist priest to honor the memory of his late youngest brother, William, who always dreamed about it.
63	* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', the future companion [[LadyOfWar Aveline's]] EstablishingCharacterMoment has her wielding two-handed weapons like her fellow warrior companions Fenris and Carver. But when her Templar husband loses his capacity to fight due of succumbing to the Blight, she takes his weapons (one-handed weapon and shield) and starts using them ever since once she joins Hawke.
64	* Rosie picks up Pastor Al's IWasJustJoking sense of humor for the final third of the Furrowfield chapter of ''Videogame/DragonQuestBuilders2''.
65	* Anjean from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'' mentions that she had been close friends with [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Tetra]] when the latter first came to New Hyrule and appears to have picked up her habit of keeping one eye closed when she talks (in addition to her hairstyle).
66	* In ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', Revolver Ocelot adapted Naked Snake's praise "You're pretty good" into a catchphrase to honor his WorthyOpponent and says it to Solid Snake in their [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid first]] [[spoiler: [[MeaningfulEcho and]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots last]]]] encounters.
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70	* Inverted in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' if a person who rides with the Jägermonsterss dies without a hat (something that is an important status symbol for them) a Jäger will give up their hat for their funeral.
71	* Rah in the webcomic ''Institute of Metaphysics'' is a polymorph (which in the comic is distinct from a shapeshifter as he has no default form) who took on an unspecified acquaintance's appearance when he [Rah] saw him die.
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75	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Burns's Heir", weeks after Bart left the family to live with Burns, Lisa starts vandalizing the wallpaper.
76	-->'''Marge:''' Lisa, what are you doing?\
77	'''Lisa:''' Just trying to fill the void of random, meaningless destruction Bart's absence has left in our hearts. ''(trips Homer)''\
78	'''Marge:''' Oh, that's sweet, honey.
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