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10->''"But being chosen doesn't make you a hero; what you choose does."''
11-->-- '''Franchise/{{Batman}}''', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''
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15If TheChosenOne is the ultimate perpetrator of BecauseDestinySaysSo, the Unchosen One is the ultimate perpetrator of ScrewDestiny.
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17The Unchosen One is the hero or heroine who stands up to do what's right not because of a prophecy, but because they feel the need or desire to stop the BigBad (sometimes doing so ''in spite'' of a prophecy). The Unchosen One is, in essence, a Chosen One who [[JumpedAtTheCall chooses themselves]].
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19The reasons for this can vary. Perhaps the Chosen One [[MissedTheCall missed]] or [[RefusalOfTheCall refused the call]], or was [[ThreadOfProphecySevered killed or incapacitated]] by a [[ScrewDestiny Destiny-Screwing]] villain. Or, in a twist, the Chosen One ''is'' the villain and the Unchosen One decides to stop them. If all the prophecies say evil will triumph, the Unchosen One's reply would be [[ScrewDestiny "screw that."]] Perhaps they were RefusedByTheCall and decided that they should go on adventuring anyway on their own terms. It could also be nothing more than a simple chance encounter allowing them to intercept the CallToAdventure in place of the real Chosen One. Every so often, the Unchosen is also a Chosen One who's decided to save the world of their own will, regardless of what fate has in store for them.
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21Of course, because they ''aren't'' TheChosenOne, things won't be laid out on a silver platter like a proper Chosen Hero often gets. They'll more often have to earn their place as TheHero. [[TheChooserOfTheOne If there is a being or force doing the Choosing]], they'll eventually have to acknowledge the Hero even if he wasn't the Chosen One. They may also have to deal with the possibility that the Chosen One [[FakeUltimateHero will get the credit]] [[DudeWheresMyRespect for all of their hard work]]. On the other hand, even the Chosen One might look in awe of this hero who created great things on his own efforts and is beholden to no one and no destiny.
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23An Unchosen One has high odds of being a HeroicWannabe, a {{Determinator}}, or any other hero type that is likely to [[JumpedAtTheCall jump at the call]]. There's also the possibility of the Unchosen One being a BadassUnintentional, someone who actually doesn't want to save the world but may be the only one in a position to do so. A possible fate for those who MissedTheCall.
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25Some writers can't escape from this frame of thinking, though, and they occasionally write in that the character [[SweetAndSourGrapes really was the Chosen One after all.]] Another common way to work around it is an ontological argument: ''someone'' was bound to eventually take up the sword against [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] and lead the revolution to overthrow him; [[AnthropicPrinciple otherwise there wouldn't be a story]]. There could even be [[TheChosenMany many heroes working together or independently to take him down]]. The "Chosen One" just happened to be the one who ultimately succeeded, and could easily have been replaced by any of the others had circumstances been different.
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27Compare AntiAntiChrist where someone is the DarkMessiah for the ''bad guys'' and tells them to take a hike. Not to be confused with ThePoorlyChosenOne, who is a Chosen One who does a bad job being one, though that may necessitate an Unchosen One to do what the Chosen One failed to.
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29!!Examples:
30[[index]]
31* TheUnchosenOne/AnimeAndManga
32* TheUnchosenOne/ComicBooks
33* TheUnchosenOne/FanWorks
34* TheUnchosenOne/{{Literature}}
35* TheUnchosenOne/LiveActionTV
36* TheUnchosenOne/VideoGames
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42* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'', becoming the Dragon Warrior is presented as a matter of destiny, but is revealed to fall more into this trope. The reveal of the Dragon Scroll is that [[spoiler:there isn't any secret technique and the Dragon Warrior is not really “chosen” by a higher power]]. The real “secret ingredient” that makes up the criteria to be a Dragon Warrior is [[spoiler: the personal growth and training to earn the scroll in the first place]]. This is why Po is chosen while Tai Lung isn’t. Tai Lung’s status as an ArrogantKungFuGuy who had no doubts about himself means that the scroll and its lesson would’ve been meaningless for him.
43* The "Special One" of Vitruvius's prophecy in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' [[spoiler:doesn't really exist. At the beginning of the movie, Lord Business dismisses the prophecy as something Vitruvius made up on the spot, and it turns out that he was ''right'' -- there really ''is'' no Special One, at least, not in the way that is implied. This devastates Emmet when Vitruvius dies, but Vitruvius returns as a ghost to reveal the true purpose of the prophecy to Emmet -- he made it up because the only thing anyone needs to be special is to ''believe'' that they are special, and to turn whoever found the piece into someone extraordinary. At the end of the movie, Emmet talks down Lord Business by telling him ''he'' could be the special one, too -- although the MaybeMagicMaybeMundane nature of the movie leaves it ambiguous if this is just symbolic of Finn and his father working through their issues.]]
44* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' reveals that [[spoiler:Miles Morales]] was never meant to be a Spider-Man. Specifically, [[spoiler:the spider that gave him his power came from another universe. In fact, Miguel O'Hara even considers him an "Anomaly" whose very existence goes against the established "canon" of Spideys and serves to potentially destabilize the multiverse. It also meant that the universe where the spider was from never got it's Spider-Man and that version of Miles instead became the Prowler]].
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48* In ''Film/BladeRunner2049'', Officer K initially believes that he is [[spoiler: the Replicant child of Rick Deckard and Rachael Tyrell that he's been [[HiredToHuntYourself searching for.]]]] Nope. [[spoiler: Not only is he just a regular Replicant, but as he learns, the memories he had that supposedly proved he was the real child were common to ''all'' Nexus-9 Replicants, meaning that every one of them falsely believes themself to be the chosen one.]] This revelation [[IJustWantToBeSpecial drives his decision]] [[GrowBeyondTheirProgramming be more than just a machine]] by fighting for Rick Deckard [[spoiler: even though Deckard is ''not'' his father, laying down [[HeroicSacrifice his own life]]]] in the process.
49* John [=McClane=] from the ''Franchise/DieHard'' films largely views himself as this, typically being just a guy in the wrong place at the wrong time who has every reason to do nothing, no obligation to do anything, and every opportunity to just say ScrewThisImOuttaHere. He always chooses to be the hero instead, explaining to a panicked Matt Farrel in ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard'' to encourage the boy that, despite being a punk kid with low blood sugar and no experience doing that sort of thing, that he can be a hero too:
50-->'''[=McClane=]:''' Do you know what you get for being a hero? Nothing! You get shot at. Pat on the back, bla bla bla. That a boy! You get divorced... Your wife can't remember your last name, kids don't want to talk to you... You get to eat a lot of meals by yourself. Trust me kid, nobody wants to be that guy.\
51'''Matt:''' Then why you doing this?\
52'''[=McClane=]:''' Because there is nobody else to do it right now. Believe me if there was somebody else to do it I would let them do it. There's not, so we're doing it. That's what makes you that guy.
53* ''Film/TheFourthWiseMan'': Artaban wishes very much to find the foretold savior and gift him with precious gems, but is delayed tending to a seriously ill man and misses the caravan the other three magi take to Judea. Undaunted, he spends the next several decades trying to find the Christ, except whenever his quest is again interrupted by people in need.
54* ''Franchise/TheMatrix'':
55** While ''Film/TheMatrix'' plays TheChosenOne fairly straight, ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' and ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' reveal [[spoiler:the prophecy was a lie]]. Thus, when Neo continues to fight on against the Machines, he has made himself an Unchosen One.
56** The script/art book reveals that originally Neo is the ''sixth'' Chosen One by Morpheus, whose poor track record is part of the reason why [[spoiler:Cypher wants back into the Matrix.]]
57** [[http://www.wylfing.net/essays/index.html An alternate interpretation]] suggests that ''The Matrix'' {{subvert|edTrope}}s this one, [[ZigZaggingTrope zig zagging]] the entire messianic concept: The prophecy was intended by the Architect to be an EvilPlan aimed at a continued recycling of the Matrix as a means of keeping the system in place. He is OutGambitted by the Oracle, however, who actually [[BatmanGambit intended for Neo to evolve slightly]] with each rebooting until he'd eventually [[spoiler: reject the Architect's offer to reboot the system and force the machines to reach a settlement with Zion]] that she believed was necessary for the Machines to evolve. This is possible because [[OnlyICanKillHim Neo was the only one]] who could beat [[spoiler: Smith]], who was otherwise poised to bring down the entire machine network (whew!). One hell of a {{Chessmaster}}, that Oracle.
58* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' Sequel Trilogy, the main hero Rey [[PlayingWithATrope plays with this]]. ''Film/TheLastJedi'' shows she and many around her believe she's just a nobody from nowhere. [[spoiler:Her parents were nothing but filthy junk trading drunks who sold their child for drinking money and eventually ended up dead in unmarked graves under the sands of a lawless desert planet]]. Rey only became a hero of the galaxy by choosing to help BB-8, to go with Han Solo and Finn to find the Resistance, to fight back against Kylo Ren's MindProbe (inadvertently giving her part of his knowledge of using [[MagicByAnyOtherName the Force]]) to seek out Luke Skywalker, and to never stop trying to help her friends or those in need. ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' throws this for a loop [[spoiler:by showing she's actually the granddaughter of ''Emperor Palpatine'']], meaning she very much isn't a nobody. However, it was still very much her choice to act as she did with no expectations of some great destiny for herself.
59-->'''Kylo Ren:''' You have no place in this story. You come from nothing. You're nothing. ...[[YouAreNotAlone but not to me]].
60* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' Original Trilogy, Luke and Leia themselves were this. Although Obi-Wan and Yoda thought they would fulfill the role of bringing balance to the Force instead of Anakin, that role still fell to Anakin. Their contribution was simply to fight the Empire (Leia) and to convince Anakin that he could still turn away from the Dark Side (Luke).
61* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'' the Turtles are disappointed when Professor Perry reveals that the formation of the ooze that mutated them ''and'' the accident that led to the canister finding its way into the sewer was simply one large accident. No Turtle was more disappointed than Donatello. He believes there's got to be more to the accident.
62* ''Film/TopGun'': Pete “Maverick” Mitchell has been RefusedByTheCall twice. The Naval Academy had rejected him, and in the beginning of the movie, his section lead pilot Cougar was supposed to attend Top Gun. Then an enemy [=MiG=] outmaneuvered Cougar in a non-lethal engagement, causing Cougar to lose his nerve and quit naval aviation completely. Since someone has to represent the squadron at Top Gun, Maverick gets to go.
63* In ''Film/{{Willow}}'', the then-infant princess Elora Danan is prophesied to destroy the [[EvilOverlord evil queen]] Bavmorda. However, it is Willow and others striving to protect the princess who actually stop her. On the other hand, novels that continue the story after the movie play TheChosenOne straight, as Bavmorda returns and the now-grown Elora Danan must fulfill her original destiny. [[spoiler:The main villain of the books is actually a version of Elora from an alternate future, who's angst over being a Chosen One who never actually did anything kind of snowballed into conquering several planets and accidentally destroying the universe. It's complicated.]]
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67* One interpretation of Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott's "Hero".
68-->And they say that a hero can save us, I'm not gonna stand here and wait\
69I'll hold on to the wings of the eagles, watch as we all fly away
70* Music/{{Skillet}}'s identically-titled song, "Hero", embodies this trope, with lyrics starting out "I am just a man/Not superhuman... I need a hero to save me now." However, the narrator gradually realizing that they themselves can do everything that a hero ''should'' be doing.
71* The song "The Battle At World Stone Keep" by ''Music/ClamaviDeProfundis'' tells of how the High King, needing heroes to save his daughter and prevent an apocalyptic ritual, assembles a team of champions from each of the five races -- and one orc who was explicitly ''not'' invited, but "pledged himself to fight" anyway, and is outright called "Oshrad the Unchosen." He's actually Oshrad Bonebreaker, whose story is told in more detail in the song of the same name.
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75* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' plays extensively with the idea in that Fate is an obstructive bureaucracy that the Sidereal Exalted act as agents of, and every other Exalt type tends to act in violation of Fate's decrees unless they decide to go along with it or the Sidereals con them into doing so. However, the more traditional idea is subverted in that HardWorkHardlyWorks in Exalted, at least when Exalts and similarly powerful entities come into play. Without being chosen by a supernatural patron, mortals can only have a meaningful impact on the world in very large groups.
76* The Discarded playbook from ''TabletopGame/InterstitialOurHeartsIntertwined'' is thematically all about being left behind. Mechanically it focuses on dishing out the most damage, representing the idea that the character is pushing themselves to prove their worth.
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80* In ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', the Toa Metru eventually hit upon evidence that reveals they ''weren't'' supposed to be Toa, but rather it should have been the six Matoran who discovered the location of the Great Disks. [[BigBad Makuta]], anticipating that [[TheMentor Lhikan]] would seek to create a new team of Toa to succeed him in protecting the Matoran of Metru Nui, divined the stars and searched out evidence that revealed to him the supposed heroes, and then he implanted the names of the Toa Metru into Lhikan's head in an attempt to ScrewDestiny. As he reveals later, even if the Metru succeeded in temporarily foiling his plans (which they did), he could still take solace in that he defied his brother's plans. This knowledge ''crushes'' the Toa Metru since [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destiny]] is a big thing in this universe and makes them wonder if their failure [[YouAreTooLate to save the city and prevent their friends from lapsing into comas]] was all because they weren't the true chosen, [[spoiler:and is just another part of catalysing the already-unstable Vakama's temporary FaceHeelTurn.]] [[spoiler:However, it's {{subverted|Trope}} when Karzahni eventually revealed to Vakama that they're the real deal, and that it was ''Makuta'' who got played by Mata Nui and his HeroSecretService in a BatmanGambit of fabricated evidence and had the Metru's names implanted in ''his'' mind by Mata Nui. This knowledge gives Vakama the resolve to face off with Makuta one final time and force a temporary truce.]]
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84* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Professor Ozpin -- and [[LegacyOfTheChosen his successor]], Oscar -- is TheChosenOne, inheritor of a divine mandate to redeem humanity. However, after [[ForeverWar millennia spent fighting]] an InvincibleVillain, Ozpin is [[ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne burned out and traumatised]] while [[ResignedToTheCall Oscar]] is young and untrained. Ruby [[JumpedAtTheCall becomes involved]] upon realising there's [[SecretWar something wrong]] in the world and that her [[UniqueProtagonistAsset abilities]] can help. [[spoiler:[[BigGood Ozpin]] tells [[FarmBoy Oscar]] that Ruby possesses an [[TheParagon unquantifiable spark]] that inspires others -- including him -- even in the darkest times, making Ruby the de facto leader in the fight to save the world from [[BigBad Salem]].]]
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88* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' is about four Unchosen who basically ''steal'' the destiny of the actual Chosen and then proceed to completely waste the opportunity. And the ones who actually end up saving the world [[spoiler: are White Mage, Priest, Shaman and Healer, ending up both as Unchosen Ones themselves and as sort-of Chosen Ones in that they're putting an end to [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/20/episode-007-kamehameha-or-something/ the longest]] BrickJoke [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/02/20/episode-1221-longest-set-up-in-webcomic-history/ in the series.]]]]
89* From the ''Webcomic/CrossoverWars'', Scale. Her own comic starts with her creators (in story) talking of a planned story which was derailed when the [[EvilOverlord Editor]] & his forces invaded the comic & captured them. Scale's "birth" was a side effect of the Editor reaching into the metaphorical womb (a computer) and pulling out her bracer into "reality". Afterwards she had to figure out what had happened & what to do next, which involved stumbling across dimensions and assembling an army to oppose the Evil Overlords & rescuing her creators.
90* Almond from ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'' is truly hero material, while her brother Cucumber is rather bookish and has never held a sword in his life. However, it is Cucumber who becomes the [[TheChosenOne Legendary Hero]] and Almond is supposed to stay home and be the damsel in distress, like the many younger sisters of the Legendary Heroes before Cucumber. Instead, she follows her brother on his journey and is determined to beat [[BigBad The Nightmare Knight]] herself, even offering to handle the quest herself. While impulsive and [[BloodKnight eager to fight]], she is a capable fighter and has already decimated one of the eight Disaster Masters.
91* The title character of ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}''. Digger is an anthropomorphic wombat, and her people usually have the good sense to steer clear of any gods or magic they may encounter. Unfortunately, Digger has gotten herself first good and lost (on account of underground hallucinogenic gas pockets), then entangled (on account of being too nice for her own good) in strange goings on in a faraway land, in which both gods and magic are involved. Prophesies of several groups speak extensively of the other characters in the story, the events that Digger participates in, and even the tunnel that Digger digs up to the surface in the beginning of the story once she decides that she is completely and utterly lost -- but strangely none of the prophesies say anything about Digger herself, or mention wombats in any way. Indeed, hardly anyone in the land Digger has found herself in has even heard of them. [[spoiler:As it turns out, her ancestor specifically asked that his descendants be immune to divine prying and prophesying in exchange for helping to bind a mad god.]]
92* Roy Greenhilt from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' fits this pretty well. Originally he took on the quest to destroy [[BigBad Xykon]], his father's personal nemesis, out of a desire to [[WellDoneSonGuy prove himself]]. In the process, he discovered that Xykon represents a significant threat to the universe. After telling his father to shove it, Roy decides that he's going to take down Xykon regardless of his father's wishes, just because it needs to be done.
93-->'''Roy:''' We're still the Order of the Stick, no matter how much stuff changes along the way. I'm sure there will be even more changes before the endgame -- things we can't even hope to predict now. And I'm just as sure that we'll get through them all. Not because we're destined or chosen or fated or any of that cliched heroic garbage. Nah. We'll get through because we're the ones who are too dumb to know when to quit.
94* In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' webcomic ''Webcomic/ScarletLady'', Chloe Bourgeois is the wielder of the Ladybug Miraculous purely because she stole the earrings from Marinette's purse in [[EvilIsPetty an act of petty bullying]] -- and now that she let the power go to her head, the rest of the cast (not to mention the city of Paris and, yes, [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Hawk Moth]]) can only grit their teeth and try to tolerate her. As a result, Marinette (the ''actual'' ChosenOne of the Ladybug Miraculous) still gets involved in the Akuma fighting as a BadassNormal.
95* ''WebComic/TowerOfGod'':
96** A {{Downplayed}} case near the beginning, when all the candidates to climb the Tower have to pass a test to show they can tolerate the higher concentrations of [[BackGroundMagicField Shinsu]] in the upper levels. Lero Ro puts it by saying that some people are "chosen" and some are not. Shibisu and Serena Linnen, who have been unable to pass through the Shinsu curtain so far, say something to the effect "screw being chosen" and push through with all their might, getting through even though they injure themselves in the process. (Of course, they presumably wouldn't have been able to regardless if they hadn't been at least borderline suitable to begin with.)
97** Rachel tries so hard to take for herself the position of the chosen one that no-one's giving her. (What exactly she's after is something not revealed for quite a while.) Since she's got no powers or anything, she gets quite frustrated and desperate trying. Basically the only way she gets anywhere on that road is by getting help from more powerful people who want to use her as their pawn.
98** TheHero Bam is initially motivated by very personal reasons, although he's never far from ChronicHeroSyndrome anyway. This phase also includes being forced to work for an evil organisation that wants to use him to [[spoiler: kill Jahad, [[GodEmperor the King of the Tower]].]] Later, he finds out that his origins and his powers have something to do with a [[TheChosenOne destiny]] placed upon him to [[spoiler: do that same thing]]. Finally, at the end of the Hell Train arc, he realises to look to himself for meaning instead of asking anyone else, after which he explicitly declares that he chooses his destiny to be [[spoiler: again, defeat Jahad, but this time for his own reasons -- because Jahad is, in his eyes, [[EvilOverlord exactly what a king should not be]].]]
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102* In ''Lamia Daughter Quest'', the Chosen Ones of Citadel kingdom are the Lightbringers, who will come together, face a Shaper of Darkness, and perform a HeroicSacrifice to defeat it. Ssen Patrick and her RagtagBunchOfMisfits are not Lightbringers, but they do manage to be in the right place at the right time to defeat threats the Lightbringers were supposed to thwart. [[spoiler: Though the Lightbringers are not actual chosen ones -- they're actually victims of an elaborate form of human sacrifice designed to keep Citadel alive. The Dawnchasers being Unchosen Ones and distrupting the Lightbringers' story was a massive SpannerInTheWorks for them.]]
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106* While all the later incarnations of the Avatar in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' are all TheChosenOne, [[GuileHero Wan]], the first Avatar, was this. He went against the beliefs and lifestyles of the world at the time, refusing to accept that things could not be changed and would always stay the same. Through his efforts, he merged with the spirit [[BigGood Raava]] to stop [[BigBad Vaatu]], and the two began the Avatar Cycle, separated human and spirit world for their mutual protection, and allowed humanity to leave the Lion Turtles for the wider world.
107* [[Characters/Ben10BenTennyson The titular character]] of the ''Franchise/Ben10'' franchise. In [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 the original series]], Ben is surprised and deeply disappointed to learn that the [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum Omnitrix]] had actually been sent to Earth for his [[TheMenInBlack ex-Plumber]] ''grandfather'' to use. It only attached itself to him because the Omnitrix was able to scan D.N.A. and decided Ben was close enough in the genetics department. Later, the device's creator, Azmuth, muses how [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destiny may have chosen Ben]]... though this same character [[ZigZaggingTrope doesn't fully accept Ben as the bearer himself]] for several more years. That said, most of the alternate timelines shown throughout the original continuity do have Ben as the wielder of the Omnitrix, with a few alternate ones having [[HypercompetentSidekick his cousin Gwen]] receive the device.
108* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'': A major part of [[Characters/TheDragonPrinceCallum Callum's]] character is being this his entire life. While he's a prince, he is merely the stepson to the king, and therefore not the presumptive heir despite being the older brother. He's also told that magic is not his destiny, on account that humans are not born with an arcanum necessary for magic. In spite of this, Callum resolves to be a mage, and sure enough, becomes the first human to connect to an arcanum on his own.
109* [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Wishology}}'' trilogy. Timmy is assumed to be the Chosen One who will defeat the Darkness, but after he first defeats it, it turns out another guy named Turbo Thunder was meant to do so, being chosen ''by a committee holding auditions''. However, when the Darkness rises up a second time and the Chosen One must pass "the Chosen Test" to prove he's worthy of wielding the second wand to defeat it for good, Timmy is the one who passes, proving Turbo Thunder was actually the Unchosen One.
110* Jamie in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' does this, and actually does the job surprisingly well... compared to Coop himself, anyway.
111* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': The central focus of "Witches before Wizards" is in pointing out how [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLuzNoceda Luz Noceda]] doesn't have some grandiose predestined path of glory laid out for her. If she wants to make a positive impact on the world around her, then she is going to have to take the initiative and make those changes happen herself. [[spoiler:Even in the GrandFinale which shows that she is favored [[GodWasMyCopilot by the Titan]], he himself makes it clear that he didn't favor Luz because of any particular prophecy, only doing so because of her kindness to his son. He also makes it clear that she has to choose to accept his blessing and his power, when he offers to return her to life.]]
112* [[Characters/StevenUniverseStevenQuartzUniverse The titular character]] ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is this. As the series progresses, Steven learns that his [[MissingMom deceased mother]], Rose Quartz, was [[ParentsAsPeople not as perfect]] as everyone thought she was, and he begins to wonder if she [[DeathByChildbirth gave birth to him]] purely to [[NeverMyFault dump her problems]] onto somebody else. "Lion 4: Alternate Ending" has his father confirm that this was never his mother's intention; she just wanted her son to have a happy, normal life on Earth, which makes Steven feel a lot better. At least for the moment, as it still falls to Steven to fix said problems and the fallout they caused when it all inevitably comes back to him, whether by case of MistakenIdentity or RevengeByProxy, which results in him resenting Rose later in life.
113* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', [[Characters/TeenTitans2003Raven Raven]] is destined to be TheAntiChrist, and would serve as a portal for her OmnicidalManiac father, Trigon. At first she tries hard to fight destiny, eventually succumbs BecauseDestinySaysSo, but later rebels against her fate.
114* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'', despite Optimus Prime being the one carrying the Matrix of Leadership he notes that he was simply the bearer and not the actual Chosen One. Hot Rod is revealed to be said chosen one during the climax, opening the Matrix and becoming Rodimus Prime, destroying [[MechanicalAbomination Unicron]] in the process. However, in the third season of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' (which picks up after The Movie), in "The Return of Optimus Prime" Rodimus himself has fallen victim to the HatePlague that is ravaging civilised space, and in desperation the few remaining Autobots ally with the only Quintesson they could find to resurrect Optimus. After successfully recovering the Matrix from the deranged Rodimus, Optimus is able to open the Matrix himself, but only after he risks his soul in delving into the artifact for vital information, and also manages to plead that if the Matrix ''doesn't'' open for him, all will be lost. The Matrix then indeed opens when Optimus attempts to do so, judging that with Rodimus out of commission, Optimus is ClosestThingWeGot.
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