1 | Tropes about plots that involve a will and general inheritance drama. |
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4 | !!Tropes |
5 | * AncestralWeapon: Receiving a weapon once carried by an ancestor. |
6 | * DisinheritedChild: A descendant of the deceased was specifically disinherited. |
7 | * ForgingTheWill: A will's contents have been tampered with. |
8 | * GameBetweenHeirs: The inheritance is left up to a game or puzzle. |
9 | * {{Greed}}: A not-uncommon motivator toward an inheritance. |
10 | * HeirClubForMen: There must always be a male heir. |
11 | * HeirInLaw: Inheriting a title via your spouse. |
12 | * HiddenBackupPrince: A member of the royal family is raised as a commoner and has to step up if the entire family is wiped out. |
13 | * IfYouDieICallYourStuff: Making a claim of one's possessions when they're about to do something extremely risky. |
14 | * ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: A minor character hands the McGuffin to the heroes as he lays dying. |
15 | * InadequateInheritor: The rightful heir is thought unfit for the prospective inheritance. |
16 | * InheritanceBacklash: When something undesirable is left behind after its original owner died. |
17 | * InheritanceMurder: Triggering an inheritance early by means of murder. |
18 | * InsurrectionistInheritor: The worthy heir is the one who rebelled against, stood up to or even tried to kill the deceased. |
19 | * LegacyCharacter: A character whose identity is passed down to them from an older character in the form of a title, job or persona for the newer character to assume. |
20 | * LineageLadder: A character may invoke a repetition of ancestors to justify inheritance, because if they don't inherit it, it'll break an established pattern. |
21 | * LostWillAndTestament: The recently deceased's will is missing for some reason. |
22 | * NotaryNonsense: Notarizing these types of documents adds significant legitimacy and can help to avert many of these tropes. Either for RuleOfDrama or [[RuleOfFunny Funny]] in fiction, expect unrealistic depictions of notaries. |
23 | * OnOneCondition: A condition must be fulfilled in order to obtain the inheritance. |
24 | * OnlyCaresAboutInheritance: A character cares more inheritance than someone's death. |
25 | * PassedOverInheritance: The deceased leaves his belongings not to his closest family, but someone completely unexpected and usually not related. |
26 | * PersonalEffectsReveal: Going through the belongings of the recently deceased. |
27 | * PetHeir: A pet inherits a large fortune. |
28 | * APlotInDeed: The deed to a plot of land, often inherited from a will, serving as a {{MacGuffin}}. |
29 | * PrestigePeril: Watch out if you get that prominent position...it's a death sentence. |
30 | * RebelPrince: He does or wants to reject his royal inheritance. |
31 | * RejectingTheInheritance: A character refuses their inheritance. |
32 | * RoyaltiesHeir: Someone is rich because a family member invented something profitable and well-known. |
33 | * SiblingsShareTheThrone: No spares, just multiple heirs. |
34 | * SillyWill: The bequests and conditions of the will are nonsense, made to screw around with the heirs. |
35 | * SpareToTheThrone: A second child, usually unprepared, set to inherit in case the firstborn is killed. |
36 | * SpitefulWill: Using your will as a final middle finger to your relatives (or at least anyone you disliked in life who you anticipate will be present at your funeral). |
37 | * SuckSessor: A successor who seems better than the old guy at first, but then proves to be worse. |
38 | * TaxmanTakesTheWinnings: A character receives a large sum of money, only for almost all of it to go to taxes. |
39 | * {{Tontine}}: A group of people take one or more collectively owned items of worth and put it in trust. The last surviving member of the group will then receive the items. |
40 | * UnexpectedInheritance: An inheritance coming out of nowhere, usually from a family member who wasn't very close. |
41 | * UnexpectedSuccessor: A heir to the throne no one expected or trained to rule. |
42 | * VideoWills: Leaving a parting message in the form of a recording. |
43 | * WhereTheresAWillTheresAStickyNote: The will is not made in the form of a legal document but in a much more casual fashion. |
44 | * TheWrongfulHeirToTheThrone: The person next in line to inherit is completely wrong for the job. |
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