'''Basic Trope''': A [[TheHero Hero]] is killed and someone else must take his place.
* '''Straight''': Jack dies saving his little sister Jill from murderers and Jill feels she must avenge him somehow.
* '''Exaggerated''': Jill takes up his word, his way of speaking, his mannerisms, starts wearing the same clothes, listen to the same music, and insists she be called Jack.
* '''Downplayed''': Jack is only wounded, not killed, but because of his wounds [[CareerEndingInjury he can't continue his career as a hero]], so he asks Jill to take his place.
* '''Justified''': Jack is part of a line of heroes and Jill is the next one in line. Hence, Jill was always meant to take Jack's place after he died.
* '''Inverted''': Jack dies. Jill must therefore join the line of villains that killed him.
* '''Subverted''':
** Jack is killed by murderers. Jill feels no obligation to avenge him.
** Jack dies, Jill takes up sword, then Jack comes BackFromTheDead and takes the sword back.
** Jack dies, but since Jill never trained in swordplay, she merely keeps Jack's sword as a memento instead of wielding it.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** (First one down)...Until Jack's murderers come after her. Then it's a matter of survival, and Jack's sword just happens to be the best method of self-defense she's got.
** (Second one down)...That is, until she's trained for a while. After training, she goes out to avenge him.
** (Third one down)...At least, until her daughter [[DeadGuyJunior Jackie]] becomes good enough with swords that ''she'' can take up her uncle's blade instead.
* '''Parodied''':
** Every hero in the line got their job by watching the previous one get killed.
** Jack falls over in UsefulNotes/{{McDonalds}}. Jill robs him of his sword and sets on for vengeance against the MonsterClown.
* '''Zig Zagged''':
** Jack is killed by murderers, but Jill feels no obligation to avenge him...until she's trained. But she was going to train anyway - his death wasn't a motivating factor in her desire for training.
** Jill swears to avenge Jack, but not by adopting his weapon or his combat style -- that was what got him killed, because his murderers [[NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight shot him from a distance where his sword was useless.]] Instead, Jill resolves to become a skilled gunslinger herself so that she can fight Jack's killers on even ground.
* '''Averted''': Jack dies in an accident, and no one can be blamed. She mourns and lives on normally.
* '''Enforced''': "I've run out of ideas for Jack-centric episodes. Let's kill him off and allow a newer hero to take over."
* '''Lampshaded''': "No! Jack is dead! Now Jill must take up his sword."
* '''Invoked''': Jack is a DecoyProtagonist whose role as a protector to Jill hinders her as much as helps her. He knows that the only way for her to reach her full potential is for him to die.
* '''Exploited''': The BigBad wants Jill to be the wielder of Jack's sword for whatever reason, so he conspires to have Jack killed to force Jill to take it up.
* '''Defied''': Jill develops a serious phobia towards combat and Jack's sword in particular. She can barely touch it without receiving horrible flashbacks and understandably wants nothing to do with it.
* '''Discussed''': "Hey, Jill, sorry about your brother. He was one of our best. Any chance you'd be willing to fight with us in his stead?"
* '''Conversed''': "Welp, Jack just died. I wonder if Jill is going to be the new hero now?"
* '''Deconstructed''': Jill feels obligated to avenge Jack but has no training to back her up or natural skill with which to fight. She gets slaughtered as soon as she starts fighting.
* '''Reconstructed''': After getting her ass kicked enough times, she starts training and becomes badass enough to handle things on her own.
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