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"Run. Run away, and never return!"
Bob's been caught committing a crime, caused too much property damage, or pissed the wrong people off. As punishments, he's forced to leave his city, state, or country, and never come back, often receiving a Mark of Shame in the process. In some situations, this can effectively be a death sentence, if the location from which Bob's exiled is the one safe haven in an otherwise inhospitable zone. Escaping the punishment for a crime may lead to a voluntary exile.
While being exiled can sometimes lead to Walking the Earth, it's usually more temporary than a Wandering Jew type of curse, either by Bob finding a new place to call Home Sweet Home, or by Bob doing one specific thing to absolve himself.
Subtropes include Remittance Man, Noble Fugitive, and Locked Away in a Monastery. Related to Put on a Bus, which is a narrative tool rather than a situation. Also comparable to Kicked Upstairs, which is placing a person in a position that, at first glance seems to be prestigious, but is actually a job that barely requires any work done and lacks any real power.
Can overlap with Reassigned to Antarctica if he is ordered to leave for a specific place and stay there for tasks.
When a whole group has to become collective exiles they might decide to begin The Migration. If this is Recycled In Space exiles can become Space Cossacks.
Truth in Television, of course.
Examples
Anime and Manga
Comic Books
Film
- In Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, when the Jedi run into Jar Jar Binks, he's been exiled from Gungan society. That's right, Jar-Jar was kicked out because of him being clumsy. From what little was stated in the film, the specific reasons for his exile involved crashing Boss Nass's "heyblibber" and blowing up what was implied to be a reactor.
- In The Return of Hanuman, Maruti and his mother were not allowed to live in Bajrangpur anymore because the villagers thought that Maruti is a big threat (especially after his mega-Midnight Snack). That doesn't stop him from going to school in Bajrangpur though, as he has Super Speed.
- Thor was banished from Asgard by his father for his disobedient actions that sparked a war between Asgardians and the Frost Giants. His banishment will serve as a truce between both worlds.
Literature
Live-Action TV
Multi-media
- BIONICLE: Takua (but he's later allowed back), Malum, and Strakk
Tabletop Games
Theater
Video Games
- The main character of Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords is called 'The Exile' no matter what name you pick for him/her. Getting to the bottom of the circumstances around the main character's exile makes up most of the game's story.
- General Azimuth in the Ratchet & Clank Future series.
- Tali's sidequest in Mass Effect 2 has her accused of treason against the Migrant Fleet, and can end with her being convicted and exiled.
- The Vault Dweller from Fallout is exiled from Vault 13 at the end of the game, since the Overseer believes he/she has been changed too much by the outside world.
- In the third one, the Lone Wanderer gets kicked out permanently because he's a bad influence.
- Lloyd and Genis in Tales Of Symphonia get exiled from their hometown, Iselia, after it gets burned down by the Desians because they went to the nearby Human Ranch, a forbidden act according to the non-agression pact made between Iselia and the Desians.
- Most of the main characters in Dragon Age II fall into this category in one form of another. The Hawke family had to leave Ferelden after the destruction of Lothering, Aveline is the daughter of a exiled-in-disgrace Orlesian Chevalier, Varric's family was stripped of their Noble status and exiled from Orzammar for fixing Provings, Fenris is an escaped slave on the run from Tevinter Magisters, Merrill is a Pariah amongst the Dalish and may end up exiled from her clan, while Prince Sebastian Vael was sent to the Chantry.
Webcomics
- In the MS Paint Adventures story Homestuck, a major storyline revolves around four Exile characters who live After the End: Wayward Vagabond, Peregrine Mendicant, Aimless Renegade and Windswept Questant. The reasons for their exiles have been vaguely hinted towards in their storyline, but they've been revealed in the present day as "Warweary Villein", "Parcel Mistress", "Authority Regulator" and "White Queen".
- Another Exile, the Writ Keeper, has been mentioned. Yeah, he's the "White King".
- There's also Expatriate Darkleer, who was banished for taking pity on the Disciple and letting her escape, and Grandma English (also known as Alpha Jade), who ran an unsuccessful revolution against Betty Crocker.
- In Vattu, Seri is expelled from the tribe because one of her lies caused Hunter's death.
- In Our Little Adventure, Stratus's Planeshift brought him to a place he is not leaving.
Web Original
- Obviously, all of the Outcasts in Tasakeru.
- Parodied in Kickassia, when The Nostalgia Critic dramatically exiles The Cinema Snob from Kickassia for treason, intending for him to walk in shame and solitude across the desert. Since the nation is question is not too far from a nearby town (complete with comfy hotel), the Snob has his phone to call for a cab and things in Kickassia are beginning to get a bit crazy thanks to the Nostalgia Critic going mad with power, the Snob isn't as bothered by this as the Critic would probably like. Not to mention the fact that the intended gravitas is lost when everyone's waving goodbye behind his back.
- Several characters in The Gungan Council have been exiled for several reasons:
- Abigail Taylor was tried and exiled from the Chiss Ascendancy for no real reason other than no one could defend her against a hostile judge.
- Ti'Cira, Je'gan, and Caleb were exiled by the Jedi Council for beginning a massive crusade that ended up killing everyone on Taris.
- All Nightsisters from Dathomir
Western Animation
- One episode of South Park involved Stan refusing to vote on the new school mascot (the choices were a giant douche and a turd sandwich) and being banished from the town in a ritual involving being tied to a donkey and spat upon. An Animal Wrongs Group finds him and complains about the mistreatment of the donkey.
- Zuko from Avatar The Last Airbender, banished from the fire nation by his father the Fire Lord until he finds and defeats the Avatar. Also his mother, Ursa, was banished for killing the previous Fire Lord to save Zuko's life.
- Wonder Woman from the Justice League was exiled from Themyscira, because she had broken the law that forbade anyone from bringing men onto the island (which she did to save her mother and her fellow Amazons).
- In the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toon, part of Krang's backstory was that he had been exiled from Dimension X.
- In Aladdin, Jasmine threatens to get rid of Jafar when she's Queen, and he mentions at first that she'll exile him. Depending on where Agrabah is, and whether other cities would be willing to let an exile in (a traitorous vizier being the kind of exile most cities would not want to let in), being banished would likely lead to death.
Real Life
- In Ancient Athens politicians could be "ostracized" by vote, or ordered to leave town. In this case it was not a punishment and did not necessarily imply social infamy. Nor did the victim have his property officially seized. It was simply a declaration that "Athens can't afford to have you in town right now and is frankly afraid that you will cause a bloody civil war. Leave for a few years and then come back and we'll see. Nothing Personal old chap."
- Several British Royal and Noble families who on the losing end of a power struggle, most famously the Stuarts.
- The Jewish People as a whole after the Jewish Revolts.
- Napoleon Bonaparte had this happen to him twice. The first time, in 1814, he was imprisoned on the isle of Elba after being overthrown. His response was to escape and take control again. After the Battle of Waterloo, his enemies sent him further away to St. Helena. This time, it stuck.
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