History Main / FriendshipTrinket

** Kairi makes a star-shaped charm out of Thalassa shells due to a legend that sailors who carry them will have a safe voyage. She gives it to Sora near the end of the game, and he carries it with him until they reunite at the end of ''Kingdom Hearts II'', the charm acting as the Keychain for the Oathkeeper Keyblade that symbolizes their bond. TheStinger for ''Birth by Sleep'' has her hand it back to him when he heads out on another adventure. The image of the Paopu Fruit acts as one as well, as its legend says that two people who share one are destined to forever have their lives entwined, and Kairi's charm is star-shaped like the fruit.
** The symbolism is revisited in ''Birth By Sleep'', when Aqua makes Wayfinders for herself, Terra and Ven, based on the legend of the Paopu Fruit and coincidentally looking like Kairi's charm, with the belief that as long as the three of them carry them, their bonds will never be broken.

* The premise of Chapter 5 of ''Manga/IThinkOurSonIsGay'' involves this, as Tomoko finds the charm Hiroki puts on his backpack on the foyer. As per this trope, when Hiroki comes back from school, he is in a Heroic BSoD as he thinks he lost the charm given to him by his friend (and crush) Daigo.

* ''Literature/CanYouSpareAQuarter'': Jason has made a bracelet made out of beads that he gifts to Jamie as a sign and symbol of their friendship.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': Webby creates a pair of friendship bracelets for herself and Lena in "Jaw$!", which when combined with Lena's magic are able to channel ThePowerOfFriendship to destroy a giant money shark. [[AbusiveParents Magica]] forces Lena to discard hers at the end of the episode, but the residual magic left behind in Webby's becomes a plot point in several episodes. Lena would later create a replacement for her lost one in "A Nightmare on Killmotor Hill!" as part of the one year celebration her and Webby's friendship, along with four new ones for the triplets and Violet.

* The matching seashell halves in ''Manga/KannazukiNoMiko'' start off as a Friendship Trinket but get upgraded to Love Trinket for Himeko and Chikane.

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* In ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'', Call Girl will give a female (cis or otherwise) [[PlayerCharacter New Kid]] the Chromatic Charm artifact, a rainbow bracelet "forged out of the bond of friendship", upon start of her personal mission.

If this precious keepsake is lost, stolen, or damaged, expect the owner to try to frantically recover or fix it, that their relationship with their friend will be severed if they don't.

* In the Creator/TamoraPierce’s ''Literature/CircleOfMagic’’ books, the characters have a string circle containing their united magic which represents their friendship.

* In the backstory of ''{{Series/Bones}}'' Cam had a live-in relationship with a man and grew to love his young daughter. When she left him, she told the girl that she would always love her and gave her half of a hugging salt-and-pepper shaker set, saying that whenever the girl looked at it, she should know that Cam was looking at it too. Many years later the man is the VictimOfTheWeek and Cam takes his now-teenage daughter in and adopts her.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' Joey buys Chandler a gaudy bracelet, which Chandler hates, but wears it to show his appreciation to Joey. When Chandler loses it, he buys another to replace it. However, Rachel finds the original, and when Joey sees him with both, Chandler manages to save face by saying he bought an identical one for Joey so they can be "bracelet buddies."
* The friendship bracelets with the girls' names on ''Series/{{Pretty Little Liars}}'' are a major plot point throughout and constantly used to call attention to the tightly knit bonds they used to have to each other.

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* StarWars: Anakin gives Padme a necklace in Episode I when they first meet. It decorates her hearse during her funeral at the end of Episode III.
* In [[Film/HomeAlone Home Alone 2]], Kevin gives the Pigeon Lady (whom he had befriended earlier on in the movie, and even saved him from Marv & Harry's clutches) another Turtle Dove Ornament. Said act is rumored that if one person gives a very special person another Turtle Dove, the 2 who have the turtle dove ornaments will always be friends.

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' Joey buys himself a gaudy bracelet, then gets an identical one for Chandler so they can be "bracelet buddies." Chandler hates his.

* In ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', Nanoha and Fate exchange their hair ribbons at the end of [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha the first season]]. They both continue to wear them throughout [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs the second season]] but remove them following the TimeSkip.

* ''Film/KungFuHustle'' reveals that the CuteMute ice-cream vendor kept the lollipop that Sing had suffered a beating over to remember how he'd helped her against the bullies when they were children.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}, [[spoiler: Prunella and Marina get a set of friendship bracelets, each with half of a golden heart pendant which says "Best Friends." The girls fight and split the pendant, then make up and put it back together.]]

* In ''Anime/NetojuuNoSusume'', Lily and Hayashi wear matching bracelets after Hayashi defeats his first boss with Lily's guidance.