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* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Izuku is still this, memorizing the backstories of practically every major Hero in the world and rambling on and on about them whenever asked. He's also astonished when someone tells him something that he ''doesn't'' know. He's also visited Might Tower so many times that he's practically committed the tour guide's script to memory.
** But this trope also gets played more soberly. Izuku is utterly dependent on Heroes for guidance because of his crippling lack of self-esteem stemming from his guilt complex over injuring Bakugou when they were children and his own discomfort with his identity as an alien. When All Might gives Izuku a blunt, honest opinion that he isn't sure if Izuku should be a hero, Izuku just breaks down and takes All Might's word as gospel without bothering to refute it. Luckily, he recovers when All Might apologizes and gives Izuku a DareToBeBadass after the Sludge Villain incident is resolved. He gets another boost in cheer and confidence when he wins the support of Firestorm.
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* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'':
** Misty, as per canon, idolizes Elite Four member Lorelei. To an extent, she also looks up to her late grandmother Ondine, who started the Water-type tradition in the Cerulean Gym.
** Ash finds himself on the receiving end of this trope during Chapter 30. A group of trainers about to begin their journeys are very excited to meet him after seeing his battles on TV.
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** [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] idolized Bruce, [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick]], and Jason for years before approaching Dick to try and convince him Batman needed him in the wake of Jason's death and eventually becoming the new Robin himself. He continued seeing them in this light for some time after meeting them even though they were both rather curt and harsh to him.

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* Deconstructed in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Legends", with Ray Thompson. [[spoiler:It turns out that Ray is a RealityWarper who couldn't cope with the fact that the Justice Guild were killed in battle, and has effectively turned the entire city into his own personal LotusEaterMachine.]]

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Deconstructed in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Legends", with Ray Thompson. [[spoiler:It turns out that Ray is a RealityWarper who couldn't cope with the fact that the Justice Guild were killed in battle, and has effectively turned the entire city into his own personal LotusEaterMachine.]]]]
** Similarly deconstructed in "Clash" with Captain Marvel who idolizes the titular league and ''especially'' Superman. Unfortunately he idolizes them at their best and what he believed them to be, and at this point Superman has [[HeWhoFightsMonsters gotten a little too close to the ledge for comfort]]. This culminates in Superman trying to destroy what he believes is a weapon, a brutal fight between the duo, and (with the revelation that it indeed ''wasn't'' a weapon[[note]]Part of a XanatosGambit on Lex Luthor's part to incriminate and destabilize the Justice League[[/note]]) a fierce TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and resignation from Captain Marvel.

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* Buddy to Mr. Incredible of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', initially. Crosses over to LoonyFan territory eventually. [[spoiler: Saying he took being rejected by Mr. Incredible poorly would be the [[StartOfDarkness understatement]] [[FromNobodyToNightmare of]] [[BigBad the]] [[CompleteMonster century]].]]

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* Buddy to Mr. Incredible of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', initially. Crosses over to LoonyFan territory eventually. [[spoiler: Saying he took being rejected by Mr. Incredible poorly would be the [[StartOfDarkness understatement]] [[FromNobodyToNightmare of]] [[BigBad the]] [[CompleteMonster century]].]]
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* Despite being an airhead tomboy, Katarina in ''LightNovel/DestructionFlagOtome'' ends up getting referred to as a saint at school. The normal students misinterpret her more wild behavior as being gentler pursuits like admiring plants but recognize that she's very kind and status blind despite being about as high of nobility as you can get. One of her friends also seems to more worship her than love her like [[BiTheWay she's said to]] and is particularly attached to her since the pair knew each other in their past lives, though neither is consciously aware of it.

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* Scootaloo from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' idolizes Rainbow Dash. As far as she is concerned, Rainbow Dash is the best pony.

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Scootaloo from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' idolizes Rainbow Dash. As far as she is concerned, Rainbow Dash is the best pony.pony.
** Star Tracker similarly idolizes Twilight Sparkle. Unfortunately he's [[NoSocialSkills lacking in social skills]] and catches Twilight at the absolute worst of times, earning him a swift TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. She makes up with him later.
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* Buddy to Mr. Incredible of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', initially. Crosses over to LoonyFan territory eventually.

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* Buddy to Mr. Incredible of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', initially. Crosses over to LoonyFan territory eventually. [[spoiler: Saying he took being rejected by Mr. Incredible poorly would be the [[StartOfDarkness understatement]] [[FromNobodyToNightmare of]] [[BigBad the]] [[CompleteMonster century]].]]
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** Queen Visenya Targaryen is the idol of every highborn girl feeling oppressed by the institution of arranged marriage, certainly including Arya and probably including Cersei and Brienne of Tarth.
--> '''Lord Tywin:''' She's a heroine of yours, I take it? Aren't most girls more interested in the pretty maidens from the songs? Jonquil with the flowers in her hair?
--> '''Arya:''' Most girls are idiots.
--> '''Lord Tywin:''' Ha! You remind me of my daughter.
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** In the ''Histories and Lore'' DVD extra about the Red Keep Creator/JackGleeson narrates (in-character as Joffrey), it's heavily implied that the Targaryen king he admires best is ''Maegor the Cruel''. It's pretty telling that his idea of a good ruler is pretty much the harshest and most brutal of his predecessors.
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* Inverted in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' and ''Film/TheLastJedi'' with the bad guys, who are ''Villain'' Worshippers. The First Order are a bit too reverent towards the Empire, essentially being the alt-right to the Empire's original flavour Nazis; Kylo Ren, meanwhile, is worryingly obsessed with the legacy of Darth Vader, [[spoiler:his grandfather]].
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* Subaru Nakajima from ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' towards the title character. With the amount of [[ShoutOut shout-outs]] the series does, one wonders if her fair resemblance to ''Franchise/StreetFighter'''s Sakura was intentional.

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* Subaru Nakajima from ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' towards the title character. With the amount of [[ShoutOut shout-outs]] the series does, one wonders if her fair resemblance to ''Franchise/StreetFighter'''s Sakura was intentional.
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* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', you meet a number of NPCs who think you're the greatest thing ever, being the Warrior of Light and all. One of those is Hoary Boulder, a Hellsguard Roegadyn Gladiator who thought you were the greatest thing ever and joined up with the Scions of the Seventh Dawn to prove his worth. In turn, he has a bunch of Doman children who look up to him, even after he lost in a friendly spar with the PlayerCharacter.
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** The depth of Alton Lannister's admiration for Jaime is apparent in his every word.

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** The depth of Alton Lannister's admiration for Jaime is apparent in his every word.word, which only makes it more shocking and tragic when Jaime kills him in a bid to escape captivity.
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* SPC M. Angseth from ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'' is the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only female]] on [[SpaceMarine Marine]] Task Force Herakles, and she is characterized as idolizing Samus Aran after hearing of the latter's destruction of a Space Pirate base in ''VideoGame/{{Metroid 1}}''/''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission''. She doesn't take too kindly to PFC I. Crany's insistence that Samus is just a "fairy tale."
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* In ''Fanfic/OldWest'', Grace Glossy's son Teddy becomes this regarding [[WesternAnimation/{{Rango}} Rattlesnake Jake]] after the outlaw saves their home from rustlers. While Jake couldn't care less about the boy and makes it clear to him in the beginning, [[PetTheDog his act of helping Teddy overcome his sight problems]] raises the fatherless boy's esteem toward him. The law-abiding Grace is initially much against her son adoring an outlaw, but she gets over this as she lets go of her prejudices towards Jake.

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* In ''Fanfic/OldWest'', Grace Glossy's son Teddy becomes this regarding [[WesternAnimation/{{Rango}} Rattlesnake Jake]] after the outlaw saves their home from rustlers. While Jake couldn't care less about the boy and makes it clear to him in the beginning, [[PetTheDog later his act of helping Teddy to overcome his sight problems]] raises the fatherless boy's esteem toward him. The law-abiding Grace is initially much against her son adoring an outlaw, but she gets over this as she lets go of her prejudices towards toward Jake.
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* Loren D. Estleman's Claudius Lyon is this towards Literature/NeroWolfe, and has tried to mimick his hero's lifestyle in as close a fashion as possible without being sued or tripping over his own limitations.
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* In ''Fanfic/OldWest'', Grace Glossy's son Teddy becomes this regarding [[WesternAnimation/{{Rango}} Rattlesnake Jake]] after the outlaw saves their home from rustlers. While Jake couldn't care less about the boy and makes it clear to him in the beginning, [[PetTheDog his act of helping Teddy overcome his sight problems]] raises the fatherless boy's esteem toward him. The law-abiding Grace is initially much against his son adoring an outlaw, but she gets over this as she lets go of her prejudices towards Jake.

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* In ''Fanfic/OldWest'', Grace Glossy's son Teddy becomes this regarding [[WesternAnimation/{{Rango}} Rattlesnake Jake]] after the outlaw saves their home from rustlers. While Jake couldn't care less about the boy and makes it clear to him in the beginning, [[PetTheDog his act of helping Teddy overcome his sight problems]] raises the fatherless boy's esteem toward him. The law-abiding Grace is initially much against his her son adoring an outlaw, but she gets over this as she lets go of her prejudices towards Jake.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', Doofus idolizes Launchpad [=McQuack=].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', Doofus idolizes Launchpad [=McQuack=].
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** Out of all the characters, Krillin puts the most faith in Goku to solve any threat the world encounters. He wanted to retreat after Goku fell ill and after everyone was beating by the androids, Krillin say things would have been different if Goku was there. It takes Tien pointing out that Goku can't be that much stronger than Trunks and Vegeta for him to see the flaw in his logic. His hope is also completely restore once Goku gets well and is still willing to fight despite the odds.

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** Out of all the characters, Krillin puts the most faith in Goku to solve any threat the world encounters. He wanted to retreat after Goku fell ill and after everyone was beating by the androids, Krillin say things would have been different if Goku was there. It takes Tien pointing out that Goku can't be that much stronger than Trunks and Vegeta for him to see the flaw in his logic. His hope is also completely restore restored once Goku gets well and is still willing to fight despite the odds.
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* Peter Page, especially in his youth, is this to Gary King in ''Film/TheWorldsEnd''.
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* ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'': Georgiana Darcy is excited to meet Elizabeth, and thinks she's awesome long before the two ever even cross paths. Why? [[BigBrotherWorship Because Georgiana's brother Fitzwilliam has done nothing but praise Elizabeth from the day he met her]]. Georgiana is clearly a ShipperOnDeck for Elizabeth/Mr. Darcy, and Elizabeth takes a liking to her as well, becoming a CoolBigSis to her.

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* Midoriya from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has [[TheCape All Might]] posters, [[WorldsStrongestMan All Might]] action figures, [[CaptainPatriotic All Might]] costumes, and, as of the start of the story, all of All Might's powers. [[TheRival Bakugo]] isn't half as fanboyish, but he also idolizes All Might, but for different reasons. Midoriya thinks of All Might as a hero who saves people in trouble, Bakugo sees All Might as a hero who never, ever loses.



** Apparently, hero-worshipping Optimus is a recognised Cybertronian personality disorder known as "primus apotheosis". There are even Decepticons who suffer from it.

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** Apparently, hero-worshipping hero-worshiping Optimus is a recognised recognized Cybertronian personality disorder known as "primus apotheosis". There are even Decepticons who suffer from it.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', [[GuestStarPartyMember Teba]] tells his son Tulin about Link's incredible archery skills during their battle against Divine Beast Vah Medoh. As a result, when you meet Tulin again at the Flight Range, where Teba will have him watch Link shoot the targets for pointers, he'll always be in an excited crouched-down pose when talking to Link and similarly admiring Link's coolness. He'll even get mad if Link tries to humbly downplay his skills.

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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', [[GuestStarPartyMember Teba]] tells his son Tulin about Link's incredible archery skills during their battle against Divine Beast Vah Medoh. As a result, when you meet Tulin again at the Flight Range, where Teba will have him watch Link shoot the targets for pointers, he'll always be in an excited crouched-down pose when talking to Link and similarly admiring Link's coolness. coolness. He'll even get mad if Link tries to humbly downplay his skills.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', [[GuestStarPartyMember Teba]] tells his son Tulin about Link's incredible archery skills during their battle against Divine Beast Vah Medoh. As a result, when you meet Tulin again at the Flight Range, where Teba will have him watch Link shoot the targets for pointers, he'll always be in an excited crouched-down pose when talking to Link and similarly admiring Link's coolness. He'll even get mad if Link tries to humbly downplay his skills.

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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', [[GuestStarPartyMember Teba]] tells his son Tulin about Link's incredible archery skills during their battle against Divine Beast Vah Medoh. As a result, when you meet Tulin again at the Flight Range, where Teba will have him watch Link shoot the targets for pointers, he'll always be in an excited crouched-down pose when talking to Link and similarly admiring Link's coolness. coolness. He'll even get mad if Link tries to humbly downplay his skills.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', [[GuestStarPartyMember Teba]] tells his son Tulin about Link's incredible archery skills during their battle against Divine Beast Vah Medoh. As a result, when you meet Tulin again at the Flight Range, where Teba will have him watch Link shoot the targets for pointers, he'll always be in an excited crouched-down pose when talking to Link and similarly admiring Link's coolness. He'll even get mad if Link tries to humbly downplay his skills.

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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', [[GuestStarPartyMember Teba]] tells his son Tulin about Link's incredible archery skills during their battle against Divine Beast Vah Medoh. As a result, when you meet Tulin again at the Flight Range, where Teba will have him watch Link shoot the targets for pointers, he'll always be in an excited crouched-down pose when talking to Link and similarly admiring Link's coolness. coolness. He'll even get mad if Link tries to humbly downplay his skills.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', [[GuestStarPartyMember Teba]] tells his son Tulin about Link's incredible archery skills during their battle against Divine Beast Vah Medoh. As a result, when you meet Tulin again at the Flight Range, where Teba will have him watch Link shoot the targets for pointers, he'll always be in an excited crouched-down pose when talking to Link and similarly admiring Link's coolness. He'll even get mad if Link tries to humbly downplay his skills.
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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** The depth of Alton Lannister's admiration for Jaime is apparent in his every word.
** Jaime himself has nothing but awe and respect for Barristan Selmy, "an artist who only paints with red". This is not reciprocated by Selmy, who despises Jaime.

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* Monster Kid from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' idolizes Undyne, to the point of sneaking out just to catch a glimpse of her, and completely freaking out when Undyne touches them for a second. Their admiration is well-founded, since Undyne ''is'' head of the royal guard, and another character's comments imply that Monster Kid is far from the only one that worships her. [[spoiler:Oh, and if you try to kill Monster Kid in a Genocide run, Undyne saves them.]]
** In a heartwarming twist, it turns out ''Undyne'' was like this towards [[HeroOfAnotherStory the shopkeep]] [[RetiredBadass Gerston]] in her youth, as well as towards King Asgore. She still has shades of this when it comes to Asgore, and clearly holds a great amount respect for him. It's mentioned that Asgore was the one that trained her and her in charge of the Royal Guard in the first place, so her admiration is well-earned.

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* Monster Kid from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' idolizes Undyne, to the point of sneaking out just to catch a glimpse of her, fantasizing about her showing up at their school to beat up all their teachers, and completely freaking out when Undyne touches them for a second. Their admiration is well-founded, since Undyne ''is'' head of the royal guard, and another character's comments imply that Monster Kid is far from the only one that worships her. [[spoiler:Oh, and if you try to kill Monster Kid in a Genocide run, Undyne saves them.]]
** The True Pacifist ending implies that [[spoiler:Monster Kid has moved on to worshiping Papyrus instead]].
** In a heartwarming twist, it turns out ''Undyne'' was like this towards [[HeroOfAnotherStory the shopkeep]] [[RetiredBadass Gerston]] in her youth, as well as towards King Asgore. She still has shades of this when it comes to Asgore, and clearly holds a great amount respect for him. It's mentioned that Asgore was the one that trained her and put her in charge of the Royal Guard in the first place, so her admiration is well-earned.
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* Subaru Nakajima from ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' towards that title character. With the amount of [[ShoutOut shout-outs]] the series does, one wonders if her fair resemblance to ''Franchise/StreetFighter'''s Sakura was intentional.

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* Subaru Nakajima from ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' towards that the title character. With the amount of [[ShoutOut shout-outs]] the series does, one wonders if her fair resemblance to ''Franchise/StreetFighter'''s Sakura was intentional.



* Joshua Christopher from ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' is an odd twisted example. He's incredibly devoted to Aion and often speaks about him in glowing terms, and is very excited when he gets a chance to watch him fight. The thing that makes this twisted is (a) Aion is the BigBad; (b) Joshua has been given incredible power by Aion in order to do his bidding, and (c) that power has turned him [[ComesGreatInsanity absolutely bonkers]]. He would maybe be a LoonyFan if it wasn't that Aion was the one that drove him nuts in the first place and doesn't actively discourage him.

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* Joshua Christopher from ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' is an odd twisted example. He's incredibly devoted to Aion and often speaks about him in glowing terms, and is very excited when he gets a chance to watch him fight. The thing that makes this twisted is (a) Aion is the BigBad; (b) Joshua has been given incredible power by Aion in order to do his bidding, and (c) that power has turned him [[ComesGreatInsanity [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity absolutely bonkers]]. He would maybe be a LoonyFan if it wasn't that for Aion was being the one that drove him nuts in the first place and doesn't actively discourage him.



* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', a large portion of the Miverva's crew look up to Athrun as a legend from the previous war. Meer Campbell does this as well.

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* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', a large portion of the Miverva's Minerva's crew look up to Athrun as a legend from [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED the previous war.war]]. Meer Campbell does this as well.



* Speedwagon from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' gets redeemed out of a slum by Jonathan Joestar and has been worshipping him since. He later becomes a billionaire oil tycoon, and he's even more glateful to the point he devotes the rest of his life (and even after) supporting Jonathan's decendents and all their journeys.

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* Speedwagon from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' gets redeemed out of a slum by Jonathan Joestar and has been worshipping him since. He later becomes a billionaire oil tycoon, and he's even more glateful grateful to the point he devotes the rest of his life (and even after) supporting Jonathan's decendents descendants and all their journeys.

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