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* The ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Yesteryear" introduced the [[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Kahs-wan kahs-wan]], an ordeal in which Vulcan children must survive in the desert for 10 days by themselves with no supplies to prove their courage and strength. For young Spock, it becomes even more when his companion sehlat, I-Chaya, who had followed him against his wishes, was mortally wounded and the attending vet could only give Spock two choices, an extended life in agony or putting him out of his misery; Spock made the mature and logical choice to [[MercyKill put him down]].

* The Green family in ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' has a special family rite of passage where the most recent family member once they come of age, has to find the toughest critter there is, wrestle it, and pin it on the count of three before the sun sets, so they can officially earn the Green family name. Those who fail to do such won't be a Green anymore and will have to change their last names to something else.
* Every Lord of the WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats|1985}} has to endure a series of trials before they can be crowned. For Lion-O this meant five different trials spread over five episodes.
* For the wolves in ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', the rite of passage is to bring an elk home for dinner. Heffer, being an adopted steer, misinterprets this and brings over a living, female elk home as a date.
* ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'': Francis X. Bushlad's tribe has three options, equally valid: either the ancestral strategy of slaying a mighty and dangerous beast, or the slightly more contemporary options of buying out a major corporation in a hostile takeover, or amassing a stock portfolio worth $500,000.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' features the "Gathering" during which Jedi younglings find and harvest their first lightsaber-crystals in the Temple-cavern on Illum. To find their crystals, each must face and come over their flaws and short-comings, such as selfishness, fear, lack of self-confidence, or lack of faith.
** Meanwhile the 2003 ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'' series had Anakin and Obi-Wan interrupting a rite of passage for a young Nelvaanian, the chief's son, was battling a giant creature called a Horax, and Anakin killed it.
* In ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'', the residents of [[{{Kaiju}} Monster Isle]] often send their residents to attack Townsville as a trial for heroes, with anyone who survives a beating from the girls and making it home before the night is over considered a hero among their populace.

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk Dragons: Race to the Edge]]'', the episode "A Gruff Separation" is all about Tuffnut and Ruffnut's Rite of Passage, being given by their cousin Gruffnut. This is apparently a family tradition: an older family member gives a series of physical challenges upon a Thorston reaching their nineteenth birthday, and they have to overcome them to be fully accepted by the family. However, Gruffnut tells them that only one will be allowed to pass and that they can't use their dragon for any of them, leaving the two competing with each other so much that [[spoiler:they never stop to consider why a useless grifter like Gruffnut would be the one giving the challenge. He's not the one the family chose to give the challenge; another cousin named Agnut was--which is supported by Gobber, the village chief's right-hand man, arriving with her. In fact, Gruffnut ''never even completed'' his own rite. He was playing the twins so they'd get a treasure for him. Agnut's version of the rite is never seen onscreen.]] Snotlout says that his family has a rite where they kill a bear at the age of nine months, but given this is Snotlout talking, this probably isn't true.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'', the heroes must help [[RoyalBrat Prince Holse]] complete his Rite Of Passage by acting as his bodyguards. While he starts out a DirtyCoward, the heroes' courage [[CharacterDevelopment really effects and inspires him]], enabling the rite to bring out the best in him and prove his ability to succeed his father as future ruler.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'', on the other hand, has [[PrinceCharmless Prince Charmles]], who ''also'' needs help to complete his rite: obtaining the heart of an Argon Lizard. Unlike Holse, Charmles quickly proves himself to be a complete and utter {{Jerkass}}, as well as an EntitledBastard who learns ''[[DramaticallyMissingThePoint nothing]]'' from the rite. Although he appears to [[KarmaHoudini get away with this]] at first, his disrespect for the ritual comes back to haunt him in the long run, as it eventually costs him [[spoiler: his right to the throne ''and'' to marry Princess Medea. To twist the knife even further, the secret ending reveals that Charmles's failure to complete the rite [[HoistByHisOwnPetard directly resulted in his long-lost cousin doing so instead]]]].

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk Dragons: Race to the Edge]]'', the episode "A Gruff Separation" is all about Tuffnut and Ruffnut's Rite of Passage, being given by their cousin Gruffnut. This is apparently a family tradition: an older family member gives a series of physical challenges upon a Thorston reaching their nineteenth birthday, and they have to overcome them to be fully accepted by the family. However, Gruffnut tells them that only one will be allowed to pass and that they can't use their dragon for any of them, leaving the two competing with each other so much that [[spoiler:they never stop to consider why a useless grifter like Gruffnut would be the one giving the challenge. He's not the one the family chose to give the challenge; their aunt Agnut was--which is supported by Gobber, the village chief's right-hand man, arriving with her. In fact, Gruffnut ''never even completed'' his own rite. He was playing the twins so they'd get a treasure for him. Agnut's version of the rite is never seen onscreen.]] Snotlout says that his family has a rite where they kill a bear at the age of nine months, but given this is Snotlout talking, this probably isn't true.

** We're given a glimpse of what an Apprentice needs to go through in order to become a Jedi: in the ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', Luke makes a journey into a cave and strikes down Darth Vader, but is surprised to find that the face beneath the Dark Lord's mask is his own. The ExpandedUniverse explores this in detail.
** In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' Amidala has to prove her capability as queen and even wears a debutante ball-gown like dress for the parade scene.

* Paraponera stings are used for coming of age rituals by Brazilian indigenous people. In ''Manga/{{Arachnid}}'', Alice has her awakening moment upon resisting the TestOfPain from Setsuna torturing her with Dinoponera venom-coated needles but Setsuna herself can't handle being impaled in the leg by her and runs away in tears. Then she gets raped by zombies, barely recovers in ''Manga/{{Blattodea}}'' and the story spins [[RapePortrayedAsRedemption that]] into part of her rite of passage too, with the narrator calling the rites of the Sateré-Mawé people a more valid way to gain empathy for the pain of other people than whatever's being done by "civilized" folks in Japan.

* Paraponera stings are used for coming of age rituals by Brazilian indigenous people. In ''Manga/{{Arachnid}}'', Alice has her awakening moment upon resisting the TestOfPain from Setsuna torturing her with Dinoponera venom-coated needles but Setsuna herself can't handle being impaled in the leg by her and runs away in tears. Then she gets raped by zombies, barely recovers in ''Manga/{{Blattodea}}'' and the story spins [[RapePortrayedAsRedemption that]] into part of her rite of passage too, with the narrator calling the rites of the Sateré-Mawé people a more valid way to gain empathy for the pain of other people than whatever's being done by "civilized" folks in Japan.

** Apparently, Kantonian Bulbasaur gather at a proscribed time and place known as Bulbasaur Garden, where a Venusaur presides over their collective evolution.

* Ash's [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth Butterfree]] in ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' mark several that helped develop Ash into the Pokemon Trainer we know -- his first catch, first evolution, first trade (and trade ''back'')... and the first teammate he released.
** Apparently, Kantonian Bulbasaur gather at a proscribed time and place, where a Venusaur presides over their collective evolution.

* Ash's [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth Butterfree]] in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' mark several that helped develop Ash into the Pokemon Trainer we know -- his first catch, first evolution, first trade (and trade ''back'')...and the first teammate he released.

* ''Series/{{Deputy}}'': Hollister's daughter Maggie has a quinceañera since she's a Latina along with his wife, her mom Paula, which they're shown making the preparations for ahead of time. In the last episode when it's performed he misses the event as he's saving an informant from being murdered.

* ''Series/{{Deputy}}'': Hollister's daughter Maggie has a quinceañera since she's a Latina along with his wife, her mom Paula, which they're shown making the preparations for ahead of time.