History Main / TheExile

* Steve Yoo (Yoo Seung-Jin) was a popular K-pop singer in the late 1990s and into the early 2000s, but he became a naturalized US citizen in 2002 just before he was supposed to be drafted, which the South Korean government considered desertion from the country's mandatory two-year conscription service and permanently banned him from re-entering the country since arrest at this point was legally impossible. Despite releasing a video where he begs to be allowed back in, his appeal was denied by South Korean courts in 2017 before the ban was overturned in 2019.

Subtropes include RemittanceMan, NobleFugitive, and LockedAwayInAMonastery. Related to PutOnABus, which is a narrative tool rather than a situation. Also comparable to KickedUpstairs, 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.

** One hundred years before Chapter 1, the Vizards were the victims of an illegal Hollowfication experiment. In the process of trying to save them, Tessai performed illegal Kido and Urahara was framed for the experiments. The Vizards were sentenced to execution, and Tessai and Urahara were sentenced to imprisonment and the removal of their powers. They were rescued from their fates by Yoruichi, who helped them get to the World of the Living where they could live as fugitives in exile. Yoruichi was forced to join them in exile for her own participation in the events. Their names weren't cleared for over a hundred years.
** Isshin became an exile from Soul Society twenty years before Chapter 1 as a result of a series of events that led to him losing his Shinigami powers. [[spoiler:In his case, his exile is self-imposed, as he agreed to be voluntarily depowered and went AWOL from Soul Society in order to save Masaki Kurosaki, another Hollowfication victim of Aizen's experiments.]]
** It's very heavily implied that Ryuuken Ishida is some form of exile from the rest of the Quincies, although it's [[MysteriousPast ambiguous]] as to whether his exile is enforced, self-imposed, or a mixture of both. Either way, he plays an HeroicNeutral in the story. It's also implied that Souken was an exile of some kind as well, due to a philosphical falling out between himself and the Vandenreich. [[spoiler:When Uryuu joins the Vandenreich, not only have the Quincies never heard the name Ishida before but Yhwach lies to ensure the Quincies don't find out Ryuuken exists. He is such a PersonaNonGrata that the one Quincy confirmed to have known about the Ishida family is willing to discuss Souken and Uryuu but even he will not talk about Ryuuken.]]

* The main character of ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep is even called 'The Exile']] regardless of what name you pick for them. Getting to the bottom of why the main character was exiled from the Jedi Order makes up most of the game's story.

* ''Fanfic/ChasingDragons'': For breaking his oaths by killing Aerys, Jaime is made to join the Sunset Company in its campaign against Rhaegar in Essos, unable to return for seven years. [[spoiler: By the time this has elapsed, he's decided he prefers serving in Robert's new court in Myr over returning to being his father's pawn, so returns to Westeros just long enough to renounce his inheritance.]]

* Barrel from ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' was a legendgary hero of the toads. [[spoiler:However he was once a friend to Andrias before he was exiled by the bitter prince to the far reaches of Amphibia to protect it from wild beasts as punishemnt for not stopping Leif from stealing the music box]].

* Barrel from ''WesternAnimation/Amphibia'',was a legendgary hero of the toads. [[spoiler:However he was once a friend to Andrias before he was exiled by the bitter prince to the far reacheshs of Amphibia to protect it from wild beasts as punishemnt for not stopping Leif from stealing the music box]].

* PlayedForLaughs in Music/GeorgeStrait's "All My Exes Live in Texas." He loves Texas, but he's [[WomanScorned pissed off]] all his ex-girlfriends in every conceivable part of the state to the point he's exiled to Tennessee.

* PlayedForLaughs in Music/GeorgeStrait's "All My Exes Live in Texas." He loves Texas, but he's [[WomanScorned pissed off]] all his ex-girlfriends in every conceivable part of the state, and is forced to live in Tennessee.

* ''Fanfic/EchoingSilence'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic set in an AlternateUniverse wherein Celestia banished Twilight from Equestria for her actions during the Royal Wedding (Chrysalis here not revealing herself until later). Twilight ends up in the [[CrapsackWorld Dusklands]]; years later, after a severe TraumaCongaLine, she's been [[BreakTheCutie thoroughly broken]], and has built a new life for herself, now going by [[ThatManIsDead Diadem]]. [[BerserkButton And she will]] [[CurbStompBattle beat the living shit out of you]] [[DoNotCallMePaul if you call her "Twilight".]] Which makes things quite difficult for the former friends who have come looking for her help...

* The Illuminati, named after, but no relation to TheIlluminati, in Creator/MarvelComics took it upon themselves to banish [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]] from planet Earth, leading to ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk''.

** [[TheLostWoods The Everfree Forest]] is mentioned and imagined several times as a place of banishment.

* In Creator/MichaelFlynn's ''[[Literature/SpiralArm January Dancer]]'', Fa Li's assignment at the Rift is considered this.

** In ''Literature/FateOfTheJedi'', Luke Skywalker is exiled for his role in training Jacen Solo, [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil aka]] [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope Darth Caedus]]. He's to keep away from Jedi temples and train no one for ten years, or until he can discover why Jacen became what he did. His teenaged son Ben decides to come with him.

* Lucky is exiled in the third ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'' book for betraying both his packs by spying for the Leashed Dogs. He was forced into the role by his sister Bella, but not even Bella comes to his side when he's exiled. Lucky [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor had wanted]] to be a Lone Dog again, but he hates that it had to be because of an exile.
* Part of the premise of ''{{Literature/Tasakeru}}''. Sentients found guilty of violating their species' most sacred laws are branded as Outcasts, forbidden from legally owning property or using currency, banned from the island's only major city, and are sent to live in TheLostWoods.
* In ''Literature/{{Warrior|Cats}}s'', Teller of the Pointed Stones exiles six of his own cats (they're meant to kill Sharptooth or never return), Bluestar exiles Tigerclaw because he tried to kill her, and [=RiverClan=] exiles Graystripe because he saves Firestar's life.

* In ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern'' exile is the preferred punishment for capital crimes. Dragonriders teleport the condemned to deserted islands, where they're left with a small amount of supplies and no means of escape.

* Ayla is punished in this way at the end of ''[[Literature/EarthsChildren Clan of the Cave Bear]]'' (and for a shorter time in the middle of the book).