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* ''Literature/OddlyEnough'':
** "The Language of Blood" revolves around the main character becoming the next Speaker, learning from the current one of his duties, no matter how distasteful they may be -- namely, having to feed on someone three times a year, fatally the last time, in order to serve as a seer of sorts and learn the information needed to keep their country safe and prosperous.
** "The Passing of the Pack" is all about this, as the main character learns his father is a werewolf, who leads a pack of regular wolves and makes the hard decisions for them. His time has come, and he needs his son to learn what the boy needs to take his father's place as packleader.
** "The Language of Blood" revolves around the main character becoming the next Speaker, learning from the current one of his duties, no matter how distasteful they may be -- namely, having to feed on someone three times a year, fatally the last time, in order to serve as a seer of sorts and learn the information needed to keep their country safe and prosperous.
** "The Passing of the Pack" is all about this, as the main character learns his father is a werewolf, who leads a pack of regular wolves and makes the hard decisions for them. His time has come, and he needs his son to learn what the boy needs to take his father's place as packleader.
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* OlderThanFeudalism: In ''Literature/TheBible'', Elijah passed on his powers to his understudy Elisha by literally passing the mantle to him after [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence being taken up into the sky]] by flaming horses sent by God.
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* OlderThanFeudalism: In ''Literature/TheBible'', Elijah passed on his powers to his understudy Elisha by literally passing the mantle to him after [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence being taken up into the sky]] by flaming horses sent by God.
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** And even before either of those, Moses put Joshua in charge of leading the people of Israel when he was allowed to go no further.
* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', with Dumbledore explaining to Harry about Voldemort's [[SoulJar Horcruxes]], and including him in the mission to find and destroy them. After [[spoiler: Dumbledore's death]], Harry and his friends take up the task. Later, in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]'', Harry clues in Neville to take his place as [[spoiler: he goes off to die.]]
** [[spoiler: Neville]] does this twice, taking over as [[spoiler: leader of Dumbledore's Army and the general rebellion against the Death Eaters while Harry wanders around looking for souls to reave.]]
* Used to a heartbreaking effect in the end of ''Literature/TheRoad''.
* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', with Dumbledore explaining to Harry about Voldemort's [[SoulJar Horcruxes]], and including him in the mission to find and destroy them. After [[spoiler: Dumbledore's death]], Harry and his friends take up the task. Later, in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]'', Harry clues in Neville to take his place as [[spoiler: he goes off to die.]]
** [[spoiler: Neville]] does this twice, taking over as [[spoiler: leader of Dumbledore's Army and the general rebellion against the Death Eaters while Harry wanders around looking for souls to reave.]]
* Used to a heartbreaking effect in the end of ''Literature/TheRoad''.
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** And even before Before either of those, Moses put Joshua in charge of leading the people of Israel when he was allowed to go no further.
*''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', with Dumbledore explaining to Harry about Voldemort's [[SoulJar Horcruxes]], and including him in It turns out that the mission tour of the Wonka Factory in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' is a SecretTest for Willy Wonka to find a good, honest child whom he can train as his successor and destroy them. After thus pass the torch of running his factory to, as he is OlderThanTheyLook and has no family. Depending on the adaptation, the story ends either with Charlie simply becoming Mr. Wonka's protege (as in the book) or this trope taking effect immediately and making Charlie a GradeSchoolCEO.
* ''Literature/CodexAlera'' has a rather ''enforced'' variant of this. [[spoiler:Dumbledore's death]], Harry and his friends take up 80% of the task. Later, in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]'', Harry clues in Neville to take his place as [[spoiler: he goes off to die.previous generation of leadership has died at the end of the Vord War, including Gaius Sextus.]]
** [[spoiler: Neville]] does this twice, taking over as [[spoiler: leader * In ''Dagger-Star'' by Elizabeth Vaughan, Red Gloves liberates the land of Dumbledore's Army Palins from a tyrant, and is OfferedTheCrown, but she just wants to retire in peace and marry her beloved Josiah, plus politics is not her thing. She notes that hardly anyone has actually seen her in person, and that a girl named Gloriana is both knowledgeable in politics and fits the general rebellion against description of TheChosenOne like her. Red passes her name and signature gloves to Gloriana, who becomes Queen with most of the Death Eaters while Harry wanders around looking for souls to reave.]]
* Used to a heartbreaking effect inpeople none the end wiser. By the time of ''Literature/TheRoad''.the book ''Destiny's Star'', Gloriana has become a swordswoman roughly as skilled as Red Gloves.
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* Halfway through the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' ExpandedUniverse novel ''Bluestar's Prophecy'', [[spoiler: Pinestar, leader of [=ThunderClan=] runs off to be a housecat and passes the torch to Sunfall.]]
** Also, at the end of ''Sunrise'' [[spoiler: Leafpool is forced to give up being medicine cat and Jayfeather becomes medicine cat instead.]]
* ''Literature/CodexAlera'' has a rather ''enforced'' variant of this. [[spoiler: 80% of the previous generation of leadership has died at the end of the Vord War, including Gaius Sextus.]]
* Eventually going to (and in the process of) happen in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' as the movie heroes die from old age; though the number of people to pass the torch too is running low after several novel series of killing or writing off the new generation.
* In ''Dagger-Star'' by Elizabeth Vaughan, Red Gloves liberates the land of Palins from a tyrant, and is OfferedTheCrown, but she just wants to retire in peace and marry her beloved Josiah, plus politics is not her thing. She notes that hardly anyone has actually seen her in person, and that a girl named Gloriana is both knowledgeable in politics and fits the description of TheChosenOne like her. Red passes her name and signature gloves to Gloriana, who becomes Queen with most of the people none the wiser. By the time of the book ''Destiny's Star'', Gloriana has become a swordswoman roughly as skilled as Red Gloves.
** Also, at the end of ''Sunrise'' [[spoiler: Leafpool is forced to give up being medicine cat and Jayfeather becomes medicine cat instead.]]
* ''Literature/CodexAlera'' has a rather ''enforced'' variant of this. [[spoiler: 80% of the previous generation of leadership has died at the end of the Vord War, including Gaius Sextus.]]
* Eventually going to (and in the process of) happen in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' as the movie heroes die from old age; though the number of people to pass the torch too is running low after several novel series of killing or writing off the new generation.
* In ''Dagger-Star'' by Elizabeth Vaughan, Red Gloves liberates the land of Palins from a tyrant, and is OfferedTheCrown, but she just wants to retire in peace and marry her beloved Josiah, plus politics is not her thing. She notes that hardly anyone has actually seen her in person, and that a girl named Gloriana is both knowledgeable in politics and fits the description of TheChosenOne like her. Red passes her name and signature gloves to Gloriana, who becomes Queen with most of the people none the wiser. By the time of the book ''Destiny's Star'', Gloriana has become a swordswoman roughly as skilled as Red Gloves.
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* Done between an elderly Bilbo Baggins and his younger cousin Frodo in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', albeit with a little reluctance. Bilbo, who has retired to Rivendell, at first offers to take up the quest that Frodo ultimately accepts. But it's clear that the old Hobbit's adventuring days are past, and Bilbo passes on his Dwarvish armor and Elvish blade to his successor.
* In ''Literature/{{Parzival}}'', the poem ends with Parzival [[spoiler: becoming the new Grail King]].
* It turns out that the tour of the Wonka Factory in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' is a SecretTest for Willy Wonka to find a good, honest child whom he can train as his successor and thus pass the torch of running his factory to, as he is OlderThanTheyLook and has no family. Depending on the adaptation, the story ends either with Charlie simply becoming Mr. Wonka's protege (as in the book) or this trope taking effect immediately and making Charlie a GradeSchoolCEO.
* An essential part of ''Literature/TheGiver'''s relationship with the Receiver. Every Receiver accepts the job with the understanding that he/she will eventually become the next Giver, with the task of passing on the accumulated memories to the next Receiver.
* In ''Literature/{{Parzival}}'', the poem ends with Parzival [[spoiler: becoming the new Grail King]].
* It turns out that the tour of the Wonka Factory in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' is a SecretTest for Willy Wonka to find a good, honest child whom he can train as his successor and thus pass the torch of running his factory to, as he is OlderThanTheyLook and has no family. Depending on the adaptation, the story ends either with Charlie simply becoming Mr. Wonka's protege (as in the book) or this trope taking effect immediately and making Charlie a GradeSchoolCEO.
* An essential part of ''Literature/TheGiver'''s relationship with the Receiver. Every Receiver accepts the job with the understanding that he/she will eventually become the next Giver, with the task of passing on the accumulated memories to the next Receiver.
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* At the end of Clare Vanderpool's novel ''Moon over Manifest'', Hattie Mae Macke, whose column about local news appears in Manifest's local newspaper, hands it over to Abilene Tucker, who has spent the summer learning about her father's history in Manifest before she was born.
* Miles Taylor in ''Literature/MilesTaylorAndTheGoldenCape'' inherits the titular golden cape from its previous owner, and with it, the mantle of Gilded, his world's superhero.
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* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', with Dumbledore explaining to Harry aboutlocal news appears Voldemort's [[SoulJar Horcruxes]], and including him in Manifest's local newspaper, hands it the mission to find and destroy them. After [[spoiler: Dumbledore's death]], Harry and his friends take up the task. Later, in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]'', Harry clues in Neville to take his place as [[spoiler: he goes off to die.]]
** [[spoiler: Neville]] does this twice, taking overto Abilene Tucker, who has spent as [[spoiler: leader of Dumbledore's Army and the summer learning about her father's history in Manifest before she was born.
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* Miles Taylor in ''Literature/MilesTaylorAndTheGoldenCape'' inherits the titular golden cape from its previous owner, and with it, the mantle of Gilded, his world's superhero.
* At the end of Clare Vanderpool's novel ''Moon over Manifest'', Hattie Mae Macke, whose column about local news appears in Manifest's local newspaper, hands it over to Abilene Tucker, who has spent the summer learning about her father's history in Manifest before she was born.
* Miles Taylor in ''Literature/MilesTaylorAndTheGoldenCape'' inherits the titular golden cape from its previous owner, and with it, the mantle of Gilded, his world's superhero.
* At the end of Clare Vanderpool's novel ''Moon over Manifest'', Hattie Mae Macke, whose column about local news appears in Manifest's local newspaper, hands it over to Abilene Tucker, who has spent the summer learning about her father's history in Manifest before she was born.
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* In ''Literature/{{Parzival}}'', the poem ends with Parzival [[spoiler: becoming the new Grail King]].
* Used to a heartbreaking effect in the end of ''Literature/TheRoad''.
* Eventually going to (and in the process of) happen in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' as the movie heroes die from old age; though the number of people to pass the torch too is running low after several novel series of killing or writing off the new generation.
* Halfway through the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' ExpandedUniverse novel ''Bluestar's Prophecy'', [[spoiler: Pinestar, leader of [=ThunderClan=] runs off to be a housecat and passes the torch to Sunfall.]]
** Also, at the end of ''Sunrise'' [[spoiler: Leafpool is forced to give up being medicine cat and Jayfeather becomes medicine cat instead.]]
* Used to a heartbreaking effect in the end of ''Literature/TheRoad''.
* Eventually going to (and in the process of) happen in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' as the movie heroes die from old age; though the number of people to pass the torch too is running low after several novel series of killing or writing off the new generation.
* Halfway through the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' ExpandedUniverse novel ''Bluestar's Prophecy'', [[spoiler: Pinestar, leader of [=ThunderClan=] runs off to be a housecat and passes the torch to Sunfall.]]
** Also, at the end of ''Sunrise'' [[spoiler: Leafpool is forced to give up being medicine cat and Jayfeather becomes medicine cat instead.]]
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* Done between an elderly Bilbo Baggins and his younger cousin Frodo in ''Literature/TheFellowshipOfTheRing'', albeit with a little reluctance. Bilbo, who has retired to Rivendell, at first offers to take up the quest that Frodo ultimately accepts. But it's clear that the old Hobbit's adventuring days are past, and Bilbo passes on his Dwarvish armor and Elvish blade to his successor.
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* Done between an elderly Bilbo Baggins and his younger cousin Frodo in ''Literature/TheFellowshipOfTheRing'', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', albeit with a little reluctance. Bilbo, who has retired to Rivendell, at first offers to take up the quest that Frodo ultimately accepts. But it's clear that the old Hobbit's adventuring days are past, and Bilbo passes on his Dwarvish armor and Elvish blade to his successor.
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* OlderThanFeudalism: In ''Literature/TheBible'', Elijah passed on his powers to his understudy Elisha by literally passing the mantle to him after [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence being taken up into the sky]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome by flaming horses sent by God]].
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* OlderThanFeudalism: In ''Literature/TheBible'', Elijah passed on his powers to his understudy Elisha by literally passing the mantle to him after [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence being taken up into the sky]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome by flaming horses sent by God]].
** Similarly, Jesus passes the torch to his disciples after raising from the dead, but before ascending into Heaven. The disciples, who have up to this point been mostly incompetent, pull it together and kick-start the early church in a powerful way.
** And even before either of those, Moses put Joshua in charge of leading the people of Israel when he was allowed to go no further.
* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', '''big''' time, with Dumbledore explaining to Harry about Voldemort's [[SoulJar Horcruxes]], and including him in the mission to find and destroy them. After [[spoiler: Dumbledore's death]], Harry and his friends take up the task. Later, in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]'', Harry clues in Neville to take his place as [[spoiler: he goes off to die.]]
** [[spoiler: Neville]] does this twice, taking over as [[spoiler: leader of Dumbledore's Army and the general rebellion against the Death Eaters while Harry wanders around looking for souls to reave.]]
* Used to a heartbreaking effect in the end of ''Literature/TheRoad''.
* In ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'' Lief's father has a crippled leg from a tree falling on him so he isn't able to go look for the gems in the Belt of Deltora. He passes the Belt-and the duty-to Lief and Barda the "beggar" who lives outside the forge and spies on the [[{{Mook}} Grey Guards]] talking about the plans of the [[BigBad Shadow Lord]].
* Halfway through the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' ExpandedUniverse novel ''Bluestar's Prophecy'', [[spoiler: Pinestar, leader of [=ThunderClan=] runs off to be a housecat and passes the torch to Sunfall.]]
** Also, at the end of ''Sunrise'' [[spoiler: Leafpool is forced to give up being medicine cat and Jayfeather becomes medicine cat instead.]]
* ''Literature/CodexAlera'' has a rather ''enforced'' variant of this. [[spoiler: 80% of the previous generation of leadership has died at the end of the Vord War, including Gaius Sextus.]]
* Eventually going to (and in the process of) happen in the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' as the movie heroes die from old age; though the number of people to pass the torch too is running low after several novel series of killing or writing off the new generation.
* In ''Dagger-Star'' by Elizabeth Vaughan, Red Gloves liberates the land of Palins from a tyrant, and is OfferedTheCrown, but she just wants to retire in peace and marry her beloved Josiah, plus politics is not her thing. She notes that hardly anyone has actually seen her in person, and that a girl named Gloriana is both knowledgeable in politics and fits the description of TheChosenOne like her. Red passes her name and signature gloves to Gloriana, who becomes Queen with most of the people none the wiser. By the time of the book ''Destiny's Star'', Gloriana has become a swordswoman roughly as skilled as Red Gloves.
* In ''The Final Reckoning'', the last novel in Robin Jarvis' ''Literature/DeptfordMice'' trilogy, the Starwife chooses Audrey to be her successor [[spoiler:and tricks her into performing a ritual that irrevocably ties her to the position, whether she likes it or not. She doesn't at first, but gradually accepts it as the powers of the Starwife begin to manifest themselves within her.]]
* ''Literature/TheElenium'':
** Kurik's family has served as squires to the Sparhawk family for several generations, so when Kurik [[spoiler:is killed by Adus]], his son Khalad takes on his father's duties.
** [[spoiler:Dolmant's]] rise to the rank of Archprelate upon the death of Cluvonius.
** This is not counting Ehlana and Avin, who become Queen of Elenia and King of Thalesia, respectively, upon the death of their respective fathers.
* Done between an elderly Bilbo Baggins and his younger cousin Frodo in ''Literature/TheFellowshipOfTheRing'', albeit with a little reluctance. Bilbo, who has retired to Rivendell, at first offers to take up the quest that Frodo ultimately accepts. But it's clear that the old Hobbit's adventuring days are past, and Bilbo passes on his Dwarvish armor and Elvish blade to his successor.
* In ''Literature/{{Parzival}}'', the poem ends with Parzival [[spoiler: becoming the new Grail King]].
* It turns out that the tour of the Wonka Factory in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' is a SecretTest for Willy Wonka to find a good, honest child whom he can train as his successor and thus pass the torch of running his factory to, as he is OlderThanTheyLook and has no family. Depending on the adaptation, the story ends either with Charlie simply becoming Mr. Wonka's protege (as in the book) or this trope taking effect immediately and making Charlie a GradeSchoolCEO.
* An essential part of ''Literature/TheGiver'''s relationship with the Receiver. Every Receiver accepts the job with the understanding that he/she will eventually become the next Giver, with the task of passing on the accumulated memories to the next Receiver.
* At the end of the first book of the ''Literature/ErebusSequence'', the protagonist declares that he'll be leaving. He puts his friends in charge and says that he may return if people give them too much trouble. The second book, therefore, [[ChangingOfTheGuard shifts its focus]] to one of those friends, with the first protagonist remaining off-stage until the very end.
* At the end of Clare Vanderpool's novel ''Moon over Manifest'', Hattie Mae Macke, whose column about local news appears in Manifest's local newspaper, hands it over to Abilene Tucker, who has spent the summer learning about her father's history in Manifest before she was born.
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** Similarly, Jesus passes the torch to his disciples after raising from the dead, but before ascending into Heaven. The disciples, who have up to this point been mostly incompetent, pull it together and kick-start the early church in a powerful way.
** And even before either of those, Moses put Joshua in charge of leading the people of Israel when he was allowed to go no further.
* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', '''big''' time, with Dumbledore explaining to Harry about Voldemort's [[SoulJar Horcruxes]], and including him in the mission to find and destroy them. After [[spoiler: Dumbledore's death]], Harry and his friends take up the task. Later, in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]'', Harry clues in Neville to take his place as [[spoiler: he goes off to die.]]
** [[spoiler: Neville]] does this twice, taking over as [[spoiler: leader of Dumbledore's Army and the general rebellion against the Death Eaters while Harry wanders around looking for souls to reave.]]
* Used to a heartbreaking effect in the end of ''Literature/TheRoad''.
* In ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'' Lief's father has a crippled leg from a tree falling on him so he isn't able to go look for the gems in the Belt of Deltora. He passes the Belt-and the duty-to Lief and Barda the "beggar" who lives outside the forge and spies on the [[{{Mook}} Grey Guards]] talking about the plans of the [[BigBad Shadow Lord]].
* Halfway through the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' ExpandedUniverse novel ''Bluestar's Prophecy'', [[spoiler: Pinestar, leader of [=ThunderClan=] runs off to be a housecat and passes the torch to Sunfall.]]
** Also, at the end of ''Sunrise'' [[spoiler: Leafpool is forced to give up being medicine cat and Jayfeather becomes medicine cat instead.]]
* ''Literature/CodexAlera'' has a rather ''enforced'' variant of this. [[spoiler: 80% of the previous generation of leadership has died at the end of the Vord War, including Gaius Sextus.]]
* Eventually going to (and in the process of) happen in the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' as the movie heroes die from old age; though the number of people to pass the torch too is running low after several novel series of killing or writing off the new generation.
* In ''Dagger-Star'' by Elizabeth Vaughan, Red Gloves liberates the land of Palins from a tyrant, and is OfferedTheCrown, but she just wants to retire in peace and marry her beloved Josiah, plus politics is not her thing. She notes that hardly anyone has actually seen her in person, and that a girl named Gloriana is both knowledgeable in politics and fits the description of TheChosenOne like her. Red passes her name and signature gloves to Gloriana, who becomes Queen with most of the people none the wiser. By the time of the book ''Destiny's Star'', Gloriana has become a swordswoman roughly as skilled as Red Gloves.
* In ''The Final Reckoning'', the last novel in Robin Jarvis' ''Literature/DeptfordMice'' trilogy, the Starwife chooses Audrey to be her successor [[spoiler:and tricks her into performing a ritual that irrevocably ties her to the position, whether she likes it or not. She doesn't at first, but gradually accepts it as the powers of the Starwife begin to manifest themselves within her.]]
* ''Literature/TheElenium'':
** Kurik's family has served as squires to the Sparhawk family for several generations, so when Kurik [[spoiler:is killed by Adus]], his son Khalad takes on his father's duties.
** [[spoiler:Dolmant's]] rise to the rank of Archprelate upon the death of Cluvonius.
** This is not counting Ehlana and Avin, who become Queen of Elenia and King of Thalesia, respectively, upon the death of their respective fathers.
* Done between an elderly Bilbo Baggins and his younger cousin Frodo in ''Literature/TheFellowshipOfTheRing'', albeit with a little reluctance. Bilbo, who has retired to Rivendell, at first offers to take up the quest that Frodo ultimately accepts. But it's clear that the old Hobbit's adventuring days are past, and Bilbo passes on his Dwarvish armor and Elvish blade to his successor.
* In ''Literature/{{Parzival}}'', the poem ends with Parzival [[spoiler: becoming the new Grail King]].
* It turns out that the tour of the Wonka Factory in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' is a SecretTest for Willy Wonka to find a good, honest child whom he can train as his successor and thus pass the torch of running his factory to, as he is OlderThanTheyLook and has no family. Depending on the adaptation, the story ends either with Charlie simply becoming Mr. Wonka's protege (as in the book) or this trope taking effect immediately and making Charlie a GradeSchoolCEO.
* An essential part of ''Literature/TheGiver'''s relationship with the Receiver. Every Receiver accepts the job with the understanding that he/she will eventually become the next Giver, with the task of passing on the accumulated memories to the next Receiver.
* At the end of the first book of the ''Literature/ErebusSequence'', the protagonist declares that he'll be leaving. He puts his friends in charge and says that he may return if people give them too much trouble. The second book, therefore, [[ChangingOfTheGuard shifts its focus]] to one of those friends, with the first protagonist remaining off-stage until the very end.
* At the end of Clare Vanderpool's novel ''Moon over Manifest'', Hattie Mae Macke, whose column about local news appears in Manifest's local newspaper, hands it over to Abilene Tucker, who has spent the summer learning about her father's history in Manifest before she was born.
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