History PlayingWith / ItWasAGift

* '''Played For Drama''': The king was his father, and he gave it to Jack before he was assassinated.

'''Basic Trope''': A character's possession is given significance by having it given to him.

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* '''Implied''': Jack mentions that his sword was given to him, but he doesn't elaborate on the giver.

* '''Parodied''': ???

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** Jack gets a novelty item or another worthless gag gift, like a pair of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groucho_glasses Groucho glasses]] or a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopee_cushion whoopee cushion]]. For the rest of his life, he considers it his most prized possession.

** Jack gets a novelty item or another worthless gift, and for the rest of his life, he considers it his most prized possession.

* '''Reconstructed''':
** ...Except that he ''isn't''. He wanted to make the giver happy, so he spent so much time training with the "useless weapon" that he ends up using it [[LethalJokeItem quite effectively]].
** [[CherryTapping Jack kinows it sucks and uses it so he can rub the villain's nose in it.]]
* '''Played For Laughs''': Jack treasures a gag gift, like a pair of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groucho_glasses Groucho glasses]] or a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopee_cushion whoopee cushion]].

* '''Straight''': The ReasonableAuthorityFigure honors Jack for [[JumpedAtTheCall volunteering]] by giving him a sword.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every single thing he owns is a gift.
* '''Downplayed''': Jack gets a novelty item or another worthless gift.

* '''Parodied''': Jack treasures a gag gift, like a pair of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groucho_glasses Groucho glasses]] or a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopee_cushion whoopee cushion]]

* '''Averted''': All objects are bought or won.

* '''Lampshaded''': "No, Jack, you want to keep that sword; these are just random swords, and that's a ''gift''"
* '''Invoked''': "[[BadassBoast I am the champion of the kingdom! I received my sword from the hand of the king, my armor from the hand of the queen, and my horse from the greatest wizard of the land!]]"

* '''Defied''':
** Jack, still annoyed with the king, refuses to accept the stupid sword.

* '''Discussed''': "Why does he keep that thing around?" "You're asking me? Probably it was a gift or something."

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': The sword was actually {{curse}}d, and the ReasonableAuthorityFigure knew it. Except that it has good powers too, and he can manage with the curse. The sword is no better than any other sword he could have gotten from a swordsmith...but the knowledge the king gave it to him means that he gets more support from the people. But it can be tracked, and hoofbeats come along to find [[FiveManBand them]] while deep in enemy territory, oh no! Wait! TheCavalry has arrrived!

* '''Parodied''': Jack treasures a gag gift.

* '''Defied''': Jack, still annoyed with the king, refuses to accept the stupid sword.

* '''Exaggerated''': Every single thing he owns is a gift, and he can't throw any of it away.
* '''Downplayed''': ???

** The sword is magically bound to Jack

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': The villains take advantage of Jack's gullibility by going into disguise and gifting him an [[JokeItem utterly useless weapon]]. Naturally he can't resist using it, and is quickly [[CurbStompBattle whipped]] by foes with superior weapons.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** ...Except that he ''isn't''. He wanted to make the giver happy, so he spent so much time training with the "useless weapon" that he ends up using it [[LethalJokeItem quite effectively]].
** [[CherryTapping Jack kinows it sucks and uses it so he can rub the villain's nose in it.]]

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* '''Justified''': The sword is magically bound to Jack

* '''Inverted''': Jack regards those things he bought or made himself, or won in battle, as superior to gifts, and replaces the gifts as soon as he can.
* '''Subverted''': The sword was actually {{curse}}d, and the ReasonableAuthorityFigure knew it.

* '''Double Subverted''': Except that it has good powers too, and he can manage with the curse.

* '''Reconstructed''': ...Except that he ''isn't''. He wanted to make the giver happy, so he spent so much time training with the "useless weapon" that he ends up using it [[LethalJokeItem quite effectively]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Justified''': The sword is magically bonded to Jack, a marker of some special relationship (like a wedding ring), or [[MementoMacGuffin an item of great personal significance]] which Jack would be hesitant to discard.