Hi
Agreed. The first thing that comes to mind is the promise from the opening pages of Love Hina, provided I’m remembering it right.
Shocker, another Freefall JAFAAC picture. Pull it.
You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
Goku Black
Pull
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
Filthy casual
Pull.
(Annoyed grunt)
I fight for a "Jest" cause
Pull!
The Rosers were red. The Drownies are blue. I know What the Thunder Said. Do you?
The Unknown
Pull.
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?
he/him | Image Pickin' regular
Pull for the reasons the OP gave.
Keet cleanup
Image pulled. For posterity:
This suggestion's dramatic, but doesn't show the actual content of the promise.
Edited by Synchronicity on Apr 23rd 2019 at 8:57:21 AM
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Well, the actual content of the promise is somewhat beyond the scope of the trope (though it will most likely fall under another trope), so ![[tup]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Thumbs_up_emoticon_3268.png "[thumb up]"){kind=small}
from me.
The Promise is not a straight forward to depict trope. The long trope name would be "Promises are there to be broken". There is a promise made by Bob to Alice but then there is also the part where Bob struggles to keep it. Alice usually doesn't die but sticks around to call in the promise ("But...but you promised!?") That's when Bob has to redeem himself. Current image and 11 only show the setup with the stock phrase which could also be the setup for Morality Chain Beyond the Grave, Take Care of the Kids or any other Last Request.
Edited by eroock on Apr 24th 2019 at 12:30:46 PM
Hi
Clock is set.
I like 11. And eroock, the promise in question doesn't have to be broken, it just has to be relevant. A very large chunk of the series is caused by this promise, so I'd say it's a valid example.
Filthy casual
I'll go with 11.
(Annoyed grunt)
Goku Black
11
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
I agree with eroock that 11 only shows a half of the trope. The promise needs to be called in eventualy for it to be the trope.![[tdown]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Thumbs_down_emoticon_3571.png "[thumb down]"){kind=small}
Edited by Millership on May 3rd 2019 at 1:56:08 AM
Spiral out, keep going.
Crowner?
I don't see the struggle in 11. Voting blank for now.
You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
Hi
Clock's up; locking for inactivity/lack of consensus.
The image doesn't demonstrate the trope, and it's a spoiler anyway. The trope is supposed to be about important promises, not a flippant assurance.