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This is when, (not always) at the end of the story, the main character or characters are crowned the leader of the land they just saved. Reasons can vary:

* The hero is [[Royal Blood|part of the royal line]], so this is done when the [[Rightful King Returns]].

* There was an [[Ancient Tradition]].

* It's part of the [[Standard Hero Reward]].

* The hero is [[Born Lucky]].

 

Sometimes, it doubles as a coronation wedding with a [[Prince Charming|prince]] / [[Princess]] or the hero's [[Love Interest]], guaranteeing a [[Happily Ever After]] of [[Happily Married]] conjugal bliss.

 

Not to be confused with [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], the old name for [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]], though it might also be one. Nor any tropes relating to giving birth, which is an entirely ''different'' [[Screaming Birth|meaning of the word 'crowning']].

Compare [[Knighting]].

 

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* Twisted in the end of the ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'' manga, considering how mermaid politics work. Aqua Regina gives her throne and powers up so that Lucia can be the new Aqua Regina.

** In [[Nightmare of Nunnally]], this happens with Euphemia.

* In the manga ''Vampire Game'', everything is leading up to the princess marying the Captain of the Guard. Which actually happens, but he gives up the throne and just stays a military man. He leaves the ruling and the title to her.

* In ''[[Vinland Saga]]'', the king has been trying to eliminate Prince Canute from contention for the throne, one way or another. After threatening to attack Wales unless the prince was killed, Askeladd beheaded the king, killed about a dozen soldiers, and then allowed Canute to stab him, thus "avenging" his father. The prince, bleeding from the face, dons the crown and takes control of an army whose leader had wanted him dead minutes before. Badass.

* Esther at the end of ''[[Trinity Blood]]''

** In the [[Spin-Off]] Manga, where said Sankt Kaiser is the main character, her mommy gives her this power back! Have we mentioned that said mommy is a weird combination of [[Magical Girl]] and [[Combat Pragmatist]]?

* Lucia's in ''[[Rave Master]]''. Which includes everyone dressed elegantly and a speech about how [[The Power of Love|love is great and all]] but screw it anyway.

* Happens in ''[[Berserk]]'' at the end of the Millennium Falcon arc, where Griffith, the general [[Big Bad]] of the series proper, after defeating Emperor Ganishka and fusing the astral and mortal worlds together, has recently claimed the throne of his new kingdom of Falconia.

* At the end of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', Ling Yao goes back to Xing with a philosopher's stone and becomes emperor. Unfortunately we don't see his crowning but we get a final shot of him on the throne in the photo collage at the end of the series.

** If one considers that Saito and Louise have been "Married" this could technically mean that Saito has become a Prince and is now 3rd in line for the throne. Even then, it's pretty obvious they'll get married for real. He also gets his own version when he becomes a Knight Chevalier and therefore nobility. Which has the added bonus of her father cannot complain anymore about whom she marries.

 

* ''[[Bone]]'': Thorn, taking [[Rightful King Returns|her rightful place]] after the royal family had previously been exiled by a war and the kingdom usurped. Oddly enough, the usurper [[Red Herring|never had to be dealt with]], having died at the beginning of the climactic battle.

* ''[[Ghostopolis]]'' has Claire becoming the new ruler of the afterlife (or rather, the interim version of the afterlife that comes between Earth and Heaven)

 

* The ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' [[Alternate Universe]] fic ''Perfect Mind'' ends with Chrono and Rosette becoming the new rulers of the demons.

 

* The ending of ''[[The Lion King]]''.

** Well, he was the rightful ruler... Scar kind of hijacked it by making everyone think Simba was dead.

** Among actual lions Scar did it the right way. Except he didn't actually kill all Mufasa's cubs.

* In ''[[Anastasia]]'', Anya receives her crowning moment from her grandmother despite running off with her [[Love Interest]] and no longer having a country to rule.

** Also counts as [[Book Ends]] as well, since the film began with the death of a queen.

* In the [[Powerpuff Girls]] [[The Movie|Movie]], after injecting himself with a large amount of chemical X, and [[One-Winged Angel|turning himself into a giant monstrous ape]], Mojo Jojo then proceeds to rip off the dome of Townsville City Hall and places it on his brain as both a replacement for his brain cap and a crown.

 

 

* At the end of ''[[The Court Jester]]'', the rightful king is finally revealed by his distinctive birthmark.

* [[The Parody|Spoofed]] at the climax of ''[[Johnny English]]''. The [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] is a Funny Moment of Crowning, where Rowan Atkinson becomes the King of England.

** In a weird mishmash of tropes, this makes Kirk's fate at the end of ''Star Trek IV'' a Dethroning Moment Of Awesome.

* Hilariously subverted in ''[[Ella Enchanted]]''. Char's coronation was a setup by the [[Evil Chancellor]], who then, once exposed, crowned ''himself'', [[Too Dumb to Live|forgetting that he had poisoned the crown with intent to kill Char at the moment of crowning]].

** With equal parts [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] AND [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] when the new king turns to the hobbits and says "My friends, [[Kneel Before Frodo|you bow to no one]]."

* At the end of ''[[Army of Darkness]]'', Ash, a traveler from the future with pretty much no known noble blood is offered the crown of the Cliched Medieval Kingdom (did it even have a name?). Though he refuses, remember: "Hail to the King, Baby."

* Inverted in Sergei Eisenstein's ''[[Ivan the Terrible]]'' (1944). The movie ''begins'' with a lavish, 10-minute coronation scene, complete with a [[New Era Speech]].

* The first ''[[Star Wars]]'' movie ends with Luke and Han being awarded medals from Leia for saving the rebellion.

*** It was later addressed with the line "Chewbacca would receive a medal also, but later, as few star princesses are that tall."

*** In the Marvel comic, they had to adjourn to the cafeteria, where Leia could stand on a table.

** The same movie averts this in the finished film, as well; when Ridley gets into the treasure-filled room with the Dragon-controlling rod of something-or-other, there's a particularly awesome-looking crown in the background, which our square-jawed protagonist (as well as the movie itself) ignores completely.

* ''Conan the Destroyer'': Jehnna is crowned after the Queen is killed. She offers Conan the chance to "rule with [her]". He declines.

* [[The Virgin Queen|Elizabeth]]. Ironically, she is crowned by the man who is about to commit treason against her.

* Happens in both ''[[Chronicles of Narnia]]'' films: at the end of the first the four Pevensie children are crowned Kings and Queens of Narnia, while in ''Prince Caspian'' Miraz is officially made King about two-thirds of the way through (Caspian's crowning occurs offscreen). The former is also a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming purely for Lucy's expression when Aslan refers to her as "Queen Lucy the Valiant."

* Done comically in ''[[The Great Race]]'' as Professor Fate, impersonating the prince, is at the coronation. His lackey (who's snuck in under the long cape Fate wears) whispers that the jig is up, so Fate stands up into the crown held over him, and abruptly departs. After a massive pie fight, the real prince finds the crown in a trash can and puts it on, chirping "Ah, there it is!"

* In the French movie ''Messenger:[[The Story Of Joan Of Arc]]'', [[John Malkovich]] gets a [[Scenery Porn|beautiful]] [[Ominous Latin Chanting|religious]] crowning, despite [[World of Ham|a few problems]].

 

 

* In the ''[[Apprentice Adept]]'' trilogy by [[Piers Anthony]], Stile ascends from the status of a serf to being a fabulously wealthy aristocrat. This happens just into the third novel rather than at the end, but it still fits the trope.

* This occurs slightly differently in ''[[The Belgariad]]'' and ''[[The Elenium]]'' by [[David Eddings]]- in each, the main character becomes royal (Garion of ''[[The Belgariad]]'' becomes King, Sparhawk in ''[[The Elenium]]'' is Prince-Consort) at the end of the penultimate book in the series (or possibly the beginning of the last one), before going off to kill an evil god using their magic rock.

** Also, Garion's crowning causes a [[Big No]] on the part of his queen-to-be.

* In a bit of [[Backstory]] that's never directly portrayed in any of Robert E. Howard's stories, [[Conan the Barbarian]], on his ''first day'' after arriving in the kingdom of Aquilonia as a drifting mercenary, beheaded the king in his throne room, took his crown, and declared himself king. The people ''rejoice'' at his ascension.

* At the end of Barry Hughart's ''[[Bridge of Birds]]'', the Princess of Birds is restored to her rightful place when her crown - with the feathers of the Kings of Birds back in place - is placed on her head, thus allowing her to summon the birds to create the titular bridge that will return her to Heaven.

* In Lois Lowry's ''Messenger'', the 'sequel' to ''[[The Giver]],'' it is indicated that Jonas, the hero of ''[[The Giver]]'', is somehow made Leader of the new Community, despite having just been a thirteen year old kid on a sled when he arrived.

* In George R.R. Martin's ''A Game of Thrones'', the first volume of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', Viserys finally gets the crown he's been badgering Khal Drogo for. Unfortunately for him, it's made of molten gold, is the size of a barrel, and is poured down his throat and all over his face.

** Played straight at the end of the same book when Robb Stark reclaims the ancient title of his house and is proclaimed the King in the North (aka The King Of Winter).

* In [[Garth Nix]]'s ''[[Old Kingdom|The Old Kingdom]]'' trilogy, the long-lost prince is first discovered as a [[Human Popsicle]], and reluctantly reveals his heritage (he was the bastard son of the ruling Queen and the only survivor of the royal family.) When we revisit the Kingdom fourteen years later, he is definitely King and married to the heroine from Book One. Squee !

* In Garth Nix's ''Keys to the Kingdom'' series, Arthur becomes the New Architect the moment he finally brings the Will together, and gets to remake the entire Universe from scratch. He even gets his own 'Let there be light' moment.

* In the ''[[Ea Cycle]]'' Atara (who became a Chiefess earlier in the last book) is crowned the Queen of Alonia and Valashu (who became a "plain" King earlier in the last book) the High King of the whole world.

* The last chapter of the fourth book of the Empire of Man (or [[Prince Roger]], after the main character) series, co-written by [[David Weber]] and [[John Ringo]]. It's also a good example of a [[Chekhov's Gun]], since Prince Roger starts out in the first book as a [[Royal Brat]].

** The scene in question can also can serve as a [[Tear Jerker]], in regards to the fate of Empress MacClintock.

** So does Bluestar's, especially after reading an entire book about all the crap she had to get through to become leader in the first place. Leafstar's might count as well.

** And every single leader who came before and after them. Ditto for the warrior ceremonies.

* No crown involved, but in ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', Egwene gets a good one after she reunites the tower, and becomes Amyrlin for the whole Aes Sedai. Immediately after, she makes a speech telling the sitters that they're a disgrace for allowing Elaida to nearly destroy them all.

** [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] several times with Rand (sometimes he isn't even literally crowned), Perrin (sort of, at the end of "The Shadow Rising" when he is acclaimed as Lord Perrin the Golden-Eyed), Egwene (when she is raised as Amyrlin at Salidar) and now Tuon too, as the event comes together with new duties and troubles.

** Rand does get at least one crown, but his coronation (if he had a proper one) is not shown.

* Ops in Lloyd Alexander's ''The Arkadians''.

* In Oscar Wilde's short story ''The Young King'', the title character refuses his regalia on his coronation day after a series of dreams shows him the suffering of those who produced it. Instead, he dons his old shepherd's garb and a crown of thorny branches he weaves himself, then takes up his old wooden staff and goes to the ceremony. Furious nobles threaten to kill him in the cathedral for bringing shame on the kingdom, but sunlight causes the staff and the crown's branches to come to life and flower while the garb glows as if golden. The would-be assailants are humbled and the bishop cries out, "A greater than I hath crowned thee!"

* A couple of these are in the Deryni novels. In ''Deryni Rising'' Kelson's coronation is interrupted by the sorceress Charissa, who challenges Kelson's right to the crown. After much to-do, {{spoiler|including a dramatic maternal revelation and '''two''' duels}}, the coronation ceremony is completed and Kelson {{spoiler|steps into the sunlight wherein his magic destroyed Charissa's summoned monster, then has Morgan and Duncan join him there}}. In ''King Kelson's Bride'' Liam-Lajos Phorstanos assumes the arcane power from his ancestor's tomb. Some the ritual's participants {{spoiler|try to seize the power from Liam and are defeated by him with help from Kelson Haldane and his uncle Matayas}}. Liam {{spoiler|Mind Rips his uncle Mahael for leading the conspiracy and orders him to be impaled for his treason}} before ordering the ceremony to resume.

* Not to mention {{spoiler|Dovasary Balitang}} from ''[[Tortall Universe|Trickster's Queen]]''. Not only does the ''[[La Résistance|raka conspiricy]]'' {{spoiler|put the most capable royal in generations on the throne while she's '''12''' but Dove puts the crown on ''herself '' during the ceremony.}}

* Keith Laumer's "Retief" in "Diplomat-At-Arms". First the MOC, although we don't actually get to experience it, shortly after that the CMOA (well, it's the last sentence of the story): {{spoiler|"No, I can't claim much credit there. I've had that document for many years, it, at least, was perfectly genuine!"}}

 

 

** Romana also ends up as President of the High Council, according to [[Expanded Universe]] continuity.

** Harriet Jones ends up Prime Minister after "World War Three".

* Colonel Jack O'Neill gets promoted to General and is put in charge of the whole Stargate Program in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''.

** Immediately after his address to the SGC staff as their new leader, he turns around and promotes Samantha Carter to Lieutenant Colonel, because as General, he's allowed to do "cool stuff like [that]".

** In between, she was offered leadership of the Grey Council, which she refused. G'Kar also refused a similar posting after the Narn rebellion.

** Londo Mollari's coronation as Emperor had almost an entire extremely depressing episode devoted to it.

** And don't forget Sinclair, who was promoted from Commander to Ambassador to <s>God</s> whoops, that would be Ivanova's title over the course of the show.

** Also subverted with Sheridan becoming President of the Interstellar Alliance. After having the oath of office interrupted by ''two'' assassination attempts, we end up with

'''G'Kar:''' Fine. Done. Let's eat. }}

* In a very literal example, the first episode of ''[[Kings]]'' ends with David being appointed as God's new chosen one by a flock of butterflies that settle on his head in a crown. Really.

* Octavian/Augustus gets a terrifying one at the end of the series ''[[Rome]]'', even though most of the characters don't realise what it really is.

* ''[[The Tenth Kingdom]]'' also has an interesting subversion: the crowning of King Wendell goes off with all the pomp and circumstance you could hope for, with tons of rich courtiers and royals in attendance, a panoply of gorgeous decorations and architecture, and a final speech just prior that borders on [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. But not only does the royal toast which follows this end up seemingly killing all the guests, but it isn't even really Wendell being tested or crowned, [[Freaky Friday|it's the Evil Queen's dog under a spell]]. There is, however, a genuine version of the trope later when, after the heroes have saved the day, they're all given medals and other rewards.

** Three episodes into the forth season, {{spoiler|Arthur has just been crowned King}}. For real.

** And at the end of the forth season, {{spoiler|Guinevere is crowned Queen}}. Also for real.

* At the end of the first season of ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', {{spoiler|Robb Stark's bannermen proclaim him the King in the North}}.

 

 

* "Crowning of the King" by Blackmore's Night is all about this.

* [[Iamamiwhoami]]'s video "t" features the Mandragora receiving a crown and scepter made of aluminum foil.

 

 

** This generally involves feuding with Jerry "The King" Lawler, who had used the gimmick in Memphis for decades previous to his entrance in WWE/F.

 

 

* Many sporting events have something similar to this for its winner. The event would be styled as 'King of the X' or something with 'Royal' in it. Often the winner ends up with a cape, crown, and throne for promotional photos.

* The [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medal ceremony. All of them. Ever. Unless you're Michael Phelps. Phelps got a lot of flack in the international press for being disrespectful during some of his medal ceremonies. The footage of him ''stretching his legs on the gold medal podium'' ticked off a lot of people.

 

 

* In ''[[Pippin]]'', Pippin gets crowned king after killing his father, but the crown turns out to be one size bigger than his head.

 

 

* At the end of the first two ''[[Suikoden]]'' games, the hero is offered the leadership of the country they've just liberated/formed. They don't usually accept. (Riou can become the leader in II, but the 'true' ending has him leave.)

** ''[[Suikoden V]]'' also has a subversion with Lymsleia's crowning ceremony. It SHOULD be an awesome moment for little Lym, but seeing as the [[Big Bad]] is effectively using her as a puppet and plans to use her new status as Queen to screw over the good guys even more, it's far from awesome.

* Happens in the [[Adventure Game]] ''[[King's Quest I]]: Quest for the Crown''.

** And in again in ''[[King's Quest VI]]: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow'' when Prince Alexander becomes King of the Land of the Green Isles at the end of the game (in both endings, even).

** Four of them make perfect sense (two were already princes and the sole survivors of their families, one was the highest-ranking survivor of a kingdom whose king died with no heirs, and one married one of the new kings), but the fifth was rather strange. He is the highest ranking soldier in his kingdom, and is well respected. He would be a shoo in for the kingship if there were an empty throne and no heir. The only problem: the king ''isn't dead.'' In fact, he is clearly visible during the ending, apparently having abdicated the throne for no explained reason.

*** According to [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Cecil_Harvey this page], Cecil was the adopted son of the deceased King of Baron, which is why he became King of Baron at the end. The King of Fabul stated in the SNES version of the game that he was too injured during Baron's attack on Fabul to continue being the king, and that is why he abdicated and named Yang as his successor, if I remember right.

** There's a somewhat lesser version early on, as Shepard is named the first human Spectre. Everyone in the Citadel Tower, human and otherwise, gathers around the Council chambers as they give him authority no other human has had before.

* [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] gets proclaimed as King Arthur in the ending sequence of ''Sonic and the Black Knight'', much to his incredulity. He proceeds to run off back to his own dimension before anyone has the chance to get him to do anything bureaucratic.

** Not to mention the scene after his transformation to a Deathknight, where he simply stabs his father to take over the throne. Not that he has much interest in breathing servants...

** In the Dragonwrath questline and in [[Thrall Twilighha Of The Aspects]], Kalecgos becomes the new Aspect of Magic.

*** Then, there's Mengsk.

** The Light Side ending isn't too bad, either, as you're hailed as a champion to forever be known as The Prodigal Knight.

*** Which is kinda hilarious, [[You Keep Using That Word|if you know what prodigal actually means]].

* In ''[[Fire Emblem]] 7'', the ending involves the crowning of either Eliwood as Marquess Pherae (in Eli's route) or Hector as Marquess Ostia (in Hector's). Also used in [[Fire Emblem]] 6, which includes in the epilogue mentions of Roy's friend and protegee Princess Guinivere becoming Queen of Bern after her older brother Zephiel's death.

** Subverted in ''Aveyond: The Lost Orb''. Edward is the Crown Prince of Thais and [[I Just Want to Be Normal|not happy about it]], but his parents are retiring and he's forced to become king. His former party member and new wife Lydia would be an example, except she [[Bride and Switch|tricked Edward into marrying her]] and manipulates the circumstances so that she gets crowned queen while he's distracted by the [[Big Bad]] escaping during the ceremony and doesn't become king. The whole scene screams [[God Save Us From the Queen]].

** And in the third game Orthopox, now with a monkey body has ascended to the Furon Throne, becoming Emperor Orthopox after Crypto kills Meningitis and The Master, who was planning to ascend the throne himself.

* At the end of the second ''[[Quest for Glory]]'' game, the childless Sultan adopts you as his son, making you his heir.

* The "bad" ending of ''[[Blood Omen Legacy Of Kain]]'' had the titular character become Nosgoth's new Vampire ruler, at least till the sequel/spinoff.

* In ''[[Lords Of The Realm]]'', when you defeat all the other Lords, you're greeted with a sequence where the Archbishop formally presents you with the Crown of England. He's supposed to be walking up the aisle of a church (or a court?), but the sequence is animated so fast and there's only one frame of animation, so it looks like he's rolling up to you on a skateboard.

* In ''Aidyn Chronicles'': The First Mage, this is shown to occur after the end of the game. Likely subverted since Alaron is the illegitimate son of the King.

* ''[[Gradius]] 2'' on MSX: The ending states that for his brave efforts, your pilot is promised the throne to planet Gradius in the future.

* [[Yggdra Union|Yggdra]] gets [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nyg58xKAvk&feature=related one of these], but stuff actually happens after it.

* Subverted when the Lich King dies in ''[[World of Warcraft|Wrath of the Lich King]]''. There is an Awesome Moment Of Crowning, but it's for a new Lich King.

* ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'' has an awesome moment of crowning for N in the opening cinematic.

 

 

** Also subverted as the characters chit-chat during [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0412.html Hinjo's crowning].

* A rare villain example: at the end of the ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' story arc "That Which Redeems," Lord Horribus's [[The Woobie|much abused]] [[Evil Genius|sidekick]] Psyk is crowned the new Demon Lord after Horribus is cast out.

* The "Ninja Emperor" arc of ''Sam and Fuzzy'' has been screwing around with this A LOT. First Sam doesn't want to be crowned but he's being dragged into it by Blank and opposed by Black, then we meet Gertrude who really ought to be getting crowned and resents the crap out of Sam because he has a semi-legitimate claim and she doesn't, then we find out that Blank doesn't want Sam, he just wants ''somebody'' to validate the command structure while Black wants to tear it down, then oh just read it. I swear. Crazy.

** Although Sam's actual crowning as the new Ninja Emperor isn't particularly awesome, his [http://samandfuzzy.com/archive.php?comicID=919 first decree] is definitely his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]

** Also earlier, the Wayward Vagabond and the Aimless Renegade make a crown for the Windswept Questant (former White Queen). She promptly turns it down, giving it to Peregrine Mendicant instead, in gratitude towards PM for completing her duty.

 

 

 

 

** Actually, Elyon never gets a crowning ceremony. She's crowned by Will, the leader of the Guardians, to release her full power so magnificent that she turns ''shackles of light into crumbling stone''. She then proceeds to restore the magic in their world in a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|CMoA]]/[[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|H]]

** Aang crowns him! And gives him [[Power of Friendship|a hug]] first.

** Ozai had his own, back when. It was much more full of pomp than Zuko's, the crowd was very, very big and very red, the royals attending wore ''white'' (the traditional color of mourning in China, as Azulon had just died), and because we see it through Zuko's flashback and he was kinda freaked out at the time, it looks pretty scary.

* Combined with what is listed as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] in ''[[Transformers Generation 1|The Transformers: The Movie]]'', where [[The Starscream|Starscream]] tries to get himself crowned leader of the Decepticons and [[Failure Is the Only Option|finally succeeds]], only to have the reborn Galvatron fly in and shoot him.

* Parodied in ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "That's Lobstertainment!" contains a movie-within-a-show. The film, The Magnificent Three, is a story about a son (the Vice-President of Earth) not wanting to follow in his father's (the President of Earth) footsteps. At the end, the president dies.

'''VP'''(played by Calculon): [[Big No|NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....]] }}

** Also used in "My Three Suns", when Fry gets crowned emperor of the Trisolians because he drank their previous ruler, and has to recite his new lineage or DIE. He makes it, and then gets embroiled in a battle to rescue the old emperor.

* At the end of season 2 of ''[[Hot Wheels Battle Force 5]]'', Vert gets crowned the leader of the Blue Sentient's Council Of Five as reward for leading the Battle Force 5 to victory over Krytus, allowing for the peace between the two Sentient races.

 

 

* After the Revolutionary War, [[George Washington]] was offered the position of King. Averted, obviously.

** His heir was apparently going to be John Adams, which makes sense because Adams, unlike Washington, actually ''had children.''

*** Ironically, Washington became the first President, and was succeeded by Adams, whose eldest son John Quincy eventually became President.

* And before Washington there was Oliver Cromwell, leader of the Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War (or rather, head of the army from 1650 onwards, ''after'' the first and second civil wars and the execution). After executing Charles I and exiling Charles II, parliament decided in a fit of unintentional irony to offer the crown to Cromwell (actually it was 7 years later, long after he had removed that parliament and called a new one). In the end he was just made Lord Protector Of England (17th century speak for "president for life"), an absolute ruler with only slightly less authority than King Charles had held. More, actually, since unlike Charles there was nobody left to argue with him.

** When Richard Cromwell decided Lord Protectorship was hereditary, the army twigged that they had a King-by-any-other-name. Incidentally, this is why there's a Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, and Royal Marines, but ''not'' a Royal Army; the British Army is an organizational descendant of Cromwell's men, not tied to the crown directly.

* Napoleon's coronation culminated in his taking the crown from [[The Pope|Pope Pius VII.]] and crowning himself. He was just that good.

** That gesture had actually been arranged beforehand, as a way of drawing a parallel with the coronation of Charlemagne.

** Wilhelm, King of Prussia, was proclaimed German Emperor Wilhelm I by acclamation in the Versailles palace. There was no formal imperial coronation, nor an imperial crown, because the emperor ruled over both Catholic and Protestant Germans, who hardly would have agreed on how to carry out a coronation. Also, the notion of self-coronation was unacceptable just because Napoleon I had done so; the Germans of those days did not like what the French Empire had done to their lands. The constitution of the German Empire stipulated that the King of Prussia automatically would serve as German Emperor.

* Anyone who wins an [[Academy Award]], especially after having been passed over. Consider [[Steven Spielberg]], a four-time nominee who finally won for ''[[Schindler's List]]''.

** Likewise [[Jeff Bridges]] finally getting his Oscar for Best Actor in 2010, after years of performances and at least 3 nominations.

* Averted in 1973, in the immediate aftermath of the Yom Kippur War, when Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, and Chief of the General Staff Gen. David "Dado" Elazar visited Israeli forces at the Sinai front. When they visited the 143rd Armored Division, they addressed the troops in the company of the Division's commander, Gen. Ariel "Arik" Sharon. When they all appeared, the men started spontaneously shouting "Arik, king of Israel!" Nevertheless an aversion, because Sharon did not actually become king; he was, however, eventually elected prime minister in February 2001. Still, one can only imagine what goes through the mind of the duly elected prime minister of a modern republic when she hears the citizen-soldiers of said republic proclaiming their general to be their king.

* The coronation of Jean Bedel Bokassa, the psychotic dictator of the Central African Republic from 1966-1979. In 1977 he decided to crown himself Emperor of his country, and replicated the coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte as best he could. It ultimately cost a third of the nation's GDP to pull it off,and several foreign leaders were invited (though most of them didn't show up). Like Bonaparte, he also tried to get the Pope to crown him, but this was also unsuccessful. Bokassa replicated everything from the robes he wore to the ceremonial carriage, and like Napoleon, seized the crown and placed it on his own head.

 

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