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* In [[Tad Williams]]' ''[[Memory Sorrowand Thorn]]'', Simon's first journey [[Beneath the Earth|beneath the tunnels]] of the Hayholt on the heels of his mentor's [[Heroic Sacrifice]] is the point where his journey becomes irrevocable. It also includes the literal metaphor of being "swallowed up" by the earth, followed by his emergence, alone, starving, and companionless.
* Cleanly marked in ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone|Harry Potter]]'': when Harry is on the Hogwarts Express, he thinks, "He didn't know where he was going... but it had to be better than what he was leaving behind."
* In the [[Whateley Universe]], it's the moment when Ayla Goodkind leaves the 'normal' world and rides into [[Super
* In ''[[Neverwhere]]'', the Ordeal that Richard goes through. Other characters note that he seems more mature after passing it.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV]]'''s Belly of the Whale is when Cecil is shipwrecked and washed up, all alone, near Mysidia, a city he had attacked and plundered before the start of the game. He has no choice now but to walk the road of atonement.
* In ''[[Baten Kaitos (Video Game)|Baten Kaitos]]'', after the first big [[Wham! Episode]], Xelha finds herself locked up alone in the Imperial Fortress. It's only with {{spoiler|the help of the Guardian Spirit}} that she escapes. And more literally, Baten Kaitos is a star in the Cetus constellation. [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Yes, it is the belly of the whale.]]
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' has one for nearly every Link.
** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past (Video Game)|A Link to the Past]]'', this comes when he rescues Zelda from Agahnim and becomes a fugitive.
** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Ocarina of Time]]'', when the Great Deku Tree dies and Link must leave the forest.
*** And later when Link is sealed in the Sacred Realm for a seven-year coma, only to awaken to a [[Crapsack World]] in which he first thing he sees is a [[Everything's Deader With Zombies|ReDead]].
** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Wind Waker]]'', when the pirates first drop Link off at the Forsaken Fortress.
*** Arguably it's immediately after his defeat at the Forsaken Fortress. When he's sent to the fortress, he's still an overconfident kid. After he was tossed into the ocean and rescued, THAT was when he wised up to what he really needed to do.
** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|Twilight Princess]]'', when Link finds himself turned into a wolf and locked in the twilit Hyrule Castle.
** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask (Video Game)|Majora's Mask]]'', after the Happy Mask Salesman has taught him the Song of Healing and given him his quest.
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