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* ''Marauders of [[Gor]]'' had the tomb of a great hero, which turned out to contain nothing but an arrow. The protagonists realize that the arrow means they need to step up and become heroes themselves.

* Similar to ''Kung Fu Panda'', ''Little Vampire Learns Kung Fu'' has one of Little Vampire's human friends learning kung fu from a supernatural teacher so that they can reach the top of a temple and read a scroll that will tell them how to be a true master. The scroll ended up reading "If you were able to reach here, you already have learned all the kung fu you need to be a master."

* Geraldine Harris' ''[[Seven Citadels]]' series plays this trope mostly straight; after an arduous quest by the main characters to acquire [[Plot Coupon|seven keys to unlock the prophesied savior]], the hero unlocks and enters the cave of the savior, only to see his own face reflected in the mirror that is the only thing there. Toyed with by the fact that he has been religiously forbidden to see his own face (until now), so it takes him a moment to realize who that face is... and then the wife of his god shows up to hammer the point home in case he couldn't figure it out himself.

* Geraldine Harris' ''[[Seven Citadels]]'' series plays this trope mostly straight; after an arduous quest by the main characters to acquire [[Plot Coupon|seven keys to unlock the prophesied savior]], the hero unlocks and enters the cave of the savior, only to see his own face reflected in the mirror that is the only thing there. Toyed with by the fact that he has been religiously forbidden to see his own face (until now), so it takes him a moment to realize who that face is... and then the wife of his god shows up to hammer the point home in case he couldn't figure it out himself.

* The ''[[Redwall]]'' book ''Loamhedge'' had a few of the main cast go on a journey to find a cure for another main character's paraplegia. After a long arduous journey (where one of them nearly dies from thirst and two others ''do die'' in battle), they discover that there's nothing there but a poem, and that the main character they did the quest for learned to walk on her own. On the bright side, all three of the younger members of the questing group were immature, rude, and spoiled, and they came back from the journey much more matured. Two of them grow up to be the Abbess and Recorder respectively.

* In ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'', part of the [[Badass Creed]] of the Knights Radiant is "Journey Before Destination". Their philosophy is that this idea applies to one's entire life, and it's ''how'' you got to the end that matters.