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'''Basic Trope''': A character's possession is given significance by having it given to him.
* '''Straight''': The [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] honors Jack for [[Jumped At the Call|volunteering]] by giving him a sword.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every single thing he owns is a gift, and he can't throw any of it away.
* '''Justified''': The sword is magically bound to Jack
** The item is a marker of some special relationship (like a wedding ring).
** It is [[Memento MacGuffin|an item of great personal significance]] which Jack would be hesitant to discard.
* '''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|cursed]], and the [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] knew it.
** The sword is no better than any other sword he could have gotten from a swordsmith.
** The sword lets him be tracked.
* '''Double Subverted''': Except that it has good powers too, and he can manage with the curse.
** Except that the knowledge the king gave it to him means that he gets more support from the people.
** Which ensures that [[The Cavalry]] find him.
* '''Parodied''': Jack treasures a gag gift.
* '''Deconstructed''': The villains take advantage of Jack's gullibility by going into disguise and gifting him an [[Joke Item|utterly useless weapon]]. Naturally he can't resist using it, and is quickly [[Curb Stomp Battle|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 [[Lethal Joke Item|quite effectively]].
** [[Cherry Tapping|Jack kinows it sucks and uses it so he can rub the villain's nose in it.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': The sword was actually [[Curse|cursed]], and the [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] 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 [[Five-Man Band|them]] while deep in enemy territory, oh no! Wait! [[The Cavalry]] has arrrived!
* '''Averted''': All objects are bought or won.
* '''Enforced''': "We've got a merchandise deal to produce those emerald swords, so Jack needs to keep his at all times."
* '''Lampshaded''': "No, Jack, you want to keep that sword; these are just random swords, and that's a ''gift''"
* '''Invoked''': "[[Badass Boast|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."
* '''Conversed''': "Why does Jack use a sword when everyone else has got pistols?" "It was a gift."
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