Legendary in the Sequel: Difference between revisions

== [[Video Games]] ==

* In ''[[Metal Gear]]'', Snake is a rookie {{spoiler|sent in because the [[Big Bad]] expected him to fail.}} Snake is regarded as a legendary soldier in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' from his exploits in the 8-bit era.

* The protagonist from ''[[Fable II]]'' is recognized as a great hero in ''[[Fable III]]''.

* Link, from ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', due to reincarnating (along with Zelda herself) each game.

* A minor example, but in ''[[Nintendo Wars|Advance Wars: Dual Strike]]'', the current hero [[Jive Turkey|Jake]], sees Andy, a hero from the previous game, as a legend.

* The Warden in ''[[Dragon Age]]'' is regarded as a great hero in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', due to stopping the blight in Ferelden before it could spread to other nations, making it the shortest Blight ''in the entire history of Thedas''.

* In ''[[Half-Life 2]]'', Gordon Freeman has become such a legend that he is given messianic titles such as "The One Free Man" and "The Opener of the Way". To his enemies, the Combine, he is "Anticitizen One".

* [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' games. Between the 3rd and 4th games Phoenix had built up a reputation as a legendary defense attorney, but then had a fall from grace which caused him to lose his license and the respect of the community.

* [[No Name Given|The Nameless Hero]] of ''[[Gothic]]'' attains this reputation among the former convicts by the time of ''Gothic II'', particularly with [[Expansion Pack|Night of the Raven]] installed. This is partly due to bringing down the Barrier, but mainly due to simply getting favor with everyone in the first game.

* Bobbin Threadbare from the [[Adventure Game]] ''[[Loom (video game)|Loom]]'' was apparently supposed to be this in the [[What Could Have Been|planned but not produced sequels]] ''Forge'' and ''The Fold'', and appear in an [[Star Wars|Obi-Wan]]-like fashion and give the new heroes advice.

* In the final mission of ''[[Ace Combat 04 Shattered Skies]]'', ISAF sends nine ace pilots to assist Mobius One. In ''[[Ace Combat 5 The Unsung War]]'' (the Arcade Mode), ISAF sends Mobius One against a virtual airforce ''alone'', because his individual effectiveness is estimated [[One-Man Army|greater than an entire squadron]].

** The Eternal Champion (the protagonist of ''Arena'') is indicated as being referred to as Champion in part because people don't actually know ''who'' he (or she) was—among other things, the Champion is referred to as 'forever nameless' in one the biographies about Barenziah. The Agent (the protagonist of ''Daggerfall'') is an exception to the in-game legends thing: the Agent's involvement in the events of ''Daggerfall'' are unknown to the general public. Those few that ''do'' know about the Agent's involvement have reasons for keeping quiet about it and the Agent's identity.

* In the ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' games you start as a random kid from Candlekeep, known only by, for lack of a better term, "family". By the second game, a few people in a nation about 200 miles south of Baldur's Gate have heard of your exploits up north. By the expansion, an entire army is sent out to kill you, an extremely powerful Bhaalspawn with an army of her own starts to panic when you come after her, and freaking Elminster says, "Nope, not fightin' ya."

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==