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{{quote|''"You forget that he was once my apprentice, just as you were once his."''
|'''Count Dooku''', regarding '''Qui-Gon Jinn''', to '''Obi-Wan Kenobi''', ''[[Star Wars]] [[Attack of the Clones|Episode II: Attack of the Clones]]''}}
In fiction, a common revelation is that the protagonist and antagonist were trained by the same mentor. This is occasionally taken even further by the revelation that another important character is the one who trained the mentor, and so on up the line.
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When done well, this can add to the drama and development of the story and characters. It also allows for the comparing and contrasting of characters using similar skill sets at varying levels of mastery. When done badly, it can come off somewhere in the range of an [[Ass Pull]] or [[Contrived Coincidence]]. Either way, it's generally a concession to the [[Law of Conservation of Detail]].
As noted above, an inevitable result of this chain, if it gets long enough, is one link having to fight another. Also, the problems of one of the prior masters may end up dropped in the lap of the latest disciple. There is also the implication that the further along the chain you go, the more of the original master's knowledge and skill is lost or fails to be transferred<ref>Sometimes ''deliberately'' -- as in the [[Stock Phrase]] "I may have taught you all you know, but I haven't taught you all ''I'' know."</ref>, leaving its recipients [[Incompletely Trained]] compared to anyone above them on the chain.
Chains should consist of at ''least'' three characters who can be connected in a straight line (in other words, character A trained character B who went on to train character C). The chain can branch out in more than one direction, but just one master training two apprentices doesn't count.
Depending on how Master
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== [[Anime]]
* ''[[Naruto]]'', as pictured above: The First and Second Hokages (not pictured)
** Sasuke and Sakura connect to the chain as well through Jiraiya's two fellow students, Orochimaru and Tsunade.
** There's also the all important Jiraiya
** From Iwagakure: Mu (Second Tsuchikage)
** Let's not forget that while Konohamaru considers Naruto as his rival, Naruto is practically a master to him.
* A smaller chain would be ''[[Ranma
* ''[[One Piece]]'
* ''[[
** The primary one begins with Mutaito, who taught Masters Shen and Roshi, the Crane and Turtle Hermits. Master Roshi went on to train Son Gohan, Sr. and, between them, taught Son Goku. Finally, Goku found a disciple at the end of the series in Uub, the reincarnation of Majin Buu.
** As for the Crane Hermit, he went on to train Tenshinhan and Chiaotzu.
** One could also make an argument for Piccolo
** Master Roshi's other student, the Ox-King, taught his daughter Chi-Chi, who trained her second son, Son Goten.
** Also Goku(+ the teachings from his chain) and Piccolo (Namekian techniques)
*** At some point before the "Son Goku and His Friends Return" special Gotenks also picks up Tien and Yamcha's moves, either by observation or training.
** In the alternate future (meaning, the future that would have happened without any time traveling arcs), Piccolo
* The Hokuto Shinken style from ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' is passed on through a singular line of successors that spans over 1,800 years and 64 grand masters. At the tail end of the chain is Kenshiro, who inherited the deadly martial art from Ryuken (Kasumi Ramon), who succeeded his older brother Kasumi Kenshiro, main character of ''[[Fist of the Blue Sky]]'', who learned the art style from his father Kasumi Tesshin.
* In ''[[Tenshi
* There is an example in [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* The ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' anime has the Aquarius Gold Saint
* In the ''[[Saiyuki]]'' anime and manga series, this is how the Tenchi Kaigen [[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In ''[[Daredevil]]'' Master Izo was one of The Hand's founders and a teacher of Stick, who was Matt's master.
* [[Batman]] (Bruce Wayne)
** Batman #700 introduces a chain of Batmen: Bruce Wayne
== [[Film]] ==
* From the prequels trilogy of ''[[Star Wars]]'' we learn that it goes: Yoda
** In the original trilogy Obi-Wan told Luke that Yoda was "the Jedi master who taught me" (which can be explained by it simply referring to Yoda training ''all'' the Younglings before they are Padawans) thus it becomes Yoda
** Also on the Dark Side: Darth Bane<ref>Created the Rule of Two</ref>
*** The [[Star Wars Expanded Universe|Expanded Universe]] takes this further, with Sidious and Vader each having other apprentices.
* [[
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'''Cooper:''' Yeah...
'''Moses:''' I trained Kordeski.
[''SNAP''] }}
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Myth Adventures]]'' gives us a chain consisting of Garkin and later Aahz
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' is developing a chain with Ebenzar McCoy
* [[Harry Potter]] received more than the standard Defence Against the Dark Arts training - Lupin, for example, gave him some exclusive tutelage. Harry then founded Dumbledore's Army and passed everything he knew to them. Later Neville, formerly a trainee of the D.A., continued Harry's legacy.
* Done by entire species in the ''[[Uplift]]'' series. A species is formally designated by its chain of uplifters and by those species it has uplifted, and a species' prestige in galactic society is largely determined by the prestige of their chain.
* The ''[[Matthew Swift]]'' series has Robert Bakker
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** In the
** There's also John Keel
* Fitz of [[Robin Hobb]]'s ''Farseer'' and ''Tawny Man'' trilogies is at the center of a few of these. Fitz was apprenticed, in different areas, to Verity, Burrich, and Chade; later, Fitz becomes master to
* In ''[[Circle of Magic]]'' and ''[[Circle Opens]]'' there's Lark
* In Steve Perry's ''Matador'' series, the chain of training in an unarmed martial combat form called "The 97 Steps" is Diamond
* Since every clan cat in ''[[
** Firestar, leader of ThunderClan was trained by the previous leader Bluestar, whose mentor was Sunstar, the leader before her.
** Dustpelt trained both Squirrelflight and Ashfur. Ashfur hates Squirrelflight with his entire being.
* In the ''[[Barbara Hambly|Dragonsbane]]'' series knowing a mage's
== [[Live
* The ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffyverse]]'' gives us The Master
* [[Inspector Morse]] / [[Lewis]]: Morse
* In the [[Ultra Series]], there is [[Ultra Seven]]
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* In the ''[[Street Fighter]]'' series, Ryu and Ken were trained by Gouken, who himself was taught by Goutetsu. Ken would later go on to take Sean in as his student, while Ryu would indirectly mentor Sakura (who based her fighting style on his own).
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' Angeal is the mentor of Zack and Zack is the mentor of Cloud.
* From ''[[Ace Attorney]]'': Marvin Grossberg
* In the ''[[Modern Warfare]]'' series, a clear line of progression can be seen between the various viewpoint characters, going in the order MacMillan
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' have several:
** Sky Bison
** Badgermoles
** The Moon
** Dragons
== [[Real Life]] ==
* This trope is [[Truth in Television]] as regards the birth of Western philosophy. [[
* [[The Trojan War|Homer]] to [[The Aeneid
** Don't forget John Milton, who read all three of these poets assiduously in their respective languages and set out to surpass them! And the age of great epics doesn't quite end with Milton...
* [[Truth in Television]] in music: Teaching has always been considered part of the job of every eminent musician. For instance, virtually every professional pianist today is a seventh-, eighth- or ninth- generation pupil of Franz Liszt.
* Conservative news media has had this chain: National Review (specifically Bill Buckley)
* Conservative politics works this way too. Bill Buckley (again)
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