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== Anime and Manga ==
* At the end of one [[Tournament Arc]] in ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]]'', Goku is offered the seat of [[God]] by Kami-sama Himself. Goku thinks that would be a boring job and turns it down.
** Considering how we rarely see Kami ''doing'' anything, he's probably right.
* At the end of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', {{spoiler|Olivier and Roy allow Grumman to be Fuhrer in place of Bradley}}.
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== Film ==
* Norville Barnes inherits Hudsucker Industries in [[The Hudsucker Proxy]] due to the fact that he happened to stumble into the top floor at exactly the right time, with the right amount of dim-witted, to be perfect for Sidney Mussburger's plan, following Waring Hudsucker's [[Starts Withwith a Suicide|44-story drop]].
* ''[[Judge Dredd (Filmfilm)|Judge Dredd]]''. In one of the rare moments in the movie that is entirely in-character for Dredd, after he saves the day the remaining Judges ask him if he would like to be {{spoiler|the new Chief Judge, after Rico had already murdered Judge Griffin and the rest of the Council of Five}}. Just like in the comics, [[Subverted Trope|he insists that he prefers patrolling the city streets]].
* [[Evil Dead|Sure, I could have stayed in the past. I could have even been king. But in my own way, I *am* king.]]
 
 
== Literature ==
* Evil Magician Trent, at the end of ''[[Xanth (Literature)|A Spell for Chameleon]]'' is told that his exile will be rescinded on two conditions. First, he must marry; second, he must accept the crown.
* Valentine remembers this in his [[Backstory]] in ''Lord Valentine's Castle'' by [[Robert Silverberg]].
* [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s [[John Carter of Mars]] is offered several thrones. He suggests friends of his for every one, except for his father-in-law's, where he says the father-in-law is not proven dead, so his son will act as regent.
* In [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Sylvie and Bruno]]'', how their father become King of Elfland.
* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'', how Verence becomes king of the ''[[Discworld]]'' kingdom of Lancre. Though the witches made everyone else, including Verence, think he ''was'' a legitimate successor.
** In the [[Backstory]], General Tacticus is an example: a general of Ankh-Morpork, he was chosen as Genua's king -- and promptly attacked Ankh-Morpork as the greatest danger to Genua.
** In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Guards Guards|Guards Guards]]'': When the dragon incinerates the prospective king, the high priest instead offers the crown to the dragon. Although the dragon doesn't take it (it's imitation gold, and the priest gets roasted instead) people aren't exactly lining up to point out this technicality.
* ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'': Liu Bei is offered on multiple occasions Jingzhou, a critically strategic province, by its ruler, Liu Biao. He turns it down out of respect to Liu Biao and his heirs, much to the frustration of his generals and advisers.
** Also heavily subverted. Usurpers force the people they're usurping to offer them their throne...then turn it down in the name of propriety and force their victims to do it again. Usually they only accept on the [[Rule of Three|third offer.]]
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* Merry in the [[Meredith Gentry]] series is an official heir, but is probably not going to get it due to her bloodline. Then she is first-and-a-half in line due to some interesting politics. Then she gives up her chance at the crown to {{spoiler|save Frost from being inhuman for no-one-knows-how-long}}. Then, as a now non-heir, she is offered the crown again, in a straight example of this trope.
* In The [[Dragonlance|Kingpriest Trilogy]], Brother Beldyn, a monk with with some of the most powerful clerical magic ever seen, is revealed as the mythical [[Meaningful Name|Lightbringer]]. But even though the Lightbringer prophecies say nothing about the throne, Kurnos, the reigning Kingpriest, nonetheless sees him as a threat to his power and so uses dark magic borrowed from Fistandandilus to try and eliminate him. Between Kurnos' violence overreaction to Beldyn and a rebellion in a faraway province, along with Beldyn's incredible healing powers which cure an otherwise uncurable plague in that region, Istar's public favor swings rapidly in Beldyn's direction, leading him to eventually overthrow the Kingpriest and claim his throne.
** More literally, Beldyn seeks to claim the ''Miceram'', or Crown of Power, from its hidden resting place. After entering the lower sanctum and encountering ghouls which render Beldyn unconscious, Cathan [[Mac Severin]] encounters the spirit of the last Kingpriest to hold the crown, who offers to give the crown to him rather than Beldyn. He refuses, insisting that the ''Miceram'' doesn't belong to him, but to the Lightbringer. However, due to some creative prophecy interpretation, it is later revealed that {{spoiler|Cathan really was the true Lightbringer, and thus the true heir to the Kingpriest's throne}}. However, this comes long after Beldyn (now named Beldinas) has tipped all the way into [[Knight Templar]] status and stretched the Balance to the breaking point. Cathan learns of this after crossing the continent with the Discs of Mishakel, far too late to stop Beldinas from demanding supreme power from the gods and causing the [[The End of the World Asas We Know It|Cataclysm]]. He angsts over [[What Might Have Been]], but {{spoiler|the god Paladine}} consoles him by telling him that it really couldn't have gone any other way for him. Now, [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Lord Soth, on the other hand...]]
* In [[L. Frank Baum]]'s ''Queen Zizi of Ix'', Bud is offered the crown after the king dies and the laws decree that the forty-seventh person to pass through Nole's eastern gate at sunrise is the new monarch.
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "[[The Scarlet Citadel (Literature)|The Scarlet Citadel]]", Arpello offers to control things until they chose a king -- and then says that he is king.
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' {{spoiler|Maester Aemon}} was offered the crown, even though his position would normally remove him from the line of succession. He turned them down.
** And to make sure wars would not be fought over this, he took ANOTHER vow that would keep him from inheriting a title, by joining the Night's Watch.
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** Londo is, however offered the Imperial Throne, takes it. So Does Vir. Delenn refused leadership of the Grey Council several times, only taking it to break the old council. The there is Sheridan...
* [[Star Trek TNG]] Worf at least twice, once as [[Regent for Life]] with the Duras Sisters, and again after a [[Klingon Promotion]].
* The song "Alligator King" from ''[[Sesame Street]]''. It's about [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|an alligator king]] whom, because of his constant unhappiness, orders his seven sons to bring him gifts as an attempt to cheer up their father, and the one whose gifts are liked the most is given the King's crown. The first six sons attempt to do what the King tells them to, but unfortunately fail, and in the process, the King falls down and gets hurt. Finally, [[Youngest Child Wins|the youngest son]] offers to help his father get back up and as a reward, he inherits the King's crown.
 
 
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== Theater ==
* [[William Shakespeare]]: ''[[Julius Caesar (Theatretheatre)|Julius Caesar]]''
{{quote| '''Casca''': ''I saw Mark Antony offer him a crown;--yet 'twas not a crown neither, 'twas one of these coronets;--and, as I told you, he put it by once: but, for all that, to my thinking, he would fain have had it.''}}
* Also Shakespeare, [[Richard III]] is offered the crown after the "unfortunate deaths" of his nephews. Though he ''is'' actually the successor to the throne at this point, having killed everyone else off, he refuses it twice to win over the people. The third time, he "caves" and allows himself to be made king.
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* At the end of ''[[Quest for Glory V]]'', {{spoiler|you are offered the crown of Silmaria and can choose whether or not to accept it,}} among other possible choices.
* This tends to happen to the heroes at the end of ''[[Suikoden]]'' games, though without an actual crown since they're usually setting up some sort of republic having just overthrown a monarchy or empire. Though some games let you accept, canonically the heroes always refuse.
* In ''[[Dragon Quest III (Video Game)|Dragon Quest III]]'', this occurs very early on: after retrieving a stolen crown, the king immediately offers you his throne. Accepting leads to a temporary [[Nonstandard Game Over]], [[But Thou Must!]] eventually convince him to take his crown back and let you get on with the whole "saving the world" thing.
** This also happens at the end of the first ''[[Dragon Quest (Video Game)|Dragon Quest]]'' game. {{spoiler|The protagonist declines, and decides to [[Start My Own|found his own kingdom]] in another country...[[Standard Hero Reward|with the help of the Princess]].}}
* In the Bastard of Kosigan, your character ends up being offered the title of Count of Kosigan by virtue of everyone with a better claim having been killed off by each other/you/Alex/French assassins.
* This happens to {{spoiler|Velleman}} at the end of one of the routes of ''[[Blaze Union]]''.
* At the end of [[Fire Emblem Tellius (Video Game)|Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn]], Micaiah becomes the Queen of Daein despite having no blood relation to any of it's former rulers. This can happen one of two ways: If former King Pelleas is alive, he appoints Micaiah as the new Queen before revealing his own lack of royal blood. If he's [[Killed Off for Real|dead]], then Micaiah is crowned at her [[The Messiah|subject's entreaty]].
* The canonical ''[[King's Quest]]'' games have this for Graham (''[[King's Quest I]]'') and Alexander (''[[King's Quest VI]]''). The [[Fan Remake]] version of ''[[King's Quest II]]'' has this as an option during the Air Gem test where Connor (protagonist of the [[Contested Sequel|controversial eighth game]]) can be declared First Knight of Daventry.
* At the end of ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', Cecil is the new King of Baron. The After Years later revealed that Yang became King of Fabul.
* In ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'' you are offered the throne of the Undead Nations after you discover the Silent King is long (and permanently) dead. Accepting it leads to a [[Nonstandard Game Over]].
* In ''[[Adventure Quest Worlds (Video Game)|Adventure Quest Worlds]]'', {{spoiler|at the end of the Sandsea saga, the people of the Sandsea, who are without a ruler for the first time in centuries, offer the Hero the crown of the Sands in thanks for defeating Zahart and Tibicenas. The Hero proceeds to relinquish the crown to Zhoom instead, since there's still a lot of enemies that the Hero needs to take on}}.
* In the [[Neverwinter Nights]] module [[A Dance With Rogues]], the protagonist becomes a Countess during the extended ending. Of course, the player character was already a princess, albeit of a country that has been conquered by [[The Empire|The Dhorn Empire]].
* In the Templar Path of ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', Hawke becomes Kirkwall's new ruler after the people practically beg him/her to do it.
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== Western Animation ==
* On ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]],'' the goblins offer to make Finn their king, and he reluctantly accepts. It doesn't last, however.
* The ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' [[Grand Finale|finale]] has a discussion about who should be Fire Lord after [[Big Bad|Ozai]]'s defeat. [[Supporting Leader|Zuko]], Ozai's son, wants his uncle [[The Mentor|Iroh]] to take it, but Iroh convinces Zuko that he really is a worthy heir himself. (For added fun, Ozai himself has currently passed the title onto [[The Dragon|Azula]], his remaining loyal heir.)
* On ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'', a Zorro movie has -- among other historical inaccuracies -- King Arthur seceding and declaring Zorro the new King of England.
* An [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]] on ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' has Klaus somehow go to some other dimension and coming back with a crown and a sword after cutting his way out of the stomach of a monster that appeared in his place when he disappeared.
{{quote| '''Klaus:''' I was gone sixty years! How long was it here?!<br />
'''Roger:''' What, where'd you go?<br />
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