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{{quote|''You know, just leaving the rest of the kids behind to waste their ''"[[Prophetic Fallacy|non-prophesized lives]]"'' away;''

"Of course you're welcome to [[City of Adventure|Thorn Valley]], there's plenty of education for everyo- ''ooh'', you're not a ''[[The Messiah|Messiah]]'', are you? Yeah, [[Junior High|public school's]] down the stree''t''..."''|''[[The Nostalgia Critic]]'' on the plot of ''[[Secret of NIMH]] 2''.}}

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* In ''[[The Saga of Darren Shan]]'', it's Darren's best friend Steve who wants to become a vampire. Mr Crepsley tests his blood, declares it "evil" and refuses, causing Steve to vow to kill Crepsley when he grows up. This is made worse when Crepsley makes Darren a (half-)vampire; although Darren only did it to save Steve's life, Steve thinks that Darren conspired to deliberately ruin his dreams. Years later, Steve reappears, {{spoiler|in league with Darren's enemies and out for blood.}}

* There's a [[Dragonriders of Pern]] short story called 'Ever The Twain' about a pair of twins called Neru and Nian who live in a hold on Ista Island. Neru is fanatic about dragons and desperately wants to be a rider, and Nian doesn't really give a damn. Dragons come on Search and find Nian to be acceptable, but they pass by Neru until Nian convinces them to give him a shot. Neru is quite resentful, even though he Impresses a bronze, but he gets over it.

* In [[James Swallow]]'s [[Warhammer ~~40000~~]] ''[[Blood Angels|Deus Encarmine]]'', Rafen's [[Backstory]]: Koris rejected him for his [[Pride|arrogant]] [[I Work Alone|independence]], Rafen walked out into the desert [[Despair Event Horizon|on the verge of despair]] and nearly [[Driven to Suicide|let a scorpion kill him]] when he thought he saw a vision and was encouraged by it; then he realized that the Blood Angels shuttle had been crash-landed. He found the Space Marines dead or out cold and rallied those young men who had been chosen. Koris recovered and concluded that Rafen had learned his lesson, so he got to be [[The Hero]] anyway.

* In [[James Swallow]]'s [[Warhammer 40,000]] ''[[Blood Angels|Deus Encarmine]]'', Rafen's [[Backstory]]: Koris rejected him for his [[Pride|arrogant]] [[I Work Alone|independence]], Rafen walked out into the desert [[Despair Event Horizon|on the verge of despair]] and nearly [[Driven to Suicide|let a scorpion kill him]] when he thought he saw a vision and was encouraged by it; then he realized that the Blood Angels shuttle had been crash-landed. He found the Space Marines dead or out cold and rallied those young men who had been chosen. Koris recovered and concluded that Rafen had learned his lesson, so he got to be [[The Hero]] anyway.

* Antigra in the [[Redwall]] book ''Taggerung'' is convinced her son Gruven should have been the Taggerung (the chosen super-warrior) rather than Tagg, the hero of the book. She raises Gruven to be as bitter about it as she is, and everything goes horribly wrong for both of them because of it. It's even known among those that ''really'' know Gruven, as during the time that he's tracking Tagg he is whiny, an ineffective leader, and all-around useless. No wonder Valug Bowbeast and Eeffra abandon him.

* In [[Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows]], their is a flashback to Lily and Petunia arguing on the train platform. Petunia had written Dumbledore asking to attend Hogwarts, but was refused, because she was not magical like Lily.

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* Arata Kagami of ''[[Kamen Rider Kabuto]]'' attempts to become the titular rider only to have the [[Transformation Trinket|Kabuto Zecter]] pair up with [[The Ace|Tendou]]

** A bit of a subversion, because Arata gets the powers of [[Kamen Rider|The Bee]] for a brief time and then becomes [[Kamen Rider|Gatack]].

* Adam Milligan of ''[[Supernatural]]'', despite being {{spoiler|already dead}}, is fine and dandy with the idea of {{spoiler|being [[The Chosen One]], coming [[Back ~~From~~ the Dead]]}} to team up with {{spoiler|an [[Archangel Michael|archangel]]}}to fight {{spoiler|[[Satan|the Devil]]}} and [[Save the World]]. Too bad {{spoiler|he's just being used to force [[The Chosen One|the REAL Chosen One]] into accepting the charges for [[The Call]].}}

* Adam Milligan of ''[[Supernatural]]'', despite being {{spoiler|already dead}}, is fine and dandy with the idea of {{spoiler|being [[The Chosen One]], coming [[Back from the Dead]]}} to team up with {{spoiler|an [[Archangel Michael|archangel]]}}to fight {{spoiler|[[Satan|the Devil]]}} and [[Save the World]]. Too bad {{spoiler|he's just being used to force [[The Chosen One|the REAL Chosen One]] into accepting the charges for [[The Call]].}}

* [[Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger]]: Emiri and Sugishita were initially in line to become AbareYellow and Blue, but their bodies cannot sustain the transformation and the respective Bakuryuu go to Ranru and Yukito. Later happens to Emiri again when she gains temporary superpowers and attempts to become "AbarePink" with them, but ends up turning herself into a pig instead. She can't catch a break.