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The ''dojo'' itself is generally part of a [[Big Fancy House]] compound that features [[The Thing That Goes Doink]]. Challengers frequently arrive to test the skills of the ''dojo'''s style... and the [[Heir to the Dojo]] is generally put forward as the school's champion.
A weaker form occasionally crops up in more Western works: an unlikely character ends up wiping out someone or two, and explains that their *
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Kenshiro of ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' is probably one of the oldest examples. He is the legitimate heir of Hokuto Shinken, the most powerful martial art seen in the series, and regularly challenges the successors of others martial arts styles (mainly heirs to the different branches of Nanto Seiken, the 'rival' school of Hokuto Shinken).
* ''[[Ranma ½]]'' provides several examples. Not only are Ranma and Akane the heirs to their families' particular branches of ''Musabetsu kakuto'' (Anything-Goes Martial Arts), they frequently encounter the heirs of other, often bizarre or outrageous, styles. It's only natural, however, that practitioners and aficionados of bizarre martial arts would seek each other out.
* Both Nagisa and Nosaka from ''[[Chou Kuse ni Narisou]]''
* ''[[Jubei-chan]]''
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== Comic Books ==
* In the "Marvel Mangaverse" [[Alternate Universe]] - a series of comics with Marvel characters re-imagined manga-style - [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker]] is secretly the last ninja of the Spider Clan.
* Ichikun Ichinohei (a.k.a Itchy Koo) from ''[[Ninja High School]]''
== Live-Action TV ==
* Played with in ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]''. [[Badass Bookworm|Cam]], despite being the son of the sensei of the Wind Ninja Academy, was ''not'' given any ninja training due to a promise given to his late mother. However, he could still defend himself against the enemy [[Mooks]], because "I grew up in a ninja school; do the math." Later on, the promise is worked around by training him as a samurai instead (even receiving the mother's blessing via [[Timey-Wimey Ball]]).
* In ''[[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger]]'', we learn that Anubis "Doggie" Kruger was given the inheritance to the intergalactic dojo he trained at as a cadet over the dojo owner's own son, who was considered to be too out of control and prone to [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|abusing whatever power he was given]] to be trusted with it. Not surprisingly, [[It's Personal|this proved to be a problem for Doggie, in a latter episode]].
== Video Games ==
* ''Sort'' of occurs in ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]''. The protagonist's father is the leader of one of the gyms.
** While this example carries over to the rest of the franchise even less - both May (from the anime) and Ruby (from the mangas) become coordinators - two filler episodes of the anime featured dojos based this trope.
** More traditionally, Janine is heir to the gym in Fuchsia City, and takes over when her father Koga becomes a member of the Kanto/Johto Elite Four. The anime version of Flannery also recently inherited the Lavaridge Gym from her grandfather (in the game and manga, her grandfather was a member of Hoenn Elite Four, but may or may not have been the Lavaridge Gym Leader).
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* Ryo Hazuki from ''Shenmue''.
* ''[[Street Fighter III]]'': Makoto.
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