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* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'':
** It's all but admitted out loud that Carrot Ironfoundersson is the long-lost heir to the long-empty throne of Ankh-Morpork (and ''knows'' it). He was found in the wild and raised by dwarfs (and still considers himself an unusually tall dwarf), and he has both a crown-shaped birthmark and a sword (which, while not enchanted, is far from ordinary). Carrot, however, is happy with his position as a captain in the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, has no intention of reclaiming the throne, and even goes out of his way to obfuscate any more evidence he's the lost king of Ankh.
** Pratchett also subverted this in ''[[
* ''[[Harry Potter]]''. Parents killed? Yep. Whisked away? Yep. [[Door Step Baby]]? Yep. Raised somewhere safe? Yep (Dumbledore has enspelled Harry as long as he lives with the Dursleys). [[The Chosen One]]? Yep. Comes from a background much different from the way he is raised? Yep. Distinguishing special mark? Yep. Identified by tons of people who knew his parents? Yep. Has to step up and face the [[Big Bad]]? Yep. What more can you ask for?
** His adoptive parents not to know about it?
** However, one thing doesn't quite fit the trope: the Dursleys were complete [[jerkass]]es who existed only to make Harry as miserable as possible. It's pretty clear that Petunia is taking out on Harry all her resentment for the Wizarding World that took her sister away from her and then killed her. It may explain her smothering of Dudley as well, she's determined
** {{spoiler|Has to sacrifice his life freely in order to save everyone? Yep!}}
* Simon, the hero of [[Tad Williams]]' ''[[Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn|Memory, Sorrow and Thorn]]'' trilogy, is this. Orphaned shortly after his birth with nothing but a name and a [[Orphan's Plot Trinket|mysterious ring]], taken in by chambermaids, raised as a scullion, befriended by a [[The Obi-Wan|wise doctor]], forced to flee into the wilderness when [[The Call Knows Where You Live|evil takes over his home]], [[Hero's Journey|goes on adventures]], and eventually [[Where It All Began|returns to the Hayholt]] to battle the [[Big Bad]] [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] Storm King. {{spoiler|Naturally, it turns out that he is a direct descendant of the former king and therefore the only valid claimant to the throne -- since just about all of the other eligible characters have been killed.}}
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