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Line 189: * Referred to as the "Golden One" in ''[[Krod Mandoon and The Flaming Sword of Fire]]'' because it's [[Genre Savvy\|"slightly less cliche"]] than the Chosen One. * The titular hero in ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]''. * ''[[Firefly (TV series)\|Firefly]]'' desconstructs this with [[The Woobie\|River Tam]]. Her exceptional intellect and implied latent [[Psychic Powers\|psychic ability]] got her "chosen" - to go straight to [[School for Scheming\|the Academy]]. She came out the other end a [[Mind Rape\|traumatized]] [[Axe Crazy\|mental wreck]] who [[There Are No Therapists\|can't be treated]] and suffers from both schizophrenia and [[Power Incontinence\|uncontrolled mind powers.]] * ''[[A Bit of Fry and Laurie]]'' parodies this in the first sketch of season 3, which features a father telling his son that he's the Chosen One just to get him out of the house. * ''[[The Collector (TV series)\|The Collector]]'': {{spoiler\|Morgan was God's chosen instrument to discover the cure for Plague, centuries ahead of reality. The Devil successfully distracted him from this role}}. Line 341: * Zak Saturday of ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]'' is suspected by his parents to have been born to counter the Kur Stone, thus stopping a massive army of killer cryptids and saving the world, if need be. {{spoiler\|Now that it's been revealed that [[Tomato in the Mirror\|Zak ''is'' Kur]], it's destiny for Zak to take over the world (as far '''EVERY SINGLE CRYPTID''' on Earth is concerned).}} * Jack of ''[[Xyber 9: New Dawn]]'' is the only one who can defeat Machestro, who is threatening to destroy and take over the kingdom. The show actually takes from [[King Arthur]] legend. * In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)\|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Homer the Great", Homer is revealed as The Chosen One of the Stonecutters, the secret society that controls the world. However, {{spoiler\|his actions as leader annoy the members so much that they all quit and start the Ancient Mystic Society of No Homers.}} * ''[[The Lion King\|The Lion King 2]]'' makes use of this when referring to the cub Kovu, who was Scar's 'chosen one' as heir to the throne of the Pride Lands. * ''[[Transformers]]: The Movie'' makes very literal use of The Chosen One, with {{spoiler\|Hot Rod discovering he is the [[Unlikely Hero\|successor]] to the now-dead [[Mentor Occupational Hazard\|Optimus Prime]], fulfilling the [[Prophecies Are Always Right\|prophesy]] of one who would "light our darkest hour", and being upgraded by [[Sword of Plot Advancement\|The Matrix]] into Rodimus Prime in the process}}. He is referred to as "The Chosen One" several times throughout the third season. Line 353: Kyle is a blatant [[Expy]] of Jesus in one episode, willingly paying off everybody's debts from the recession and taking them on himself. You need to watch the episode to see just how blatant. Subverted with the Mysterion (AKA {{spoiler\|Kenny}}) who is trying to find the meaning behind his not-very-pleasant ability ({{spoiler\|constantly dying and coming back to life the next day with nobody remembering what happened}}). At a crucial moment, the spirit of an alien appears who seems to be claming that Mysterion is his son sent to Earth. Then it turns out {{spoiler\|it was [[Parody Sue\|Mintberry Crunch]], who ends up saving the day.}} * In the ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' episode, “So It Is Written”, the bumbling hero travels to a North African country which Dr. Claw has his eyes on due to rumors of a great treasure. The country is impoverished and famine-stricken due to lack of water; their sultan, however, tells the (disguised) MAD agent of a legend of a “Chosen One” who will uncover the treasure and bring an era of prosperity. As the sultan claims, the chosen one “wields fire and water in his hands, walks so tall he blocks out the sun, and flies like a bird”. When Gadget shows up and accidentally displays all these qualities (with his laser, water gun, legs, and copter) the locals mistake him for the chosen one, and the MAD agent deciding to take advantage of this delusion in order to fool him into uncovering the treasure (hopefully resulting in the nation’s [[Church Militant]] soldiers [[The Dreaded\| - the Fierce Ones -]] killing him when he proves a pretender). While it seems at first that Gadget was incorrectly identified as the chosen one (or that there might not even be one) Gadget does indeed uncover the treasure and bring wealth to the nation (by accident, of course, as he always does) so... [[Fridge Brilliance\| maybe he ''was'' the Chosen One after all]]. {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]