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* Invoked ''twice'' by Sheryl Nome in ''[[Macross Frontier]]''. The first time in episode 6 where she lends him one of her earrings for good luck (unfortunately, [[What the Hell, Hero?|he loses it during the ensuing battle]]). {{spoiler|The second time happens before the desperate [[Final Battle]] against the ultimate [[Big Bad]], where she gives him her remaining earring, going so far as to [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|puts it in his ear herself]].}} |
* Invoked ''twice'' by Sheryl Nome in ''[[Macross Frontier]]''. The first time in episode 6 where she lends him one of her earrings for good luck (unfortunately, [[What the Hell, Hero?|he loses it during the ensuing battle]]). {{spoiler|The second time happens before the desperate [[Final Battle]] against the ultimate [[Big Bad]], where she gives him her remaining earring, going so far as to [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|puts it in his ear herself]].}} |
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** In the [[Non-Serial Movie]] version, Alto notably ''doesn't'' lose the first earring, {{spoiler|but this time Sheryl lets him keep it for good as reward for saving everyone and as a symbol of their emotional connection (the romance between Sheryl and Alto got played up a good lot in The False Diva)}}. |
** In the [[Non-Serial Movie]] version, Alto notably ''doesn't'' lose the first earring, {{spoiler|but this time Sheryl lets him keep it for good as reward for saving everyone and as a symbol of their emotional connection (the romance between Sheryl and Alto got played up a good lot in The False Diva)}}. |
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* In ''[[Ranma ½]]'', there's a flashback where Happosai remembers Cologne giving him her bracelet to remember her by when he leaves to train. Of course, the way Cologne tells it, he stole it from her. The reader is more inclined to believe Cologne. |
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* The original ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' novel by [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]] has a very...messed up version of this. Kai tells Amuro that it's an old military tradition for a soldier to get a "talisman", a good-luck charm from the woman he loves, to ensure his survival. The talisman contains {{spoiler|[[Squick|some of her pubic hair]]}}. When Amuro asks Sayla, she initially refuses, but relents just before he launches for the final battle. {{spoiler|It doesn't work.}} |
* The original ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' novel by [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]] has a very...messed up version of this. Kai tells Amuro that it's an old military tradition for a soldier to get a "talisman", a good-luck charm from the woman he loves, to ensure his survival. The talisman contains {{spoiler|[[Squick|some of her pubic hair]]}}. When Amuro asks Sayla, she initially refuses, but relents just before he launches for the final battle. {{spoiler|It doesn't work.}} |
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** Of course, despite Kai saying it's a military tradition, the novel provides subtle hints that he's being an [[Jerkass|asshole]] and making the whole thing up so he can trick Amuro into saying "{{spoiler|Hey Sayla, can I have some of your pubes as a good luck charm?}}" then laugh at the inevitable response. |
** Of course, despite Kai saying it's a military tradition, the novel provides subtle hints that he's being an [[Jerkass|asshole]] and making the whole thing up so he can trick Amuro into saying "{{spoiler|Hey Sayla, can I have some of your pubes as a good luck charm?}}" then laugh at the inevitable response. |
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