The Lady's Favour: Difference between revisions

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Tales taking place during Medieval times, particularly those involving [[Courtly Love]] contain a literal favour from the lady. Generally an article of clothing made specifically for that purpose.

[[Sub Trope]] of [[It Was a Gift]].

[[Sub-Trope]] of [[It Was a Gift]].

Compare [[Memento MacGuffin]], [[Knight in Shining Armor]].

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== Anime ==

* In ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', Kaoru gives Kenshin her favorite hair ribbon before he sets off to find Jin'e. Then, when he goes to return it, she gets angry at him because he got blood on it. The fact that {{spoiler|it's ''his'' blood}} doesn't seem to bother her in the slightest.<br /><br />This story was still early enough in the series that Kenshin had a strong tendency toward mild snarking; it also codified the Kaoru-lambasting-Kenshin thing. Although the 'chase of rage' scenario seemed to be about 2/5ths Kaoru being nutty and 3/5ths their attempting to make it clear that everything was still normal between them after [[Technical Pacifist|he]] [[Unstoppable Rage|went into]] [[Tranquil Fury|a killing rage]] [[Berserk Button|on her behalf]] and [[~~Its~~ Not You ~~Its~~ My Enemies|she nearly died because of her connection to him]] and [[The Power of Love|she cared enough about him to break a powerful hypnosis]]...

* In ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', Kaoru gives Kenshin her favorite hair ribbon before he sets off to find Jin'e. Then, when he goes to return it, she gets angry at him because he got blood on it. The fact that {{spoiler|it's ''his'' blood}} doesn't seem to bother her in the slightest.<br /><br />This story was still early enough in the series that Kenshin had a strong tendency toward mild snarking; it also codified the Kaoru-lambasting-Kenshin thing. Although the 'chase of rage' scenario seemed to be about 2/5ths Kaoru being nutty and 3/5ths their attempting to make it clear that everything was still normal between them after [[Technical Pacifist|he]] [[Unstoppable Rage|went into]] [[Tranquil Fury|a killing rage]] [[Berserk Button|on her behalf]] and [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies|she nearly died because of her connection to him]] and [[The Power of Love|she cared enough about him to break a powerful hypnosis]]...

* In ''[[Simoun]]'', Amuria gives Neviril one of her hair clips when the two become a pair.

* In ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'', Ashitaka's sister Kaya gives him her crystal dagger when he is banished, so he won't forget her. He ''gives it to another girl.''

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* ''[[Berserk]]'s'' Princess Charlotte gives Griffith a token with explicitly romantic symbolism. He articulates his acceptance with the kind of courtly romance that makes a gentle princess's heart flutter.

* 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]].}}

** 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)}}.

* In ''[[Ranma One Half]]'', 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.

* 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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* In ''[[Stargate (Film)|Stargate]]'', the old lady, Catherine, gives Daniel a [[Plot Coupon|trinket]] she found at the dig site, getting from him the promise that he'll bring it back to her. We all know this means he's not gonna die... but there's a slight twist at the end when {{spoiler|he stays behind, but gives the trinket to O'Neil to return - and since O'Neil pretended that Daniel had died}}, it's ''sorta'' like this trope was averted, at least {{spoiler|from the point of view of the characters on Earth.}}

** In ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', Daniel gets the trinket back when Catherine dies at the end of season 8.

* At one point in ''[[A ~~Knights~~ Tale]]'', William's beloved gives him her handkerchief... along with a message that if he truly loves her, he'll lose the tournament. He dutifully lets his opponents beat the hell out of him until finally she sends another message which may be paraphrased as, "Point proven, now ''beat the hell out of them''". He does so.

* At one point in ''[[A Knight's Tale]]'', William's beloved gives him her handkerchief... along with a message that if he truly loves her, he'll lose the tournament. He dutifully lets his opponents beat the hell out of him until finally she sends another message which may be paraphrased as, "Point proven, now ''beat the hell out of them''". He does so.

** Actually, those are two separate occasions. William is given the message as you say, but the handkerchief bit comes at a different point in the story. {{spoiler|He loses that particular round to the [[Big Bad]], who picks up the favour and returns it to Jocelyn.}}

* In ''[[El Cid (Film)|El Cid]]'' Ximene gives her favor, a black scarf, to an enemy knight to encourage him to kill Rodrigo Diaz, her love and the killer of her father. It is an understatement to say this girl is * seriously* conflicted.

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