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* Will Parry (''[[His Dark Materials]]'') grew up hearing tales about his brave father, the explorer, and was told by his mother that he would grow up to "take on his father's mantle." He does this quite literally. (However, it's not made explicit how long he keeps or wears the mantle itself. Hmmm....) |
* Will Parry (''[[His Dark Materials]]'') grew up hearing tales about his brave father, the explorer, and was told by his mother that he would grow up to "take on his father's mantle." He does this quite literally. (However, it's not made explicit how long he keeps or wears the mantle itself. Hmmm....) |
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* From ''[[Harry Potter]] and the Deathly Hallows'', the fake Horcrux Harry and Dumbledore had gone to such great lengths to retrieve from the cave: |
* From ''[[Harry Potter]] and the Deathly Hallows'', the fake Horcrux Harry and Dumbledore had gone to such great lengths to retrieve from the cave: |
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{{quote|The locket was accorded this place of honor [with his other belongings] not because it was valuable - in all usual senses it was worthless - but because of what it had cost to attain it. }} |
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** This is also an example of the hero not keeping the keepsake; it ends up being a [[Chekhov's Gun]] instead, when Harry gives it to Kreacher, an act that results in the house-elf that had loathed Harry and his friends becoming one of his most loyal allies. |
** This is also an example of the hero not keeping the keepsake; it ends up being a [[Chekhov's Gun]] instead, when Harry gives it to Kreacher, an act that results in the house-elf that had loathed Harry and his friends becoming one of his most loyal allies. |
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* In ''[[False Memory]]'' by Dean Koontz, Dr. Ahriman has {{spoiler|his fathers eyes in a jar. Not as a reminder of some past wrong, however, but rather because he is a [[Complete Monster]] who killed his father and stole his father's eyes in an attempt to understand his own inability to cry and subsequent fetish for tears}} |
* In ''[[False Memory]]'' by Dean Koontz, Dr. Ahriman has {{spoiler|his fathers eyes in a jar. Not as a reminder of some past wrong, however, but rather because he is a [[Complete Monster]] who killed his father and stole his father's eyes in an attempt to understand his own inability to cry and subsequent fetish for tears}} |
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