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* In the [[Comic Book Adaptation]] of ''[[Breath of Fire]] IV'', Fou-lu explicitly keeps Mami's bells around {{spoiler|after Mami was used as the literal [[Human Resources|warhead]] in a [[Fantastic Nuke]] in [[The Empire]]'s attempt to kill him. It's literally all he has left of one of exactly ''three'' people who show him decency, and Mami's bells falling from the sky is the clue that she was used as the warhead (and what quite blatantly turns him into a full-blown [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]).}}
** This is in turn based on material from the official artbook in which Fou-lu (after he's gone into a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] that has literally [[Off with His Head|decapitated the government of the Fou Empire]] and destroyed much of it) is shown on his throne with his shishi/foo-dogs and Mami's bells.
** Mami's bells end up as a Tragic Keepsake (and in fact a legitimate Tragic [[Memento MacGuffin]]) a second time during the [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]] (that incorporates the "bad end" of the game). {{spoiler|Ryu confronts Fou-lu with Mami's bells, noting she's ''the'' counterexample to Fou-lu's arguments that [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|Humans Are Bastards]]--even going so far as to explicitly point out that Mami's bells are Fou-lu's "most treasured possession". This triggers a failure of the [[Split Personality Merge]] (which leads up to the manga's rendering of the "good end" of ''IV'').}}
* {{spoiler|Tsubaki}} from ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'' once had a toy ball given to her by her deceased mother. {{spoiler|Becomes a [[Chekhov's Gun]] when Yukiteru finds it and uses it to distract Tsubaki and kill her.}}
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' slightly subverts this with Edward's pocketwatch, which is issued to every State Alchemist employed by the Amestris Government as a form of identification (so it didn't come from anybody who died). However, the date when Edward and Alphonse burned down their house (3.Oct.10, although "10" as a year is not established) was carved on the inside of the lid, to serve as a reminder to Ed and Al that they must move forward because they have no more home to return to.
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