You Kill It, You Bought It: Difference between revisions

** The difference is that while the Number One can only be challenged by Number Two, Number Two can be challenged by ''anyone''. An episode ''does'' show more headbands (at least up to Number Seven, IIRC), but their purpose is never explicitly explained in the series.

* The Chimaeran society in [[Jyu-Oh-Sei]] pretty much runs on a combination of this and the [[Klingon Promotion]]. {{spoiler|Justified in that the entire system was set up to breed a new, hardier line of humans that could survive in the alien solar system after Earth was destroyed.}}

 

== Comic Books ==

== Fan Works ==

* In the ''[[Ranma ½]]/[[Sailor Moon]]'' crossover ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4304874/1/Curses-Aren-t-the-Only-Change Curses Aren't the Only Change]'', Haruka ends up defeating the leader of a ninja clan and being told she is the new leader. This means she is way too busy to help when she is told she is a Sailor Senshi.

* ''[[A Growing Affection]]'' has this be one of the ways to became Raikage and Mizukage.

 

== Film ==

* One of the Chaos! comics has Laurie taking Michael's place after killing him in ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]] H20''. This was ultimately rendered non-canon by Resurrection though.

** The ending of ''Halloween II (2009)'' on the other hand ends with Laurie becoming as crazy, evil and twisted as Michael, even briefly putting on his mask, after killing him.

 

== Literature ==

* An interesting case in [[Sergey Lukyanenko]]'s ''Spectrum''. The protagonist is a private investigator who specializes in looking for people who have travelled off-world. He tracks his target (a young woman whose wealthy father is very worried) to a planet of advanced [[Human Aliens]]. On his way, he is attacked by some sort of beam weapon that he barely escapes. When he finally finds the girl and explains to her that he's not here to harm her, her [[Human Alien]] colleague (who is also secretly enamoured with her) is revealed to be the shooter. He once again attempts to kill the protagonist but some quick thinking by the latter results in the former dying. The local law enforcement explains that their laws grant the victim of an attempted murder the right to claim the assailant's possessions, including his or her spouse. The protagonist agrees to keep the beam rifle but refuses the rest, especially the man's wife. The officer agrees it's a wise choice, as the woman would then simply divorce him and keep half of ''his'' possessions. Even though their culture refuses to share advanced technology with other cultures, this law supercedes everything else, meaning the protagonist gets to keep the weapon.

 

* On the fourth season of ''[[Charmed]]'', Cole becomes the [[Big Bad]] after defeating him in battle.

* In the fifth season of ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'', Hercules ends up in Ireland, where he meets Morrigan (loosely based on the Morrigan of Irish mythology) who ends up killing a godly incarnation of "Justice". Morrigan then inherits that same position.

* In the [[Doctor Who]] episode ''The Deadly Assassin'', the Doctor is framed for the murder of the Lord President of Gallifrey, and surprises everyone by [[Refuge in Audacity|announcing his candidacy]] to succeed him. It's a play for time.

 

* There is a Japanese legend about a treasure which was guarded by a dragon. Many people tried to slay the dragon, but apparently none succeeded, even though some of them were very strong warriors. It turned out that if the warrior in question actually killed the dragon, once he saw the treasure he became a dragon himself, and guarded it from now on. The curse was only destroyed when the next winner proved his wisdom and threw the treasure in the sea.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

** Furthermore, souls consumed through diablerie are ''not'' destroyed: they are perfectly preserved inside their killer's body forever, with the ability to read his mind and access his senses. Particularly strong-willed souls can take over the body and resume their previous existences.

* Inverted with [[Warhammer 40,000|Lucius the Eternal]]. If you kill him and take even a moment's pleasure in the act, you slowly and painfully turn into a resurrected Lucius, with your screaming face embossed on his armor. You kill it, Lucius bought ''you''.

 

== Video Games ==

* [[Space Pirates and Zombies]] practically runs with this trope. You want a ship, beat the nine shades of it, get the blueprints, and you can use it afterwards. Then, capital ships happen and make you realize there is a reason they are called capital ships.

* In the [[Rance]] Series, killing the Demon King means that you become one yourself. Considering that [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]...

 

== Web Comics ==

* According to [[The Dark Id]], [[Drakengard|Caim]], after {{spoiler|being killed}}, went on to become the new Grim Reaper after submitting an application that said, "I murdered the shit out of the last guy."

* ''[http://johnsu.deviantart.com/art/Rat-King-186410917 Rat King]'' by JohnSu on [[Deviant ART]].

 

== Western Animation ==

* One episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'' plays with this trope more humorously. The Grim Reaper visits Peter's house and he twists and breaks his ankle. While he is resting comfortably in the house, he [[Subbing for Santa|tasks Peter with killing people for him]] - though this happens because while he's incapacitated, no one can die and Peter screws up and lets the world know, causing chaos. Thus, Peter takes on the job because ''someone'' has to do it.

* On an episode of the animated series of ''[[Jumanji]]'', there was a part where the heroes trick the hunter Van Pelt into falling off a cliff. Before Van Pelt does however, Peter somehow grabs his whip. Over the episode, Peter gradually morphs into Van Pelt because "[[Someone Has to Do It|there must always be a Van Pelt. It's the rules of the game.]]" He even goads Alan into killing him just so ''Alan'' can become Van Pelt.

 

== Real Life ==

 

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