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* Eric Draven's BadassLongcoat from ''Film/TheCrow'' was taken off Tin Tin, the very first target of his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

* In ''Film/HeartbreakRidge'', Gunny Hightower takes a Cuban cigar off the body of a dead Cuban soldier, killed by his platoon during the siege on Grenada. Earlier (at the base in California), he rejected one, not because he didn't smoke, but because they're illegal.
-->'''Hightower:''' Get that contraband stogie out of my face!!

* ''Film/TheMeg''. After the mercenaries hired by Jack Morris kill the megalodon, Morris tells a merc to climb onto the floating carcass and collect some of its teeth as a trophy, adding "and grab one for yourself as well." Problem is he can't find any teeth...because they've actually killed a whale, [[OhCrap so the megalodon is still out there.]]

* Dexter from ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' takes a blood sample from every killer he's killed.

Related to CreepySouvenir, DecapitationPresentation, RobbingTheDead, {{Plunder}}, AScarToRemember, ShrunkenHead. SuperheroTrophyShelf is a subtrope. As is often NemeanSkinning. Will likely be related to UnsportsmanlikeGloating. If the actual battle is delegated to someone else, see BringingBackProof.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'', DragonWithAnAgenda Lloyd slays the Divine Dragon, claiming his Dragoon Spirit in the process. But it won't work for him so he says it will be his "trophy."
* In ''VideoGame/FableI'' you get a trophy for each boss you kill, either one of its possessions or a part of its body. You can hang them on the walls in your house, or carry them with you and show them off to villagers to increase your Renown.

* ''Film/MadMax2'': The Curmudgeon is carrying a katana that he presumably took as a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII souvenir (one of his medals is for the Pacific campaign).

* In the 2007 ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'' movie, Splinter keeps a trophy shelf that includes Shredder's Helmet from the [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 first movie]], the ooze canister from ''[[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze Secret of the Ooze]]'' and the Time Scepter from ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII'' among other {{Continuity Nod}}s. They then add Winter's Helmet, Nightwatcher's Helmet and Cowabunga Carl's mask to the shelf too.

* After the bad guys have been defeated in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'', Wonder Woman claims the invisible jet as a Battle Trophy, even though in that universe she's able to fly on her own.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E16TheHiddenEnemy "The Hidden Enemy"]], there's a clone trooper who secretly takes battle droid fingers as trophies.

* Almost every incarnation of ComicBook/{{Batman}} collects items he gained from his enemies like weapons and costumes. In fact the giant penny was from a case where the Penny Plunderer tried to steal it. It was later changed to Two-Face trying to steal it.
* The ComicBook/FantasticFour have or had a time machine they took from Dr. Doom.
* The alien Horde in ''ComicBook/StrikeforceMorituri'' prominently wear souvenirs from their hunts, ranging from bottlecaps and trinkets to human bones.
* After defeating the Overmaster, the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica realize how huge his escape pod was, so they take it to use as a base.
* In ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'', there was a fight where Beast almost loses against the 2nd Silver Samurai, until Jean Grey and Cyclops knock out Shin Harada. Beast picks up the dropped katana and says he's so going to keep it.
* ComicBook/CosmicGhostRider's indestructible crimson chain? That's made from Cyttorak's bones.

* ''Fanfic/NobledarkImperium'': Illic Nightspear adorns himself with with mementos taken from the dangerous creatures that he hunts, such as a necklace made from genestealer teeth, a knife with a handle carved from a single chunk of squiggoth ivory, and a necron finger.

* ''Literature/CitiesInFlight'': This backfires. Some members of the City Police are captured on a FeudalFuture planet and are wondering what happened to their PoweredArmor. It turns out that their captors like to display captured suits of armor in their entry hall, so when their prisoners escape they know exactly where to go for MoreDakka.

* In ''Film/{{Predator}}'', the alien hunter collects skulls (with the spinal cord still attached) from the humans it kills.
** The sequels show that its a common practice and tradition of their race.

* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'': Templar smuggler Julien [=duCasse=] keeps a box full of Hidden Blades, the trademark weapon of the Assassins, with him as "souvenirs".

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': General Grievous' lightsabers come from slain Jedi, while Poggle the Lesser of Geonosis has a cane made from the bones of a rival he eliminated.
* ''Film/SupermanII''. Ursa rips off a piece of the clothing of people she defeats. She ripped the patch off the suit of an astronaut on the Moon, killing him through explosive decompression, and the badge of a deputy sheriff on Earth. By the end of the film she had a collection of them on her uniform.

* In ''Film/WeWereSoldiers'', a French bugler is killed in battle, and his horn taken by one of the Vietnamese soldiers. The horn turns up again in the film's climax, [[BookEnds being taken by an American soldier after the Vietnamese bugler is killed]]. In RealLife, the bugle would go on to be used in battle by the American Air Cavalry company that captured it.

* ''Literature/DorianHawkmoon'': Dorian very pleased after killing a pirate captain. Hawkmoon may be far-future Germanic nobility, but that pirate had the finest sword that Hawkmoon ever saw and he happily takes it for his own.

* ''Film/TheMeg''. After the mercenaries hired by Jack Morris kill the {{megalodon}}, Morris tells a merc to climb onto the floating carcass and collect some of its teeth as a trophy, adding "and grab one for yourself as well." Problem is he can't find any teeth...because they've actually killed a whale, [[OhCrap so the megalodon is still out there.]]

** Bon Clay took Usopp's goggles after defeating him in Alabasta, but Sanji take them back, after beating hin up.