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* In Part 1 of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', ''Manga/PhantomBlood'', William Zepelli transfers his [[KiManipulation Hamon power]] to Jonathan before he dies. In Part 2, ''Manga/BattleTendency'', [[GenerationXerox the same thing happens with their grandsons]]: when Caesar is defeated by Wamuu, he infuses a bubble made from his blood with all of his remaining Hamon, which is absorbed by Joseph.

* Combined with ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin in ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' with [[spoiler:Yuto]] passing his soul, his SuperpoweredEvilSide, and his ability to Xyz summon onto [[spoiler:Yuya]] by giving him his most powerful and magical card after TakingTheBullet for him. It's unclear right now if [[spoiler:Yuto]] can ever be revived since his soul is still around, but the scene where this transaction occurs plays out like an example of this trope.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': In the Virtual World Arc, Tristan, Duke Devlin, and Joey's sister Serenity are forced into a three on one duel against a member of the Big 5 named Nezbitt. During the duel, Serenity constantly makes mistakes because she's never played before. Tristan sacrifices his monsters and lifepoints to save her, loses the duel, and gets dropped into a abyss. While not dead, he disappears for the rest of the episode. Before losing, he placed a face down card on the field, and for some reason it still remained on the field for the whole duel. When Serenity finally starts winning, and summons a powerful monster, she still needed one last power boost to win. Putting all their faith in Tristan's face down card, they activate it, revealing it to be the card they needed to win the duel.
* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' close to the end of the Dark Tournament Genkai gives Yusuke her Spirit Wave Power before she sacrifices herself to Toguro. However, Yusuke (and possibly the whole team) used his reward for winning the tournament to bring Genkai back to life.

* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': The original Champion passed the Champion Force on to Miss Champion, who in turned gave it Champ's ''other'' KidSidekick, Junior Champion, who became [[LegacyCharacter the new Champion]]. Since the creation of [[SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy]] (which both Miss Champion and the second Champion helped found), the school has tried to always have one student with the appropriate 'Avatar' power and a suitably heroic demeanor who is prepared to step into the role of Champion whenever the current one falls.

* In ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', Ralph Valetti somehow wound up killing The Invulnerable Ajax with a single gunshot, something that he has no idea how he accomplished given that [[ShootingSuperman Ajax was supposed to be immune to everything]]. In Ajax's dying moments, he stared into Ralph's eyes -- and, according to the letter Ralph left in the Omega Team Time Capsule, that was when Ajax transferred his power of invulnerability to him.
** In general, considering that players are free to write whatever history they want for their characters, it is entirely possible for a player character's powers to have been bequeathed to them.

* ''Videogame/FinalFantasyV'': Galuf gives his power (in other words job levels, abilities, and stats) to his granddaughter Krile after giving his all to fight off the newly-restored [[BigBad Exdeath]].
* In ''Videogame/FinalFantasyVIII'', Ultimecia hands her powers to Edea in the past after her Time Compression plot fails. As a {{timey wimey ball}}y detail, due to the unrolling of the time compression where Ultimecia has the power of ''all'' the sorcerers in her future, Edea ends up receiving the power of all Sorcerers in history.

* In ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', Giro gives up [[TransformationTrinket Model Z]] to Vent/Aile despite Z being the only thing keeping him alive from his fatal wounds. They then Double-Megamerge with Model X to become the titular Model ZX in an explosion of power that completely destroys the robots that were about to kill them.

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* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'':

* In ''Anime/{{Scryed}}'', Cherise Adjani's sole power is to allow whoever she loves most to be resurrected from any sort of death at the cost of her own life.

* In ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'', when Orson Randall dies, he bequeaths his half of the Iron Fist chi to Danny Rand.

%%* ''ComicBook/{{Nova}}'' has pretty much the same origin as ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' above. The main difference is that Richard Rider was a teenager, in order to recapture some of the original ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' feel.
* ''ComicBook/PowerPack'' is similar to ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' in that the kids get their powers from a dying alien, Whitemane, who was killed by the same aliens that kidnap their parents. They also inherit his SapientShip, Friday.

* In Creator/CrossGen's ''ComicBook/{{Sigil}}'' universe, the eponymous PowerTattoo transfers, upon the death of the bearer, to their nearest blood relative. In addition to this being how Sephie of ''ComicBook/{{Meridian}}'' and Obo-San of ''comicBook/ThePath'' gained their respective marks, the later "[[ComicBook/{{Negation}} Negation War]]" arc had shapeshifting Atlantean Capricia seduce SpaceMarine Sigil-bearer Sam Rey with the intent of bearing a child that could inherit Sam's extra-powerful Sigil, in addition to Atlantean powers. Unfortunately, that was the point where the company went bankrupt.

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* Both subverted and played straight in ''Animation/BoBoiBoy The Movie''. The titular hero's RobotBuddy Ochobot gave him and his friends the last of his energy after being fatally damaged by [[BigBad Bora Ra]]. This gives them all [[EleventhHourSuperpower power upgrades]] to defeat the villains once and for all. After the battle, [[DisneyDeath Ochobot turns out to be alive]] because Klamkabot transferred the last of his energy to him after the latter was convinced that Ochobot would be safe with [=BoBoiBoy=] from [[ThePowerOfFriendship witnessing the power of their friendship]].

* A more down to earth example. In ''Film/ThePatriot'', Gabriel and other militia men return to find their hometown burned down to the ground and all of their loved ones with it. Desiring revenge for the death of his wife and the other townspeople, they all ride after the British officers responsible, and all except the villain, Gabriel and the preacher who married Gabriel and his wife are the last ones standing at the end of the shootout. Gabriel runs out of ammo and the villain is reloading his gun. The preacher attempts to shoot him, but is too slow and gets shot instead. Before he collapses, he tosses his loaded gun over his head into Gabriel's hands, and he quickly shoots the villain.

* In ''comicBook/{{{Nexus}}'', when the rest of the Merk left to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, all of their power and all of their blood were left to Drizripool, who in turn used it to empower Horatio Hellpop, the eponymous Nexus between the Merk and humanity. Until Drizripool went so mad that another Merk, GQ, returned to stop him.

* In ''Nexus'', when the rest of the Merk left to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, all of their power and all of their blood were left to Drizripool, who in turn used it to empower Horatio Hellpop, the eponymous Nexus between the Merk and humanity. Until Drizripool went so mad that another Merk, GQ, returned to stop him.

* In Creator/CrossGen's Sigil universe, the eponymous PowerTattoo transfers, upon the death of the bearer, to their nearest blood relative. In addition to this being how Sephie of ''Meridian'' and Obo-San of ''The Path'' gained their respective marks, the later Negation War arc had shapeshifting Atlantean Capricia seduce SpaceMarine Sigil-bearer Sam Rey with the intent of bearing a child that could inherit Sam's extra-powerful Sigil, in addition to Atlantean powers. Unfortunately, that was the point where the company went bankrupt.

* In ''Batman: Crimson Mist'', the weakened vampire Batman is cornered with Alfred in the Batcave as Two-Face and Killer Croc attack Gordon. Alfred tells Batman to feed on him to take down the villains and save Gordon. Regretfully, Batman does so. Unfortunately, this heroic act ultimately only helps Batman regain enough of himself to walk into the sunlight.

* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'':
** Enjin ensnares Aria Blaze with tentacles and starts pulling her towards his core for assimilation. Monster X grabs her and desperately tries to save her. Sensing that if this keeps up, he'll just get pulled in with her, she passes him her necklace, the source of her powers, then shoves him away, letting herself get absorbed. The power boost allows him to transform into his Kaiju form and defeat Enjin.
** Later, when Monster X starts losing his memories and getting possessed by Boreas, he somehow transfers his Kaizer Ghidorah personality to Aria's body, giving her a massive power boost.
* ''Fanfic/FateZeroSanity'': After Saber defeats Caster, who is [[Manga/FairyTail Natsu Dragneel]], he decides to give her his beloved scarf before he dies. This later grants her his fire powers.
* In a ''Fanfic/HeroTheGuardianSmurf'' mini-story, Hero bequeaths his Ki powers to his two daughters, Saviour and Miracle, upon his death.

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* This is premise for Adam Beeson's ''The Magician's Daughter'' -- a famous magician passes on the secrets of his craft to his daughter with his dying breath, which makes her wanted by his rivals. However, it's intentionally left vague as to whether the titular magician's secrets were merely stage magic or something more.

* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': In the climax of Lostbelt 4 - Yugakshetra, [[spoiler:Asvatthaman, fading away due to him using [[CastFromStamina too much power]] for his TimeTravel spell, gives his Spirit Origin, and this Shiva's power, to Karna to bring him BackFromTheDead.]] Shortly afterwards, Rama who is cursed and thus cannot fight, [[spoiler:gives him Brahmastra to Karna. The result of both these gifts is a new SuperForm for Karna, so he can now challenge the god-like Arjuna Alter.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Zenonia}} 4'', the hero lives in a typical RPG village with his dad. However he soon discovers that he is actually trapped in a fantasy realty inside his mind, but thankfully his future self gives him all his powers to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Izuku receives One for All from his idol, All Might, who suffered from a crippling injury several years ago and severely limits him to perform heroics, knowing that he'll have to retire sooner or later. [[spoiler: Later chapters reveal that this is the nature of the One for All itself, as the original owner received a Quirk capable of stockpiling power, [[SuperiorSuccessor which he could pass on to another person that would make it even stronger]], and so on.]] Izuku receiving the Quirk is the 8th time such a transfer has taken place. Izuku also gets the seven Quirks of the users who already possessed one [[labelnote: said Quirks being]] [[CombatTentacles Blackwhip]], [[NotQuiteFlight Float]], [[SpiderSense Danger Sense]], [[SmokeOut Smokescreen]], [[ChargedAttack Fa Jin]], [[SuperSpeed Gearshift]] [[/labelnote]], amped up to 11.

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Izuku receives One for All from his idol, All Might, who suffered from a crippling injury several years ago and severely limits him to perform heroics, knowing that he'll have to retire sooner or later. [[spoiler: Later chapters reveal that this is the nature of the One for All itself, as the original owner received a Quirk capable of stockpiling power, [[SuperiorSuccessor which he could pass on to another person that would make it even stronger]], and so on.]] Izuku receiving the Quirk is the 8th time such a transfer has taken place. Izuku also gets the seven Quirks of the users who already possessed one [[labelnote: said Quirks being]] Gearshift, Fa Jin, Danger Sense, Blackwhip, Smokescreen and Float [[/labelnote]], amped up to 11.

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Izuku receives One for All from his idol, All Might, who suffered from a crippling injury several years ago and severely limits him to perform heroics, knowing that he'll have to retire sooner or later. [[spoiler: Later chapters reveal that this is the nature of the One for All itself, as the original owner received a Quirk capable of stockpiling power, [[SuperiorSuccessor which he could pass on to another person that would make it even stronger]], and so on.]] Izuku receiving the Quirk is the 8th time such a transfer has taken place. [[Spoiler: Izuku also gets the seven Quirks of the users who already possessed one, amped up to 11.]]

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Izuku receives One for All from his idol, All Might, who suffered from a crippling injury several years ago and severely limits him to perform heroics, knowing that he'll have to retire sooner or later. [[spoiler: Later chapters reveal that this is the nature of the One for All itself, as the original owner received a Quirk capable of stockpiling power, [[SuperiorSuccessor which he could pass on to another person that would make it even stronger]], and so on.]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': When a Maiden of the Seasons dies, her power passes to the last person she was thinking of, so long as that person is a suitable vessel (female and younger than age thirty). If the person she's thinking of doesn't fit the criteria, the power goes to someone completely random who does. The problem is that it's pretty hard for a Maiden to control her thoughts as she's dying. In fact, murder is a semi-reliable way of stealing the power, as it's not uncommon for someone to be thinking of their murderer as they're dying. In Season 7, [[spoiler:Fria, the Winter Maiden, sees Penny trying to comfort her as she dies while Cinder and Winter fight over her. Fria deliberately chooses to pass her power onto Penny]].

Before a character dies or before performing a HeroicSacrifice, they give all of or at least some of their power to the person they have the closest relationship to. Expect the receiver to say that they didn't have to do this while sobbing. The character who gave this power is often a mentor of the receiver.

Subtrope of PowersAsPrograms, EnergyDonation and SuperEmpowering, however, the deceased person isn't really known for this ability, and the fact that he has this power, in some cases, was never brought up before he died. The receiver usually is not a PowerParasite or the possessor of a CannibalismSuperpower.

Compare TakeUpMySword and ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin. Contrast DevourTheDragon, where a villain kills a subordinate to gain their power. See also YouKillItYouBoughtIt.

* In ''Batman: Crimson Mist'', the weakened vampire Batman is cornered with Alfred in the Batcave as Two-Face and Killer Croc attack Gordon. Alfred tells Batman to feed on him to take down the villains and save Gordon. Regretfully, Batman does so. [[KillEmAll Unfortunately, this heroic act ultimately only helps Batman regain enough of himself to walk into the sunlight]].

* When a Franchise/GreenLantern dies, their power ring flies off to find a new worthy wearer. Hal Jordan's was personally given to him by the dying Abin Sur, however.

* ''ComicBook/{{Nova}}'' has pretty much the same origin as ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' above. The main difference is that Richard Rider was a teenager, in order to recapture some of the original ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' feel.