History Main / BirthmarkOfDestiny

* ''EccoTheDolphin'' has a group of star-shaped marks on his head that some in the pod say look like a constellation in the sky.

* Discussed in ''ArtemisFowl: The Atlantis Complex''. Orion wants Foaly to help him search for one. [[WeWantOurJerkBack Foaly is not amused]].

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* Certain incarnations of Link from ''LegendOfZelda'' have a birthmark in the shape of the Triforce on their left hand.

* ''Willow'' - The movie introduction details this trope, exactly, right off the bat.

* In ''TheProphecyOfTheStones'', the gift of hope, which allows the protagonists to defeat evil, has been passed down through the generations, with the carriers of hope bearing a sun-shaped scar on their palm. [[spoiler: The other protagonist, Joa,]] reveals at the end that she has such a scar, which connects [[ThirdLineSomeWaiting her plotline]] to the main one.

* In ''TheBelgariad'', Garion has a discoloured mark in the shape of a circle on one of his palms. [[spoiler: This mark is actually posessed by every descendant of Riva who is in line to inherit the Rivan throne.]]

* In the ''{{Discworld}}'' series, Carrot casually mentions having a crown-shaped birthmark, which marks him as the rightful heir of the Ankh-Morpork throne.
** Invoked in ''WyrdSisters'', when the witches talk about a "strawberry birthmark", despite there being no evidence the lost heir does have one. And nobody's entirely sure what it even means; Nanny Ogg seems to vaguely think it would taste of strawberries.

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* Subverted in ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'': she had it removed.

** The Branded from [[FireEmblemTellius Path of Radiance]] and [[FireEmblemTellius Radiant Dawn]] are this.

* ''TheCourtJester'' - The Rightful Heir (still an infant) has a birthmark on his butt. The ending is an OverlyLongGag where the titular Jester, with the infant in his arms, lowers the swaddling clothes just far enough to reveal the birthmark, to a long line of nobles.

* Parodied in The {{BBC}} radio series ''Hordes of the Things'' ([[IncrediblyLamePun yeah...]]), where Prince Veganin is told that he bears the birthmark of the High Priest of Zylbor (just after he's slain the old one). Turns out that he's not the only one with the mark, however: the Priests are collecting birthmarks from every possible claimant and throwing away the rest of their bodies, on the assumption that they'll be able to fit all the pieces with birthmarks together into their new High Priest one day.

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* The protagonist of the French-language series, LeScorpion has a scorpion-shaped mark on his back, from which he derives his name. Because of this mark, some people consider him to be the Devil's son. [[spoiler: It turns out to be a scar caused by being thrown against a red hot metal scorpion as an infant by Tribalidi, whom the Scorpion and the reader had been misled to believe is his father.]]

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* In ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'', Kinzo's polydactyly was interpreted as a sign that he was destined for greatness, which is why he was put in charge of restoring the wealth of the Ushiromiya family.

* One of the JediApprentice books had this: only the birthmark would only appear in a certain chamber. This revealed that the Crown Prince was not actually the rightful heir, instead the heir was the king's daughter from a previous marriage to a commoner. Who also happened to be the leader of LaResistance.

* ''TeenTitansGo'' gives Raven glowing red birthmarks in the shape of occult-looking symbols all over her body as a sign that she is the daughter of/portal for the demon Trigon. However, these marks are normally invisible and only appear when Trigon is stirring (i.e. [[LawOfConservationOfDetail only when they're relevant to the plot]]).

* On the original ''DoctorWho'', [[spoiler: Turlough's long-lost little brother]] was believed to be the ChosenOne by his adoptive people, due to a distinctive mark on his shoulder. Subverted in that it wasn't a birthmark ''or'' a mark of Destiny, but [[spoiler: an identification brand placed on political prisoners by the ones who'd exiled both brothers]].

* In AnnaRussell's "How To Write Your Own Gilbert And Sullivan Opera," the fat contralto character of Dandelion reveals (in song, assisted by chorus) that the rich tycoon Claude Billy Bunion was born with a mark "just like a Spanish onion" behind his ear, but being a stupid GilbertAndSullivan character she [[SwitchedAtBirth switched the bassinets]]. Such a mark is discovered on the tenor, whom the soprano can now marry instead of the patter baritone, who has to marry the contralto.

* In ''FireEmblem'''s [[FireEmblemJugdral Jugdral sub-series]], WordOfGod says people who possess holy blood (Indicating they are among the [[SingleLineOfDecent oddly rare decedents]] of the legendary Crusaders) and if they can or can't use the associated legendary weapon shows up as a birthmark (In game it just shows up on the stats screen).

* Parodied in The {{BBC}} radio series ''Hordes of the Things'' ([[IncrediblyLamePun yeah...]]), where Prince Veganin is told that he bears the birthmark of the High Priest of Zylbor (just after he's slain the old one). Turns out that he's not the only one with the mark, however: the Priests are collecting birthmarks from every possible claimant and throwing away the rest, on the assumption that they'll be able to fit all the pieces with birthmarks together into their new High Priest one day.