History Main / ItWasAGift

* In ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'', Flynn buys Rapunzel a souvenir flag as part of their FallingInLoveMontage. [[spoiler:Later, it lets her recognize in her own paintings the signs of her birth.]]

* ''Film/TheFellowshipOfTheRing'': mostly skips over Galadriel's gift giving, only mentioning her gift to Frodo. But in a deleted scene Gimli talks about his gift - Galadriel wasn't sure what to give him, so he asked for a single strand of hair from her head, and she gave him three. Legolas's surprised smile, and Gimli's satisfied tone, make this a rather heartwarming scene - especially if the viewer is familiar with [[AllThereInTheManual the origin of the Silmarils]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Katara's necklace, from her grandmother by way of her mother. Important in that it gets stolen partway through the first season, then retrieved again; has plot significance in "The Waterbending Master" as well. Also, "The Avatar State" opens with a gifting scene reminiscent of (and slightly parodying) Galadriel's gifting of the party in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''.

* In ''Literature/{{Pintosmalto}}'', Betta asks for all the things she needs from her father.

** In Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Discworld/AHatFullOfSky'' and ''Discworld/{{Wintersmith}}'', the silver necklace that Roland gives Tiffany features significantly in both plots. In the latter it proves to be a ClingyMacGuffin.
** There's also Vimes' silver cigar case in ''Discworld/NightWatch'', given to him by Sybil.

* ''Anime/{{Digimon}}'': Beelzemon's Blaster was a gift from his partner Makoto, that was a toy gun.

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* The dog, Hai, is a present from Smith to Neo in the ''Film/TheMatrix'' {{Slashfic}} ''Fanfic/BringingMeToLife''. Smith's denim jacket is a gift from Neo to cement the fresh start that getting together was for both of them. The jacket doubles as a MementoMacguffin that takes on even greater meaning after [[spoiler: Neo dies.]]

** Also ''Small Favor'', after Harry talks with Jake ([[AngelUnaware who is the janitor -- really]]), Jake vanishes, leaving behind a copy of ''[[LordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]'', which opens on some -- interesting passages.

* In a twist on this trope, Nero is already in possession of Yamato, Vergil's sword, but Dante lets him keep it at the end of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry 4''. When Nero protests, Dante insists that Nero consider it his gift, and that a gift that costly is "the only kind worth giving." Of course, Dante merely wants it to stay in the family...

* While not as largely plot-impacting as the rest of the things from this page, it can be seen in a few chapters of ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' that Rico has a cuddling pillow. Considering the cold, aloof fish that Jean is, it seems out-of-character for him to give her something like that, until we see in a flashback that Enrica has one too, likely a gift from her AloofBigBrother. This serves to show us cracks in Jean's JerkassFacade.

** Subaru mentions in Sound Stage N for the first movie that [[OlderThanTheyLook Cinque's]] most prize possessions are a pair of step stools that their father made for her.

* In "The Champion's Ballad'' DLC for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', refighting Thunderblight Ganon enough times will have Urbosa's spirit ask Link to give her diary to Zelda once the whole business with Calamity Ganon is over, primarily because she's written down memories of Zelda's mother (including when the Queen first introduced an infant Zelda to Urbosa).

* In the Anime series ''Manga/InuYasha'', Inu-Yasha and Sessomarou's swords were not only gifts from their demonic father, they were carved from his very fangs. Ownership of each sword and the skill to properly wield them become a major point of contention and conflict between the half-brothers.

** In ''Fool Moon'', because both Harry and Murphy have received gifts of silver from family, they can fight the [[{{Werewolf}} loup-garou]] as it can only be harmed by ''inherited'' silver.

** Vivio's [[TransformationTrinket Sacred Heart]] in ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' is a gift from her Nanoha-mama after she had deemed her skilled enough at using magic. Sacred Heart's appearance is also based of the very first gift Nanoha gave her, which was burnt during the invasion of the Long Arch.
** In the backstory of ''Anime/VividStrike'', Rinne's adoptive mother gave her a tiepin for good luck on her first day of school that she became particularly attached to, especially once she found out that it had originally been made by her grandfather. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by bullies on the day her grandfather died, and -much like Vivio- it served as the design basis for her TransformationTrinket.

* Throughout the Franchise/{{Batman}} ''Dusk to Dawn'' novels, [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]] never takes off a pendant with a penny set in it. Damian deduces early on such a tacky piece must be sentimental, and he's right. [[spoiler:The coin was a parting gift from her sister Maggie when they last saw each other as girls. It represents the sisters' connection, and Selina [[CharacterTic touches it whenever faced with a moral dilemma]].]] After joining the Batfamily, Selina adds to the necklace to represent them: A knight chess piece for Bruce, an enamel bluebird for Dick, a jade carving of a tiger for Damian, and [[spoiler:a little cat bell for her daughter, Helena]].

* In "The Champion's Ballad'' DLC for ''VideoGame/theLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', refighting Thunderblight Ganon enough times will have Urbosa's spirit ask Link to give her diary to Zelda once the whole business with Calamity Ganon is over, primarily because she's written down memories of Zelda's mother (including when the Queen first introduced an infant Zelda to Urbosa).