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-->-- '''Music/MeatLoaf''', "I Would Do Anything For Love"
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* ISurrenderSuckers: Offering to surrender as a way to trick your adversary.
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* FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow: Anytime a promise is made, circumstances will force the character to break it. Repeatedly.
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* IWillFindYou: A vow to get back to a loved one.
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* ThePromise: Chekhov's promiseA dramatic and plot-important promise.
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!! Codes of conduct (not related to ThePowerOfLanguage angle, and probably better suited for a separate index)
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: The Hero feels the need to help everyone, oftentimes to their own detriment.
* DeterminedDoctor: Medical care must be rendered no matter what.
** InconvenientHippocraticOath: A healer is obligated to render aid in situations where it's inconvenient.
* IntrinsicVow: No matter what, they won't do that.
** BatmanGrabsAGun: A crisis that pushes a character to the point of breaking their well-established limit.
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!! Codes of conduct (not related to ThePowerOfLanguage angle, and probably better suited for a separate index)
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: The Hero feels the need to help everyone, oftentimes to their own detriment.
* DeterminedDoctor: Medical care must be rendered no matter what.
** InconvenientHippocraticOath: A healer is obligated to render aid in situations where it's inconvenient.
* IntrinsicVow: No matter what, they won't do that.
** BatmanGrabsAGun: A crisis that pushes a character to the point of breaking their well-established limit.
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!! Codes of conduct (not related to ThePowerOfLanguage angle, and probably better suited for a separate index)
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: The Hero feels the need to help everyone, oftentimes to their own detriment.
* DeterminedDoctor: Medical care must be rendered no matter what.
** InconvenientHippocraticOath: A healer is obligated to render aid in situations where it's inconvenient.
* IntrinsicVow: No matter what, they won't do that.
** BatmanGrabsAGun: A crisis that pushes a character to the point of breaking their well-established limit.
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->''And I'll take a vow and seal a pact''
-->-- '''Music/MeatLoaf''', "I Would Do Anything For Love"
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For other kinds of agreements, compare its more mercantile sister, BargainTropes.
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[[index]]
!!Tropes
* IGaveMyWord
** HeroicVow
** VillainousVow
* OathboundPower: A supernatural power that's contingent on keeping an oath.
* ThePromise: Chekhov's promise
* RashPromise: "I gave my word... but not much thought to it."
!! Manners of solemnizing promises
* BloodOath: Drawing your own blood to illustrate commitment to a vow.
* PersonalizedPledge: "I swear upon [something personal]."
* MagicallyBindingContract: An agreement made with magic will make at least one side forced to comply, or punished if they don't follow it.
* PinkySwear: Using pinky fingers as gesture of promise.
!! Common subject matter of promises
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Two kids promise to marry each other when they grow up.
* DeclarationOfProtection: A promise to protect someone.
* FallbackMarriagePact: Two single characters promise to marry each other if they're still single by X age.
* IWillWaitForYou: Promising to remain faithful to your lover who's away
* NoMatterHowMuchIBeg: "Promise to follow through, even if I try to back out."
* ReunionVow: A promise to see each other again one day.
* SuicidePact: Two characters agree to commit suicide together.
* SwornInByOath: Someone joins an organization by reciting an oath, typically which outlines their new role and how they should conduct themselves within it.
* VowOfCelibacy: A promise not to have sex.
!! Breaking promises
* EmptyPromise: Intentionally and knowingly lying (typically saying "everything is going to be ok") out of kindness.
* ExactWords: "I did keep my word... ''technically''."
* FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow: Anytime a promise is made, circumstances will force the character to break it. Repeatedly.
* LyingFingerCross: A character crosses their fingers while making a vow to show they're lying.
* MetaphoricallyTrue: "I did keep my word... from a certain point of view."
* TheOathBreaker: They broke a promise, and that's all anyone remembers them for.
* ReleasingFromThePromise: The character who received a promise releases the promise-maker.
[[/index]]
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Categorized under: {{Dialogue}}, ThePowerOfLanguage, TruthAndLies, ResponsibilityTropes, LoyaltyTropes
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!! Codes of conduct (not related to ThePowerOfLanguage angle, and probably better suited for a separate index)
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: The Hero feels the need to help everyone, oftentimes to their own detriment.
* DeterminedDoctor: Medical care must be rendered no matter what.
** InconvenientHippocraticOath: A healer is obligated to render aid in situations where it's inconvenient.
* IntrinsicVow: No matter what, they won't do that.
** BatmanGrabsAGun: A crisis that pushes a character to the point of breaking their well-established limit.
-->-- '''Music/MeatLoaf''', "I Would Do Anything For Love"
Tropes about promises, vows, oaths, and pacts.
For other kinds of agreements, compare its more mercantile sister, BargainTropes.
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[[index]]
!!Tropes
* IGaveMyWord
** HeroicVow
** VillainousVow
* OathboundPower: A supernatural power that's contingent on keeping an oath.
* ThePromise: Chekhov's promise
* RashPromise: "I gave my word... but not much thought to it."
!! Manners of solemnizing promises
* BloodOath: Drawing your own blood to illustrate commitment to a vow.
* PersonalizedPledge: "I swear upon [something personal]."
* MagicallyBindingContract: An agreement made with magic will make at least one side forced to comply, or punished if they don't follow it.
* PinkySwear: Using pinky fingers as gesture of promise.
!! Common subject matter of promises
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Two kids promise to marry each other when they grow up.
* DeclarationOfProtection: A promise to protect someone.
* FallbackMarriagePact: Two single characters promise to marry each other if they're still single by X age.
* IWillWaitForYou: Promising to remain faithful to your lover who's away
* NoMatterHowMuchIBeg: "Promise to follow through, even if I try to back out."
* ReunionVow: A promise to see each other again one day.
* SuicidePact: Two characters agree to commit suicide together.
* SwornInByOath: Someone joins an organization by reciting an oath, typically which outlines their new role and how they should conduct themselves within it.
* VowOfCelibacy: A promise not to have sex.
!! Breaking promises
* EmptyPromise: Intentionally and knowingly lying (typically saying "everything is going to be ok") out of kindness.
* ExactWords: "I did keep my word... ''technically''."
* FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow: Anytime a promise is made, circumstances will force the character to break it. Repeatedly.
* LyingFingerCross: A character crosses their fingers while making a vow to show they're lying.
* MetaphoricallyTrue: "I did keep my word... from a certain point of view."
* TheOathBreaker: They broke a promise, and that's all anyone remembers them for.
* ReleasingFromThePromise: The character who received a promise releases the promise-maker.
[[/index]]
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!! Codes of conduct (not related to ThePowerOfLanguage angle, and probably better suited for a separate index)
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: The Hero feels the need to help everyone, oftentimes to their own detriment.
* DeterminedDoctor: Medical care must be rendered no matter what.
** InconvenientHippocraticOath: A healer is obligated to render aid in situations where it's inconvenient.
* IntrinsicVow: No matter what, they won't do that.
** BatmanGrabsAGun: A crisis that pushes a character to the point of breaking their well-established limit.
