History Main / YouKillItYouBoughtIt

* [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] [[spoiler:becoming the king]] at the end of ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight'' is a mix of this and "Ancient Tradition".

** Interestingly enough, [[spoiler:Lelouch becomes the Emperor of Britannia and then Suzaku becomes ''Zero'' by both killing the previous holder of those titles. These were just part of Lelouch's final {{plan}} rather than a tradition, though.]]

** The ending of ''Film/HalloweenII2009'' on the other hand ends with Laurie becoming as crazy, evil, and twisted as Michael, even briefly putting on his mask, after killing him.

** ''Film/HighlanderTheSource'': Whoever kills the Guardian of the Source must take their place. [[spoiler:Duncan incapcitates the Guardian, who tries to goad him into killing him. Since Duncan had been warned what would happen and is able to control his emotions even though the Guardian killed some of his friends, he walks away and moves to claim the Source. The Guardian explodes.]]

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E70AGameOfPool A Game of Pool]]", a pool shark plays against the ghost of another shark whose memory overshadows all of his own achievements. Upon winning, however, he becomes the ghost who is called to defend against challengers.

** The difference is that while the Number One can only be challenged by Number Two, Number Two can be challenged by ''anyone''. An episode ''does'' show more headbands (at least up to Number Seven, IIRC), but their purpose is never explicitly explained in the series.

* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Jumanji}}'', the animated series, there was a part where the heroes trick the hunter Van Pelt into falling off a cliff. Before Van Pelt does, however, Peter somehow grabs his whip. Over the episode, Peter gradually morphs into Van Pelt because "[[SomeoneHasToDoIt there must always be a Van Pelt. It's the rules of the game.]]" He even goads Alan into killing him just so ''Alan'' can become Van Pelt.

* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': Soon in the third movie, we learn that whoever kills Davy Jones has to take his place. Cue dilemmas for Will, who [[spoiler:swore an oath to kill Davy Jones]] and Jack, [[spoiler:who thinks it would be ''[[CursedWithAwesome freaking awesome]]'' to be immortal.]]
** Except that he wouldn't be able to go to rum to get port...wait...that came out wrong...
** The title also comes with another catch. Should the captain not perform his duty (ferrying the souls of the dead to the other side), he and the crew end up [[FishPeople looking like Jones and his crew]].

* ''Film/TheSantaClause'': The titular "Santa Clause" operates this way. If Santa becomes unable to carry out his duties and you put on his coat and step into his sleigh, you become Santa. Scott Calvin finds this out after accidentally causing Santa to slip off the roof of his house and ''die''.