Trope about characters retiring or planning to retire from their long-time jobs. Whether this actually happens varies greatly.
Compare to Quitting Tropes and This Index Has Left the Building. See also Elders and Ending Tropes.
Tropes in this index include:
- 10-Minute Retirement: A character has a brief retirement before getting bored and getting called back to action.
- Abdicate the Throne: The reigning monarch ends their rule by retiring.
- Bleak Abyss Retirement Home: Retirement homes are portrayed as bleak and depressing.
- Call to Agriculture: A former fighter retires to a farm or to do gardening.
- Career-Ending Injury: Someone (usually an athlete) is forced to retire due to injury.
- From Hero to Mentor: An older hero spends their retirement training the next generation.
- Mandatory Unretirement: A character is forced out of retirement.
- Old Superhero: An aging superhero who has long since retired.
- One Last Job: ...and then retirement...or so they say.
- Passing the Torch: A retiring hero assigns a younger hero to take on their role.
- Quitting to Get Married: A character (usually female) gives up their job to get married.
- Reluctant Retiree: A character is forced into retirement.
- Resignations Not Accepted: An organization (typically villainous) doesn't allow for retirements.
- Retired Badass: A character's time as a fighter comes to an end.
- Retired Gunfighter: A character's time as The Gunslinger comes to an end.
- Retired Monster: A character's time as the villain comes to an end.
- Retired Outlaw: A character's time as an outlaw comes to an end.
- Retirony: A character's plans for retirement is the mark of death.
- Take This Job and Shove It: A character chooses to retire rather than deal with an abusive job.
- Vetinari Job Security: A character has a brief retirement before getting called back into action.
