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The Chosen One is always the only person who can save the world and/or defeat the Big Bad. And there is usually some specific requirement that only they fulfill that makes them The Chosen One. But sometimes, there is more than one individual who fulfills that requirement, and either The Chooser of the One or fate itself has to make the ultimate decision as to who will actually become The Chosen One. Sometimes this can happen because there are multiple choosers who do not agree with each other.
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Dragon Age:
At the start of Dragon Age: Origins, Warden-Commander Duncan chooses which of six potential recruitment leads - chosen based off of their potential abilities to resist/fight the Blight - to follow up on and make a Warden. Accordingly, the game has Multiple Game Openings, one for each possible recruit who can become the Player Character, while the other five die shortly thereafter without Duncan to save them.
At the start of Dragon Age: Inquisition, four individuals, one from each of the races the player can choose from, are present at the Conclave for various reasons- the Human Mage was part of the Mage Rebellion, the Human Noble was part of the Chantry delegation, the Dwarf and Elf were there to spy, and the Qunari was hired as security. One of those four overheard the Divine being attacked and interrupted a blood magic ritual, resulting in that person gaining the Anchor that makes them the only person capable of doing anything about the Breach. The other three were among the many casualties of the Breach's opening.
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Rice Boy: The One Electronic is a Seeker, charged with finding and naming the Fulfiller of an ancient prophecy. According to the terms of the prophecy, the Fulfiller will bring back the Avatar of Mind and restore balance to the world by changing form three times, journeying to the Iron Tower, and then dying. However, a Seeker's word is no guarantee that a designated Fulfiller will succeed at the quest, or even try in the first place — T-O-E's been naming Fulfillers for thousands of years, none of whom proved themselves suitable, either not completing the journey or letting the "prophesized hero" thing go to their head. T-O-E's latest candidate is the humble Rice Boy, who makes it further than any previous Fulfiller. At the Iron Tower, Rice Boy realizes the Prophecy Twist: T-O-E, who accompanied him to the Tower for his protection, has also changed form three times, and has thus met the criteria for being the Fulfiller himself. Sure enough, T-O-E is slain at the Iron Tower, and this is what finally fulfills the prophecy.
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In Wandersong, this is what kicks off the plot. Everybody in the world got a dream involving Eya's messenger and the sword, but only Audrey Redheart passed the test, making her the Hero. The Bard failed the test, but the messenger took a liking to them anyway and encouraged them to pursue a quest of their own as The Unchosen One.
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In Miraculous Ladybug, technically anybody can use a Miraculous, so the team often switch and/or combine jewels to overcome tricky obstacles. Even so, every hero feels drawn to a specific jewel, and they will be less effective using one that isn't "theirs". The episode Desperada shows an example: Cat Noir tries many times to save someone using the Snake Miraculous' power, but Luka (who was, ironically, the Guardian's second choice) succeeds almost immediately.
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At the start of Dragon Age: Inquisition, four individuals, one from each of the races the player can choose from, are present at the Conclave for various reasons- the Human Mage was part of the Mage Rebellion, the Human Noble was part of the Chantry delegation, the Dwarf and Elf were there to spy, and the Qunari was hired as security. One of those four overheard the Divine being attacked and interrupted a blood magic ritual, resulting in that person gaining the Anchor that makes them the only person capable of doing anything about the Breach. The other three were among the many casualties of the Breach's opening.
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In Harry Potter, Trelawney's prophecy about The Chosen One to defeat Lord Voldemort applied to both Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom at the time that she said it (both were born at the end of July/beginning of August to parents who escaped Voldemort three times), but Voldemort himself chose Harry when he tried to kill him (by "mark[ing] him as his equal"; i.e. Harry's scar), which applied the final part of the prophecy to Harry only. Neville still ends up being instrumental to his defeat. One theorist even thinks that the prophecy still comes to play for Neville, especially near the end.
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Green Lantern:
When then-Green Lantern Abin Sur is dying on an alien planet (Earth) he finds two men exactly equally qualified to be the next Green Lantern. The only reason he chooses Hal Jordan instead of the other one is that Jordan is nearer. Later, that other one (Guy Gardner) becomes Earth's "backup Green Lantern" and still later a Lantern in his own right.
Later revisions of Hal's origin expand upon this, indicating that there were a number of other candidates - but, again, Hal was closest.
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At the start of Dragon Age: Origins, Warden-Commander Duncan chooses which of six potential recruitment leads - chosen based off of their potential abilities to resist/fight the Blight - to follow up on and make a Warden. Accordingly, the game has Multiple Game Openings, one for each possible recruit who can become the Player Character, while the other five die shortly thereafter without Duncan to save them.
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In Ushio and Tora, prior to Ushio being chosen by the Beast Spear, the only weapon that can kill Hakumen No Mono, there were four other candidates who were chosen as potential wielders. When they find that the spear didn't go to any of them, but someone who hadn't even been trained for it, they were initially upset, but after meeting Ushio they become supportive allies.
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In Kung Fu Panda, Master Oogway is to choose one of the Furious Five (who have all received extensive kung fu training) to become the Dragon Warrior, but ends up choosing Po by pure dumb luck. However, he accepts this as destiny and sticks with his decision.
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Initially, there's only one candidate for The Chosen One specified in the Great Prophecy, Percy Jackson (since it necessitates a demigod child of either Hades, Zeus, or Poseidon to reach their Dangerous 16th Birthday, and he's the only one they know about). However, more candidates appear in later books — other demigod kids of those three gods born earlier and have had their aging halted by extraneous circumstances — and the gods attempt to manipulate which one the chosen one will be to suit their own ends. In the climax of the last book, it's confirmed that Percy is the half-blood child who will make the choice that determines Olympus' fate, but that the hero's soul mentioned in the same prophecy is Luke's, not his.
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In The Wheel of Time, people have been searching for the Dragon Reborn for centuries, and history is littered with false Dragons. When the story itself starts, Moiraine has been looking for the Dragon for most of her life and comes across no less than three potential candidates in the town of Two Rivers. While the Dragon is Rand al'Thor, the other two turn out to be ta'veren, chosen ones in their own right with vital roles to play in the coming Battle.
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A Song of Ice and Fire: There is an oft-mentioned prophecy about the prince that was promised, or Azor Ahai, who will save the world from darkness. In-universe, it has been speculated at different times to refer to Rhaegar Targaryen, Daenerys Targaryen, and Stannis Baratheon. The vagueness of the criteria of the prophecy and its applicable parallels to stories of the heroes means it could apply to other characters too, such as Jon Snow.
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Played with in The Brightest Shadow. If one Hero is killed, The Legend pretends that person was never the Hero at all and a different person was supposedly the Hero all along.
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In Ordinary Girl, it's implied that while Trench picked Dylan to be his successor, Jesse is equally qualified.
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In The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, about halfway through the main quest the Player Character finds the Cave of the Incarnate, where you can meet several 'Failed Incarnate' ghosts; shades of Dunmer who met certain criteria for the Nerevarine Prophecy, but for whatever reason failed others or died before they could complete the necessary trials. A popular fan theory is that there isn't really one true Nerevarine, but that anyone who fills the criteria set forth in the prophecy can become the Nerevarine via a strange phenomenon in the Elder Scrolls setting known as 'mantling' (basically, you become so similar to an existing entity that nobody, including reality itself, can tell the difference any more).
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The Lost Years of Merlin combines this with Prophecy Twist in the third book: a dragon has awoken and is destined to undergo a Mutual Kill with a descendant of someone he fought in the past—which happens to include Merlin's grandfather. However, at the end of the story we learn that said dragon also once fought the kreelixes, Anti-Magic creatures that have been causing trouble throughout the book.
The Great Tree Of Avalon takes an interesting approach, as there are two Chosen Ones: the Ambiguously Evil Child of the Dark Prophecy, said to be born during Year of Darkness, and the Heir of Merlin, a Big Good who is described as being "like a brother" to the former. Throughout the first book it's implied that the adoptive brothers Tamwyn and Scree, both born during the Year of Darkness, fit the two roles, but it's not clear who is who. It turns out that Tamwyn is both.
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Child of the Storm has Doctor Strange, The Chooser of the One for the universe at large, imply that while Harry is The Chosen One, he could have arranged for anyone to take the role. He picked Harry specifically for his personality.
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In Legend of the Animal Healer, Martine (who is white and half-African) feels guilty about being chosen because she's not native to the region. Her mentor explains that every child has the chance to be chosen, but that Jemmy was looking for one with a very complicated, specific mix of heroic traits. It's not about race, or even moral superiority, but having the willingness and ability to do a very specific job. A job that involves healing animals all across the world, not just African ones.
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In Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 7 we learn about Potentials, girls all over the world who have the potential to become the next Vampire Slayer once the current one dies. A few of these Potentials, like Kendra Young, had been assigned to a Watcher even before getting chosen. Buffy gathers a bunch of them together in her house to teach them about slaying since they were getting targeted by the Harbingers of Death. The Series Finale sees Willow activate all the Potentials around the world, leading to The Chosen Many.
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When Doctor Strange loses the right to be the Sorcerer Supreme due to his actions during World War Hulk (long story - a demon was involved), he knows that there are several possible candidates to be the next Sorceror Supreme (he even shows the Avengers their images). The Eye of Agamotto has vanished and will go to the candidate, and Dr. Strange must find and train him or her. Eventually, it settles on Daniel Drumm, Brother Voodoo - though Strange later reclaims the title after Daniel's temporary death.
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Takes place at a species level in Lensman. The Arisians have been selectively breeding four species to the point where their offspring would be Stage 3 Lensmen. They eventually settle on humans.
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Kingdom Hearts has a rare instance where The Chosen Many is multiple-choice. In order to create the χ-blade, Xehanort requires a grand total of 20 candidates: seven Guardians of Light and thirteen Seekers of Darkness. The original plan was to use the seven Princesses of Heart and the members of Organization XIII, but the former were rescued by Sora, while approximately half of the latter weren't up to snuff. For Xehanort's second attempt, the seven could be either the Princesses or exceptional Keyblade wielders on the side of good, while he has settled for the thirteen to be different versions of himself across time, including victims of a mass-Grand Theft Me plan (i.e., the other half of the original Organization). By the time this is made known to the heroes, only one seeker of darkness is left undecided, while the heroes have to scramble to secure four other Keyblade wielders so the Princesses won't fall prey to Xehanort again.
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One episode of Mighty Max has Virgil introduce Max(well) to a boy named Max(imilian), explaining that the two were born five minutes apart and thus this new guy might be the real Mighty One. As such, both go on a mission to see who will turn out more successful. Naturally the new guy isn't the right candidate, and in fact is currently being Mind Controlled by Skullmaster.
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In Noir, only two female assassins can become Noir, but there are three candidates: Mireille (who developed outside of Altena's influence), Kirika (who was partially raised by Altena but then let out into the world and got Laser-Guided Amnesia), and Chloe (completely raised by Altena). This is complicated by the fact that there are multiple choosers in Les Soldats: Altena prefers Kirika and Chloe, others prefer Kirika and Mireille, and the male leaders want to scrap the whole Noir thing completely and kill all three. In the end, it is Kirika herself who chooses Mireille as her partner, and then both abandon the Noir ritual.
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