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* [[Code Geass]] has several. A couple of them are found on the [[Pinky Swear]] page and are explained in more detail there. A non-pinky promise comes during arguably the biggest [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] in the series; when [[Magnificent Bastard|Lelouch]] realises how much his friends care about him, he [[Manly Tears|tearfully]] promises them that he'll set off fireworks with them again someday. {{spoiler|He doesn't, and when he realises he won't be able to keep this promise, he calls them to apologise and say goodbye.}}

* In ''[[Gate 7]]'', Hana is [[I Will Wait for You|waiting for someone who has not been revealed yet]] and once they are reunited, zhe will keep hir promise.

 

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== Literature ==

* The poems of Robert Service occasionally feature these, such as "The Cremation of Sam McGee" or "The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill". In the former, a man must carry Sam's dead body around with in the Arctic him until he finds a place to cremate him, and in the latter, an undertaker has to journey out to find Bill's dead body and give him a proper burial. Except that his ''rigor mortis'' prevents him from fitting into the coffin. [[Dead Baby Comedy|Why, look. A hacksaw.]]

* In the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series, it's mentioned several times that "A Wizard always keeps his promises." At one point, a secondary character tells the main character that the reason this happens is, as a wizard, he's subconsciously using his magic to make sure the promise is kept.

* In the novel ''The Oathbound Wizard'' by Christopher Stasheff the wizard Matt Mantrell makes a careless hyperbolic vow to overthrow a nearby [[Big Bad]]. Since he lives in a magical world with similar laws to Medieval legend, he is honor bound to do so. He later convinces God that the vow was made in error and he shouldn't be held to it, but by then he has seen how horrible the [[Big Bad]] is and wants to overthrow him anyway.