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A life debt is a literary phenomenon in which someone whose life is saved or spared by another becomes indebted or in some way connected to their savior. A life debt can only be paid off by saving the original saviour's life in return. ==Examples In Fiction== * In the English novel Robinson Crusoe, Crusoe saves the life of the native Friday who swears to be his slave. * Though it is not seen in the films, Chewbacca became Han Solo's first mate as part of a life debt, according to Star Wars canon. Many life debts are subsequently owed to or by Han Solo, involving various other characters. * In the English novel Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Peter Pettigrew becomes indebted to Harry Potter after the boy spares Pettigrew's life. * A life debt is the main plot of You Debt Your Life, an episode from the American television show American Dad!. * Life debts are an important part of the Northern Tribes of Velgarth, a planet in the American novels Valdemar Saga. * In the movie Shrek 2, the character Puss In Boots owes Shrek a life debt for sparing the cat's life. * In the movie Oz the Great and Powerful, Oscar saves the life of the flying monkey Finley and is pledged a life debt. *In the movie Pacific Rim, Mako Mori feels a life debt to her adopted father Stacker Pentecost for saving her from a kaiju. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「life debt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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