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Today's trope is Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence. Here is the link: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence

The character ascends to a higher state of being, even becoming a god. It can result from other supernatural causes, but is most often used as a character's fate after they die, in a riff on the idea of a heavenly afterlife.

It is mostly a way to pay off a character. Or play off, in some cases. A way to put the character on a bus, though that's not all that it's used for. If the writers should need the character back, it can be very easy to reverse, in which case the character will De-Power as a God in Human Form. Sometimes the accession isn't even meant to be permanent if the writer needs some way for a character to enter a higher plane, then leave with something important like knowledge or a new power

TL,DR: A character leaves their mortal shell, and becomes some form of powerful spirit.

Nominations:
Master Oogway (Kung Fu Panda)
Obi Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)
Madoka (Puelli Magi Madoka Magicka)