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"He Who Hunts Monsters", also known as "Falling Off the Slippery Slope", is a term used often to describe a phenomena in which a heroic or anti-heroic character becomes progressively worse as he or she fights percieved evils, to the point they become as bad (sometimes worse) than the evils they originally opposed. A great many heroes at some point undergo this transformation and it can be the key origin of many tragic villains, although rare due to it giving a character a Fruedian Excuse it can create Complete Monsters. In general however it is associated with Knight Templars and Vigilantes.

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  • "He Who Hunts Monsters", also known as "Falling Off the Slippery Slope", is a term used often to describe a phenomena in which a heroic or anti-heroic character becomes progressively worse as he or she fights percieved evils, to the point they become as bad (sometimes worse) than the evils they originally opposed. A great many heroes at some point undergo this transformation and it can be the key origin of many tragic villains, although rare due to it giving a character a Fruedian Excuse it can create Complete Monsters. In general however it is associated with Knight Templars and Vigilantes.
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  • "He Who Hunts Monsters", also known as "Falling Off the Slippery Slope", is a term used often to describe a phenomena in which a heroic or anti-heroic character becomes progressively worse as he or she fights percieved evils, to the point they become as bad (sometimes worse) than the evils they originally opposed. The term has been populared by TV Tropes, but did not originate on that website, it has been around for a long time and is actually part of a famous quote by Friedrich Nietzsche that states: "he who hunts monsters must be mindful not to become one himself" - related to another warning of "stare too long into the abyss and the abyss stares back." A great many heroes at some point undergo this transformation and it can be the key origin of many tragic villains, although rare due to it giving a character a Fruedian Excuse it can create Complete Monsters. In general however it is associated with Knight Templars and Vigilantes.
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