. . . "Broken Pedestal/Playing With"@en . . . "Broken Pedestal: A character's mentor or idol becomes loathed by them for evil actions. \n* Straight: Bob once taught Chris noble martial arts, and Chris uses his ninja powers to catch Bob committing crimes. \n* Exaggerated: Bob, once a pacifist and a lover of kittens, has crossed the Moral Event Horizon and is barely recognised as Chris' original mentor, such is the atrocity of his crimes. \n* Justified: Bob became was forced into a life of crime from living in a Crapsack World. \n* Inverted: \n* Bob used to train villains to commit crimes, and now does good acts instead. \n* Alternately, Chris is the one who starts committing crimes using the training he got from Bob, much to Bob's disgust when he finds out. \n* Subverted: Chris has misinterpreted Bob's actions; he is in fa"@en . "Broken Pedestal: A character's mentor or idol becomes loathed by them for evil actions. \n* Straight: Bob once taught Chris noble martial arts, and Chris uses his ninja powers to catch Bob committing crimes. \n* Exaggerated: Bob, once a pacifist and a lover of kittens, has crossed the Moral Event Horizon and is barely recognised as Chris' original mentor, such is the atrocity of his crimes. \n* Justified: Bob became was forced into a life of crime from living in a Crapsack World. \n* Inverted: \n* Bob used to train villains to commit crimes, and now does good acts instead. \n* Alternately, Chris is the one who starts committing crimes using the training he got from Bob, much to Bob's disgust when he finds out. \n* Subverted: Chris has misinterpreted Bob's actions; he is in fact a Good person \n* Double Subverted: Then Chris learns about all the downright nasty crimes Bob has committed. \n* Parodied: Chris becomes disillusioned with Bob for horrendous crimes against fashion. \n* Deconstructed: \n* Chris spirals into depression over the intense hypocrisy of Bob's good teachings and his current evil actions. \n* Alternatively, Chris finally realizes that Bob was always a simple asshole instead of the Knight in Sour Armor he always thought he was; it's just that he (and Bob) have never let himself admit it. \n* Reconstructed: \n* Chris takes strength from his original teachings, and they allow him to call out his ex-mentor for his descent into villainy. \n* Alternatively, Chris realizes that what Bob does doesn't really matter as long as Chris is still a good person. \n* Zig Zagged: \n* Bob appears to be committing crimes, but then it turns out he has good intentions behind them, according with his original teachings. Then Chris learns this is just a cover-up to commit horrendous acts - it then transpires someone told him this, and it is a blatant lie. \n* Chris catches Bob in a Face Heel Revolving Door. \n* Averted: Bob has always been the same noble teacher. \n* Enforced: The writers decide Bob needs some Character Development. \n* Lampshaded: \"You were once the noblest man on Earth, Bob. Now, I can't hold you in the same light I used to. Look at what you've done!\" \n* Invoked: Bob decides to go under an alias and commit crimes in another city. The city where Chris is now policing. \n* Defied: Bob is highly disillusioned by the Crapsack World, but decides keeping his principles is more important, especially with all the people he influenced over his life looking up to him. \n* Discussed: \"That Bob has started beating up pensioners, raping kittens, and littering - how long before Chris finds him, and loses all faith in him?\" \n* Conversed: \"Chris is going to be so pissed when he finds Bob doing all this stuff.\" A true Troper would use the link back to Broken Pedestal. You taught me that. So...why?"@en . . . .