History AlternativeCharacterInterpretation / ComicBooks

* Scrooge Mc Duck: [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Is he tough and stern, but extremely fair to his employees]] or a borderline Complete Monster?

* Scrooge McDuck:[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Is he tough and stern, but extremely fair to his employees]] or a borderline Complete Monster?

* [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Terra]]. A sociopathic CompleteMonster who could not be helped, or a [[StepfordSmiler broken]] little girl who got mixed up with the wrong people and let her emotions get the better of her? Did she truly think the Teen Titans were her friends, even a little bit? Did she have feelings for Garfield? [[spoiler:[[DeathIsCheap Terra 2]] seemed to have supported the alternate views]]. Also, was she [[HoistByHisOwnPetard hoisted by her own petard]] by accident, or did she commit suicide with the intention of doing so? Was she a CompleteMonster at heart, or did she just hate the hypocritical "goody two-shoes" nature of the Titans? Was her death fueled by drugs, contaminated drinking water, or was it natural?

* [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Terra]]. A sociopathic CompleteMonster who could not be helped, or a [[StepfordSmiler broken]] little girl who got mixed up with the wrong people and let her emotions get the better of her? Did she truly think the Teen Titans were her friends, even a little bit? Did she have feelings for Garfield? [[spoiler:[[DeathIsCheap Terra 2]] seemed to have supported the alternate views]]. Also, was she [[HoistByHisOwnPetard hoisted by her own petard]] by accident, or did she commit suicide with the intention of doing so?

* [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Terra]]. A sociopathic CompleteMonster who could not be helped, or a [[StepfordSmiler broken]] little girl who got mixed up with the wrong people and let her emotions get the better of her? Did she truly think the Teen Titans were her friends, even a little bit? Did she have feelings for Garfield? [[spoiler:[[DeathIsCheap Terra 2]] seemed to have supported the latter]].

* The thing about Super-Boy Prime, to this troper, is that he's us. That's all. People on all of the other earths are just different from people on Earth-Prime. When someone on New Earth or somewhere gets random superpowers, they run around, fighting evil, and making more or less the right decisions for the big picture. Because of their superpowers, they are essentially good people. There's another cast, supervillians, that have excuses such as [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well Intentioned Extremist]] or insanity. Whatever their reason, they are evil. [[HeelFaceTurn Permanent Heel Face Turns are uncommon.]] But what happens when you give a normal, Earth Prime kid powers of a god? Consult your psychology textook. He doesn't know what to do with himself. He was problems, he makes stupid decisions thinking they're the right ones, and says the most random things in the middle of a fight. Other superheroes have no problem making big flowery speeches beating somebody up. Other superheroes will be able to make the right decision. Supervillians will always know what they want. But Superboy Prime? He just wants to go home.

* The League of Ramona's Evil Ex-Boyfriends in Scott Pilgrim could be just a group therapy made up of emotionally destroyed people that loved Ramona Flowers. She broke all their hearts in the worst ways possible, and she didn't care how messed up they became. Gideon could be half evil and half broken; the rest just want to keep Ramona from doing it all over again and are messed up in thinking that killing her current beau, Scott, will break the cycle.
** Done on purpose for the film adaptation, Where if it was about Stephan and his band trying to make it big but Scott accidentaly screws up by being strung on Ramona and killing the guy who [[spoiler: gave them their big break in the music industry]].

** Now that I think about it, Deadpool may be emoting the three freudian archetypes of the mind; Superego, Ego and ID. His white caption box is the more sensible one, ie the Superego. The more out of touch yelllow caption box is Ego, the less sensible one. His chaotic, random persona word balloons and occasional change to his POV are the ID, the no before or after thought.

* When Colossus took the lethal Legacy Virus antidote(that would kill its host body while releasing a cure into the atmosphere, thus curing anyone with the Legacy virus anywhere in the world), was it a HeroicSacrifice to save the world? Or(given that he had lost his family and seen his former girlfriend move on with her life), was it a suicide gussied up to look noble?
* [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Terra]]. A sociopathic CompleteMonster who could not be helped or a [[StepfordSmiler broken]] little girl who got mixed up with the wrong people and let her emotions get the better of her? Did she truly think of the Teen Titans as her friends, even a little bit? Did she have feelings for Garfield? [[spoiler:[[DeathIsCheap Terra 2]] seemed to have supported the latter]].

* The author's viewpoint in ''ForBetterOrForWorse'' is that Therese is a cold, calculating shrew with severe and unreasonable jealousy problems who, despite Anthony's being a loving and supportive spouse, distanced herself from him and their child, cheated on him, and cruelly divorced him. But it's possible to make a solid case that Anthony was manipulative and overbearing, pushing Therese towards things she didn't want (a house in the suburbs, a baby) and being a whiny little bitch when she insisted on doing what she'd planned to do, such as go back to work after Francoise was born. There's textual evidence to support the thesis that Therese's "distance" was post-partum depression, which Anthony did nothing about. Additionally, Anthony was emotionally unfaithful to Therese from the get-go, pining after his ex-girlfriend Liz for his entire marriage. Anthony and Liz's wedding occurs at the end of the strip's run and would seem to justify Therese's jealousy.

* {{Get Fuzzy}} has Rob Wilco. Is he the OnlySaneMan patiently suffering through his life with two nutty pets or is he almost as mean as Bucky but with [[RaisedByWolves a better understanding of how the world works]]. Many of the things he says to his cat seem to qualify as emotional abuse. Yelling, "For the last time, Take the Tuna Out of the Can First!" when multiple microwave ovens have been destroyed seems justified. Repeatedly calling your anthropomorphic pet an idiot or a 'fuzzy little fascist' does not. Satchel may be infinitely more likeable but Rob's [[ParentalFavoritism blatant favouritism]] seems heavy-handed at times. Satchel can have friends over but Bucky can't. Bucky has to hold his hand on the subway but Satchel does not. They are both adult animals so the argument that one of them is 'mature' and the other is not doesn't really hold weight. Also, it may have been Bucky's choice to sleep in the closet but Rob doesn't do anything to make it more livable. TheUnfavourite is sleeping on towels in the linen closet while the favourite has a nice room with beanbag chairs and posters. In any argument or fight he has a tendency to take Satchel's side before he even sees the evidence. Once Bucky even phones a telephone psychic, tells the woman that he is going through a rough time at home, he sleeps in the closet while the dog has its own room...and sometimes he goes through the trash at night so he doesn't go to sleep hungry. The woman is completely sympathetic until she finds out he is a [[AcceptableTargets cat]]. Bucky's still the personification of CatsAreMean [[JerkassWoobie but you have to at least feel sorry for him]].

* {{Get Fuzzy}} has Rob Wilco. Is he the OnlySaneMan patiently suffering through his life with two nutty pets or is he almost as mean as Bucky but with [[RaisedByWolves a better understanding of how the world works]]. Many of the things he says to his cat seem to qualify as emotional abuse. Yelling, "For the last time, Take the Tuna Out of the Can First!" when microwave ovens are being destroyed again and again seems justified. Repeatedly calling your anthropomorphic pet an idiot or a 'fuzzy little fascist' does not. Satchel may be infinitely more likeable but Rob's [[ParentalFavoritism blatant favouritism]] seems heavy-handed at times. Satchel can have friends over but Bucky can't. Bucky has to hold his hand on the subway but Satchel does not. They are both adult animals so the argument that one of them is 'mature' and the other is not doesn't really hold weight.

** This is strongly lampshaded in short story "Viewpoint", where newspaper publisherhires bunch of writers to give him their own interpretations of Batman in hope to make their common element - truth about Batman - more clear. He's very dissapointed to find out that their visions has nothing in common.

*** Batman: Black And White - Case Study by Paul Dini puts forth a particularly brilliant alternative; the Joker is completely, totally sane. Back before the chemical vat incident, he was a crime boss who played his anonymity to the hilt in order to do whatever the hell he wanted. Afterward, he knew that was no longer possible, so he created the "Clown Prince Of Crime" persona of ObfuscatingInsanity ''solely so he would be sent to Arkham whenever he was caught'' - he '''purposefully invented JokerImmunity!''' The doctors are ecstatic when they discover an old report claiming this - and then orderlies drag Harley Quinn past, and she comments that she wrote that report before she started counseling the Joker. The Joker drove Quinn insane to invalidate her findings once he realized that she had figured out his scheme. '''''And he left the report when it would be found just so he could YankTheDogsChain.'''''

*** Moreover, prior to the 1980s Two-Face was not portrayed as a man with multiple personalities, just as someone who rejected moral responsibility and let random chance in the form of his coin make his choices for him. The multiple personalities first showed up when he got a new PostCrisis origin. The idea of Dent having two personalities caught on so well it's completely erased the character's first 40 years.

* The League of Ramona's Evil Ex-Boyfriends in Scott Pilgrim could be just a group therapy made up of emotionally destroyed people that loved Ramona Flowers. She broke all their hearts in the worst ways possible, and she didn't care how messed up they became. Gideon could be half evil and half broken; the rest just want to keep Ramona from doing it all over again and are messed up in thinking that killing her current beau, Scott, will break the cycle.

** The various interpretations of Batman can be easily summed up with [[http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g273/mushroom1307/batman-alignment.jpg this image]] merging Batman with DungeonsAndDragons CharacterAlignment.

* [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Terra]]. A sociopathic CompleteMonster who could not be helped or a broken little girl who got mixed up with the wrong people and let her emotions get the better of her? Did she truly think of the Teen Titans as her friends, even a little bit? Did she have feelings for Garfield? [[spoiler:[[DeathIsCheap Terra 2]] seemed to have supported the latter]].

* [[ComicBooks/TeenTitans Terra]]. A sociopathic CompleteMonster who could not be helped or a broken little girl who got mixed up with the wrong people and let her emotions get the better of her? Did she truly think of the Teen Titans as her friends, even a little bit? Did she have feelings for Garfield? [[spoiler:[[DeathIsCheap Terra 2]] seemed to have supported the latter]].

* When Colossus took the lethal Legacy Virus antidote(that would kill its host body while releasing a cure into the atmosphere, thus curing anyone with the Legacy virus anywhere in the world), was it a NobleSacrifice? Or(given that he had lost his family and seen his former girlfriend move on with her life), was it a suicide gussied up to look noble?

***Fanwank personified?