History BrokenPedestal / LiveActionFilms

* In ''Film/{{Eraser}}'', John Kruger is a US Marshal working for Witness Protection and is the best at what he does partially because of his mentor Robert [=DeGuerin=], who turns out to be one of the key figures behind the conspiracy to sell top-secret {{magnetic weapon}}s to TheMafiya. Subverted in that, while Kruger has a great deal of respect for his mentor, Kruger's only real love is his job, so when [=DeGuerin=] turns out to be TheMole, Kruger simply shrugs and adds him to the list of people that need to be "erased".

*** [[spoiler:Harvey Dent becomes this to the entire population when Bane exposes his rampage eight years ago. With the White Knight's reputation in the gutter, it doesn't take long for the population to start, in Joker's own words, "losing their minds" as they simply gives up on everything they'd been made to believe and starts to riot and plunder the city when Bane encourages them to do so.]]

* King, Rex’s father in ''Film/AdventuresInDinosaurCity'', betrayed Saur City to Mr. Big years before the film begins, resulting in his statue being defaced and Rex himself being known as the son of a traitor. [[spoiler: It turns out King was forced to do it by drinking a mind control potion, and has been imprisoned in Mr. Big's dungeon ever since]]. Rex himself is a minor one for Timmy at first, too, given his Broken Ace status, but it doesn’t last long.

* In ''A Pure Formality'', the inspector is a huge fan of the French author Onoff. His admiration comes to an end when he meets the author, accused of murder, in person in his office.

* In the 1952 film noir ''Scandal Sheet'', Steve [=McClearly=] is an eager reporter who gladly does the work of sensationalist stories for his editor, Mark Chapman. When a murder at a "Lonely Hearts Dance" occurs, Steve gladly sparks it into the hunt for a killer, all trying to impress his boss with a great story. He finds a witness who may know a link to the crime..only for the man to reveal what the audience knew: ''Chapman'' is the killer. And it turns out the victim was Chapman's ex-wife (who he really never divorced) who he killed in a fight when she was ready to expose his life of deceit. Steve is less disappointed in Chapman being a killer than realizing he's never been the "crusading newspaperman" he presented himself as.

* [[ItWasHisSled As everyone knows]], in ''Franchise/StarWars'', Luke Skywalker grows up wondering what happened to his father Anakin, but his foster parents only tell him vaguely that he had been a pilot of a civilian ship and died during the Clone Wars. Obi-Wan Kenobi meets Luke and tells him that Anakin was once his apprentice and one of the most noble and powerful Jedi he had ever known and that he was also skilled as a pilot, a great hero. Luke wonders aloud how such a great hero could have died, and Obi-Wan tells him that his father was betrayed and killed by TheEmpire's [[TheHeavy dark enforcer]], Darth Vader, and this causes Luke to hate Vader, even more so when Vader eventually kills Obi-Wan too. Luke spends the first two films following in the footsteps of his father, seeking to emulate him as much as he can, and hopes to avenge his death at the hands of Vader. However, Vader eventually reveals the truth to Luke -- ''[[LukeIAmYourFather he]]'' is Luke's father, once named Anakin Skywalker, and the Empire's ruthless enforcer of terror and fear Galaxy-wide. Needless to say, he [[BigNo doesn't take this very well]]. A double example, as Luke not only loses faith in Anakin, but also Obi-Wan who lied by omission and died before he could reveal the truth when, per Yoda and Qui-Gon Jinn in extended material, Luke could it without putting him in danger of going the same way as his father or dying because he didn’t believe a hermit well known for being crazy and went home where there were stormtroopers.[[SubvertedTrope Thankfully, he eventually reconciles with both of them.]]

* [[ItWasHisSled As everyone knows]], in ''Franchise/StarWars'', Luke Skywalker grows up wondering what happened to his father Anakin, but his foster parents only tell him vaguely that he had been a pilot of a civilian ship and died during the Clone Wars. Obi-Wan Kenobi meets Luke and tells him that Anakin was once his apprentice and one of the most noble and powerful Jedi he had ever known and that he was also skilled as a pilot, a great hero. Luke wonders aloud how such a great hero could have died, and Obi-Wan tells him that his father was betrayed and killed by TheEmpire's [[TheHeavy dark enforcer]], Darth Vader, and this causes Luke to hate Vader, even more so when Vader eventually kills Obi-Wan too. Luke spends the first two films following in the footsteps of his father, seeking to emulate him as much as he can, and hopes to avenge his death at the hands of Vader. However, Vader eventually reveals the truth to Luke -- ''[[LukeIAmYourFather he]]'' is Luke's father, once named Anakin Skywalker, and the Empire's ruthless enforcer of terror and fear Galaxy-wide. Needless to say, he [[BigNo doesn't take this very well]]. A double example, as Luke not only loses faith in Anakin, but also Obi-Wan who lied by omission and died before he could reveal the truth when, per Yoda and Qui-Gon Jinn in extended material, Luke could hear the truth without putting him in danger.[[SubvertedTrope Thankfully, he eventually reconciles with both of them.]]

* [[ItWasHisSled As everyone knows]], in ''Franchise/StarWars'', Luke Skywalker grows up wondering what happened to his father Anakin, but his foster parents only tell him vaguely that he had been a pilot of a civilian ship and died during the Clone Wars. Obi-Wan Kenobi meets Luke and tells him that Anakin was once his apprentice and one of the most noble and powerful Jedi he had ever known and that he was also skilled as a pilot, a great hero. Luke wonders aloud how such a great hero could have died, and Obi-Wan tells him that his father was betrayed and killed by TheEmpire's [[TheHeavy dark enforcer]], Darth Vader, and this causes Luke to hate Vader, even more so when Vader eventually kills Obi-Wan too. Luke spends the first two films following in the footsteps of his father, seeking to emulate him as much as he can, and hopes to avenge his death at the hands of Vader. However, Vader eventually reveals the truth to Luke -- ''[[LukeIAmYourFather he]]'' is Luke's father, once named Anakin Skywalker, and the Empire's ruthless enforcer of terror and fear Galaxy-wide. Needless to say, he [[BigNo doesn't take this very well]]. A double example, as Luke not only loses faith in Anakin, but Obi-Wan as well, who essentially lied to him to trick him into killing his own father (but also to spare Luke the AwfulTruth). [[SubvertedTrope Thankfully, he eventually reconciles with both of them.]]

* ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019): Dr. Emma Russell used to be considered one of the best of the best scientists in Monarch, but after she betrays everyone and allies with [[EcoTerrorist eco-terrorists]] to sacrifice billions of people, everyone is shocked, dismayed and disgusted. Even Emma's own daughter turns on her in the end.

* In the 1980 Creator/JohnRitter movie ''Film/HeroAtLarge'', Steve Nichols becomes a national hero for foiling a robbery while dressed as Captain Avenger. But when a reporter announces that the last robbery he foiled was staged, specifically to make him look like a hero, the crowd turns on him.