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* BalkingSummonedSpirit: During the "Guardian Devil" arc, someone is messing with Matt Murdock, telling him that a baby was the Messiah reborn, while others claim it is an Anti-Christ. Daredevil turns to Dr. Steven Strange for help, and Strange summons Mephisto to answer the question. Mephisto balks at having been summoned to "serve as a Sunday School Teacher", telling Strange to have his "friend" reread Scripture. Jesus would return as he left, a full grown adult, not an infant. [[TheVillainKnowsMoment "How could he be so]] ''[[TheVillainKnowsMoment blind]]''?"
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* TheVillainKnowsMoment: When Matt and Dr. Strange go to Mephisto, bound and blindfolded, for help in determining the truth about Gwyneth's baby, Mephisto points out that [[spoiler:the Bible states Jesus would return as he left, an adult, then mocks Matt by asking how could he have been so "blind", showing he knows Matt's there.]]
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* ActuallyADoombot: Mysterio makes a robot duplicate that is so [[MasterOfIllusion incredibly]] [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots realistic]], that he manages to convince ''[[Characters/MarvelComicsMattMurdock Daredevil[['', the man who can [[SuperSenses hear heartbeats,]] into believing that Mysterio is dead.
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* ActuallyADoombot: Mysterio makes a robot duplicate that is so [[MasterOfIllusion incredibly]] [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots realistic]], that he manages to convince ''[[Characters/MarvelComicsMattMurdock Daredevil[['', Daredevil]]'', the man who can [[SuperSenses hear heartbeats,]] into believing that Mysterio is dead.
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* ActuallyADoombot: Mysterio makes a robot duplicate that is so [[MasterOfIllusion incredibly]] [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots realistic]], that he manages to convince ''Characters/{{Daredevil|MattMurdock}}'', ''[[Characters/MarvelComicsMattMurdock Daredevil[['', the man who can [[SuperSenses hear heartbeats,]] into believing that Mysterio is dead.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Mysterio is dying and just wants to show everyone he's not a joke, yet Matt keeps brushing off his attempts and lists of why his plans are just rehashes. Break him by driving him mad? Kingpin already did that. Mess with him spiritually? Armageddon already did that with the X-Men. And at the end of it, Mysterio just says 'I guess I'll rip off Kraven now' and shoots himself in the head. One of the saddest lines from him was directed at Matt which was "If people think I'm a C-List villain. Might as well take down a C-List Spider-Man."
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* DespairEventHorizon: Mysterio is dying and just wants to show everyone he's not a joke, yet Matt keeps brushing off his attempts and lists of off why his plans are just rehashes. Break him by driving him mad? Kingpin already did that. Mess with him spiritually? Armageddon already did that with the X-Men. And at the end of it, Mysterio just says 'I guess I'll rip off Kraven now' and shoots himself in the head. One of the saddest lines from him was directed at Matt which was "If people think I'm a C-List villain. Might as well take down a C-List Spider-Man."
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* TeethFlying: During their confrontation at the church, Matt hits Bullseye in the face with his billy club to lose the two upper front teeth. Bullseye then yanks them out and tosses them at Matt with enough force to embed themselves into the club.
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* TeethFlying: During their confrontation at the church, Matt hits Bullseye in the face with his billy club to lose the club, which causes Bullseye's two upper front teeth. teeth to loosen. Bullseye then yanks responds by yanking them out and tosses tossing them at Matt with enough force to embed themselves into the club.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Mysterio is dying and just wants to show everyone he's not a joke, yet Matt keeps brushing off his attempts and lists off why his plans are just rehashes. Break him by driving him mad? Kingpin already did that. Mess with him spiritually? Armageddon already did that with the X-Men. And at the end of it Mysterio just says 'I guess I'll rip off Kraven now' and shoots himself in the head. One of the saddest lines from him were directed at Matt which were "If people think I'm a C-List villain. Might as well take down a C-List Spider-Man."
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* DespairEventHorizon: Mysterio is dying and just wants to show everyone he's not a joke, yet Matt keeps brushing off his attempts and lists off of why his plans are just rehashes. Break him by driving him mad? Kingpin already did that. Mess with him spiritually? Armageddon already did that with the X-Men. And at the end of it it, Mysterio just says 'I guess I'll rip off Kraven now' and shoots himself in the head. One of the saddest lines from him were was directed at Matt which were was "If people think I'm a C-List villain. Might as well take down a C-List Spider-Man."
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* MysticalPregnancy: Played with. The baby at the center of the plot seems to be a case of immaculate conception, but is really [[spoiler:a case of MedicalRapeAndImpregnate.]]
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Defied InUniverse, Rosalind Sharpe believes that any attempt to defend Foggy after [[spoiler:Mysterio]] frames him for rape and murder would result in bad publicity, so she fires Foggy and refuses to let Matt use company assests to defend him in court. Keep in mind, Sharpe is Foggy's mother, so she's trying to leave ''her own son(!)'' out of dry. Naturally, after other issues Matt had with her, this leads to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Matt quitting the firm, Foggy distancing himself from Sharpe once he's cleared of the charges]], and [[StartMyOwn the two restarting "Neslon and Murdock"]].
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Defied InUniverse, Rosalind Sharpe believes that any attempt to defend Foggy after [[spoiler:Mysterio]] frames him for rape and murder would result in bad publicity, so she fires Foggy and refuses to let Matt use company assests to defend him in court. Keep in mind, Sharpe is Foggy's mother, so she's trying to leave ''her own son(!)'' out of dry. Naturally, after other issues Matt had with her, this leads to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Matt quitting the firm, Foggy distancing himself from Sharpe once he's cleared of the charges]], and [[StartMyOwn the two restarting "Neslon and Murdock"]].
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* MysticalPregnancy: Played with. The baby at the center of the plot seems to be a case of immaculate conception, conception but is really [[spoiler:a case of MedicalRapeAndImpregnate.]]
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Defied InUniverse, Rosalind Sharpe believes that any attempt to defend Foggy after [[spoiler:Mysterio]] frames him for rape and murder would result in bad publicity, so she fires Foggy and refuses to let Matt use companyassests assets to defend him in court. Keep in mind, Sharpe is Foggy's mother, so she's trying to leave ''her own son(!)'' out of dry. Naturally, after other issues Matt had with her, this leads to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Matt quitting the firm, Foggy distancing himself from Sharpe once he's cleared of the charges]], and [[StartMyOwn the two restarting "Neslon and Murdock"]].
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Defied InUniverse, Rosalind Sharpe believes that any attempt to defend Foggy after [[spoiler:Mysterio]] frames him for rape and murder would result in bad publicity, so she fires Foggy and refuses to let Matt use company
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Rosalind Sharpe decides that PR mattered matters to her more than Foggy, ''her own son'', and thus refuses to even let Matt use the firm's resources to help defend him, Matt decides to quit. Naturally, even after he's cleared, Foggy wants nothing to do with Sharpe again after she abandoned him, so he and Matt decide to restart "Nelson and Murdock".
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* StartMyOwn: Or "Restart Our Own" in this case, as Matt and Foggy wash their hands of Sharpe (Foggy because Sharpe, ''his own mother'', was more concerned about bad PR than helping her son clear his name and Matt being quitting in disgust of Sharpe's leaving Foggy to dry) restart "Nelson and Murdock" at the site of the home of Matt's the Kingpin had blown up in ''ComicBook/BornAgain'' with the money Karen's will left Matt.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Years of inhaling the fumes of his green smoke and using untested latex compounds for his masks gave Mysterio terminal cancer.]]
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Years of inhaling the fumes of his green smoke and using untested latex compounds for his masks gave Mysterio terminal cancer.]]
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* StartMyOwn: Or "Restart Our Own" in this case, as Matt and Foggy wash their hands of Sharpe (Foggy because Sharpe, ''his own mother'', was more concerned about bad PR than helping her son clear his name and Matt being quitting in disgust of Sharpe's leaving Foggy to dry) restart "Nelson and Murdock" at the site of the home of Matt's the Kingpin had blown up in ''ComicBook/BornAgain'' with the money Karen's will left Matt.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Years of inhaling the fumes of his green smoke and using untested latex compounds for his masks gave Mysterio terminal cancer.]]Matt.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Years of inhaling the fumes of his green smoke and using untested latex compounds for his masks gave Mysterio terminal cancer.]]
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* TeethFlying: During their confrontation at the church, Matt hits Bullseye in the face with his billy club to loose the two upper front teeth. Bullseye then yanks them out and tosses them at Matt with enough force to embed themselves into the club.
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* TeethFlying: During their confrontation at the church, Matt hits Bullseye in the face with his billy club to loose lose the two upper front teeth. Bullseye then yanks them out and tosses them at Matt with enough force to embed themselves into the club.
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* StartMyOwn: Or "Restart Our Own" in this case, as Matt and Foggy wash their hands of Sharpe (Foggy because Sharpe, ''his own mother'', was more concerned about bad PR than helping her own son clear his name and Matt being quitting in disgust of Sharpe's leaving Foggy to dry) restart "Nelson and Murdock" at the site of the home of Matt's the Kingpin had blown up in ''ComicBook/BornAgain'' with the money Karen's will left Matt.
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* StartMyOwn: Or "Restart Our Own" in this case, as Matt and Foggy wash their hands of Sharpe (Foggy because Sharpe, ''his own mother'', was more concerned about bad PR than helping her own son clear his name and Matt being quitting in disgust of Sharpe's leaving Foggy to dry) restart "Nelson and Murdock" at the site of the home of Matt's the Kingpin had blown up in ''ComicBook/BornAgain'' with the money Karen's will left Matt.
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* StartMyOwn: Or "Restart Oury Own" in this case, as Matt and Foggy wash their hands of Sharpe (Foggy because Sharpe, ''his own mother'', was more concerned about bad PR than helping her own son clear his name and Matt being quitting in disgust of Sharpe's leaving Foggy to dry) restart "Nelson and Murdock" at the site of the home of Matt's the Kingpin had blown up in ''ComicBook/BornAgain'' with the money Karen's will left Matt.
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* StartMyOwn: Or "Restart Oury Our Own" in this case, as Matt and Foggy wash their hands of Sharpe (Foggy because Sharpe, ''his own mother'', was more concerned about bad PR than helping her own son clear his name and Matt being quitting in disgust of Sharpe's leaving Foggy to dry) restart "Nelson and Murdock" at the site of the home of Matt's the Kingpin had blown up in ''ComicBook/BornAgain'' with the money Karen's will left Matt.
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* StartMyOwn: Or "Restart My Oury Own" in this case, as Matt and Foggy wash their hands of Sharpe (Foggy because Sharpe, ''his own mother'', was more concerned about bad PR than helping her own son clear his name and Matt being quitting in disgust of Sharpe's leaving Foggy to dry) restart "Nelson and Murdock" at the site of the home of Matt's the Kingpin had blown up in ''ComicBook/BornAgain'' with the money Karen's will left Matt.
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* StartMyOwn: Or "Restart My Own" in case case, as Matt and Foggy wash their hands of Sharpe (Foggy because Sharpe, ''his own mother'', was more concerned about bad PR than helping her own son clear his name and Matt being quitting in disgust of Sharpe's sctions) restart "Nelson and Murdock" at the site of the home of Matt's the Kingpin had blown up in ''ComicBook/BornAgain'' with the money Karen's will left Matt.
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* StartMyOwn: Or "Restart My Own" in case this case, as Matt and Foggy wash their hands of Sharpe (Foggy because Sharpe, ''his own mother'', was more concerned about bad PR than helping her own son clear his name and Matt being quitting in disgust of Sharpe's sctions) leaving Foggy to dry) restart "Nelson and Murdock" at the site of the home of Matt's the Kingpin had blown up in ''ComicBook/BornAgain'' with the money Karen's will left Matt.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Rosalind Sharpe decides that PR mattered to her more than Foggy, ''her own son'', and thus refuses to even let Matt use the firm's resources help defend him, Matt decides to quit. Naturally, even after he's cleared, Foggy wants nothing to do with Sharpe again after she abandoned him.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Rosalind Sharpe decides that PR mattered to her more than Foggy, ''her own son'', and thus refuses to even let Matt use the firm's resources help defend him, Matt decides to quit. Naturally, even after he's cleared, Foggy wants nothing to do with Sharpe again after she abandoned him.him, so he and Matt decide to restart "Nelson and Murdock".
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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Defied InUniverse, Rosalind Sharpe believes that any attempt to defend Foggy after [[spoiler:Mysterio]] frames him for rape and murder would result in bad publicity, so she fires Foggy and refuses to let Matt use company assests to defend him in court. Keep in mind, Sharpe is Foggy's mother, so she's trying to leave ''her own son(!)'' out of dry. Naturally, after other issues Matt had with her, this leads to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Matt quitting the firm, Foggy distancing himself from Sharpe once he's cleared of the charges]], and [[StartMyOwn the two restarting "Neslon and Murdock"]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Rosalind Sharpe decides that PR mattered to her more than Foggy, ''her own son'', and thus refuses to even let Matt use the firm's resources help defend him, Matt decides to quit. Naturally, even after he's cleared, Foggy wants nothing to do with Sharpe again after she abandoned him.
* StartMyOwn: Or "Restart My Own" in case case, as Matt and Foggy wash their hands of Sharpe (Foggy because Sharpe, ''his own mother'', was more concerned about bad PR than helping her own son clear his name and Matt being quitting in disgust of Sharpe's sctions) restart "Nelson and Murdock" at the site of the home of Matt's the Kingpin had blown up in ''ComicBook/BornAgain'' with the money Karen's will left Matt.
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* TraumaCongaLine: The arc itself is hellfire for Matt- Karen gets a false diagnosis of HIV, and then dies in the crossfire of a fight between Matt and Bullseye, Foggy nearly loses his mind thanks to Mysterio making him think he killed someone, and Matt himself ruins his friendship with Black Widow, though he reconciles with her at the end.
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* TraumaCongaLine: The arc itself is hellfire for Matt- Matt: Karen gets a false diagnosis of HIV, and then dies in the crossfire of a fight between Matt and Bullseye, Foggy nearly loses his mind thanks to Mysterio making him think he killed someone, and Matt himself ruins his friendship with Black Widow, though he reconciles with her at the end.
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* MedicalRapeAndImpregnate: [[spoiler:How the baby was really conceived; Mysterio kidnapped the mother and artificially inseminated her.]]
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* MedicalRapeAndImpregnate: [[spoiler:How the baby was really conceived; Mysterio kidnapped the mother Gwyneth and artificially inseminated her.]]
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* TheLastDance: [[spoiler:Mysterio has terminal cancer that'll claim him in less than a year, so he decides to go out trying to take down a superhero, but quickly realized [[ComicBook/TheCloneSaga the last Spider-Man he faced was a clone]] -- then he remembered that shortly after the crisis with ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}, when ComicBook/TheAvengers were [[ComicBook/HeroesReborn missing and thought dead]], he fought Daredevil and realizing they're both considered second stringers, decided for it to be Matt.]]
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* TheLastDance: [[spoiler:Mysterio has terminal cancer that'll claim him in less than a year, so he decides to go out trying to take down a superhero, but quickly realized [[ComicBook/TheCloneSaga the last Spider-Man he faced was a clone]] -- then he remembered that shortly after the crisis with ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}, when ComicBook/TheAvengers were [[ComicBook/HeroesReborn missing and thought dead]], he fought Daredevil and and, realizing they're both considered second stringers, decided for it to be Matt.]]
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* MedicalRapeAndImpregnate: [[spoiler:How the baby was really conceived; Mysterio kidnapped the mother and artificially inseminated her.]]
* MysticalPregnancy: Played with. The baby at the center of the plot seems to be a case of immaculate conception, but is really [[spoiler:a case of MedicalRapeAndImpregnate.]]
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: As Daredevil expresses frustration with his life after the confrontation with Mysterio suggests that there are no real innocents and the heroes aren't actually helping anyone, he asks Spider-Man to tell him one thing from the last few weeks that makes sense. Peter simply responds that Matt saved the baby girl's life, leaving Matt with a new sense of hope for the future.
* DeadGuyJunior: After the baby girl is put up for adoption and taken in by a childless couple, Matt tells Sister Maggie to tell the new parents that the baby's name is Karen, and expresses plans to occasionally visit as "Uncle Matt".
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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: A dying Mysterio decided to try and drive ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} so insane that he almost murders an infant with a ridiculously convoluted scheme, just because at the time Ben Reilly was Spider-Man, and the dying Mysterio wanted a grand exit and felt it would be wasted on Reilly, who Mysterio had subconsciously picked up was not the original Spider-Man]].
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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: A dying Mysterio decided to try and drive ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} so insane that he almost murders an infant with a ridiculously convoluted scheme, just because at the time Ben Reilly was Spider-Man, and the dying Mysterio wanted a grand exit and felt it would be wasted on Reilly, who Mysterio had subconsciously picked up was not the original Spider-Man]].Spider-Man.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Part of Mysterio's plan involved infecting Daredevil with a toxin that would provoke him into a rage any time anyone suggested to him that the baby wasn't the Antichrist, but Doctor Strange is able to detect the toxin and purge it from Daredevil's system. He subsequently helps Daredevil confirm that the baby genuinely ''isn't'' the Antichrist, allowing Matt to get a better idea of what he's up against.
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''Guardian Devil'' is a 1998 series by Creator/MarvelComics, written by Creator/KevinSmith and illustrated by Creator/JoeQuesada and Jimmy Palmiotti
Daredevil is tasked with protecting a baby that might be TheAntiChrist.
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!!''Guardian Devil'' provides examples of:
* ActuallyADoombot: Mysterio makes a robot duplicate that is so [[MasterOfIllusion incredibly]] [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots realistic]], that he manages to convince ''Characters/{{Daredevil|MattMurdock}}'', the man who can [[SuperSenses hear heartbeats,]] into believing that Mysterio is dead.
* AteHisGun: ComicBook/{{Mysterio}} killed himself this way after finding that Daredevil would not kill him for the death of Karen Page (He also references Kraven's suicide beforehand). [[BackFromTheDead He came back]] but with half of his head missing.
* DespairEventHorizon: Mysterio is dying and just wants to show everyone he's not a joke, yet Matt keeps brushing off his attempts and lists off why his plans are just rehashes. Break him by driving him mad? Kingpin already did that. Mess with him spiritually? Armageddon already did that with the X-Men. And at the end of it Mysterio just says 'I guess I'll rip off Kraven now' and shoots himself in the head. One of the saddest lines from him were directed at Matt which were "If people think I'm a C-List villain. Might as well take down a C-List Spider-Man."
* DrivenToSuicide: Mysterio learned he had cancer and wouldn't last long. After making ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'s life a living hell, Daredevil defeats him and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech accuses him of]] ripping off ComicBook/TheKingpin with his plan to drive Daredevil insane and repeating a "supernatural intruding upon the real world" scheme he had previously used on J. Jonah Jameson. Subsequently, Beck shoots himself in the head while claiming to [[TakeThat steal an idea from Kraven the Hunter]]. What's worse? The only reason he went after Daredevil was that he didn't want to deal with the Spider-Man that was active at the time (implied to be the clone Ben Reilly).
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Mysterio complains that nobody gave him credit for his inventions about special effects and illusions while everyone knows Creator/GeorgeLucas, Creator/StevenSpielberg, etc., despite their work, are less impressive.
* FalseProphet: Not a deliberate version on the part of the individual in question, but Matt spends most of ''Guardian Devil'' trying to establish if a baby really is the second coming of Christ or the Antichrist, eventually turning to ComicBook/DoctorStrange for a definite answer.
* FriendlyTarget: Karen is the second of Matt's girlfriends to be killed by Bullseye.
* KickTheDog: Bullseye murders a church full of nuns and Karen Page just for the sadistic pleasure of it all.
* KilledOffForReal: Karen Page is murdered by Bullseye.
* MotiveRant: Mysterio has quite a speech about his motives in the finale, and implies that there's more still about just how he became a "monster" who ''would'' do all these things. Matt, in keeping with acting utterly unimpressed in this issue, spends most of that same time "rambling about how clever" he is isolating the "hum" of his suit's main battery.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: A dying Mysterio decided to try and drive ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} so insane that he almost murders an infant with a ridiculously convoluted scheme, just because at the time Ben Reilly was Spider-Man, and the dying Mysterio wanted a grand exit and felt it would be wasted on Reilly, who Mysterio had subconsciously picked up was not the original Spider-Man]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Mysterio, after learning he's dying, launches an EvilPlan to ruin Daredevil's life and [[SuicideByCop goad him into killing him]]. Daredevil beats him down; and then after denying him what he wants, verbally tears both the plan and Mysterio to pieces. [[DespairEventHorizon Not disagreeing]], Beck then admits that he ''does'' have one more idea to steal -- [[ComicBook/KravensLastHunt Kraven the Hunter's]] -- and promptly [[AteHisGun shoots himself in the head]].
-->'''Mysterio:''' D... Do it, hero... K... Kill me.\\
'''Daredevil:''' [[NotWorthKilling I'm not going to give you the satisfaction]]. You think you can break me? You're a joke and a fraud. Now give me the baby and let's ''end'' this.\\
'''Mysterio:''' A... fraud?! I'm... an artist! I n... nearly drove you... insane!\\
'''Daredevil:''' You drugged me and killed people. There's no talent in that... ''just savagery''.\\
'''Mysterio:''' B... but... my dystopian nightmare...\\
'''Daredevil:''' [[ShutUpHannibal ...was nothing more than B-Movie material]]. An amalgam of whorish, clichéd devices. The supernatural intruding on our world? Didn't you use the same schtick on J. Jonah Jameson years ago? And trying to drive me insane? Kingpin nearly did it once. But you're no Kingpin. You're not even close. You think you've spun some sort of grand swan-song epic? Think again. You've just told yet another tale of a so-called super-genius endeavoring to drive his arch-nemesis -- or, in this case, his ''adopted'' arch-nemesis -- insane. Your whole existence is counterfeit. You've never had an original thought in your life. You're a product of too many movies and too much TV. Regurgitating only what's gone before. You're a Human Xerox, at ''best''.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: ComicBook/{{Mysterio}}, a Spider-Man villain, had Daredevil as his "adopted" nemesis during an arc because ComicBook/TheCloneSaga deal kept Mysterio from knowing if Spider-Man was the real thing or just a clone.
* TakingTheBullet: Bullseye was aiming for Daredevil's mom (he didn't ''know'' it was her, but didn't care either) when he hit Karen instead. For once, he isn't bothered that he missed.
* TooBrokenToBreak: This happens again in a later storyline when Mysterio tries to break Daredevil as his dying act, only for him to deliver a scathing TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and explain why that's not possible.
--->'''Daredevil:''' You think you can break me? You're a joke and a fraud. [...] And trying to drive me insane? Kingpin nearly did it, once.
* TraumaCongaLine: The arc itself is hellfire for Matt- Karen gets a false diagnosis of HIV, and then dies in the crossfire of a fight between Matt and Bullseye, Foggy nearly loses his mind thanks to Mysterio making him think he killed someone, and Matt himself ruins his friendship with Black Widow, though he reconciles with her at the end.
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''Guardian Devil'' is a 1998 series by Creator/MarvelComics, written by Creator/KevinSmith and illustrated by Creator/JoeQuesada and Jimmy Palmiotti
Daredevil is tasked with protecting a baby that might be TheAntiChrist.
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!!''Guardian Devil'' provides examples of:
* ActuallyADoombot: Mysterio makes a robot duplicate that is so [[MasterOfIllusion incredibly]] [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots realistic]], that he manages to convince ''Characters/{{Daredevil|MattMurdock}}'', the man who can [[SuperSenses hear heartbeats,]] into believing that Mysterio is dead.
* AteHisGun: ComicBook/{{Mysterio}} killed himself this way after finding that Daredevil would not kill him for the death of Karen Page (He also references Kraven's suicide beforehand). [[BackFromTheDead He came back]] but with half of his head missing.
* DespairEventHorizon: Mysterio is dying and just wants to show everyone he's not a joke, yet Matt keeps brushing off his attempts and lists off why his plans are just rehashes. Break him by driving him mad? Kingpin already did that. Mess with him spiritually? Armageddon already did that with the X-Men. And at the end of it Mysterio just says 'I guess I'll rip off Kraven now' and shoots himself in the head. One of the saddest lines from him were directed at Matt which were "If people think I'm a C-List villain. Might as well take down a C-List Spider-Man."
* DrivenToSuicide: Mysterio learned he had cancer and wouldn't last long. After making ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'s life a living hell, Daredevil defeats him and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech accuses him of]] ripping off ComicBook/TheKingpin with his plan to drive Daredevil insane and repeating a "supernatural intruding upon the real world" scheme he had previously used on J. Jonah Jameson. Subsequently, Beck shoots himself in the head while claiming to [[TakeThat steal an idea from Kraven the Hunter]]. What's worse? The only reason he went after Daredevil was that he didn't want to deal with the Spider-Man that was active at the time (implied to be the clone Ben Reilly).
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Mysterio complains that nobody gave him credit for his inventions about special effects and illusions while everyone knows Creator/GeorgeLucas, Creator/StevenSpielberg, etc., despite their work, are less impressive.
* FalseProphet: Not a deliberate version on the part of the individual in question, but Matt spends most of ''Guardian Devil'' trying to establish if a baby really is the second coming of Christ or the Antichrist, eventually turning to ComicBook/DoctorStrange for a definite answer.
* FriendlyTarget: Karen is the second of Matt's girlfriends to be killed by Bullseye.
* KickTheDog: Bullseye murders a church full of nuns and Karen Page just for the sadistic pleasure of it all.
* KilledOffForReal: Karen Page is murdered by Bullseye.
* MotiveRant: Mysterio has quite a speech about his motives in the finale, and implies that there's more still about just how he became a "monster" who ''would'' do all these things. Matt, in keeping with acting utterly unimpressed in this issue, spends most of that same time "rambling about how clever" he is isolating the "hum" of his suit's main battery.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: A dying Mysterio decided to try and drive ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} so insane that he almost murders an infant with a ridiculously convoluted scheme, just because at the time Ben Reilly was Spider-Man, and the dying Mysterio wanted a grand exit and felt it would be wasted on Reilly, who Mysterio had subconsciously picked up was not the original Spider-Man]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Mysterio, after learning he's dying, launches an EvilPlan to ruin Daredevil's life and [[SuicideByCop goad him into killing him]]. Daredevil beats him down; and then after denying him what he wants, verbally tears both the plan and Mysterio to pieces. [[DespairEventHorizon Not disagreeing]], Beck then admits that he ''does'' have one more idea to steal -- [[ComicBook/KravensLastHunt Kraven the Hunter's]] -- and promptly [[AteHisGun shoots himself in the head]].
-->'''Mysterio:''' D... Do it, hero... K... Kill me.\\
'''Daredevil:''' [[NotWorthKilling I'm not going to give you the satisfaction]]. You think you can break me? You're a joke and a fraud. Now give me the baby and let's ''end'' this.\\
'''Mysterio:''' A... fraud?! I'm... an artist! I n... nearly drove you... insane!\\
'''Daredevil:''' You drugged me and killed people. There's no talent in that... ''just savagery''.\\
'''Mysterio:''' B... but... my dystopian nightmare...\\
'''Daredevil:''' [[ShutUpHannibal ...was nothing more than B-Movie material]]. An amalgam of whorish, clichéd devices. The supernatural intruding on our world? Didn't you use the same schtick on J. Jonah Jameson years ago? And trying to drive me insane? Kingpin nearly did it once. But you're no Kingpin. You're not even close. You think you've spun some sort of grand swan-song epic? Think again. You've just told yet another tale of a so-called super-genius endeavoring to drive his arch-nemesis -- or, in this case, his ''adopted'' arch-nemesis -- insane. Your whole existence is counterfeit. You've never had an original thought in your life. You're a product of too many movies and too much TV. Regurgitating only what's gone before. You're a Human Xerox, at ''best''.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: ComicBook/{{Mysterio}}, a Spider-Man villain, had Daredevil as his "adopted" nemesis during an arc because ComicBook/TheCloneSaga deal kept Mysterio from knowing if Spider-Man was the real thing or just a clone.
* TakingTheBullet: Bullseye was aiming for Daredevil's mom (he didn't ''know'' it was her, but didn't care either) when he hit Karen instead. For once, he isn't bothered that he missed.
* TooBrokenToBreak: This happens again in a later storyline when Mysterio tries to break Daredevil as his dying act, only for him to deliver a scathing TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and explain why that's not possible.
--->'''Daredevil:''' You think you can break me? You're a joke and a fraud. [...] And trying to drive me insane? Kingpin nearly did it, once.
* TraumaCongaLine: The arc itself is hellfire for Matt- Karen gets a false diagnosis of HIV, and then dies in the crossfire of a fight between Matt and Bullseye, Foggy nearly loses his mind thanks to Mysterio making him think he killed someone, and Matt himself ruins his friendship with Black Widow, though he reconciles with her at the end.
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