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* TheFirstSuperheroes: A planet is superhero-virgin, then an event takes place that transforms a bunch of people into that world's first Supers.
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* UpbringingMakesTheHero: A prequel about how the hero came to be who they are.

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* UpbringingMakesTheHero: A prequel about how where a down-to-earth home life gave potentially evil-inclined characters and normal ones the hero came moral grounding to be who they are.excel, thus becoming good guys.
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* UpbringingMakesTheHero: A prequel about how the hero came to be who they are.
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* CareerNotTaken: "I might like making a living doing X, but I've always wanted to do Y. I'm only doing X because of Z."
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* PreWarCivilianCareer: What happened to a character before they joined the service.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange

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* AdaptationalBackstoryChangeAdaptationalBackstoryChange: The backstory is changed in an adaptation.
* AdaptationalUpbringingChange: The character is raised differently or by different people in the adaptation.
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* DecoyBackstory: The backstory we were initially given for a character turns out to be untrue.
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* MyGreatestFailure: A character once made a mistake or choice that ended so poorly for them that it carries with them forever after.

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* MyGreatestFailure: A character once made a mistake or choice that ended so poorly for them that it carries with haunts them forever after.
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* FireStolenFromTheGods: Knowledge now held by mortals was taken from the gods in mythic times.
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* TaughtToHate: A character's enmity towards a person or group was taught to them by others.

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** FreudianExcuseDenial: A character denies any incident in their past or bad experience is a motivation for their current actions.
** FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Whether being told by a character or coming to the realization themselves, a villain learns that no, they cannot blame ''their'' actions on something bad they experienced.

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** * FreudianExcuseDenial: A character denies any incident in their past or bad experience is a motivation for their current actions.
** * FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Whether being told by a character or coming to the realization themselves, a villain learns that no, they cannot blame ''their'' actions on something bad they experienced.



* AmbiguousStartOfDarkness: When the villain came to be a villain is uncertain.



* MyGreatestSecondChance: A character prevents a mistake they regret making from happening again, to them or to others.



** AmbiguousStartOfDarkness: When the villain came to be a villain is uncertain.
* YouAllShareMyStory: All seemingly unrelated characters are actually connected.

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** AmbiguousStartOfDarkness: When the villain came to be a villain is uncertain.
* YouAllShareMyStory: All seemingly unrelated characters are actually connected.connected.
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* FreudianExcuse: The villain is the way they are because of a bad experience, probably in their childhood.

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* FreudianExcuse: The villain / jerk is the way they are because of a bad experience, probably experience in their childhood.childhood / adolescence.
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* NeverHadToys: A character grew up with no toys, whether by choice or due to abuse or poverty.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange
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* GriefInducedSplit: A couple breaks up after a tragedy, often their child's death.
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* EpisodeZeroTheBeginning: An episode/chapter/issue of a series that is a prequel of the first installment. Basically, the beginning of something.
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* APlaceHoldsMemories: A character reflects on their past while in a significant location.
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* PostAdventureAdventure: A character had a previous, unseen, adventure that set up the one we're going to see.

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