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** With ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' targeting the {{Mons}} tropes put forth by ´´{{Pokemon}}´´ the most. How bad does it get? It's frequently considered to be the ''darkest game in the entire franchise.''

*** TheChosenOne Colette can also be seen as a deconstruction of {{Purity Sue}}s. She's the daughter of the angel [[spoiler: (actually not; everyone just assumed she was, and the angel guiding her just decided to latch onto that to better control her)]], a FriendToAllAnimals (or at least dogs,) loved by everyone ([[spoiler: until she decides she wants to live instead of sacrificing herself for the sake of the world, causing all of Sylvarant to turn on her]]) and is kind and selfless to a fault ([[spoiler: her attempts at hiding the horrible things her Cruxis Crystal is doing to her body for fear of making everyone worry just makes things worse for herself, and makes the party (especially Lloyd) suffer even more when they ''do'' find out.]])

* ''VideoGame/{{Far Cry 3}}'' attempts to do this for the many tropes that are StrictlyFormula in WideOpenSandbox action games. Elements meant to invoke CatharsisFactor in sandbox titles including the EscapistCharacter protagonist, the requisite CrapsackWorld setting, and the use of RPGElements to mark your progression from ActionSurvivor to ActionHero, are taken to their logical conclusion here. The protagonist's transformation into a BloodKnight in an environment so uncannily tailored for him to do so is constantly discussed in the game, often to draw a disturbing parallel between his motivations and [[YouBastard the motivations of player]].

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' is ultimately a deconstruction of Western [=RPGs=] as a whole. There is no single BigBad to pin the central conflict on, nor is there a third option when the time comes to pick a side. Hawke is less interested in saving the world than in keeping their family together, but the plot has other ideas.

* ''Manga/ElfenLied'' - Ever thought having a [[DisabledLoveInterest cute, amnesiac, completely childish girl]] with [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn no nudity taboos]] fall in your lap was a good thing? [[NightmareFuel/ElfenLied NOT]] [[Tearjerker/ElfenLied !!]]

* ''Manga/ElfenLied'' - Ever think having a [[DisabledLoveInterest cute, amnesiac, completely childish girl]] with [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn no nudity taboos]] fall in your lap was a good thing? Wrong! [[NightmareFuel/ElfenLied FAR]] [[Tearjerker/ElfenLied WRONG]]!

* ''Manga/CaseClosed'' upon closer inspection deconstructs all sorts of genres through the backstories of the people involved in the cases. It rangers from whodunit murder mysteries to convuluted soap operas or even romantic comedies.

* ''CodeGeass'' shows what happens when characters from a high school anime with their angst, idealism and silly crushes get involved in a ''MobileSuitGundam'' setting.

* ''TheTenantOfWildfellHall'' [[RealityEnsues realistically]] and painfully deconstructs AllGirlsWantBadBoys and related tropes that feature prominently in works such as ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' and ''Literature/JaneEyre'', written by the author's sisters.

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' is ultimately a deconstruction of WRPGs as a whole.

* ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods''. You will never be able to watch a straight horror movie the way you did before, [[spoiler:especially not with the YouBastard note that it ends on]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' is a gigantic {{Deconstruction}} of Rpgs in general, as well as Moral Choice systems, and the game really, ''really'' lets you know it. Anyone who approaches it with the same sort of mentality of your average will result in [[spoiler: the game utterly berating you for your actions, calling you a monster, especially if you kill the final boss in the demo conventionally]]. Most people will do a second run / a save reload after they see what they have done, and try to put right what they did wrong. [[spoiler: ''The game knows you did this'', and will mock you accordingly, talking about your use of save points to rewrite reality.]] Even if you take the completely pacifist approach, the demo ends with [[spoiler: a certain character asking you how long you will keep up the much-trickier act of peacefulness, wondering when your frustration will overcome you.]]

** ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' is a gigantic {{Deconstruction}} of Rpgs in general, as well as Moral Choice systems, and the game really, ''really'' lets you know it. Anyone who approaches it with the same sort of mentality of your average will result in [[spoiler: the game utterly berating you for your actions, calling you a monster, especially if you kill the final boss in the demo conventionally]]. Most people will do a second run / a save reload after they see what they have done, and try to put right what they did wrong. [[spoiler: ''The game knows you did this'', and will mock you accordingly, talking about your use of save points to rewrite reality.]] Even if you take the completely pacifist approach, the demo ends with [[spoiler: a certain character asking you how long you will keep up the much-trickier act of peacefulness, wondering when your frustration will overcome you.]]

* The underrated JohnCandy film ''Film/{{Delirious}}'' deconstructs soap opera plots, and essentially every element of storytelling.
** Then there's ''{{Soapdish}}''.

* ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'', full stop. It sets itself up as a ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' game, starting with you being part of the [[SendInTheSearchTeam search team]]; but by the second act, has shown its true colors as a deconstruction of more than just modern shooters, but of moral choices systems, ButThouMust, OneManArmy, and ultimately, escapist power-fantasy video games.

** It may be more of a deconstruction unit than fleet, but VideoGame/AnarachyReigns does deconstruct a few tropes, not as many as VideoGame/MadWorld. [[spoiler: It deconstructs LawfulNeutral / lawful by Nikolai, one of the more "lawful" people in the game, a horrid KnightTemplar who believes that anything that isn't his view of "law" has to go. You have AntiHero, where as Jack is simply doing his job, but his past as a killer and his anger at his adopted daughter's death nearly drive him him to the murder of the person he's trying to track down until he is ''forcibly'' prevented from committing said murder at the last second. Then Leo, who disobeys his orders and attacks Nikolai before his true colors are shown, also gets in on that a bit. The backstory plays with a few tropes in a more negative light, showing characters who are acting for the greater good, but don't necessarily come off as doing the right thing until the very end of the game.]] Again, not as many as before, but it does put some focus on a few.

* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' deconstructs the WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld theme, the teens are facing an enemy who are a dedicated invading army, and in order to fight them, they have to fore go their classes in order to focus on saving the world. By the end of the books the heroes all suffer from [=PTSD=] with their school and social life wrecked.