History Main / Reconstruction

* ''LightNovel/RedoOfHealer''

* ''Literature/TheFirstDwarfKing'' could be seen as this for [[HighFantasy the High Fantasy]] genre. A lot of the old tropes are there -- there are [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarves]], [[ElvesVsDwarves elves fighting dwarves]], and dwarves wielding [[AnAxeToGrind axes]] and [[DropTheHammer warhammers]]. Yet upon inspection, it becomes apparent that the novel [[JustifiedTrope is providing good reasons for why these tropes exist]], and is ultimately [[{{Troperiffic}} all about having fun with them]].

** The series is a reconstruction of the entire history of mecha, starting with TheSeventies era of SuperRobot anime with Kamina as the voice of the seventies; then came Nia and TheEighties "''RealRobot''" style storyline of TheEmpire vs. the Rebels and TheNineties with the whole Evangelion deconstruction-type era with Rossiu leading the way, before culminating in the post-''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' era, re-embracing victory through [[HotBlooded hot-bloodedness]] and the RuleOfCool, even if the final conclusion is that it should be used responsibly. Fittingly enough, those three and Simon, in order, are the ones whose quotes become the titles for the episodes.

** The series is a reconstruction of the entire history of mecha, starting with TheSeventies era of SuperRobot anime with Kamina as the voice of the seventies; then came Nia and TheEighties "''RealRobot''" style storyline of TheEmpire vs. the Rebels and TheNineties with the whole Evangelion deconstruction-type era with Rossiu leading the way, before culminating in the post-''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' era, re-embracing victory through [[HotBlooded hot-bloodedness]] and the RuleOfCool, even if the final conclusion is that it should be used responsibly.

* The "New Edge" movement (discussed in detail [[https://scottoden.wordpress.com/2022/04/20/putting-a-new-edge-on-an-old-blade/ here]]) is an attempt to do this for HeroicFantasy. To quote Howard Andrew Jones, who launched the New Edge initiative:

* The "New Edge" movement (discussed in detail [[https://scottoden.wordpress.com/2022/04/20/putting-a-new-edge-on-an-old-blade/ here]] is an attempt to do this for HeroicFantasy. To quote Howard Andrew Jones, who launched the New Edge initiative:

* ''Fanfic/NobodyDies'': From the general tone of the series down to the upgraded weapons and newfound "[[SuperRobot Superness]]" of the Evas, this series is a very deliberate attempt to merge ''Evangelion'' with the classic Super Robot formula. We've even gotten a RocketPunch, a [[Anime/GaoGaiGar giant golden progressive hammer]], and a '''''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann GIGA! DRILL! BU-REEEEAAKAAAAAA!]]'''''

** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]" was the first time the Daleks were reconstructed on the show — however, since it was made at a point where ''Doctor Who'' was at a low point with regards to its popularity with low viewing figures, it was decided that the audience would need a refresher course in "Why Daleks Are Actually Scary". Interestingly enough, in the Daleks' first appearances in comics during the '60s, they were already shown flying.
** After years and years of mockery and criticism of the Daleks, mainly regarding their impractical design and their weapons, the episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek Dalek]]" addressed these criticisms to return the Daleks back to their previous threat level by taking said criticisms and turning them on their head.
** After several seasons of gradually deconstructing the Doctor and revealing what a dangerous, threatening presence he could be, and how many of his enemies rise as a result of their sheer terror of him, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong The Wedding of River Song]]" begins a reconstruction of him; upon what looks like the increasing inevitability of the Doctor's death, one of his companions sends out a distress signal to everyone he's ever helped — and everyone he's ever helped basically responds with "we'll do whatever we can to help." For all that he has his dark side, he's still devoted his life to protecting the innocent and those who can't protect themselves, and is rightly loved by them as a result. Afterwards, he resolves to "step back into the shadows", and while [[DoomMagnet this lasts]] [[ChronicHeroSyndrome about as well as you'd expect]], it does reconstruct the idea of the Doctor as "just a man in a box, traveling, helping out" after previous seasons had him become TheDreaded and an in-universe MemeticBadass.
** The NightmareRetardant Mondasian Cybermen with their silly sing-song voices, faces like carnival laughing clowns, overly bulky chest packs, and headunits like handlebars are made to look creepy again in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E11WorldEnoughAndTime World Enough and Time]]" by showing the full horror of the cyberconversion process.

Another version that was used by Hegel is Abstract-Negative-Concrete. The formula, thesis-antithesis-synthesis, does not explain why the thesis requires an Antithesis. However, the formula, abstract-negative-concrete, suggests a flaw, or perhaps an incomplete-ness, in any initial thesis—it is too abstract and lacks the negative of trial, error and experience (an example is the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism Versus Realism. The Ideal is the Abstract, the Negative is how cynics deconstruct the Abstract with ''Reductio Ad Absurdum'' and reveal it as unrealistic. Reconstruction occurs when preserving the useful portion of the deconstructed idea, while modifying it to allow it to move beyond its limitations).

** The webcomic first deconstructs the AlwaysChaoticEvil trope by showing that the goblins (and Redcloak and his brother in particular) suffer greatly because of the perception that all goblins are Evil, then reconstructs it by showing that Redcloak is still, in fact, completely evil—but because of the choices he's made, many of which were due to the goblins' circumstances in the world. He's not evil because he's a goblin, he's evil because of how he reacts to how goblins are treated.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''. Notable in that the sixth season is actually called ''Reconstruction''. After five seasons of picking apart gaming tropes, they are now being put back together. What was once laughed at by the main characters is now a serious threat. Of course, it never made the audience stop laughing at them.

JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith the [[FreewareGames Freeware RPG]] ''Videogame/TheReconstruction'', season six of Machinima/RedVsBlue, or, for that matter, with [[TheGildedAge the Reconstruction Era]] after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar.

* Whereas ''LightNovel/FateZero'' and ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight: Heaven's Feel'' horribly deconstruct the concepts of what it means to be a "hero", ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight: Unlimited Blade Works'' warmly embraces its viewer and reminds them that yes, the world ''may'' be a cold and ugly place, but that does '''not''' mean that the honor, kindness, and decency are not worth fighting for. It also happens in The Last Episode ending of the Realta Nua version.

* ''LightNovel/{{Maoyu}}'':

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9195663/1/Forgotten-Bonds Forgotten Bonds]]'', which is written by the same author who wrote ''One of Those Days'', also shows how [[FandomSpecificPlot Slade forcing Robin to become his apprentice]] can still work. In other fics, Slade's actions would have successfully turned Robin evil or simply failed. His butler, Wintergreen, states that Slade's methods attempts will simply destroy Robin and cost Slade his perfect student. The solution is to use [[DesperatelyCravesAffection Robin's neglectful childhood thanks to Batman]] as an opportunity to connect with the hero. As a result, Slade's character is peeled away both literally and metaphorically as he uses Wintergreen's method. Instead of it being a case of StockholmSyndrome, Slade eventually wins Robin's trust and finds himself [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone truly remorseful for his previous attempts at gaining control]]. Meanwhile, Robin still retains his heroic morals and refuses to throw away ThouShallNotKill not because of Batman's teachings, but because of his [[spoiler:mother's beliefs that all life is precious]]. The end result? The fic turns from a cliche plotline to a father-son story where [[spoiler:[[LoveRedeems Slade ultimately retires as Deathstroke to be a father and to help Robin improve as a hero and a kid]]]] and starts reconciling with his family. The kicker? [[spoiler: Robin's mom, Mary Grayson, instigated the plot as Slade's guardian angel to help both the man and her son heal.]] [[spoiler:[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome She is far from pleased with Slade's initial attempts, though, and calls Slade out on it in the sequel.]]]]

* ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' deconstructs the idea of being transported into a video game world by having Ren, Itsuki and Motoyasu do just that and showing the horrid consequences. The ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' crossover ''Fanfic/KingExplosionMurdertheShieldHero'', a take on [[FandomSpecificPlot the usual plot of replacing Naofumi with a character from another series]], reconstructs this when [[TheAce Bakugo]]'s reason for getting in a better initial situation than Naofumi is that he does just that: accepting the new world is similar to an RPG he starts acting as if he was in one. And just as in the games he played in the past, he aims for OneHundredPercentCompletion; he would talk with all {{NPC}}s and take every single available side quest just to better enjoy the game. He talks with as many people as possible and takes all sorts of odd jobs, so by the time the FalseRapeAccusation is leveled he already has a decent knowledge of the new world and a popular reputation as that strange, [[SirSwearsALot foul-mouthed]] and arrogant guy who nonetheless helps everyone because he can.

* ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'': The special ''Alex Vs. Alex'' reconstructs the BeYourself moral. Throughout the special everyone wants Alex to change, except Harper who has learned to accept and appreciate Alex the way she is. When Alex decides to just use magic to rid of her negative qualities which creates an evil clone, that an evil wizard named Dominic makes his partner to take over the world. Alex eventually realizes that everyone should be more like Harper and learn to accept and appreciate her the way she is, [[spoiler:and after giving up her wizard powers she says is not going to change but her showing gratitude to Harper pays off and Alex gets her powers back, for showing she can be a better person in some ways,]] showing if you try to force someone to change who they are it wouldn't work out too well, and that people will always have there flaws but it doesn't mean they don't have or can't gain positive qualities.

* The direct-to-video miniseries ''Kamen Rider 4'' reconstructs CardCarryingVillain with the titular character, [[AntagonistTitle Kamen Rider Yongo]]. He was specifically built to aid the villains (who are straight examples of the trope themselves) to achieve their goals, is aware of this and embraces his function with pride. While not explicitly acting in a ForTheEvulz way, he does talk a lot about things commonly associated with villains, like power, death and "looking out for number one".

Please note that this is not an academically recognized term or concept, having grown out of Wiki/TVTropes' own style of media analysis. In academia, a reconstruction would simply be a second deconstruction.

* ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' deconstructs the idea of being transported into a video game world by having Ren, Itsuki and Motoyasu do just that and showing the horrid consequences. The ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' crossover ''Fanfic/KingExplosionMurdertheShieldHero'', a take on [[FandomSpecificPlot the usual plot of replacing Naofumi with a character from another series]], reconstructs this when [[TheAce Bakugo]]'s reason for getting in a better initial situation than Naofumi is that he does just that: accepting the new world is similar to an RPG he starts acting as if he was in one, and just as in the ones he played in the past he would talk with all {{NPC}}s and take every single available side quest just to better enjoy the game he talks with as many people as possible and takes all sorts of odd jobs, so by the time the FalseRapeAccusation is leveled he already has a decent knowledge of the new world and a popular reputation as that strange [[SirSwearsALot foul-mouthed]] and arrogant guy who nonetheless helps everyone because he can.

* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' has been cited as a reconstruction of the CelebrityToons subgenre. Notably, it manages to avoid most of the pitfalls of similar shows by being more of a tribute to Creator/JackieChan's movies than an attempt to promote the man himself, and it makes absolutely ''no'' pretense about the main character being the real Jackie Chan. Instead, the main character is a a ''kung fu''-trained AdventureArchaeologist who moonlights as a {{secret agent}}, and just happens to be named "Jackie Chan". The series has all of the fast-paced action, goofy slapstick, and East Asian-inspired fantasy that one would expect from one of Chan's martial arts comedies, but it also boasts a full supporting cast of colorful original characters, plus an epic original storyline featuring international crime syndicates, mystical talismans, and demon sorcerers--so it never feels like the showrunners are using Chan's star power as a substitute for good writing. There's a good reason the show managed to last five whole seasons, which is ''extremely'' unusual for a Celebrity Toon.

* Stoner Rock and Sludge Metal are reconstructions of the original style of HeavyMetal that Music/BlackSabbath used to play: a DarkerAndEdgier turn on Heavy Psych, which was BluesRock and PsychedelicRock turned UpToEleven.

Deconstruction demonstrates what happens when tropes in fiction are played for realism by revealing all of the trope's possible assumptions after analyzing it. Thus, a fantasy about being a princess or a superhero is shown to have consequences, negatives, other facets, etc that are glazed over in fiction. The trope no longer works the same, so it doesn't look the same and ends up losing value.

* ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'': The special ''Alex Vs. Alex'' reconstructs the BeYourself moral. Throughout the special everyone wants Alex to change, except Harper who has learned to accept and appreciate Alex the way she is. When Alex decides to just use magic to rid of her negative qualities which creates an evil clone, that an evil wizard named Dominic makes his partner to take over the world. Alex eventually realizes that everyone should be more like Harper and learn to accept and appreciate her the way she is, [[and after giving up her wizard powers she says is not going to change but her showing gratitude to Harper, it pays off and Alex gets her powers.]] Showing if you try to force someone to change who they are it wouldn't work out too well, and that people will always have there flaws but it doesn't mean they don't have or can't gain positive qualities.

* ''Series/TheCosbyShow'': The show's patriarch Cliff Huxtable as a reconstruction of the StandardFiftiesFather for TheEighties, created in response to what Creator/BillCosby saw as the awful father figures (especially Black fathers) in the sitcoms and {{Blaxploitation}} films of TheSeventies.

** ''Yuusha-Oh Anime/GaoGaiGar'' was a direct, deliberate reaction to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
** ''[[Anime/KotetsuJeeg Koutetsushin Jeeg]]'' likewise appears to be an attempt to make an old cartoon like ''Anime/MazingerZ'' and ''Manga/GetterRobo'' in its entirety (and specifically, of course, to remake ''Anime/KotetsuJeeg''), but with modern production values and techniques.

* ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' deconstructs the idea of being transported into a video game world by having Ren, Itsuki and Motoyasu do just that and showing the horrid consequences. The ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' crossover [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13432577/1/King-Explosion-Murder-the-Shield-Hero King Explosion Murder the Shield Hero]], a take on [[FandomSpecificPlot the usual plot of replacing Naofumi with a character from another series]], reconstructs this when [[TheAce Bakugo]]'s reason for getting in a better initial situation than Naofumi is that he does just that: accepting the new world is similar to an RPG he starts acting as if he was in one, and just as in the ones he played in the past he would talk with all {{NPC}}s and take every single available side quest just to better enjoy the game he talks with as many people as possible and takes all sorts of odd jobs, so by the time the FalseRapeAccusation is leveled he already has a decent knowledge of the new world and a popular reputation as that strange [[SirSwearsALot foul-mouthed]] and arrogant guy who nonetheless helps everyone because he can.