History PlayingWith / BrokenPedestal

A true Troper would use the link back to BrokenPedestal. You taught me that. So... why?

** The reason Bob was so angry Chris was hounding him is because Chris was close to accidentally stumbling upon Bob's crimes.

** Alternately, Chris is the one who starts committing crimes using the training he got from Bob, [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil to Bob's deep disgust when he finds out]].

** Chris finally meets Bob, someone he greatly admires, and furiously talks about how much of a jerk he was. It turns out Bob only treated Chris this way because Chris was [[StalkerWithoutACrush relentlessly hounding him]] until he got fed up.

* '''Played For Drama''': Chris faces off against Bob in a climactic battle using everything he learned from him in order to win, [[VillainousBSOD causing a defeated Bob to regret how]] [[GoneHorriblyRight teaching Chris]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard led to his own downfall.]] It seems the student really ''has'' SurpassedTheTeacher.
* '''Played For Horror''': Chris discovers Bob is a cannibalistic SerialKiller and many of the odd things that happened during Chris' training were caused by Bob's spree, not to mention that there were many times Bob felt the desire to turn Chris into one of his victims.

** As Chris grows under Bob's tutelage, he loses his starry-eyed admiration and is willing to point out Bob's flaws. Bob, for his part, wouldn't have it any other way.

** Chris finally meets Bob, someone he greatly admires, and furiously talks about how much of a jerk he was. It turns out Bob only treated Chris this way because Chris was [[StalkerWithoutACrush relentlessly hounding him]] until he got feed up.

** Chris' respect for Bob was turning into the kind of blind HeroWorship that the latter despised; he doesn't like being put on a pedestal in the first place. He decides to leave clues that will allow Chris to catch him breaking the law so as to shatter his student's unrealistic view of him.

* '''Deconstructed''': Chris finally realizes that Bob was always a simple asshole instead of the KnightInSourArmor he always thought he was; it's just that he (and Bob) have never let himself admit it.

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* '''Downplayed''': Chris discovers that his mentor, Bob, has sold out and started churning out useless self-help guides for a quick buck, causing Chris to feel somewhat contemptuous.

** Bob's always been an asshole, especially to Alice [[SadistTeacher and definitely during the time he trained her]]. Even as Alice seeks to stop him, every time she remembers him Alice chooses to do so WartsAndAll.

* '''Averted''': Bob has always been the same noble teacher.

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A true Troper would use the link back to BrokenPedestal. You taught me that. So...why?

* '''Defied''': Bob is highly disillusioned by the CrapsackWorld, but decides [[PrinciplesZealot keeping his principles is more important]], especially with all the people he influenced over his life looking up to him.

* '''Straight''': Bob once taught Chris noble martial arts, and Chris uses his ninja powers to catch Bob committing crimes.

** Chris confronts [[BigBad Alice]], who he blames for Bob's FaceHeelTurn. No, Alice had nothing to do with it. Looks like Bob was just using Chris to get rid of the competition. Or Bob was nothing more than her [[EvilAllAlong flunky all along.]]

* '''Enforced''': The writers decide Bob needs some CharacterDevelopment.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob, once a pacifist and a lover of kittens, has crossed the MoralEventHorizon and is barely recognized as Chris' original mentor, such is the atrocity of his crimes.

* '''Deconstructed''':
** Chris spirals into depression over the intense hypocrisy of Bob's good teachings and his current evil actions.
** Chris finally realizes that Bob was always a simple asshole instead of the KnightInSourArmor he always thought he was; it's just that he (and Bob) have never let himself admit it.

* '''Played For Drama''': Chris faces off against Bob in a climactic battle using everything he learned from him in order to win, causing a defeated Bob to regret how [[GoneHorriblyRight teaching Chris]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard led to his own downfall.]]

* '''Played For Drama''': Chris faces off against Bob in a climactic battle using everything he learned from him in order to win, causing a defeated Bob to regret [[GoneHorriblyRight how teaching Chris]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard led to his own downfall.]]

'''Played For Drama''': Chris faces off against Bob in a climactic battle using everything he learned from him in order to win, causing a defeated Bob to regret [[GoneHorriblyRight how teaching Chris]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard led to his own downfall.]]

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

** Chris was always aware Bob was never a good person, he learned under him for his skills not his moral character.

** Bob deliberately arranges things that break Chris' [[HeroWorship unrealistic expectations]] of Bob, to force him to acknowledge that [[HumansAreFlawed no one is flawless]].

* '''Invoked''': Bob decides to go under an alias and commit crimes in another city. The city where Chris is now policing.
* '''Exploited''':