This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Cassius335: Does The Other Yugi count (I'm thinking mainly of the non-dubbed season here)?
Medinoc: Wouldn't the Bleach example be better in Training from Hell ?
Georgie: "Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel Thief of Time includes Lu-Tze, a deliberate pastiche of Mr. Miyagi style trickster mentors. In true Zen form the humble sweeper Lu-Tze never quite lets on whether he's a profoundly enlightened wiseman with reality-defying martial arts powers or just a wiseass who gets by on audacity and luck alone."
Is there a difference?
Cassy: Hmm, no Troper Tales page here? Doesn't anyone else know the pain of having a real-life Trickster Mentor?