History BrokenPedestal / VideoGames

** The Caster version of Altria says she hates her mentor Merlin because he abandoned her.

* [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]] looked up to his grandfather, Professor Gerald Robotnik. However, after Professor Gerald tried to exterminate humanity in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', narrowly averted by teaming up with Sonic, Eggman doesn't think of him nearly as highly anymore.

** Fairy Knight Lancelot, who is actually Melusine who stole Lancelot's identity, was a fangirl of Lancelot until she learned of his philandering ways and affair with Guinevere.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': In both timelines, Raiden started out with great faith in the Elder Gods, only [[FaithHeelTurn to lose it due to their inaction]]. He even [[WhatTheHellHero calls them]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech out several times]] for their slackness in maintaining the stability of the realms.
** [[VideoGame/MortalKombat4 After being promoted to Elder God]], [[spoiler:he could not interfere [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance when Shang Tsung and Quan Chi killed his protégé Liu Kang]] in the original timeline]]. Disgusted at his peers for their refusal to intervene, he renounces his position as an Elder God, gathering his mortal allies to stop [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance the Deadly Alliance]].
** In the new timeline, the events of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' [[spoiler:have sapped the faith he had for the Elder Gods, so he begins to see them as more burden than help, considering they did nothing to stop Shao Kahn or Shinnok, both of whom regarded them as "toothless worms" and spineless cowards. This is clearly evident in TheStinger for ''MKX'', [[PayEvilUntoEvil where he decides to take matters into his own hands]] by [[KickTheSonOfABitch reducing Shinnok to a mere living head]] and [[KnightTemplar using a more hard-line stance]] on defending Earthrealm from external threats.]]

** Happens again during Season of Plunder. Eido looked up to her adopted father Mithrax as a great Eliksni, fighting for her species in a war torn universe trying to survive. However, she finds out the hard way that Mithrax before his FaceHeelTurn was a blood thirsty tyrant many Eliksni feared. But what breaks Eido's heart the most, isn't her finding out her father had a DarkAndTroubledPast, but that he didn't trust her enough to reveal this after all they've been though, and she had to find out from one of his enemies, Eramis.

* In ''VideoGame/NeoTheWorldEndsWithYou'', Rindo is a fan of Motoi, an online influencer known as An0ther. While Rindo and Motoi are on opposing teams in [[DeadlyGame the Reapers' Game]], there aren't any hard feelings between them, and Rindo considers teaming up with Motoi. By the end of the second week, though, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Motoi was manipulating Rindo in a bid to become a Reaper, and he plagiarized his content from other people.]]

** [[spoiler:Jacob Taylor's father, Ronald, vanished 10 years ago. When they receive a message and go to the unhabited planet to save them, turns out that after his ship crashed and the captain died, Ronald forced the lower crew members to eat the planet's toxic food, which caused their minds to degrade, while they tried to fix a beacon to call for aid. Female crew members were assigned to officers, like pets. A year later, the beacon was ready, but Ronald figured the report would look bad and wanted to stay. He then had the other officers killed. Gradually the degraded males started to rebel, becoming "hunters" as even in a decayed state they knew things weren't right. Ronald held out for ten years, until his supplies ran low and he called for aid. Needless to say, Jacob was utterly disgusted and would've killed his old man, if not for the fact he "wasn't worth pulling the trigger". If your Shepard is a renegade, you can suggest Jacob to give his father a weapon with one bullet. If you pick the neutral option, [[HoistbyHisOwnPetard he will get killed by his own men.]]]]

* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'', [[spoiler:Jaheira]] has this in regards to the Harpers during her personal quest. [[spoiler:First, Galvarey, the regional Harper leader in Athkatla turns out to be an opportunistic SmugSnake who wants to use charname in his bid for power. Jaheira is understandably dismayed by this, especially since the other Harpers, who are unaware of Galvarey's intent, consider the incident an act of treason on her part and a murder on your part. Once that is cleared up, she discovers that Dermin, her old mentor, was actually in on Galvarey's plot, and is just as much of a SmugSnake as he was. Needless to say, the whole affair [[BreakTheCutie shook Jaheira to her core]].]]

* The Night Sentinels of ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' once considered the Khan Maykr the Mother God of their faith and their greatest ally against the forces of Hell. Upon learning that [[spoiler:she made a deal with Hell for the use of Argent Energy, which was being made with the horribly tortured souls of their fallen, with the bodies of their fallen becoming more of the monstrous horrors that they were fighting; and that she was handing over their world and more to the demons in exchange for this energy]], they abandoned their faith in her, decreeing that she would be their divinity no more. Unfortunately, many in Argent D'Nur were still addicted to Argent Energy and enslaved by the Maykrs' teachings, resulting in a civil war between the Sentinels.

* The Night Sentinels of ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' once considered the Khan Maykr the Mother God of their faith and their greatest ally against the forces of Hell. Upon learning that [[spoiler:she made a deal with Hell for the use of Argent Energy, which was being made with the horribly tortured souls of their fallen, with the bodies of their fallen becoming more of the monstrous horrors that they were fighting]], they abandoned their faith in her, decreeing that she would be their divinity no more. Unfortunately, many in Argent D'Nur were still addicted to Argent Energy and enslaved by the Maykrs' teachings, resulting in a civil war between the Sentinels.

* In 'VideoGame/NeoTheWorldEndsWithYou'', Rindo is a fan of Motoi, an online influencer known as An0ther. While Rindo and Motoi are on opposing teams in [[DeadlyGame the Reapers' Game]], there aren't any hard feelings between them, and Rindo considers teaming up with Motoi. By the end of the second week, though, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Motoi was manipulating Rindo in a bid to become a Reaper, and he plagiarized his content from other people.]]

* PlayedForLaughs in the post-game of ''VideoGame/Disgea5AllianceOfVengeance'': [[spoiler: Once Void Dark's reasons for his actions are laid bare for all to see, Majorita is shocked to realize that the fear conqueror she admired is nothing more than a thug with a literally insane sister complex.]]

** [[PlayerCharacter Byleth's]] father Jeralt formerly served in the Knights of Seiros under the church's archbishop Rhea, who saved his life. However, he left the Knights around the time his child was born, since he noticed that Byleth lacked a heartbeat and didn't even cry, and Rhea refused to give clear answers to his questions. He returns to the Knights of Seiros just after the game begins, but is clearly wary of Rhea [[spoiler:until his death late in Part 1]]. He sums up his relationship with Rhea in his diary, [[spoiler:which Byleth reads after his death]]. After several months at the monastery, however, he starts to ease up on this. While it never reaches RebuiltPedestal territory, Jeralt does start to have less issue with working for Rhea, even wondering if perhaps he'd overreacted all those years ago.
-->"I used to think the world of Lady Rhea. Now I'm terrified of her."

** [[PlayerCharacter Byleth's]] father Jeralt formerly served in the Knights of Seiros under the church's archbishop Rhea, who saved his life. However, he left the Knights around the time his child was born, since he noticed that Byleth lacked a heartbeat and didn't even cry, and Rhea refused to give clear answers to his questions. He returns to the Knights of Seiros just after the game begins, but is clearly wary of Rhea [[spoiler:until his death late in Part 1]]. He sums up his relationship with Rhea in his diary, [[spoiler:which Byleth reads after his death]]. After several months at the monastery, however, he starts to ease up on this. While it never reaches RebuiltPedastel territory, Jeralt does start to have less issue with working for Rhea, even wondering if perhaps he'd overreacted all those years ago.

** [[PlayerCharacter Byleth's]] father Jeralt formerly served in the Knights of Seiros under the church's archbishop Rhea, who saved his life. However, he left the Knights around the time his child was born, since he noticed that Byleth lacked a heartbeat and didn't even cry, and Rhea refused to give clear answers to his questions. He returns to the Knights of Seiros just after the game begins, but is clearly wary of Rhea [[spoiler:until his death late in Part 1]]. He sums up his relationship with Rhea in his diary, [[spoiler:which Byleth reads after his death]].

*** After several months at the monastery, however, he starts to ease up on this. While it never reaches RebuiltPedastel territory, Jeralt does start to have less issue with working for Rhea, even wondering if perhaps he'd overreacted all those years ago.

** Dedue, Dimitri's retainer, admired Gilbert, a knight in the service of the Kingdom of Faerghus, and saw him as a role model. In their supports, however, Dedue expresses disgust for Gilbert's abandoning the kingdom in shame over his [[MyGreatestFailure failure to stop the Tragedy of Duscur]], believing he doesn't live up to the stories Dimitri told him. Dedue has a more amicable relationship with Gilbert in their B support, but the lack of an A support or a paired ending implies that Dedue never completley regained his respect for Gilbert.
** [[PlayerCharacter Byleth's]] father Jeralt formerly served in the Knights of Seiros under the church's archbishop Rhea, who saved his life. However, he left the Knights around the time his child was born, since he noticed that Byleth lacked a heartbeat and didn't even cry, and Rhea refused to give clear answers to his questions. He returns to the Knights of Seiros just after the game begins, but is clearly wary of Rhea [[spoiler:until his death late in Part 1]]. He sums up his relationship with Rhea in his diary, [[spoiler:which Byleth reads after his death.]]

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', Dedue, Dimitri's retainer, admired Gilbert, a knight in the service of the Kingdom of Faerghus, and saw him as a role model. In their supports, however, Dedue expresses disgust for Gilbert's abandoning the kingdom in shame over his [[MyGreatestFailure failure to stop the Tragedy of Duscur]], believing he doesn't live up to the stories Dimitri told him.

* In ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands,'' this is the entire crux of Rhys' CharacterDevelopment from start to finish. In episode one he's a Hyperion employee who deeply admires [[BigBad Handsome Jack]], and his present day self says that back then, he wanted to be "just like him." Come episode five, after he's spent time with [[ArtificialIntelligence a hyperrealistic AI of Handsome Jack constructed shortly before his death]] and seen just how vengeful, self-centered, and gleefully violent he really is, Rhys can't believe that he ever once idolized the image of him that he was sold. If you choose to play him a certain way, you can kickstart this process very early, having Rhys be hostile and uncooperative towards Jack from the minute they meet, and have him call Jack out as having been a "mass-murdering megalomaniac" when he was alive.

* In ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands,'' this is the entire crux of Rhys' CharacterDevelopment from start to finish. In episode one he's a Hyperion employee who deeply admires [[BigBad Handsome Jack]], and his present day self says that back then, he wanted to be "just like him." Come episode five, after he's spent time with [[ArtificialIntelligence a hyperrealistic AI of Handsome Jack constructed shortly before his death]] and seen just how vengeful, self-centered, and gleefully violent he really is, Rhys can't believe that he ever once idolized the image of him that he was sold. If you choose to play him a certain way, you can kickstart this process very early, having Rhys be hostile and uncooperative towards Jack from the minute they meet, and have him call Jack out as having been "mass-murdering megalomaniac" when he was alive.

** Cloud got hit by this in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. As a teenager, he dreamed of joining the elite [=SOLDIER=] unit like his idol, the great warrior Sephiroth. When Cloud finally gets to go on a mission with Sephiroth, finding out that Sephiroth wasn't as noble as Cloud thought he was is the ''least'' of our hero's disappointments.

* In ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', [[spoiler: Josh]]'s friendships with the others crumble because of [[spoiler: his horrible and traumatic prank on them]] but Sam in particular felt betrayed the most by the former's actions as the two of them had become close the last year and she felt they had genuinely bonded over the loss of Hannah and Beth together.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsIntoReverie'' has a portion of the Imperial Army having this reaction towards [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Rean]] [[TheHero Schwarzer]] due to his status as the national hero and yet decided to strive to end the war when the reason they enlisted to the army was because of him in the first place.

* ''VideoGame/InFamous'': Cole's girlfriend Trish breaks up with him when the Voice of Survival's MaliciousSlander leads her to believe that Cole deliberately set off the Ray Sphere explosion that claimed her sister's life. Depending on whether or not the player does Good or Evil Karma, she'll either reconcile with Cole or die cursing his name.
* In ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', Regime Captain Marvel, still a kid here, looked up to Regime Superman, even going along with his ideas of a better world. However, [[spoiler:after witnessing Superman murdering Lex Luthor, learning people now hate him and finding out that he plans to wipe out Metropolis and Gotham City before marching over to the brighter universe and taking ''it'' over]], Captain Marvel calls it quits. Sadly, [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceDoorSlam Regime Superman kills him before he can bail]]]]. However, it does inspire another to do so: [[spoiler:Regime Flash]].

* In ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands,'' this is the entire crux of Rhys' CharacterDevelopment from start to finish. In episode one he's a Hyperion employee who deeply admires [[BigBad Handsome Jack]], and his present day self says that back then, he wanted to be "just like him." Come episode five, after he's spent time with [[ArtificialIntelligence a hyperrealistic AI of Handsome Jack constructed shortly before his death]] and seen just how vengeful, self-centered, and gleefully violent he really is, Rhys can't believe that he ever once idolized the image of him that he was sold. If you choose to play him a certain way, you can kickstart this process very early, having Rhys be hostile and uncooperative towards Jack from the minute they meet, and have him call Jack out being a "mass-murdering megalomaniac" who committed so many atrocities while he was alive.