History PlayingWith / APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil

'''Reversed Trope''':
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* '''Reversed''':
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* '''Straight''':
** Alice's mentor Bob tells her the story of his first pupil, Alex, who turned against his master when his heart was corrupted by power. That Man Is, of course, the BigBad now styling himself Lord Killfrenzy.
** Our hero is the best possible {{Foil}} to the villains because he was once the [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels star pupil]] at the AcademyOfEvil before experiencing a HeelRealisation. For their part, the villains want him dead because HeKnowsTooMuch.

* '''Inverted''': Sensei turns evil. Grasshopper doesn't follow, and they have a parting of ways.

* '''Straight''': Alice's mentor Bob tells her the story of his first pupil, Alex, who turned against his master when his heart was corrupted by power. That Man Is, of course, the BigBad now styling himself Lord Killfrenzy.

* '''Inverted''':
** Our hero is the best possible {{Foil}} to the villains because he was once the [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels star pupil]] at the AcademyOfEvil before experiencing a HeelRealisation. For their part, the villains want him dead because HeKnowsTooMuch.
** Sensei turns evil. Grasshopper doesn't follow, and they have a parting of ways.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Conversed''': "Former student! Dammit, I had ten bucks on [[LukeIAmYourFather Long Lost Son]]..."

** [[DeceptiveDisciple Alex was evil all along.]]

** Bob turns to be a vicious KnightTemplar, and the reason why he considers Alex "evil" is because he had the guts [[DefectorFromDecadence to abandon him when he found about it]].

** It turns out he was once good. ...or that's what he told Bob.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice uncovers the secret of Bob's former pupil... but when she tracks the guy down, he's perfectly friendly, and laments the fact that Bob took his branching out on his own so badly. But it's later revealed that he's a [[RivalTurnedEvil Rival Turned]] AffablyEvil, and really is plotting Bob's destruction! But perhaps it's just Bob's selfish refusal to accept Alex's independence that created such hate between them?

Back to [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil the main page]]. I taught him once, you know, until he turned to [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide the Dark Side]].

* '''Straight''': Alice's mentor Bob tells her the story of his first pupil, Alex, who turned against his master when his heart was corrupted by power. And That Man Is, of course, the BigBad now styling himself Lord Killfrenzy.

** Bob is a bit of a KnightTemplar, but the lengths Alex had to go to to survive after leaving Bob have caused him to suffer a good bit of MotiveDecay, and he's now [[BlackandGrayMorality even worse than Bob]].

*** And/Or Bob himself is evil.
*** And/Or Alice is evil, and Alex might be trying to save Bob.

Back to [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil the main page]]. I taught him once, you know, until he turned to [[StarWars the Dark Side]].

Back to APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil.

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

* '''Inverted''': Our hero is the best possible {{Foil}} to the villains because he was once the [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels star pupil]] at the AcademyOfEvil before experiencing a HeelRealisation. For their part, the villains want him dead because HeKnowsTooMuch.
* Sensei turns evil. Grasshopper doesn't follow, and they have a parting of ways.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alex isn't really "evil", he just disagrees with Bob's use of his powers.

** It turns out he was once good. ...or that's what he told Bob.

* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice uncovers the secret of Bob's former pupil... but when she tracks the guy down, he's perfectly friendly, and laments the fact that Bob took his branching out on his own so badly. But it's later revealed that he's a [[RivalTurnedEvil Rival Turned]] AffablyEvil, and really is plotting Bob's destruction! But perhaps it's just Bob's selfish refusal to accept Alex's independence that created such hate between them?

* '''Invoked''': The BigBad deliberately [[FaceHeelTurn turned]] one of his rival's closest allies as a XanatosGambit: whichever of them won, Bob would be either killed, emotionally devastated, or at the very least, one ally short.

%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Parodied''': Bob acts this way about the fact that his professional rival and SitcomArchNemesis used to be under his training. Alice wonders if owning a competing restaurant [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous can really be described as "evil"...]]

%* '''Deconstructed''': ???

## Alex isn't really "evil", he just disagrees with Bob's use of his powers.
## [[DeceptiveDisciple Alex was evil all along.]]
## Alex is a FakeDefector.

## ...because Alex thinks they should be used to TakeOverTheWorld.
## It turns out he was once good.
## ...or that's what he told Bob. At some point, he started BecomingTheMask.

%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Invoked''': The BigBad deliberately [[FaceHeelTurn turned]] one of his rival's closest allies as a XanatosGambit: whichever of them won, Bob would be either killed or emotionally devastated.

* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Defied''': ResignationsNotAccepted -- if any of Bob's pupils rebel, he [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim kills them immediately]] on the basis that HeKnowsTooMuch.

* '''Defied''': ???

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%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Subverted''': Alex isn't really "evil", he just disagrees with Bob's use of his powers.
** [[DeceptiveDisciple Alex was evil all along.]]
* '''Double Subverted''': ...because Alex thinks they should be used to TakeOverTheWorld.
** It turns out he was once good.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's first pupil after only a day of learning the technique
* '''Downplayed''': Bob's first pupil only joins a rival team with Bob's teaching,said team is just TheRival and not necessarily evil

* '''Parodied''': See Exaggerated

* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Parodied''': ???

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