History PlayingWith / AntiHeroSubstitute

* '''Enforced''': The story is written [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks at a time]] when DarkerAndEdgier {{Anti Hero}}es are popular, and the producers want to replace [[TheCape an old-fashioned hero]] with a newer, [[NinetiesAntiHero more ruthless]] model in order to get a piece of the action.

** AntiVillain Substitute: Emperor Evulz, TheBigBad of the story, is severely injured after his fight with Alice and has his [[TheDragon right hand man,]] [[AffablyEvil General]] [[NobleDemon Drake]] replace him. Drake dismisses Evulz’s values as [[EvenEvilHasStandards 'shocking' and 'horrific']] and begins to operate in more honorable and dignified way.

** AntiVillain Substitute: Emperor Evulz, TheBigBad of the story, is severely injured after his fight with Alice and has his [[TheDragon right hand man,]] [[AffablyEvil General]] [[NobleDemon Drake]] replace him. Drake dismisses Evulz’s values as [[EvenEvilHasStandards 'shocking' and 'horrific']]

* '''Inverted''': Angela Anderson, the AntiHero Dark Blood, is severely injured in the line of duty and replaced by Alice Ashley, an optimistic young woman who transforms the identity into TheCape.

* '''Defied''': Alice ensures that her replacement is Amanda, who is closer to Alice's ideals.

** Angela is a friend of Alice and is aware of her secret. So she makes a promise to take up her job as Amazing Girl while she was injured. Unfortunately for Alice, they have different ideas of what constitutes good. Alice believes it is better to avoid killing enemies because EvenEvilHasLovedOnes and she thinks that IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim. While Angela believes it is more moral to kill some villains because it will prevent them from killing/raping more innocents.

** Angela, in her arrogance and zeal, eventually takes things too far, [[HeWhoFightsMonsters eventually becoming no better than the villains Amazing Girl is supposed to fight]]. This means that Alice must overcome the difficulties which forced her to give up the role (including death, if necessary) to reclaim her mantle from Angela, who now that she has it is not willing to let it go without a fight...

%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Double Subverted''': Angela is unable to live up to Alice's standards and eventually starts acting in a darker, more ruthless fashion.

* '''Subverted''': Although she disagrees with Alice's views on the world, Angela deeply admires her predecessor's courage and ability and pledges to uphold her views while acting as Amazing Girl as a mark of respect.

* '''Enforced''': The story is written [[DarkAge at a time]] when DarkerAndEdgier {{Anti Hero}}es are popular, and the producers want to replace [[TheCape an old-fashioned hero]] with a newer, [[NinetiesAntiHero more ruthless]] model in order to get a piece of the action.

* '''Exploited''': ???

** Angela is a friend of Alice and is aware of her secret. So she makes a promise to take up her job as Amazing Girl while she was injured. Unfortunately for Alice, they have different ideas of what constitutes good. Alice believes it is better to avoid killing enemies because EvenEvilHasLovedOnes and she thinks that IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim. While Angela believes it is [[PragmaticHero more moral to kill some villains because]] [[MurderIsTheBestSolution it will prevent them from killing/raping more innocents]].

** Angela is a friend of Alice and is aware of her secret. So she makes a promise to take up her job as Amazing Girl while she was injured. Unfortunately for Alice, they have different ideas of what constitutes good. Alice believes it is better to avoid killing enemies because EvenEvilHasLovedOnes and she thinks that IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim. While Angela believes it is more moral to kill some villains because [[PragmaticHero it will prevent them from killing/raping more innocents]].

** Angela is a friend of Alice and is aware of her secret. So she makes a promise to take up her job as Amazing Girl while she was injured. Unfortunately for Alice, they have different ideas of what constitutes good. Alice believes it is better to avoid killing enemies because EvenEvilHasLovedOnes and she thinks that IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim. While Angela believes it is more moral to kill certain villains because [[PragmaticHero it will prevent them from killing/raping more innocents]].

** Angela is friend of Alice's and is aware of her secret. So she makes a promise to take up her job as Amazing Girl. Unfortunately for Alice, they have different ideas of what constitutes good. Alice believes it is better to avoid killing enemies because EvenEvilHasLovedOnes and she thinks that IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim. While Angela believes it is more moral to kill certain villains because [[PragmaticHero it will prevent them from killing/raping more innocents]].

** Angela is friend of Alice's and is aware of her secret. So she makes a promise to take up her job as Amazing Girl. Unfortunately, Angela and Alice have different ideas of what constitutes good. Alice believes it is better to avoid killing enemies because EvenEvilHasLovedOnes and she thinks that IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim. While Angela believes it is more moral to kill certain villains because [[PragmaticHero it will prevent them for killing/raping more innocents]].

* '''Justified''': Angela [[FreudianExcuse suffered through a more difficult upbringing]] than Alice, punctuated with violence, poverty and abuse, and has as a result developed a more cynical, hard-edged and ruthless view of the world than Alice.

* '''Invoked''': Angela challenges Alice to trial by combat in an attempt to steal her identity.
* '''Exploited''': Angela actually cripples Alice in order to take her place with the belief that her brutal view of justice is more pragmatic.

* '''Exploited''': ???

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

* '''Deconstructed''': Angela finds that when she tries dispensing her brand of justice, the media and citizenry turn on her, something Alice always managed to avoid by adhering to a code of conduct, observing similar procedures as those of mundane law enforcement, not seeing herself as above the law, and not being an asshole to everyone.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice decides to retire and pass on her mantle to Angela, and stick around long enough to make sure she's made the right choice. Angela's methods are more brutal or direct than Alice's ever were, but are kept from being unnecessarily so by Alice's instruction.

* '''Averted''': Alice does not need to surrender the role of Amazing Girl.

* '''Played For Drama''': Angela, in her arrogance and zeal, eventually takes things too far, [[HeWhoFightsMonsters eventually becoming no better than the villains Amazing Girl is supposed to fight]]. This means that Alice must overcome the difficulties which forced her to give up the role (including death, if necessary) to reclaim her mantle from Angela, who now that she has it is not willing to let it go without a fight...

* '''Reconstructed''': Alice decides to retire and pass on her mantle to a Angela, and stick around long enough to make sure she's made the right choice. Angela's methods are more brutal or direct than Alice's ever were, but are kept from being unnecessarily so by Alice's instruction.

* '''Reconstructed''': Alice decides that the world has changed a lot since she began her career as a superhero, and that she's out of touch. She takes Angela under her wing as a student, who is younger and better suited for dealing with the kind of situations that crop up today. Angela's methods are more brutal or direct than Alice's ever were, but are kept from being unnecessarily so by Alice's instruction.