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** Forge executes an unarmed helpless poisoner, noting their various crimes, and why holding him prisoner would be impractical and risky. Bob is initially disgusted by Forge, but eventually comes around. He never treats Forge as a father figure and guide, treating him as a morally ambiguous boss at best.

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** Forge executes an unarmed helpless poisoner, prisoner, noting their various crimes, and why holding him prisoner would be impractical and risky. Bob is initially disgusted by Forge, but eventually comes around. He never treats Forge as a father figure and guide, treating him as a morally ambiguous boss at best.

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* '''Downplayed''': Forge ''was'' working with Evulz... after Evulz threatened his family. Bob still calls his mentor an [[TakeAThirdOption uncreative]] coward, but eventually forgives him.

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Forge ''was'' working with Evulz... after Evulz threatened his family. Bob still calls his mentor an [[TakeAThirdOption uncreative]] coward, but eventually forgives him.him.
** Forge executes an unarmed helpless poisoner, noting their various crimes, and why holding him prisoner would be impractical and risky. Bob is initially disgusted by Forge, but eventually comes around. He never treats Forge as a father figure and guide, treating him as a morally ambiguous boss at best.

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* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???Bob initially hates Evulz, then decides his actions might be justified, and finally decides he's evil again.



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

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* '''Defied''': ???"I don't care! I'll never forgive you."



* '''Implied''': Bob is last seen rejecting his mentor, but after his death, Bob speaks a little more fondly of him.



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

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* '''Downplayed''': ???
Forge ''was'' working with Evulz... after Evulz threatened his family. Bob still calls his mentor an [[TakeAThirdOption uncreative]] coward, but eventually forgives him.
* '''Justified''': ??? '''Justified''':
** Bob's mentor was running a BatmanGambit, or possibly even a MemoryGambit.
** In RealLife, people make mistakes. Even ReasonableAuthorityFigures. Forgiving them isn't easy, but it ''is'' worthwhile.



* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Bob's hated his traitorous mentor since the first episode, but it's repeatedly [[{{Foreshadowing}} hinted]] that he's a TricksterMentor with a [[ThePlan plan]]... until TheReveal that he's TheManBehindTheMan, and even Evulz is playing into his hands.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Subverted''': ...Which causes Evulz to HeelFaceTurn and team up with Bob. Bob eventually realizes this was his mentor's plan all along.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ...[[GainaxEnding Probably]].



* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob and his mentor never reconcile.
* '''Enforced''': The executives want to do a quick story about the perceived betrayal and get back to business, so Bob and his mentor have to reconcile.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob and his mentor never reconcile.
reconcile.
* '''Enforced''': The executives want to do a quick story about the perceived betrayal and get back to business, so Bob and his mentor have to reconcile.
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'''Basic Trope''': A BrokenPedestal gets fixed.
* '''Straight''': Bob becomes angry at his mentor after finding out he was working with Emperor Evulz, but then he finds out that the information was a lie, and they are back on good terms.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob writes off his mentor [[IHaveNoSon as dead to him]] after finding out that he's been doubling as Evulz's [[TheDragon Dragon]], but then his mentor rescues him and it turns out the whole story was a hallucination induced by Evulz. They're back together and closer than ever.
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* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Bob disowns his mentor after finding out [[FauxHorrific he prefers tea over coffee]], but by the end of the episode, they're back together again, sipping their preferred drinks side by side.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob and his mentor never reconcile.
* '''Enforced''': The executives want to do a quick story about the perceived betrayal and get back to business, so Bob and his mentor have to reconcile.
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* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "It happens a lot in movies. Yeah, the hero and his mentor break up, but then they're back together again by the end of the film."
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