History PlayingWith / UsedToBeaSweetKid

* '''Defied''': Jeff destroyed all evidence of his childhood when he became evil.

* '''Lampshaded''': Jeff's SupervillainLair is filled with photos of himself in happier times, in contrast to the {{death trap}}s and torture devices he has developed since then.
* '''Invoked''': "You don't know what I was like as a child! I was happy then! They made me what I am today!"

* '''Implied''': Jeff's lair has several photos of a happy family.

%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Justified''': Even villains [[ChildrenAreInnocent were innocent at some point in time]]. [[StartOfDarkness Some]][[FreudianExcuse thing]] had to [[JadeColoredGlasses make them bitter and twisted]].

* '''Justified''': Even villains [[ChildrenAreInnocent were innocent at some point in time]]. [[StartOfDarkness Some]][[FreudianExcuse thing]] had to make them bitter and twisted.

* '''Exaggerated''': While he was a {{cheerful|Child}} and [[MessianicArchetype saintly]] child, Jeff becomes a monster who destroys planets [[ForTheEvulz for kicks]] as soon as he hits adulthood.

* '''Downplayed''': Jeff was a good, but not great, kid, and as an adult, he's a bit of a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold jerk, but not completely]].

* '''Subverted''': The heroes learn that Jeff tortured animals as a child and [[EnfantTerrible cheerfully engaged in sociopathic behavior]].
* '''Double Subverted''': As a baby, however, Jeff was completely innocent. ParentalAbandonment turned him to this disturbing behavior as a young boy.

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

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

** Jeff turns 18. He becomes a gun-wielding, chain-smoking dude.

** Jeff turns 18. He becomes a gun-wielding, chain-smoking man with a habit of drinking a lot.

* '''Parodied''': As a little kid, Jeff liked to play with butterflies, teddy bears, sing praises of Jesus, heal cancers and stand around being all beamy and smily. Until his eighteenth birthday, when he immediately became an OmnicidalManiac.

* '''Enforced''': "What was Jeff Slaughter like as a baby? He wasn't evil then, was he?"

* '''Reconstructed''': Jeff Slaughter secretly thinks the best years of his life were when he was younger, and [[PetTheDog kept a single toy to remind him of his previous goodness]].

** Jeff was TheBully at school, but as an adult he is [[ReformedBully a pretty decent and friendly person]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': Jeff Slaughter, as a child, liked to draw war machines, not out of malevolence, but because he liked to invent things. His parents took this as an alarming sign, mistook him for a CreepyChild and shunned him. As a result, Jeff became ''really'' disturbed.

** Jeff was evil since birth. ([[FetusTerrible or even before that]])

* '''Inverted''': Jeff is an EvilOverlord [[EnfantTerrible as a baby]], but calms down and [[HeelFaceTurn becomes good]] when he grows up.

* '''Exaggerated''': While he was a [[CheerfulChild cheerful]] and [[MessianicArchetype saintly]] child, Jeff becomes a monster who destroys planets [[ForTheEvulz for kicks]] as soon as he hits adulthood.
* '''Downplayed''': Jeff was a good, but not great, kid, and as an adult, he's a bit of a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold jerk, but not completely.]]
* '''Justified''': Even villains [[ChildrenAreInnocent were innocent at some point in time.]] [[StartOfDarkness Some]][[FreudianExcuse thing]] had to make them bitter and twisted.

* '''Subverted''': The heroes learn that Jeff tortured animals as a child and [[EnfantTerrible cheerfully engaged in sociopathic behavior.]]

* '''Lampshaded''': Jeff's SupervillainLair is filled with photos of himself in happier times, in contrast to the [[DeathTrap death traps]] and torture devices he has developed since then.

* '''Deconstructed''': As a child, Jeff Slaughter was good-natured and was completely harmless. However, all the [[KidsAreCruel abuse]] [[BullyingADragon he]] [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer put up with]] slowly drove him to [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds take out his anger on the world.]] He destroyed his memories of the past and became the BigBad.
* '''Reconstructed''': Jeff Slaughter secretly thinks the best years of his life were when he was younger, and [[PetTheDog kept a single toy to remind him of his previous goodness.]]

* '''Parodied''': As a little kid, Jeff liked to play with butterflies, teddy bears, sing praises of Jesus, heal cancers and stand around being all beamy and smily before becoming an OmnicidalManiac.

* '''Justified''': Even villains [[ChildrenAreInnocent were innocent at some point in time.]] [[StartOfDarkness Some]][[{{Zalgo}} t]][[FreudianExcuse hing]] had to make them bitter and twisted.

** "Yeah yeah, UsedToBeASweetKid and all that. I've [[SeenItAMillionTimes heard it a million times]], Slaughter. Now, YouDoNotHaveToSayAnything..."

* '''Exaggerated''': While he was a [[CheerfulChild cheerful]] [[TheMessiah and saintly]] child, Jeff becomes a monster who destroys planets [[ForTheEvulz for kicks]] as soon as he hits adulthood.

* '''Averted''': Jeff's childhood is never shown.
** Jeff was evil since birth

* '''Inverted''': Jeff is an EvilOverlord as a baby, but calms down and [[HeelFaceTurn becomes good]] when he grows up.

* '''Discussed''': "What was Jeff Slaughter like as a kid? He wasn't always evil, was he?"

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

* '''Subverted''': The heroes learn that Jeff tortured animals as a child and [[EnfantTerrible cheerfully engaged in sociopathic behavior.]]

* '''Deconstructed''': As a child, Jeff Slaughter was good-natured and was completely harmless. However, all the [[KidsAreCruel abuse]] [[BullyingADragon he]] [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer put up with]] slowly drove him to [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds take out his anger on the world.]] He destroyed his memories of the past and became the BigBad.
* '''Reconstructed''': Jeff Slaughter secretly thinks the best years of his life were when he was younger, and [[PetTheDog kept a single toy to remind him of his previous goodness.]]

Too bad about UsedToBeASweetKid. He used to be such a sweet trope...

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* '''Exaggerated''': While he was a [[CheerfulChild cheerful]] [[TheMessiah and saintly]] child, Jeff becomes a CompleteMonster who destroys planets [[ForTheEvulz for kicks]] as soon as he hits adulthood.

* '''Discussed''': "What was Jeff Slaughter like as a kid? He wasn't always a CompleteMonster, was he?"

* '''Exaggerated''': While he was a CheerfulChild [[TheMessiah saint]], as soon as he hits adulthood, Jeff becomes a CompleteMonster who destroys planets [[ForTheEvulz for kicks]].
* '''Justified''': Even villains [[ChildrenAreInnocent were innocent at some point in time.]] [[StartOfDarkness Some]][[FreudianExcuse thing]] had to make them bitter and twisted.

* '''Parodied''': As a little kid, Jeff liked to play with butterflies and teddy bears before becoming an OmnicidalManiac.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Jeff Slaughter, as a child, liked to draw war machines, not out of malevolence but because he liked to invent things. His parents took this as an alarming sign, mistook him for a CreepyChild, and shunned him. As a result, Jeff became ''really'' disturbed.

* '''Exaggerated''': was the CheerfulChild [[TheMessiah saint]], As soon as he hits adulthood, Jeff becomes a CompleteMonster who destroys planets [[ForTheEvulz for kicks]].

* '''Exaggerated''': As soon as he hits adulthood, Jeff becomes a CompleteMonster who destroys planets [[ForTheEvulz for kicks]].

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