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10	{{Tykebomb}}s are generally raised with people who tell them they're nothing but a weapon and usually [[BullyingADragon treat them like crap]]. Then along comes someone who's different. When they look at the Tykebomb, they don't see a weapon, they see a [[SympathyForTheDevil messed-up little kid]]. Naturally, they try to rescue the poor Tykebomb, {{talking\|TheMonsterToDeath}} or fighting their way towards them. HugTropes are likely to comprise their arsenal; also expect ThePowerOfFriendship to be used. The one doing the defusing is also likely to be a WarriorTherapist and/or an AllLovingHero.
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12	Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't; what matters for trope purposes is the intent. Compare BecauseYouWereNiceToMe.
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14	See IAmNotAGun, when the {{Tykebomb}} defuses ''themselves''.
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17	!!Examples:
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19	* DefusingTheTykebomb/AnimeAndManga
20	* DefusingTheTykebomb/FanWorks
21	* DefusingTheTykebomb/VideoGames
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26	[[folder:Comic Books]]
27	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
28	** Barbara Gordon (the second ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}) acts this way toward Cassandra Cain (the fourth ComicBook/{{Batgirl\|2000}}). Batman, DependingOnTheWriter, is either a total jerkass or so badly damaged that he really cannot help much.
29	** The same could be said of Dick Grayson alias ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} And later Batman, towards the current Robin, Damian Wayne, who was raised and trained by the League of Assassins.
30	* The [[WeirdnessMagnet titular character]] of ''ComicBook/{{Squee}}'' manages to do this ''unintentionally'' to [[TheAntichrist Pepito]], who, despite being literally ''raised by {{Satan}}'' to teethe on the toasty souls of the damned, seems to be genuinely moved by his friendship with Squee. Of course, Squee being [[CosmicPlaything who]] [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood he]] [[BornUnlucky is]], it happens [[RuleOfFunny mostly because]] Squee thinks Pepito [[CreepyChild is terrifying]].
31	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
32	** Clark Kent and Lois Lane acted this way toward Lor-Zod, son of General Zod -- one of the worst enemies of Superman -- and his henchwoman Ursa in ''ComicBook/LastSon'' and ''ComicBook/NewKrypton''. Everyone else -- including his abusive birth parents, [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] and the USA Government -- wanted to capture him and control him. Lois and Clark adopted him and raised him with the name of Christopher "Chris" Kent. Chris eventually became the hero "Nightwing" (not ''that'' ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, although both boys took their codenames from the same Kryptonian mythological being) and fought alongside his adoptive father and cousin.
33	** {{Subverted\|Trope}} with Post-Crisis [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Zor-El]]. [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 An early story]] stated that her father trained her to be a weapon, and Superman -- with the aid of Batman and ComicBook/WonderWoman -- took her in and acted this way toward her. However, her abusive father was eventually retconned as a hallucination caused by Kryptonite poisoning when the real Zor-El showed up and turned out to be a pretty nice guy.
34	* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} acts like this towards his latest [[KidSidekick young female sidekick]], ComicBook/{{X 23}}.
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37	[[folder:Film]]
38	* In ''Film/BloodDiamond,'' Solomon's son is captured early in the film. When they find him, he's been converted into a child soldier by the [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized RUF rebels in Sierra Leone]]. At the climax, the tyke holds his father at gunpoint, but gets talked down. Unfortunately, at the end of the film it's mentioned that there are still 200,000 ChildSoldiers in Africa.
39	-->'''Solomon''': I know they have made you do bad things... [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre but you are not a bad boy]].
40	* ''Film/DannyTheDog'' presents a particularly tough case: a man who was raised in a kennel and treated like an attack dog, intended to kill anyone who threatened his "Uncle Bart." Bart's ([[NoOneCouldSurviveThat apparent]]) death leads Danny to a blind piano tuner, who tries to teach him the rules humans live by.
41	* Warrior boy Nux in ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' undergoes this 180° turn. Capable convinces him that it's not yet his time to die.
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44	[[folder:Literature]]
45	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
46	** ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'': Rincewind does this to Coin, and the Librarian keeps it good.
47	** In ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'', when Mr. Nutt finds out he is [[spoiler:an orc]], he thinks he must be one of these due to his heritage. His friends and even random strangers in Ankh-Morpork disagree based on his behavior.
48	* This is the core strategy of the City in ''The Fifth Sacred Thing'', since they know any outright war would annihilate them. The enemy uses SlaveMooks, so they invite them straight into the city, letting them see the freedom, abundance, and equality they could have if they joined them. Even after they kill protesters and lock down the city, they continue, using psychological warfare to break down the soldiers' programming as well as searching for a cure for the drug that [[FoodChains keeps them reliant on the Stewards]]. [[spoiler:In the end, while they can't free all of them, they get enough to turn and enough to doubt for the enemy army to shatter and be forced to retreat.]]
49	* Used interestingly in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: Army of Terror''. [[spoiler:The heroes find the [[PokemonSpeak Eppon]], apparently a year old, and carry him off with Tash and Zak happily planning to [[Heartwarming/GalaxyOfFear adopt him]]. They recruit some Rebel soldiers to help carry him, and he eats them one by one when no one can see, [[PlotRelevantAgeUp growing larger and older-looking]] all the time but still being sweet and loving to Tash and Zak. When the BigBad arrives Eppon obeys his commands, but later [[PsychicChildren Tash]] appeals to him through the Force.]] It works, but the BigBad had implanted a bomb in his head [[YourHeadASplode and uses it]].
50	* Prof. Marius, the TallDarkAndSnarky teacher of Edgewood Academy, from ''Literature/ThePrincess99'' manages to defuse the tykebomb in question ([[spoiler:here Axel]]) before the entire school gets destroyed.
51	* [[Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures The Red Vixen]] attempted this with Alinadar after capturing her. The results were mixed. Ali ends up better socialized, but until she formed a relationship with Sallivera, she still mostly saw herself as a slave to be commanded.
52	* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Miles Vorkosigan starts this job with his clone-brother Mark in ''Brothers in Arms''. His parents, especially his mother Cordelia, pick up the job in ''Mirror Dance''.
53	** Technically more of a ThickerThanWater, as in Betan society cloning is a perfectly valid form of reproduction, and as such Mark is a LongLostRelative.
54	--->"Except that—I keep hearing my mother's voice, in my head. That's where I picked up that perfect Betan accent, y'know, that I use for Admiral Naismith, I can hear her now."\
55	"And what does she say?" Galeni's brows twitched in amusement.\
56	"Miles—she says—what have you done with your baby brother?!"
57	*** The last line gets a CallBack from Elena in ''Mirror Dance'', explaining why she's helping someone she initially mistrusts.
58	** And Kareen Koudelka seems to have happily picked up where Cordelia leaves off, although Kareen and Mark do meet in ''Mirror Dance''. By ''A Civil Campaign'', the two have gone into business together.
59	* ''Literature/WarchildSeries'': Cairo Azarcon was captured as a child by BigBad Falcone, and raised as a {{Tykebomb}}. He's found and rescued in his late teens by a SpaceMarine. It takes a few years, but Azarcon eventually assimilates into [=EarthHub=] society...well, more or less.
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63	* ''Series/TwentyFour'' surprisingly let this work, rather than [[BlackAndGrayMorality forcing Jack to kill a child soldier]].
64	* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'' the title character tries to do this for Connor, with some success. However, Connor quickly develops other reasons for them not to get along, and in any case never fully gets over his prejudice against Angel. At least, not until the season 4 finale [[spoiler: when Angel retcons everyone's memories to give Connor a life with a normal, loving family]]. Even in season 5, [[spoiler:when his original memories are restored, the experience has given him a much greater sense of stability and grounding, so by the end of the series he's patched things up with his real father]].
65	* The Doctor in ''Series/DoctorWho'' defuses [[spoiler:Melody Pond]] in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler Let's Kill Hitler]]". Given that ''Doctor Who'' is a show with TimeTravel as its core premise, the Doctor already knows where [[spoiler:Melody's]] life ends up, while [[spoiler:Melody]] [[HaveWeMetYet hasn't yet met the Doctor face-to-face]].
66	* ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'': [[spoiler:Sawa]] turns out to be a Nanba child, a {{Child Soldier\|s}} of a weapon tycoon. She was originally sent to infiltrate the [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits nascita gang]], but hanging out with them started to wear on [[spoiler: her]] programming and yearn for a real family.
67	* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Det. Amaro tries to talk down an armed [[EnfantTerrible tween psychopath]] holding a child hostage. [[spoiler:Good thing he was wearing a vest.]]
68	* Literally in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' with a child raised to be a suicide bomber. [[spoiler:They already had an "in" since the first thing the kid does after seeing his brother die is find a safe place to detonate.]]
69	* In the second season of ''Series/OrphanBlack'', [[spoiler:Helena]] overcomes her LaserGuidedTykebomb upbringing and gravitates towards ReformedButNotTamed as she and her {{long lost\|Relative}} sister [[spoiler:Sarah Manning]] become FireForgedFriends.
70	* Odo attempts this with a newborn Jem'Hadar on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. His attempts to raise the fast-growing child to be more empathetic and less violent fail because the Founders are just that good at manipulating them on the genetic level. The fact that ''everyone'' else treated him as a threat and/or potential lab specimen may have undermined Odo's efforts though.
71	** Technically, almost any attempt to talk down a Jem'Hadar throughout the series would count as this since most of them don't live past 12. They grow to their full adult size practically overnight once they are "born" and are ready to go into battle within days. The only times anyone even comes close to succeeding is if the Jem'Hadar consider them a WorthyOpponent. The only reason Odo was able to have any success at all is that he's a Founder himself, and thus the Jem'Hadar are genetically predisposed to see him as a god.
72	* In ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', a flashback reveals that [[spoiler:Michonne and Daryl]] encountered a group of these. [[spoiler:Michonne]] tries to talk them down, promising them a better life, and that they'll be cared for in their group. [[spoiler:The kids are so broken by this point that they still try to kill Michonne, Judith, and the unborn RJ, forcing Michonne to kill all of them in self-defense.]]
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76	* Attempted in two routes of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' with Ilya and, to an extent, Saber. [[spoiler:It doesn't work in the first until after she's been defeated, at which point she realizes Shirou really does care. In the second, they get along much better and the defusing is therefore much more successful.]]
77	** Shirou trying to convince Saber she can think of herself as a woman as well as [[spoiler:a king can come under this, if she weren't 30.]]
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80	[[folder:Webcomics]]
81	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has a variant with the Monster in the Darkness and the paladin [[TheDeterminator O-Chul]]. While [=MitD=] may be a monster of unknown origin, it has the personality of a child and O-Chul forms an OddFriendship with it while he's imprisoned by the BigBad.
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85	* Mary in ''Literature/{{Twig}}'' was grown to be a single-use assassination weapon against the parents of the original Mary. When the Lambs encounter her, however, Sylvester observes that she's incredibly lonely due to a lack of affection from her creator and fellow assassins and offers her a place with them, and as a team effort the other Lambs work to make sure she's comfortable and happy working with them. She still kills people, but since she's no longer treated as a disposable weapon she's largely content and often enjoys the challenge of figuring out how to both get the job done ''and'' not die in the process.
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89	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has Danny telling his OppositeSexClone that Vlad is merely using her as a tool instead of the daughter she thinks she is to him. She obviously doesn't believe this and spends most of the episode in deep denial, attacking him and the like to prove otherwise. Since Vlad is the series' BigBad, Danny is right. Danielle manages to have a change of heart as a result and works alongside him.
90	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has Ace, a young girl who can drive people insane with a glance, and then her power grows until she's a full-on RealityWarper. Unfortunately, in "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E13Epilogue Epilogue]]", [[YourDaysAreNumbered her power causes an aneurysm to develop in her brain]] -- if she dies while she's using her powers, the psychic backlash could kill everyone within miles. Amanda Waller gives Batman a weapon to kill her, but he tosses it aside and gently talks her down instead, [[StayWithMeUntilIDie sitting with her until she dies]].
91	* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': In "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS1E7RaisingGazorpazorp Raising Gazorpazorp]]", Morty Jr. has a HeelRealization upon seeing [[PapaWolf just how far]] Morty is willing to go in order to defend him despite the horror he's wrought.
92	* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Season 5 has Ashi, one of the Daughters of Aku assassins [[LaserGuidedTykeBomb raised from birth solely to kill Jack]]. When he manages to capture her, he takes pity and dedicates himself to breaking her free of her indoctrination. [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn It works]], and she becomes his traveling companion and partner.]]
93	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': After a season's worth of internal conflict, [[spoiler:Terra ultimately turns against Slade after he [[PeoplePuppets forcibly hijacks her body]], fighting back and burying him in a lava flow]].
94	* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', Ratchet combines awesome and heartwarming to do this to [[spoiler:Omega Supreme]] the moment he wakes up, rejecting the Elite Guard's role for him as master of a mindless PersonOfMassDestruction.
95	-->'''[[spoiler:Omega Supreme]]''': I am [[spoiler:Omega Supreme]]. I am yours to command. I am your pupil. Your dependent. Your obedient servant.\
96	'''Ratchet''': I am Ratchet. I am... your friend.
97	* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'': As a [[BadassTeacher teacher]] [[AgeLift in this continuity]], Wolverine frequently plays this role to the students whenever they start struggling with their powers or other problems, as he's been down that road himself. He most notably plays this role towards [[IntergenerationalFriendship Rogue]].
98	* From ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'':
99	** Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash all take turns at trying to defuse Superboy. It works, but it takes him most of the season to fully recover.
100	** Throughout the third season, Terra suffers from increasingly ConflictingLoyalties due to how the Outsiders [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe welcome her with open arms]]. It eventually turns out that [[spoiler:the heroes were secretly aware that she was TheMole the whole time, and were aiming for this from the start. They succeed]].
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