Line #33 PlayingWith/FromNobodyToNightmare


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character that starts out as nobody special, but years later is one of the most dangerous people in the world.
2	* '''Straight''': Jadal was originally just a poor man, who ended up with a dangerous artifact that made him all-powerful.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Jadal was once someone's pet hamster. [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Now he's usurped Satan]] and working on doing the same to God.
5	** Jadal used to be a very minor character with nobody having heard of his name. Now he's done so many evil deeds right down to even trying to destroy the ExpandedUniverse while rejecting salvation, which made him a CompleteMonster.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Jadal was once a middle-class drone, but has since become the head of a crime ring.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** There were incredibly harsh conditions, [[HadToBeSharp prompting the change]].
9	** Jadal was one of those people you never really notice day-to-day. As such, nobody was worried about what he might do until it was far, ''far'' too late.
10	** Anything can happen to anybody. Jadal happened to be a nobody who came upon something that really allowed them to change their life, but seeing as they were mentally unbalanced, strongly or not, they ended up using the change to become something horrible.
11	* '''Inverted''':
12	** Jadal ''was'' a special person, [[VillainDecay but became a minor villain]].
13	** FromZeroToHero: Jadal was originally a poor man, but later becomes the BigGood, or even TheHero, or has IncorruptiblePurePureness.
14	** BroughtDownToNormal: Jadal used to be special before being hit with a PowerNullifier and/or being stripped of his special abilities.
15	* '''Subverted''': His backstory isn't as bad as it seems, and he seems like a decent enough guy.
16	* '''Double Subverted''': He's still incredibly dangerous.
17	* '''Parodied''': Jadal went from a normal office worker to a PhysicalGod... and everyone either doesn't notice or care.
18	* '''Zig Zagged''': Jadal was once a poor man, who ends up with a dangerous artifact that makes him all-powerful, but is beaten by the heroes, who confiscate it. But Jadal refuses to stay a nobody, so he learns magic and becomes a powerful sorceror even without the help of the artifact.
19	* '''Averted''':
20	** Jadal was a generally fearsome person to start out.
21	** Jadal started out small and ended it small, with small in no small amount in between.
22	* '''Enforced''': The creator wants to drive home the {{Aesop}} that, [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity given enough power, anyone can become evil]].
23	* '''Lampshaded''':
24	** "Emperor Evulz, there's a bit of an issue with the soldiers in Sector 1337..." "Oh, yes, now you're going to tell me that Minion Jadal turned into a super-powerful whatever-its-called." "Actually..."
25	** "You know, he did say that one day we were all going to pay. I guess we should have seen that he would be the one who gets his hands on the artifact."
26	* '''Invoked''': Jadal's a nobody in a dead-end life, and he's sick of it, so he actively seeks a way to spread his suffering on the widest, most horrible scale possible. After all, misery loves company.
27	* '''Exploited''': Someone is subliminally making Jadal's life hell to make a super-powerful ally for him- or herself in the future.
28	* '''Defied''': Jadal starts from nowhere, and after being snubbed by his coworkers and getting the power of hellfire, he becomes... [[MundaneUtility a very good cook]].
29	* '''Discussed''': "His type always starts off as a nobody before they become hell on earth. It's like a tradition or something."
30	* '''Conversed''': "Of course the weak guy would become an ultimate badass. What are the odds of ''that'' happening? And yet it occurs in every other story..."
31	* '''Deconstructed''':
32	** Jadal, the newly-crowned God of Hellfire, still harbors deep-seated resentment and something of an inferiority complex from his days as a lowly retail worker.
33	** Despite his newfound power and title, Jadal is still a meek person at heart and would rather not be burdened by the expectations of his many villainous followers or TheChainsOfCommanding.
34	** Having witnessed the atrocities Jadal commenced as well as hearing about the origin of him, the world becomes paranoid about the thought of one of their own suddenly becoming the man who would bring civilization to an end and history classes began to force [[AnAesop strict morals]] down the youth's throats in a frenzied effort to make sure this doesn't happen again.
35	* '''Reconstructed''': Jadal still has some emotional baggage from before he became a one-man Ragnarok... Which makes him even meaner, crazier, and more unpredictable.
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41	%%* '''Implied''': ???
42	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
43	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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