Line #38 PlayingWith/HeelRealization


1	'''Basic Trope''': A villain realizes that they are the bad guy.
2	* '''Straight''':
3	** Bob is an EvilOverlord who realizes that in the process of taking over the world, he's brought death and suffering to millions of people.
4	** Bob, after throwing his falsely accused brother in prison to appease the majority, realizes he handled it in a not completely admirable manner.
5	* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is a GodOfEvil in a LuxuryPrisonSuite who realizes that in the process of causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, it's brought death and suffering to trillions of sentient organisms.
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** Bob is TheBully who [[JerkassRealization realizes that his bullying was hurting people]].
8	** Bob decides he [[NoPlaceForMeThere no longer belongs in the utopia]] he is trying to create, but still plans to take extreme measures to create it.
9	* '''Justified''':
10	** Bob started as a WellIntentionedExtremist who believed that UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans, and honestly believed until now that he was doing the right thing.
11	** Bob had a very convincing OpinionChangingDream that made him reassess his brother.
12	* '''Inverted''':
13	** Bob the AntiHero realizes that he's a bad guy.
14	** FaceRealization.
15	** HeWhoFightsMonsters.
16	* '''Subverted''':
17	** Bob sees all the pain he's caused, but it only makes him surer that it's all for the greater good.
18	** Bob realises that he was wrong... [[IgnoredEpiphany and then goes right back to doing what he's been doing, proving that he has learned nothing.]]
19	* '''Double Subverted''': Bob realizes that his original goals were evil, but his essentially unpleasant nature means that his activities in the service of "good" are just as vicious.
20	* '''Parodied''': Bob accidentally forgets to feed his pet cat, Muffins. He has a nervous breakdown as a result.
21	* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob sees the pain he's caused and finally realizes he's evil. He decides he doesn't care, and stays evil for a while. But then he goes too far and realizes he's even more evil than he thought he was and decides to change.
22	* '''Averted''':
23	** Bob [[ObliviouslyEvil does not realize he's the bad guy]].
24	** Bob knows he is a bad guy and [[CardCarryingVillain revels in that fact]].
25	** Alternatively, Bob knows he's a bad guy [[BeingEvilSucks and he hates it]].
26	* '''Enforced''': "We'll want to redeem Bob eventually. He should have a crisis of conscience about being a villain."
27	* '''Lampshaded''': "Your undead armies have swept across the land killing everyone in their path! ''Of course'' you're the villain!"
28	* '''Invoked''': [[WarriorTherapist Casey]] gives Bob a well placed KirkSummation in order to make him see the error of his ways.
29	* '''Exploited''': {{A\|ntiHero}}lice gives Bob a "BreakThemByTalking" lecture that opens his eyes, and uses the moment of distraction to kill him for his crimes.
30	* '''Defied''': Bob is a KnightTemplar who will never see himself in the wrong no matter how much damage he causes.
31	* '''Discussed''': ???
32	* '''Conversed''': ???
33	* '''Deconstructed''':
34	** Bob's realization of being in the wrong didn't give him the opportunity to make things right. Instead, it puts him in a LuxuryPrisonSuite where he [[MyGreatestFailure pathetically dwells in sorrow and despair by remembering his deeds]]. It also doesn't help that anyone isn't willing to let go of their hostility and bitterness towards Bob.
35	** Even if Bob did realized the fact what he's been doing is wrong, [[ReformedButRejected many others outright]] [[RejectedApology refuse to forgive him]].\
36	Thanks to both of the deconstructions, the people who refused to forgive Bob soon end up [[BodyHorror slowly mutating]] [[YouAreWhatYouHate into literal aspects of Bob that they loathe]], [[LaserGuidedKarma realizing their own errors far too late to even repent]]. All that was thanks to a curse cast upon the land by a [[EvilSorcerer demented warlock]] under the employ of the {{God of\|Evil}} [[ThePowerOfHate Hatred, Odio]].
37	* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's such a sorry wreck that a few people, including [[AllLovingHero Charlie]], take [[SympathyForTheDevil pity]] on him and let him take the first major steps toward being [[HeelFaceTurn reformed]], after leaving his LuxuryPrisonSuite. Bob spends some time as TheAtoner, and is finally forgiven eventually.
38	* '''Played For Drama''':
39	** Bob realizes that he's the villain... and likes it. Now that he's completely unhindered he will make the heroes suffer even more.
40	** Bob has a HeelRealization and decides he doesn't want to be the BigBad any more. His [[TheDragon second]][[TheStarscream -in-]][[DragonInChief command]] happily takes his position, putting his old boss to [[HeelFaceDoorSlam death]] to keep him from being a liability [[EvilerThanThou and to show just how much less scrupulous he is than Bob.]].
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46	%%* '''Implied''': ???

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