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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44 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
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46 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
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