Line #5 PlayingWith/WasOnceAMan


1	'''Basic Trope''': A monster who used to be human.
2	* '''Straight''': [[TheDreaded The Evil Thing]] used to be Bob Throperz, an ordinary man.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** All monsters were once humans.
5	** The Evil Thing is a horrifying EldritchAbomination whose true form cannot be even comprehended by gods, let alone humans; those who even look at it are driven mad and reality itself breaks down in its surroundings. Yet the Evil Thing was once Bob, a RidiculouslyAverageGuy.
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** [[GenderBender Bob becoming Alice]] is treated as this.
8	** Bob was never actually a human to begin with, but was at least ''humanoid''.
9	** The Evil Thing is a HumanoidAbomination.
10	* '''Justified''':
11	** This is the only way new monsters can be created.
12	** The BigBad [[YouHaveFailedMe converts humans into monsters as punishment]] and uses them as shock troops.
13	** Bob [[TragicMonster ran afoul of something that horribly mutated his body, but left his mind intact.]] [[TheGrotesque His new form]] is hideous enough that he's usually attacked on sight, but it's also ImmuneToBullets.
14	** Bob was infected by TheCorruption.
15	* '''Inverted''': Bob is a [[HumanityEnsues human who used to be a monster]].
16	* '''Subverted''': Bob Troperz dissipated around the time the Evil Thing appeared, and people assume Bob became it. But no, it turns out that the Evil Thing was always a monster.
17	* '''Double Subverted''': ...Or so everyone thinks. It turns out the Evil Thing is so far gone it doesn't even remember being a man.
18	* '''Parodied''':
19	** Bob gets turned into a cute bunny rabbit.
20	** A friendly monster character mentions in passing that it used to be human, but didn't much like it.
21	** The monster [[ExactWords was once named A. Mann]], but had its name legally changed.
22	** The Evil Thing [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim insists it was once a man, despite clearly being a woman]].
23	* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob keeps repeatedly changing between his human form and his monster form.
24	* '''Averted''':
25	** Bob stays human.
26	** No monsters were previously human.
27	* '''Enforced''': The writers wanted to give a psychological aspect to the horror by having it being once a man.
28	* '''Lampshaded''': "That thing... it wasn't always like this."
29	* '''Invoked''': Bob does everything he needs to do to become the Evil Thing.
30	* '''Exploited''': Since Bob used to be human, Alice obtaining this information lets her know that he still has a mostly-human psyche and makes it easier to talk to him.
31	* '''Defied''': Knowing that there is a very real chance that he may turn into a monster, Bob seeks to prevent it.
32	* '''Discussed''': "Oh my god... now we know what happened to Bob."
33	* '''Conversed''': "In stories like this, the most inhuman monsters were all once humans."
34	* '''Deconstructed''': Bob has a very hard time convincing anyone that he used to be a human. As such, he is no longer allowed access to his favorite places because of their humans-only policy.
35	** [[NoSympathy People don't empathize]] with his fate due to him being an AssholeVictim as a human.
36	* '''Reconstructed''': Bob uses his LovecraftianSuperpower to intimidate shopkeepers into service.
37	* '''Implied''': The Evil Thing stops a rampage at some point to wistfully look at a photo of a man. This is [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment never explained]].
38	* '''Played For Laughs''': The transformation is FauxHorrific. Nothing bad really happened, but Bob acts like he became a monster.
39	* '''Played For Drama''': The Evil Thing is a TragicMonster.
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