Line #19 PlayingWith/WhatTheHellHero


1	'''Basic Trope''': The hero gets called out for acting like a bad guy.
2	* '''Straight''': TheHero attempts to [[ShootTheDog Shoot A Dog]] and his teammates object.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': [[MoralEventHorizon The action was so heinous]], [[EvenEvilHasStandards that even the Big Bad calls him out]].
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** TheHero [[FelonyMisdemeanor steals a cookie from the cookie jar]] and gets scolded over it.
6	** The teammates don't straight-up yell at the hero for his actions or even act cold with him, but they were a little disappointed in him nonetheless.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** If TheHero hadn't been called out, he would have kept sliding down the slippery slope.
9	** Up until now, TheHero has been a paragon of justice and humanity, so this act is surprising to his teammates, who can't help but wonder.
10	** The Hero in question is a merciless AntiHero and/or a SociopathicHero, who has no qualms about [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing villains]] and [[RevengeByProxy exacting revenge on their relatives]], and both his teammates [[EvenEvilHasStandards and the villains]] are disgusted by his heinous acts.
11	** The Hero's teammates have every right to point out that what he did was not something a hero should do.
12	* '''Inverted''':
13	** YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame. TheHero does something awful, but rather than be called out for it, someone ([[BigBad the villain]] or TheRival) says "Way to go!" which causes the Hero to regret his actions.
14	** The villain ([[VillainProtagonist protagonist]]) or TokenEvilTeammate [[PetTheDog Pets The Dog]], which comes so out of left field that no one can help but point it out. In other words, What the Hell, Villain?
15	** The TokenEvilTeammate scolds the hero for doing good deeds.
16	** The villain scolds the TokenGoodTeammate or AntiVillain for doing something good.
17	** YouMonster
18	* '''Subverted''':
19	** The hero has a perfectly good justification for [[ShootTheDog what he did]], and the one calling him out retracts his complaint.
20	** ArsonMurderAndLifesaving.
21	** The one doing the calling out is revealed to be TheMole, causing the hero to dismiss the callout as psychological warfare.
22	** SuperDickery
23	* '''Double Subverted''':
24	** The hero has a justification for [[DirtyBusiness what he did]]... but after hearing it, the one calling him out ''still'' says he shouldn't have done it.
25	** VillainHasAPoint, forcing the hero to still take the callout seriously regardless of its source.
26	* '''Parodied''': The hero [[PokeThePoodle Pokes The Poodle]], and [[DisproportionateRetribution everyone forms an angry mob over it.]]
27	* '''Zig Zagged''':
28	** The objector tends to overreact to the smallest thing; however, when the hero commits a ''truly'' horrible act, he's the only one to call him out. The hero justifies his actions with IDidWhatIHadToDo, which the objector agrees with... until pointing out [[TakeAThirdOption there was another way]]. Said option ''was'' workable, but involved massive risk and could have resulted in HeroicSacrifice; it's left unanswered whether the hero's solution was more pragmatic or not.
29	** The objector calls out the hero arbitrarily, so it's impossible to tell whether it's out of moral objection or something else.
30	* '''Averted''':
31	** TheHero does his immoral act and [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality no one complains]].
32	** TheHero commits no reprehensible acts.
33	* '''Enforced''': "We must create tension. Quick, call him out for doing something bad!"
34	* '''Lampshaded''': "Aw, man! This is gonna be one of those talks where you guys yell at me for needless property damage again, isn't it?"
35	* '''Invoked''': TheHero specifically selects a [[TheLancer Lancer]] who will [[HonestAdvisor call him out]] so as to prevent himself from falling freely to evil.
36	* '''Exploited''': The BigBad plans for TheMole to call out TheHero over something at just the right moment to cast doubts and weaken his HeroicSpirit so that the BigBad can take advantage.
37	* '''Defied''':
38	** The DesignatedHero surrounds himself with yes-men who will not complain about his actions.
39	** TheHero, before undertaking any DirtyBusiness, talks with his team about it ''before'' going through with it.
40	** ShutUpKirk
41	** "How dare [[{{Hypocrite}} you]] stand there and think that you're in any position to judge me! After all, [[NotSoDifferentRemark haven't you done as many questionable things as I have]]?
42	* '''Discussed''': "Ugh, TheHero might be "good and all", but you ''know'' he's going to slip up and we are ''not'' going to let him get away with it then."
43	* '''Conversed''': "Finally! Someone called out the hero for being a douche."
44	%%* '''Deconstructed''': Sick of his teammates [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished scolding him for]] [[ShootTheDog shooting the dog]] even if he had [[WellIntentionedExtremist good intentions]] behind it, TheHero [[RageBreakingPoint snaps]] and decides that if his teammates are going to treat him as evil, [[ThenLetMeBeEvil then let him be evil]].
45	%%* '''Reconstructed''':???
46	* '''Played For Laughs''': TheHero was caught jaywalking in the street, and everyone, [[EvenEvilHasStandards and even the]] BigBad chastised him for it.
47	* '''Played For Drama''':
48	** TheHero got into a HeroicBSOD, and got [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone lead to a big]] GuiltComplex since [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he did something he was up against.]] Eventually leading TheHero to a DespairEventHorizon.
49	** Because TheHero keeps getting called out for what he does, he becomes convinced that he is a HeroWithAnFInGood. This leads him to give up being a hero and either retire or [[ThenLetMeBeEvil do a]] FaceHeelTurn.
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51	What's the big idea, leaving a link back to WhatTheHellHero?
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53	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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55	%%* '''Implied''': ???

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