Tropes:
- Aesop Enforcer
- All-Powerful Bystander
- The Anticipator
- Badass Teacher
- Barefoot Sage
- Big Brother Mentor
- Big Good
- Closer to Earth
- Cool Teacher
- Cynical Mentor
- Eccentric Mentor
- Enigmatic Empowering Entity
- The Face
- Greater-Scope Paragon
- Hermit Guru
- Hero's Muse
- The Judge
- Like a Son to Me
- Lover and Beloved
- Magical Asian
- Magical Guardian
- Magical Nanny
- Magical Native American
- Magical Negro
- Maid and Maiden
- Master-Apprentice Chain
- Mentor Archetype
- Mentor Mascot
- Mentor Occupational Hazard
- Mentor Ship
- Mentor's New Hope
- Mooching Master
- Mr. Exposition
- Mr. Fixit
- The Obi-Wannabe
- Obsolete Mentor
- The Old Convict
- Old Master
- Older and Wiser
- Opposed Mentors
- The Professor
- Quickly Demoted Leader
- Rebuilt Pedestal
- Relegated Mentor
- Renowned Selective Mentor
- Sexy Mentor (see also Mentor Ship)
- Sink-or-Swim Mentor
- Spirit Advisor
- The Sponsor
- Stealth Mentor
- Stern Teacher
- Token Adult
- Trickster Mentor
- Wasteland Elder
- The Watcher
- White Man's Burden
- Witch Doctor
- Zen Survivor
- Broken Pedestal
- Evil Mentor
- The Fagin
- Fair-Weather Mentor
- Sabotutor
- Sensei for Scoundrels
- The Svengali
- Treacherous Advisor
- Wife Husbandry (not always ill-intentioned)