"Flirted with being an example but stepped back" =/= "an example" or even "a subversion".
If the name is causing confusion within this thread itself, that's a very bad sign. I can easily imagine the name being misused for all cases of people who are simply addicted to heroism - superheroes, people who pursue heroics at the expense of their personal life etc.
Surmising about a character's hypothetical actions according to your unique interpretation of them is not, in fact, the presence of a trope. This trope, whatever it is called, is about manufacturing things to hero against. Hero Syndrome is a real term, and conveniently refers to the "hero", Syndrome, from the Incredibles, but inconveniently, is also used as a synonym for White Knight Syndrome.
Hi
Calling for Heroism Addict.
Did the rename and tagging.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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Hero Syndrome can easily be confused for Chronic Hero Syndrome and Engineered Heroics. It's also not thriving.
Instead of creating them, he was actively seeking those situations, and causing collateral damage as a result. If his behavior continued, creating a crime, like Syndrome did, was the next step.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.