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Author: Specialist290

Feb 24th 2013 at 1:21:03 PM

Folders don't work in YKTTW, for whatever reason.  And I can see something like PowerfulRecluse or FormerlyInfluentialExiledFigure being a possible supertrope.

I also think that the wizard / powerful figure in question being evil (or misanthropic) isn't so much a necessary part of the trope itself as a variation on how it sometimes plays out; in the "good" variant, the Wizard figure often becomes either TheMentor or a {{Deuteragonist}} and is likely to have been a HeroOfAnotherStory in the past (although if the Wizard has had his JadeColoredGlasses on since his exile, he might take convincing). I think the important thing here is that the hero stumbles onto a powerful but reclusive figure who has been living alone, whether exiled by others or by his own choice, and who goes on to play a key role in the plot by either developing the hero himself or giving him means, motive, and / or opportunity for his future actions.

With that in mind, proposing the following be added to the list:

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* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' series has a couple of examples:
** ''Film/ANewHope'':  Luke Skywalker's path down the road to heroism comes when he is saved from Tusken Raiders by the exiled Jedi Obi-wan Kenobi.
** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'':  After escaping Hoth, Luke goes to Dagobah to find Jedi Master Yoda, who puts him through a SecretTestOfCharacter to judge whether or not Luke is worthy to become a Jedi Knight himself.

Also, a note on the ''Wargames'' example (since I saw that film recently myself):  The scientist in question is entirely willing to sit back and leave humanity to a nuclear holocaust for "playing with fire," and is only convinced to change his mind by the main couple's earnest appeals to his better nature.