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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible}}'': Episode 8 deconstructs YouWillBeSpared. Art and Debbie were the only ones who Omni-Man didn't kill, silence, or beat up in an attempt to cover up his murder of the Guardians. Art is not happy about this, and Debbie was not thrilled to hear that Nolan called her a "pet" for his amusement while she watched him kill thousands on live-television and nearly murder their own son. Art and Debbie end the season DrowningMySorrows together, not knowing if they really understood the person Nolan was and questioning why he spared them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible}}'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible}}'':
** Red Rush explains that as a SuperSpeedster he has RequiredSecondaryPowers of superhumanly fast perception and enahanced durability, which enable him to run at relativistic speeds without killing himself or causing an immense amount of collateral damage. During his brutal fight with Omni-Man, they make his death a great deal more painful than it could have been without them.
** Episode 8 deconstructs YouWillBeSpared. Art and Debbie were the only ones who Omni-Man didn't kill, silence, or beat up in an attempt to cover up his murder of the Guardians. Art is not happy about this, and Debbie was not thrilled to hear that Nolan called her a "pet" for his amusement while she watched him kill thousands on live-television and nearly murder their own son. Art and Debbie end the season DrowningMySorrows together, not knowing if they really understood the person Nolan was and questioning why he spared them.
** Red Rush explains that as a SuperSpeedster he has RequiredSecondaryPowers of superhumanly fast perception and enahanced durability, which enable him to run at relativistic speeds without killing himself or causing an immense amount of collateral damage. During his brutal fight with Omni-Man, they make his death a great deal more painful than it could have been without them.
** Episode 8 deconstructs YouWillBeSpared. Art and Debbie were the only ones who Omni-Man didn't kill, silence, or beat up in an attempt to cover up his murder of the Guardians. Art is not happy about this, and Debbie was not thrilled to hear that Nolan called her a "pet" for his amusement while she watched him kill thousands on live-television and nearly murder their own son. Art and Debbie end the season DrowningMySorrows together, not knowing if they really understood the person Nolan was and questioning why he spared them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible}}'': Episode 8 deconstructs YouWillBeSpared. Art and Debbie were the only ones who Omni-Man didn't kill, silence, or beat up in an attempt to cover up his murder of the Guardians. Art is not happy about this, and Debbie was not thrilled to hear that Nolan called her a "pet" for his amusement while she watched him kill thousands on live-television and nearly murder their own son. Art and Debbie end the season DrowningMySorrows together, not knowing if they really understood the person Nolan was and questioning why he spared them.
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** Deconstructs DudeWheresMyRespect. One of Dipper reoccurring flaws is that he constantly seeks validation and acceptance, usually to the detriment of himself and others. A lot of his mistakes stem from his fear that he's actually unwanted or useless to the people around him, which Stan and Mabel's frequent InnocentlyInsensitive comments don't exactly help with. As shown in "Society of the Blind Eye", he sees his intelligence as his only worthwhile quality and doesn't know who he is without it, and thus takes being disregarded as not smart enough [[BerserkButton very badly]]. Unfortunately for him, his attempts to prove he's worthy of the acceptance and appreciation he desires are [[NiceJobBreakingItHero usually what causes the episode's conflict]]. [[spoiler:Everything he's learned ultimately pays off in the end, and he's recognized as the hero of Gravity Falls]].
** Deconstructs ToughLove with Filbrick. His rough treatment of Stanley and Stanford did make them stronger, but it also left emotional scars that were so deep they carried them into their sixties. That and the fact that he [[AbusiveParents didn't actually care for either of them]].
** Deconstructs ToughLove with Filbrick. His rough treatment of Stanley and Stanford did make them stronger, but it also left emotional scars that were so deep they carried them into their sixties. That and the fact that he [[AbusiveParents didn't actually care for either of them]].
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** Deconstructs DudeWheresMyRespect. One of Dipper Dipper’s reoccurring flaws is that he constantly seeks validation and acceptance, usually to the detriment of himself and others. A lot of his mistakes stem from his fear that he's actually unwanted or useless to the people around him, which Stan and Mabel's frequent InnocentlyInsensitive comments don't exactly help with. As shown in "Society of the Blind Eye", he sees his intelligence as his only worthwhile quality and doesn't know who he is without it, and thus takes being disregarded as not smart enough [[BerserkButton very badly]]. Unfortunately for him, his attempts to prove he's worthy of the acceptance and appreciation he desires are [[NiceJobBreakingItHero usually what causes the episode's conflict]]. [[spoiler:Everything he's learned ultimately pays off in the end, and he's recognized as the hero of Gravity Falls]].
** Deconstructs ToughLove with Filbrick. His rough treatment of Stanley and Stanford did make them stronger, but it also left emotional scars that were so deep they carried them into theirsixties.sixties, and damaged their relationships with each other and other people. That and the fact that he [[AbusiveParents didn't actually care for either of them]].
** Deconstructs ToughLove with Filbrick. His rough treatment of Stanley and Stanford did make them stronger, but it also left emotional scars that were so deep they carried them into their
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** AttackAttackAttack and TrainingFromHell are deconstructed with the Daughters of Aku. Trained since birth to be remorseless assassins, they are skilled and relentless combatants. Despite their training however they are still decades behind Jack in terms of skill and experience, and were taught only to attack. They also spent most of their lives in a cavern fortress leaving them ill-prepared to new environments. Never trying protect or aid one another, which they see as weakness. Once Jack recovers from their initial ambush and stops holding back, they are swiftly killed save one who would bring Jack out of his funk.
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** AttackAttackAttack and TrainingFromHell are deconstructed with the Daughters of Aku. Trained since birth to be remorseless assassins, they are skilled and relentless combatants. Despite their training however they are still decades behind Jack in terms of skill and experience, and were taught only to attack. They also spent most of their lives in a cavern fortress leaving them ill-prepared to adapt to new environments. Never trying protect or aid one another, which they see as weakness. Once Jack recovers from their initial ambush and stops holding back, they are swiftly killed save one who would bring Jack out of his funk.
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** AttackAttackAttack and TrainingFromHell are deconstructed with the Daughters of Aku. Trained since birth to be remorseless assassins, they are skilled and relentless combatants. Despite their training however they are still decades behind Jack in terms of skill and experience, and were taught only to attack. Never trying protect or aid one another, which they see as weakness. Once Jack recovers from their initial ambush and stops holding back, they are swiftly killed save one who would bring Jack out of his funk.
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** AttackAttackAttack and TrainingFromHell are deconstructed with the Daughters of Aku. Trained since birth to be remorseless assassins, they are skilled and relentless combatants. Despite their training however they are still decades behind Jack in terms of skill and experience, and were taught only to attack. They also spent most of their lives in a cavern fortress leaving them ill-prepared to new environments. Never trying protect or aid one another, which they see as weakness. Once Jack recovers from their initial ambush and stops holding back, they are swiftly killed save one who would bring Jack out of his funk.
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** Deconstructs AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther. Throughout the first two seasons, Beth and Jerry show moments where they care for each other despite their toxic, dysfunction marriage. But those moments, unfortunately, are just moments that don't last, and their toxic dysfunction remains an ongoing problem that they don't work to resolve. In Season 3, when Jerry put his foot down and made Beth choose between him and Rick, [[RealityEnsues she chose Rick]].
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** Deconstructs AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther. Throughout the first two seasons, Beth and Jerry show moments where they care for each other despite their toxic, dysfunction marriage. But those moments, unfortunately, are just moments that don't last, and their toxic dysfunction remains an ongoing problem that they don't work to resolve. In Season 3, when Jerry put his foot down and made Beth choose between him and Rick, [[RealityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome she chose Rick]].
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** Season 5 also decimated Season 3's "[[Recap/SamuraiJackS3E6JackAndTheTravelingCreatures Jack and the Traveling Creatures]]". By not returning Jack then and there to the past BecauseDestinySaySo, the Guardian doomed Jack, the future, and himself. The Guardian is killed by Aku and the portal destroyed, Jack finds the last portal only to also be destroyed by Aku, which led to a HeroicRROD from Jack which led to Jack losing his sword after killing three innocent sheep in his blind rage and without armed with the one thing that can kill Aku once for all, the future became more bleak and hellish with evil increasing with more power in the following half-century and leaving Jack with HeroicBSOD.
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** Season 5 also decimated Season 3's "[[Recap/SamuraiJackS3E6JackAndTheTravelingCreatures Jack and the Traveling Creatures]]". By not returning Jack then and there to the past BecauseDestinySaySo, BecauseDestinySaysSo, the Guardian doomed Jack, the future, and himself. The Guardian is killed by Aku and the portal destroyed, Jack finds the last portal only to also be destroyed by Aku, which led to a HeroicRROD from Jack which led to Jack losing his sword after killing three innocent sheep in his blind rage and without armed with the one thing that can kill Aku once for all, the future became more bleak and hellish with evil forces increasing with more power in the following half-century and leaving Jack with HeroicBSOD.
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** Season 5 also decimated Season 3's "[[Recap/SamuraiJackS3E6JackAndTheTravelingCreatures Jack and the Traveling Creatures]]". By not returning Jack then and there to the past BecauseDestinySaidSo, the Guardian doomed Jack, the future, and himself. The Guardian is killed by Aku and the portal destroyed, Jack finds the last portal only to also by destroyed by Aku, which led to a HeroicRROD from Jack which led to Jack losing his sword after killing three innocent sheep in his blind rage and without armed with the one thing that can kill Aku once for all, the future became more bleak and hellish with evil increasing with more power.
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** Season 5 also decimated Season 3's "[[Recap/SamuraiJackS3E6JackAndTheTravelingCreatures Jack and the Traveling Creatures]]". By not returning Jack then and there to the past BecauseDestinySaidSo, BecauseDestinySaySo, the Guardian doomed Jack, the future, and himself. The Guardian is killed by Aku and the portal destroyed, Jack finds the last portal only to also by be destroyed by Aku, which led to a HeroicRROD from Jack which led to Jack losing his sword after killing three innocent sheep in his blind rage and without armed with the one thing that can kill Aku once for all, the future became more bleak and hellish with evil increasing with more power.power in the following half-century and leaving Jack with HeroicBSOD.
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** AttackAttackAttack and TrainingFromHell are deconstructed with the Daughters of Aku. Trained since birth to be remorseless assassins, they are skilled and relentless combatants. Despite their training however they are still decades behind Jack in terms of skill and experience, and were taught only to attack. Never trying protect or aid one another, which they see as weakness. Once Jack recovers from their initial ambush and stops holding back, they are swiftly killed save one.
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** AttackAttackAttack and TrainingFromHell are deconstructed with the Daughters of Aku. Trained since birth to be remorseless assassins, they are skilled and relentless combatants. Despite their training however they are still decades behind Jack in terms of skill and experience, and were taught only to attack. Never trying protect or aid one another, which they see as weakness. Once Jack recovers from their initial ambush and stops holding back, they are swiftly killed save one.one who would bring Jack out of his funk.
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** Season 5 also decimated Season 3's "[[Recap/SamuraiJackS3E6JackAndTheTravelingCreatures Jack and the Traveling Creatures]]". By not returning Jack then and there to the past BecauseDestinySaidSo, the Guardian doomed Jack, the future, and himself. The Guardian is killed by Aku and the portal destroyed, Jack finds the last portal only to also by destroyed by Aku, which led to a HeroicRROD from Jack which led to Jack losing his sword after killing three innocent sheep in his blind rage and without armed with the one thing that can kill Aku once for all, the future became more bleak and hellish with evil increasing with more power.
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** AttackAttackAttack and TrainingFromHell are deconstructed with the Daughters of Aku. Trained since birth to be remorseless assassins, they are skilled and relentless combatants. Despite their training however they are still decades behind Jack in terms of skill and experience, and were taught only to attack. Never trying protect or aid one another, which they see as weakness. Once Jack recovers from their initial ambush and stops holding back, they are swiftly killed.
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** AttackAttackAttack and TrainingFromHell are deconstructed with the Daughters of Aku. Trained since birth to be remorseless assassins, they are skilled and relentless combatants. Despite their training however they are still decades behind Jack in terms of skill and experience, and were taught only to attack. Never trying protect or aid one another, which they see as weakness. Once Jack recovers from their initial ambush and stops holding back, they are swiftly killed.killed save one.
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** "Stranded" deconstructs SheIsNotMyGirlfriend. Starfire is so upset at Robin's mixed signals that she is unable to use her powers (which are driven in part by emotional clarity). He first chalks it up to her not understanding what a girlfriend is, but she demonstrates that she understands perfectly.
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** "Stranded" "Apprentice: Part 1" deconstructs SheIsNotMyGirlfriend. Starfire JustBetweenYouAndMe. It looks like Slade suffers a bad case of BondVillainStupidity when he randomly announces to the Titans his plans of detonating a Chronotron bomb, even giving them time to save the day. It turns out Slade is so upset at fully aware of Robin's mixed signals that she paranoiac obsession with catching him and the Titans' ChronicHeroSyndrome. Unfortunately the heroes bite the bait and the time bomb turns out to be a fake, leading to them being infected with deadly nanobots, while Robin is unable forced to use her powers (which are driven in part by emotional clarity). He first chalks it up become his apprentice if he doesn't want to her not understanding what watch his teammates suffer a girlfriend is, but she demonstrates that she understands perfectly.gruesome death.
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** "Troq" deconstructs NobleBigot. Barring Starfire, Val-Yor genuinely liked the other Titans and is trying to stop an evil alien race, but he's also still a racist who doesn't learn his lesson.
** "Apprentice: Part 1" deconstructs JustBetweenYouAndMe. It looks like Slade suffers a bad case of BondVillainStupidity when he randomly announces to the Titans his plans of detonating a Chronotron bomb, even giving them time to save the day. It turns out Slade is fully aware of Robin's paranoiac obsession with catching him and the Titans' ChronicHeroSyndrome. Unfortunately the heroes bite the bait and the time bomb turns out to be a fake, leading to them being infected with deadly nanobots, while Robin is forced to become his apprentice if he doesn't want to watch his teammates suffer a gruesome death.
** "Apprentice: Part 1" deconstructs JustBetweenYouAndMe. It looks like Slade suffers a bad case of BondVillainStupidity when he randomly announces to the Titans his plans of detonating a Chronotron bomb, even giving them time to save the day. It turns out Slade is fully aware of Robin's paranoiac obsession with catching him and the Titans' ChronicHeroSyndrome. Unfortunately the heroes bite the bait and the time bomb turns out to be a fake, leading to them being infected with deadly nanobots, while Robin is forced to become his apprentice if he doesn't want to watch his teammates suffer a gruesome death.
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** "Troq" deconstructs NobleBigot. Barring Starfire, Val-Yor genuinely liked the other Titans and is trying to stop an evil alien race, but he's also still a racist who that doesn't learn stop them from losing respect for him once they realize his lesson.
racism. Unlike in every other VerySpecialEpisode where the racist's life is saved by a member of the group they are prejudiced against, learns the error of their ways and changes for the better, Starfire saving his life didn't make Val-Yor any less of a racist than he was at the start of the episode.
**"Apprentice: Part 1" "Stranded" deconstructs JustBetweenYouAndMe. It looks like Slade suffers a bad case of BondVillainStupidity when he randomly announces to the Titans his plans of detonating a Chronotron bomb, even giving them time to save the day. It turns out Slade SheIsNotMyGirlfriend. Starfire is fully aware of so upset at Robin's paranoiac obsession with catching him and the Titans' ChronicHeroSyndrome. Unfortunately the heroes bite the bait and the time bomb turns out mixed signals that she is unable to be a fake, leading use her powers (which are driven in part by emotional clarity). He first chalks it up to them being infected with deadly nanobots, while Robin is forced to become his apprentice if he doesn't want to watch his teammates suffer her not understanding what a gruesome death.girlfriend is, but she demonstrates that she understands perfectly.
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* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' deconstructions ComingOfAgeStory. In many ways, the show acts as a deconstructions of adventure stories where kids travel to a magical world and overcome their problems, ala ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' or ''WesternAnimation/ThePagemaster''. The train defies the YearInsideHourOutside and AllJustADream tropes that usually accompany these stories, the magical and quirky companions that become loyal friends to our heroes are [[spoiler:created solely to be avenues for their character development, regardless of the lives they live outside of that]], and [[spoiler:[[RefusalOfTheCall refusing]] to accept any sort of growth means you're trapped for years, maybe even decades, until you do]].
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* In many ways, ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' deconstructions ComingOfAgeStory. In many ways, the show acts as a deconstructions of [[ComingOfAgeStory Coming-of-Age]] adventure stories where kids travel to a magical world and overcome their problems, ala ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' or ''WesternAnimation/ThePagemaster''. The train defies the YearInsideHourOutside and AllJustADream tropes that usually accompany these stories, the magical and quirky companions that become loyal friends to our heroes are [[spoiler:created solely to be avenues for their character development, regardless of the lives they live outside of that]], and [[spoiler:[[RefusalOfTheCall refusing]] to accept any sort of growth means you're trapped for years, maybe even decades, until you do]].
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** "Lightspeed" deconstructs BadPowersBadPeople. Jinx explains to Kid Flash that When you are walking bad luck, it's a lot easier to be a villain than a hero because others will think you're a villain anyway.
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** "Lightspeed" deconstructs BadPowersBadPeople. Jinx explains to Kid Flash that When you are when you're walking bad luck, it's a lot easier to be a villain than a hero because others will think you're a villain anyway.
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** "Stranded" deconstructs SheIsNotMyGirlfriend. Starfire is so upset at Robin's mixed signals that she is unable to use her powers (which are driven in part by emotional clarity). He first chalks it up to her not understanding what a girlfriend is, but she demonstrates that she understands perfectly.
** "The Beast Within" deconstructs DudeWheresMyRespect. It's clearly shown during the fight against Adonis that Beast Boy has deep anger issues because of the lack of appreciation from the other Titans, and during the fight all of his repressed anger goes out and he totally curb stomps Adonis, much to the shock of the other Titans. His anger only gets worse until he (apparantly) puts Raven into a coma.
** "Troq" deconstructs NobleBigot. Barring Starfire, Val-Yor genuinely liked the other Titans and is trying to stop an evil alien race, but he's also still a racist who doesn't learn his lesson.
** "Apprentice: Part 1" deconstructs JustBetweenYouAndMe. It looks like Slade suffers a bad case of BondVillainStupidity when he randomly announces to the Titans his plans of detonating a Chronotron bomb, even giving them time to save the day. It turns out Slade is fully aware of Robin's paranoiac obsession with catching him and the Titans' ChronicHeroSyndrome. Unfortunately the heroes bite the bait and the time bomb turns out to be a fake, leading to them being infected with deadly nanobots, while Robin is forced to become his apprentice if he doesn't want to watch his teammates suffer a gruesome death.
** "Lightspeed" deconstructs BadPowersBadPeople. Jinx explains to Kid Flash that When you are walking bad luck, it's a lot easier to be a villain than a hero because others will think you're a villain anyway.
** "Stranded" deconstructs SheIsNotMyGirlfriend. Starfire is so upset at Robin's mixed signals that she is unable to use her powers (which are driven in part by emotional clarity). He first chalks it up to her not understanding what a girlfriend is, but she demonstrates that she understands perfectly.
** "The Beast Within" deconstructs DudeWheresMyRespect. It's clearly shown during the fight against Adonis that Beast Boy has deep anger issues because of the lack of appreciation from the other Titans, and during the fight all of his repressed anger goes out and he totally curb stomps Adonis, much to the shock of the other Titans. His anger only gets worse until he (apparantly) puts Raven into a coma.
** "Troq" deconstructs NobleBigot. Barring Starfire, Val-Yor genuinely liked the other Titans and is trying to stop an evil alien race, but he's also still a racist who doesn't learn his lesson.
** "Apprentice: Part 1" deconstructs JustBetweenYouAndMe. It looks like Slade suffers a bad case of BondVillainStupidity when he randomly announces to the Titans his plans of detonating a Chronotron bomb, even giving them time to save the day. It turns out Slade is fully aware of Robin's paranoiac obsession with catching him and the Titans' ChronicHeroSyndrome. Unfortunately the heroes bite the bait and the time bomb turns out to be a fake, leading to them being infected with deadly nanobots, while Robin is forced to become his apprentice if he doesn't want to watch his teammates suffer a gruesome death.
** "Lightspeed" deconstructs BadPowersBadPeople. Jinx explains to Kid Flash that When you are walking bad luck, it's a lot easier to be a villain than a hero because others will think you're a villain anyway.
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** In the deceptively named episode “Deconstructing Arnold”, they seem to deconstruct AllLovingHero: When Helga points out that Arnold is always giving unsolicited advice to other kids, spoiling their fun, every other kid (included best friend Gerald) agrees. Arnold decides to stop helping others as a result. Then we discover… that Arnold is still the same good, happy kid. He’s not a BrokenMessiah from it. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor However, as expected, the kids' plans backfire and they need help in resolving them, only for Arnold to remind them that they didn't want his advice.]] They then go to Helga, whom she initially doesn't see the big deal and decides to give them advice. Helga being a JerkassWoobie only manages to make things worse for everybody, including herself, because everyone blames her for her ill advice. We discover that the kids' problems would be relatively easy to solve… if they had the character to be able to do the right thing, instead of the doing the easy thing. Arnold wasn't AllLovingHero because he gave advice, he gave advice because he was an AllLovingHero, truly loving and caring for others and encouraging the kids to do the obvious, right thing no matter how painful, while Helga solutions were not the best (most involved shifting the blame while one was just poorly thought out [[AnAesop and that never solves any problem.]] The tropes HumansAreFlawed and AllLovingHero was deconstructed and [[{{Reconstruction}} reconstructed]]. It results with Helga asking Arnold to be an AllLovingHero again. She even Lampsahdes that she's no good at giving advice and that they need him. The episode concludes with Arnold telling his friends the true advice they needed while Helga looked from afar, happy things we back to normal.
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** In the deceptively named episode “Deconstructing Arnold”, they seem to deconstruct AllLovingHero: When Helga points out that Arnold is always giving unsolicited advice to other kids, spoiling their fun, every other kid (included best friend Gerald) agrees. Arnold decides to stop helping others as a result. Then we discover… that Arnold is still the same good, happy kid. He’s not a BrokenMessiah from it. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor However, as expected, the kids' plans backfire and they need help in resolving them, only for Arnold to remind them that they didn't want his advice.]] They then go to Helga, whom she initially doesn't see the big deal and decides to give them advice. Helga being a JerkassWoobie only manages to make things worse for everybody, including herself, because everyone blames her for her ill advice. We discover that the kids' problems would be relatively easy to solve… if they had the character to be able to do the right thing, instead of the doing the easy thing. Arnold wasn't AllLovingHero because he gave advice, he gave advice because he was an AllLovingHero, truly loving and caring for others and encouraging the kids to do the obvious, right thing no matter how painful, while Helga Helga's solutions were not the best (most best; most involved shifting the blame blame, while one was just poorly poorly, thought out [[AnAesop and that never solves any problem.]] The tropes HumansAreFlawed and AllLovingHero was deconstructed and [[{{Reconstruction}} reconstructed]]. It results with Helga asking Arnold to be an AllLovingHero again. She even Lampsahdes that she's no good at giving advice and that they need him. The episode concludes with Arnold telling his friends the true advice they needed while Helga looked from afar, happy things we back to normal.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''
** deconstructed AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther. Throughout the first two seasons, Beth and Jerry show moments where they care for each other despite their toxic, dysfunction marriage. But those moments, unfortunately, are just moments that don't last, and their toxic dysfunction remains an ongoing problem that they don't work to resolve. In Season 3, when Jerry put his foot down and made Beth choose between him and Rick, [[RealityEnsues she chose Rick]].
** deconstructed ComedicSociopathy. Rick certainly comes across as one, but it's implied to be a defense mechanism fostered over decades -- if he ever stopped to empathize with those he's wronged over the years or consider the full consequences of his actions, he just might go completely insane.
** deconstructed DumbassNoMore. Morty constant adventures and near-death situations turned him from naive, slow in the mind kid to one of the more competent and self-aware characters of the show, they also took a serious toll on him, resulting in his constant sense of disillusionment and insecurity.
** deconstructed AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther. Throughout the first two seasons, Beth and Jerry show moments where they care for each other despite their toxic, dysfunction marriage. But those moments, unfortunately, are just moments that don't last, and their toxic dysfunction remains an ongoing problem that they don't work to resolve. In Season 3, when Jerry put his foot down and made Beth choose between him and Rick, [[RealityEnsues she chose Rick]].
** deconstructed ComedicSociopathy. Rick certainly comes across as one, but it's implied to be a defense mechanism fostered over decades -- if he ever stopped to empathize with those he's wronged over the years or consider the full consequences of his actions, he just might go completely insane.
** deconstructed DumbassNoMore. Morty constant adventures and near-death situations turned him from naive, slow in the mind kid to one of the more competent and self-aware characters of the show, they also took a serious toll on him, resulting in his constant sense of disillusionment and insecurity.
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**deconstructed Deconstructs AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther. Throughout the first two seasons, Beth and Jerry show moments where they care for each other despite their toxic, dysfunction marriage. But those moments, unfortunately, are just moments that don't last, and their toxic dysfunction remains an ongoing problem that they don't work to resolve. In Season 3, when Jerry put his foot down and made Beth choose between him and Rick, [[RealityEnsues she chose Rick]].
**deconstructed Deconstructs ComedicSociopathy. Rick certainly comes across as one, but it's implied to be a defense mechanism fostered over decades -- if he ever stopped to empathize with those he's wronged over the years or consider the full consequences of his actions, he just might go completely insane.
**deconstructed Deconstructs DumbassNoMore. Morty constant adventures and near-death situations turned him from naive, slow in the mind kid to one of the more competent and self-aware characters of the show, they also took a serious toll on him, resulting in his constant sense of disillusionment and insecurity.
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** In the deceptively named episode “Deconstructing Arnold”, they seem to deconstruct AllLovingHero: When Helga points out that Arnold is always giving unsolicited advice to other kids, spoiling their fun, every other kid (included best friend Gerald) agrees. Arnold decides to stop helping others as a result. Then we discover… that Arnold is still the same good, happy kid. He’s not a BrokenMessiah from it. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor However, as expected, the kids' plans backfire and they need help in resolving them, only for Arnold to remind them that they didn't want his advice.]] They then go to Helga, whom she initially doesn't see the big deal and decides to give them advice. Helga being a JerkassWoobie only manages to make things worse for everybody, including herself, because everyone blames her for her ill advice. We discover that the kids' problems would be relatively easy to solve… if they had the character to be able to do the right thing, instead of the doing the easy thing. Arnold wasn't AllLovingHero because he gave advice, he gave advice because he was an AllLovingHero, truly loving and caring for others and encouraging the kids to do the obvious, right thing no matter how painful, while Helga solutions were not the best (most involved shifting the blame while one was just poorly thought out [[AnAesop and that never solves any problem.]] The tropes HumansAreFlawed and AllLovingHero was deconstructed and [[ReconstructedTrope reconstructed]]. It results with Helga asking Arnold to be an AllLovingHero again. She even Lampsahdes that she's no good at giving advice and that they need him. The episode concludes with Arnold telling his friends the true advice they needed while Helga looked from afar, happy things we back to normal.
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** In the deceptively named episode “Deconstructing Arnold”, they seem to deconstruct AllLovingHero: When Helga points out that Arnold is always giving unsolicited advice to other kids, spoiling their fun, every other kid (included best friend Gerald) agrees. Arnold decides to stop helping others as a result. Then we discover… that Arnold is still the same good, happy kid. He’s not a BrokenMessiah from it. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor However, as expected, the kids' plans backfire and they need help in resolving them, only for Arnold to remind them that they didn't want his advice.]] They then go to Helga, whom she initially doesn't see the big deal and decides to give them advice. Helga being a JerkassWoobie only manages to make things worse for everybody, including herself, because everyone blames her for her ill advice. We discover that the kids' problems would be relatively easy to solve… if they had the character to be able to do the right thing, instead of the doing the easy thing. Arnold wasn't AllLovingHero because he gave advice, he gave advice because he was an AllLovingHero, truly loving and caring for others and encouraging the kids to do the obvious, right thing no matter how painful, while Helga solutions were not the best (most involved shifting the blame while one was just poorly thought out [[AnAesop and that never solves any problem.]] The tropes HumansAreFlawed and AllLovingHero was deconstructed and [[ReconstructedTrope [[{{Reconstruction}} reconstructed]]. It results with Helga asking Arnold to be an AllLovingHero again. She even Lampsahdes that she's no good at giving advice and that they need him. The episode concludes with Arnold telling his friends the true advice they needed while Helga looked from afar, happy things we back to normal.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'':
** The episode "Payback" deconstructs BullyHunter. The episode features a masked VigilanteMan who specifically targets adults (parents/teachers/bosses) that bully various teenagers in Gotham City. It is clear that he is going overboard, as his attacks on them are rather violent and almost lethal against those who've slighted others. [[spoiler: It is revealed that Payback is the son of a doctor at a local youth counseling center, who was depressed that his father was spending too much time counseling other teenagers and neglecting him]].
** The episode "Heroes" deconstructs FreakLabAccident origin stories. A team of ComicBook/FantasticFour expies discover that the high radiation levels from the accident that gave them their powers is slowly killing them and driving them insane, and said "accident" was orchestrated by their old colleague in a MurderTheHypotenuse scheme. It's a chilling reminder that the line between hero and villain can be as slim as the choice one is offered. The leader even admits he's not a hero because the accident robbed him of any real choice to be one or not.
*** The episode also briefly deconstructs the CelebritySuperhero: they're so popular with the public and work so well with the government only because the military has taken them in as personal attack dogs, and is trying to make sure they have a good public image.
** The KidHero trope is deconstructed in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''. Being a youngster who fights evil won't spare you from [[spoiler:the torture and brainwashing MindRape you'll receive once you end up in the claws of a sadistic, murderous, amoral psychopath. If you ''do'' survive it, you'll completely lose your sanity, it will take years of therapy to cure you, and you have to live with PTSD through the rest of your life. Though Tim was actually not regretful of it until the Joker began influencing him in his attempt to take over.]]
-->'''Timothy Drake (as an adult):''' Fun and games. Boy wonder playing hero. Fighting the bad guys and no one ever gets... [[spoiler:Oh god. I killed him. I didn't mean to. I tried so hard to forget. But I still hear the shot. Still see the dead smile. Every night the dreams get stronger... He's there when I sleep. Whispering! Laughing! Telling me that I'm as bad as he is! We're both the same!]] [[note]]Though his 'dreams' are actually [[spoiler:the result of the Joker placing a microchip on him before he died, in an attempt to [[GrandTheftMe take over]] Tim's body]].[[/note]]
** The Joker points out that for all the fear he invokes being TheCowl, Batman is not more than a pathetic ManChild crying out for mommy and daddy after all those years.
-->'''The Joker:''' I must admit, it's sadly anti-climactic. Behind all the sturm and bat-o-rangs, you're just a little boy in a playsuit, crying for mommy and daddy! It'd be funny if it weren't so pathetic.
** Timothy Drake deconstructs the KidSidekick as a WellDoneSonGuy pathetically trying to please TheHero because [[IJustWantToBeYou He Just Wants To Be Him]]. When that doesn't happen, there comes the FanDisillusionment:
-->'''Tim:''' We gave our best, but in the end that wasn't good enough for the old man. When I was younger, part of me thought I would go on and on, and someday...ah, capes, costumes, playing hero - it was kid's stuff! Bruce probably did me a favor. In the end, I was so sick of it I never wanted to see that stupid Robin suit again...!
*** However, it's been noted that his hatred for being Robin was a result of the Joker's influence on him and he was actually pretty okay.
** The new Batman (Terry [=McGinnis=]) admits that ComicBook/TheJoker is a successful supervillain, but a pathetic comedian: he never made Batman laugh, nor corrupt or break him. He never was AffablyEvil, just FauxAffablyEvil. And maybe the clearer proof that The Joker is a mediocre comic is that he cannot deal with the natural enemy of a comedian: ''TheHeckler''.
-->'''Terry [=McGinnis=]:''' The real reason you kept coming back was you never got a laugh out of the old man.
-->'''The Joker:''' I'm not ''hearing'' this...
-->'''Terry [=McGinnis=]:''' Get a clue, clowny! He's got no sense of humor! He wouldn't know a good joke if it bit him in the cape... not that you ever had a good joke.
-->'''The Joker:''' [[BigShutUp Shut up... shut up!]]
-->'''Terry [=McGinnis=]:''' I mean, joy-buzzers, squirting flowers, lame! Where's the "A" material? Make a face, drop your pants, something!
** Harley Quinn deconstructs the PerkyFemaleMinion into CuteAndPsycho after helping the Joker torture Robin, showing us that she was just another psychopath. Batgirl conveniently forgets that the only one of Joker’s potential victims Harley defended in the series was [[HoYay Poison Ivy]] and Arkhan Asylum's inmates. Harley was perfectly okay with The Joker torturing and killing [[LongList Harvey Bullock, Charlie Collins, Sid the Squid, Carl Francis, Thomas Jackson, Batgirl's own father, Commissioner Gordon, etc...]]:
-->'''Batgirl:''' How could you help Joker do it, Harley?
-->'''Harley Quinn:''' Okay, so he roughed the kid up a little. But I'll make it right.
-->'''Batgirl:''' Yeah, you're Mother of the Stinkin' Year!
** TheCowl is deconstructed because Batman is so completely dedicated to his mission, the Batfamily members and Harley [[GrowingUpSucks want to grow up, have families, have much more of life than playing an infinite]] CycleOfRevenge and let him be LonelyAtTheTop. The disturbing conclusion is that the only relationship that ever worked for Batman was the FoeRomanceSubtext he had with The Joker. As we see at the page quote, Joker was truly special for Batman: He was the only one capable of accepting Batman as the {{Determinator}}.
** TheChessmaster is deconstructed when everyone of the grown up Bat Family distrusts the Batman for his manipulative tendences.
-->'''Batman ([=McGinnis=])''' [after his interview with Drake]: ''Were all of you that bitter when you left?''
-->'''Barbara Gordon:''' ''Comes with the territory, [=McGinnis=]. Look up Nightwing someday, has he got stories.''
** The episode "Payback" deconstructs BullyHunter. The episode features a masked VigilanteMan who specifically targets adults (parents/teachers/bosses) that bully various teenagers in Gotham City. It is clear that he is going overboard, as his attacks on them are rather violent and almost lethal against those who've slighted others. [[spoiler: It is revealed that Payback is the son of a doctor at a local youth counseling center, who was depressed that his father was spending too much time counseling other teenagers and neglecting him]].
** The episode "Heroes" deconstructs FreakLabAccident origin stories. A team of ComicBook/FantasticFour expies discover that the high radiation levels from the accident that gave them their powers is slowly killing them and driving them insane, and said "accident" was orchestrated by their old colleague in a MurderTheHypotenuse scheme. It's a chilling reminder that the line between hero and villain can be as slim as the choice one is offered. The leader even admits he's not a hero because the accident robbed him of any real choice to be one or not.
*** The episode also briefly deconstructs the CelebritySuperhero: they're so popular with the public and work so well with the government only because the military has taken them in as personal attack dogs, and is trying to make sure they have a good public image.
** The KidHero trope is deconstructed in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''. Being a youngster who fights evil won't spare you from [[spoiler:the torture and brainwashing MindRape you'll receive once you end up in the claws of a sadistic, murderous, amoral psychopath. If you ''do'' survive it, you'll completely lose your sanity, it will take years of therapy to cure you, and you have to live with PTSD through the rest of your life. Though Tim was actually not regretful of it until the Joker began influencing him in his attempt to take over.]]
-->'''Timothy Drake (as an adult):''' Fun and games. Boy wonder playing hero. Fighting the bad guys and no one ever gets... [[spoiler:Oh god. I killed him. I didn't mean to. I tried so hard to forget. But I still hear the shot. Still see the dead smile. Every night the dreams get stronger... He's there when I sleep. Whispering! Laughing! Telling me that I'm as bad as he is! We're both the same!]] [[note]]Though his 'dreams' are actually [[spoiler:the result of the Joker placing a microchip on him before he died, in an attempt to [[GrandTheftMe take over]] Tim's body]].[[/note]]
** The Joker points out that for all the fear he invokes being TheCowl, Batman is not more than a pathetic ManChild crying out for mommy and daddy after all those years.
-->'''The Joker:''' I must admit, it's sadly anti-climactic. Behind all the sturm and bat-o-rangs, you're just a little boy in a playsuit, crying for mommy and daddy! It'd be funny if it weren't so pathetic.
** Timothy Drake deconstructs the KidSidekick as a WellDoneSonGuy pathetically trying to please TheHero because [[IJustWantToBeYou He Just Wants To Be Him]]. When that doesn't happen, there comes the FanDisillusionment:
-->'''Tim:''' We gave our best, but in the end that wasn't good enough for the old man. When I was younger, part of me thought I would go on and on, and someday...ah, capes, costumes, playing hero - it was kid's stuff! Bruce probably did me a favor. In the end, I was so sick of it I never wanted to see that stupid Robin suit again...!
*** However, it's been noted that his hatred for being Robin was a result of the Joker's influence on him and he was actually pretty okay.
** The new Batman (Terry [=McGinnis=]) admits that ComicBook/TheJoker is a successful supervillain, but a pathetic comedian: he never made Batman laugh, nor corrupt or break him. He never was AffablyEvil, just FauxAffablyEvil. And maybe the clearer proof that The Joker is a mediocre comic is that he cannot deal with the natural enemy of a comedian: ''TheHeckler''.
-->'''Terry [=McGinnis=]:''' The real reason you kept coming back was you never got a laugh out of the old man.
-->'''The Joker:''' I'm not ''hearing'' this...
-->'''Terry [=McGinnis=]:''' Get a clue, clowny! He's got no sense of humor! He wouldn't know a good joke if it bit him in the cape... not that you ever had a good joke.
-->'''The Joker:''' [[BigShutUp Shut up... shut up!]]
-->'''Terry [=McGinnis=]:''' I mean, joy-buzzers, squirting flowers, lame! Where's the "A" material? Make a face, drop your pants, something!
** Harley Quinn deconstructs the PerkyFemaleMinion into CuteAndPsycho after helping the Joker torture Robin, showing us that she was just another psychopath. Batgirl conveniently forgets that the only one of Joker’s potential victims Harley defended in the series was [[HoYay Poison Ivy]] and Arkhan Asylum's inmates. Harley was perfectly okay with The Joker torturing and killing [[LongList Harvey Bullock, Charlie Collins, Sid the Squid, Carl Francis, Thomas Jackson, Batgirl's own father, Commissioner Gordon, etc...]]:
-->'''Batgirl:''' How could you help Joker do it, Harley?
-->'''Harley Quinn:''' Okay, so he roughed the kid up a little. But I'll make it right.
-->'''Batgirl:''' Yeah, you're Mother of the Stinkin' Year!
** TheCowl is deconstructed because Batman is so completely dedicated to his mission, the Batfamily members and Harley [[GrowingUpSucks want to grow up, have families, have much more of life than playing an infinite]] CycleOfRevenge and let him be LonelyAtTheTop. The disturbing conclusion is that the only relationship that ever worked for Batman was the FoeRomanceSubtext he had with The Joker. As we see at the page quote, Joker was truly special for Batman: He was the only one capable of accepting Batman as the {{Determinator}}.
** TheChessmaster is deconstructed when everyone of the grown up Bat Family distrusts the Batman for his manipulative tendences.
-->'''Batman ([=McGinnis=])''' [after his interview with Drake]: ''Were all of you that bitter when you left?''
-->'''Barbara Gordon:''' ''Comes with the territory, [=McGinnis=]. Look up Nightwing someday, has he got stories.''
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** The episode "Heroes" deconstructs FreakLabAccident origin stories. A team of ComicBook/FantasticFour expies discover that the high radiation levels from the accident that gave them their powers is slowly killing them and driving them insane, and said "accident" was orchestrated by their old colleague in a MurderTheHypotenuse scheme. It's a chilling reminder that the line between hero and villain can be as slim as the choice one is offered. The leader even admits to he's not a hero because the accident robbed him of any real choice to be one or not.
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** The episode "Heroes" deconstructs FreakLabAccident origin stories. A team of ComicBook/FantasticFour expies discover that the high radiation levels from the accident that gave them their powers is slowly killing them and driving them insane, and said "accident" was orchestrated by their old colleague in a MurderTheHypotenuse scheme. It's a chilling reminder that the line between hero and villain can be as slim as the choice one is offered. The leader even lampshades how he's admits to not a hero because the accident robbed him of any real choice.choice to be one or not.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "Payback" deconstructs BullyHunter. The episode features a masked VigilanteMan who specifically targets adults (parents/teachers/bosses) that bully various teenagers in Gotham City. It is clear that he is going overboard, as his attacks on them are rather violent and almost lethal against those who've slighted others. [[spoiler: It is revealed that Payback is the son of a doctor at a local youth counseling center, who was depressed that his father was spending too much time counseling other teenagers and neglecting him]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'':
** The episode "Payback" deconstructs BullyHunter. The episode features a masked VigilanteMan who specifically targets adults (parents/teachers/bosses) that bully various teenagers in Gotham City. It is clear that he is going overboard, as his attacks on them are rather violent and almost lethal against those who've slighted others. [[spoiler: It is revealed that Payback is the son of a doctor at a local youth counseling center, who was depressed that his father was spending too much time counseling other teenagers and neglectinghim]].him]].
** The episode "Heroes" deconstructs FreakLabAccident origin stories. A team of ComicBook/FantasticFour expies discover that the high levels of radiation from the accident that gave them their powers is slowly killing them, and said "accident" was orchestrated by their old colleague specifically to kill his rival. Both of these cause them to GoMadFromTheRevelation. It is a chilling reminder that the line between hero and villain can be as slim as the choice one is offered. The leader even lampshades how he's not a hero because the accident robbed him of any choice of being one or not.
*** The episode also briefly deconstructs the CelebritySuperhero: they're so popular with the public and work so well with the government only because the military has taken them in as personal attack dogs, and is trying to make sure they have a good public image.
** The episode "Payback" deconstructs BullyHunter. The episode features a masked VigilanteMan who specifically targets adults (parents/teachers/bosses) that bully various teenagers in Gotham City. It is clear that he is going overboard, as his attacks on them are rather violent and almost lethal against those who've slighted others. [[spoiler: It is revealed that Payback is the son of a doctor at a local youth counseling center, who was depressed that his father was spending too much time counseling other teenagers and neglecting
** The episode "Heroes" deconstructs FreakLabAccident origin stories. A team of ComicBook/FantasticFour expies discover that the high levels of radiation from the accident that gave them their powers is slowly killing them, and said "accident" was orchestrated by their old colleague specifically to kill his rival. Both of these cause them to GoMadFromTheRevelation. It is a chilling reminder that the line between hero and villain can be as slim as the choice one is offered. The leader even lampshades how he's not a hero because the accident robbed him of any choice of being one or not.
*** The episode also briefly deconstructs the CelebritySuperhero: they're so popular with the public and work so well with the government only because the military has taken them in as personal attack dogs, and is trying to make sure they have a good public image.
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** ImpliedLoveInteres:. Finn and Princess Bubblegum. Sure, Finn has a PrecociousCrush on PB and he frequently rescues her, but she only thinks of him as a close friend at most. They come ''very'' close to confirming their ship when she is de-aged, but it's thoroughly nixed when she returns to her original age. One episode involved him singing a song about how confusing it was ("What am I to you? Am I a joke, your knight, or your brother?") that also includes his sentiment that it doesn't really matter as long as they are ''at least'' friends and get to hang out. He eventually gets over the romantic aspects when he meets [[SecondLove Flame Princess]], although he makes a few attempts to re-kindle something with PB after ''that'' relationship ends.
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** ImpliedLoveInteres:.InsecureLoveInterest:. Finn and Princess Bubblegum. Sure, Finn has a PrecociousCrush on PB and he frequently rescues her, but she only thinks of him as a close friend at most. They come ''very'' close to confirming their ship when she is de-aged, but it's thoroughly nixed when she returns to her original age. One episode involved him singing a song about how confusing it was ("What am I to you? Am I a joke, your knight, or your brother?") that also includes his sentiment that it doesn't really matter as long as they are ''at least'' friends and get to hang out. He eventually gets over the romantic aspects when he meets [[SecondLove Flame Princess]], although he makes a few attempts to re-kindle something with PB after ''that'' relationship ends.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' deconstructs several Tropes:
** deconstructs TrappedInTVLand. In video game form in the episode "Guardians of Sunshine". When Finn and Jake transport themselves into a video game through Beemo (Who told them not to), they realize that things are not what they seem. For one thing, they lampshaded the fact that if they lose all of their lives, it would be similar to dying in real life. Also, they can only carry just a few coins in their hands and the pain they feel in the game is real as the pain they feel in real life. The enemies in the game pose a bigger threat than expected. When Finn tries to activate the special weapon Bomba, he realizes that he can't do it without his controller. When Jake tries to pull Bomba from the screen, it causes an error that takes them to their world, along with the enemies they encountered (Note: The coin Jake kept turns into a penny, meaning the game currency is not worth much in the real world). The enemies were hostile towards Beemo for imprisoning them in the video game because [[ItMakesSenseInContext they long for the sunshine]].
** deconstructs CloudCuckooLander. The Ice King's seemingly harmlessly insane behavior [[spoiler: actually stems from having been mentally warped by an ArtifactOfDoom. He used to be a normal, dignified, ''human'' antiquarian named Simon Petrikov, before being exposed to an enchanted crown. The ensuing change was slow and painful, and he was [[AndIMustScream aware]] (and ''[[WhatHaveIBecome terrified]]'') of the degradation the entire time. His insanity destroyed his relationships with his fiancee and surrogate daughter, and much of his strange actions are actually an attempt to replace them. In addition to that, it's implied that the only reason he ''is'' a largely harmless eccentric is that the mental remnants of his old self are restraining him - when this control occasionally slips, he is [[NotSoHarmlessVillain much more]] [[PsychopathicManchild disturbing.]]]]
** deconstructs KidHero. Finn has been fighting and killing monsters and supernatural beings since at least the age of twelve (his age when the series begins). Even though he's quite cheerful and upbeat most of the time, psychologically he's ''really'' messed up. In fact the reason he manages to stay upbeat despite the horrors he's seen is because he's very good at suppressing traumatic memories (he refers to the process as "putting them in the vault"; the fact that he does it so often that he ''has a term for it'' is a bad sign). Because he's spent so much of his life fighting and adventuring, he doesn't know much about making personal connections. His emotional immaturity and BloodKnight nature drove his girlfriend away, and his tendencies toward white knighting are steadily getting creepier as he gets older. All he really knows how to do is punch things; life situations that require a more complex solution are beyond his ability to navigate.
** deconstructs ImpliedLoveInterest. Finn and Princess Bubblegum. Sure, Finn has a PrecociousCrush on PB and he frequently rescues her, but she only thinks of him as a close friend at most. They come ''very'' close to confirming their ship when she is de-aged, but it's thoroughly nixed when she returns to her original age. One episode involved him singing a song about how confusing it was ("What am I to you? Am I a joke, your knight, or your brother?") that also includes his sentiment that it doesn't really matter as long as they are ''at least'' friends and get to hang out. He eventually gets over the romantic aspects when he meets [[SecondLove Flame Princess]], although he makes a few attempts to re-kindle something with PB after ''that'' relationship ends.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' deconstructs several tropes:
** deconstructs ChuckCunninghamSyndrome. [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E12TheVoid "The Void"]] reveals that Molly and Rob disappeared because [[spoiler:the Void thought they were mistakes, explaining why they stopped appearing]].
** deconstructs InAnotherMansShoes. In "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS5E33TheWorst The Worst]]," the Wattersons all trade places for a day to see who has the worst life; [[spoiler:Nicole as a man, Gumball and Darwin as women, Richard as a child, and Anais as an adult. Inexplicably, not only does everyone else goes along with them, so does reality itself—to the point of Richard developing acne and Anais getting horrible back pain. While it gives them all some appreciation for the others' problems, the shortcoming of such an experience is pointed out: Gumball hastily declares that everyone has things equally bad, which Nicole points out is a terrible conclusion to reach.]]
** deconstructs TheNondescript. [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E36TheNobody "The Nobody"]] has [[spoiler:Rob escape from the Void after being deemed a mistake by it (probably for being so generic), with a loss of identity in the process]].
** deconstructs StatusQuoIsGod. [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS2E40TheFinale "The Finale"]] has the people of Elmore get revenge on the Wattersons, for them managing to get away with all the damage and chaos they bring to the town.
** deconstructs TrappedInTVLand. In video game form in the episode "Guardians of Sunshine". When Finn and Jake transport themselves into a video game through Beemo (Who told them not to), they realize that things are not what they seem. For one thing, they lampshaded the fact that if they lose all of their lives, it would be similar to dying in real life. Also, they can only carry just a few coins in their hands and the pain they feel in the game is real as the pain they feel in real life. The enemies in the game pose a bigger threat than expected. When Finn tries to activate the special weapon Bomba, he realizes that he can't do it without his controller. When Jake tries to pull Bomba from the screen, it causes an error that takes them to their world, along with the enemies they encountered (Note: The coin Jake kept turns into a penny, meaning the game currency is not worth much in the real world). The enemies were hostile towards Beemo for imprisoning them in the video game because [[ItMakesSenseInContext they long for the sunshine]].
** deconstructs CloudCuckooLander. The Ice King's seemingly harmlessly insane behavior [[spoiler: actually stems from having been mentally warped by an ArtifactOfDoom. He used to be a normal, dignified, ''human'' antiquarian named Simon Petrikov, before being exposed to an enchanted crown. The ensuing change was slow and painful, and he was [[AndIMustScream aware]] (and ''[[WhatHaveIBecome terrified]]'') of the degradation the entire time. His insanity destroyed his relationships with his fiancee and surrogate daughter, and much of his strange actions are actually an attempt to replace them. In addition to that, it's implied that the only reason he ''is'' a largely harmless eccentric is that the mental remnants of his old self are restraining him - when this control occasionally slips, he is [[NotSoHarmlessVillain much more]] [[PsychopathicManchild disturbing.]]]]
** deconstructs KidHero. Finn has been fighting and killing monsters and supernatural beings since at least the age of twelve (his age when the series begins). Even though he's quite cheerful and upbeat most of the time, psychologically he's ''really'' messed up. In fact the reason he manages to stay upbeat despite the horrors he's seen is because he's very good at suppressing traumatic memories (he refers to the process as "putting them in the vault"; the fact that he does it so often that he ''has a term for it'' is a bad sign). Because he's spent so much of his life fighting and adventuring, he doesn't know much about making personal connections. His emotional immaturity and BloodKnight nature drove his girlfriend away, and his tendencies toward white knighting are steadily getting creepier as he gets older. All he really knows how to do is punch things; life situations that require a more complex solution are beyond his ability to navigate.
** deconstructs ImpliedLoveInterest. Finn and Princess Bubblegum. Sure, Finn has a PrecociousCrush on PB and he frequently rescues her, but she only thinks of him as a close friend at most. They come ''very'' close to confirming their ship when she is de-aged, but it's thoroughly nixed when she returns to her original age. One episode involved him singing a song about how confusing it was ("What am I to you? Am I a joke, your knight, or your brother?") that also includes his sentiment that it doesn't really matter as long as they are ''at least'' friends and get to hang out. He eventually gets over the romantic aspects when he meets [[SecondLove Flame Princess]], although he makes a few attempts to re-kindle something with PB after ''that'' relationship ends.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' deconstructs several tropes:
** deconstructs ChuckCunninghamSyndrome. [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E12TheVoid "The Void"]] reveals that Molly and Rob disappeared because [[spoiler:the Void thought they were mistakes, explaining why they stopped appearing]].
** deconstructs InAnotherMansShoes. In "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS5E33TheWorst The Worst]]," the Wattersons all trade places for a day to see who has the worst life; [[spoiler:Nicole as a man, Gumball and Darwin as women, Richard as a child, and Anais as an adult. Inexplicably, not only does everyone else goes along with them, so does reality itself—to the point of Richard developing acne and Anais getting horrible back pain. While it gives them all some appreciation for the others' problems, the shortcoming of such an experience is pointed out: Gumball hastily declares that everyone has things equally bad, which Nicole points out is a terrible conclusion to reach.]]
** deconstructs TheNondescript. [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E36TheNobody "The Nobody"]] has [[spoiler:Rob escape from the Void after being deemed a mistake by it (probably for being so generic), with a loss of identity in the process]].
** deconstructs StatusQuoIsGod. [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS2E40TheFinale "The Finale"]] has the people of Elmore get revenge on the Wattersons, for them managing to get away with all the damage and chaos they bring to the town.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' deconstructs several Tropes:
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**deconstructs TrappedInTVLand. TrappedInTVLand: In video game form in the episode "Guardians of Sunshine". When Finn and Jake transport themselves into a video game through Beemo (Who told them not to), they realize that things are not what they seem. For one thing, they lampshaded the fact that if they lose all of their lives, it would be similar to dying in real life. Also, they can only carry just a few coins in their hands and the pain they feel in the game is real as the pain they feel in real life. The enemies in the game pose a bigger threat than expected. When Finn tries to activate the special weapon Bomba, he realizes that he can't do it without his controller. When Jake tries to pull Bomba from the screen, it causes an error that takes them to their world, along with the enemies they encountered (Note: The coin Jake kept turns into a penny, meaning the game currency is not worth much in the real world). The enemies were hostile towards Beemo for imprisoning them in the video game because [[ItMakesSenseInContext they long for the sunshine]].
**deconstructs CloudCuckooLander. CloudCuckooLander: The Ice King's seemingly harmlessly insane behavior [[spoiler: actually stems from having been mentally warped by an ArtifactOfDoom. He used to be a normal, dignified, ''human'' antiquarian named Simon Petrikov, before being exposed to an enchanted crown. The ensuing change was slow and painful, and he was [[AndIMustScream aware]] (and ''[[WhatHaveIBecome terrified]]'') of the degradation the entire time. His insanity destroyed his relationships with his fiancee and surrogate daughter, and much of his strange actions are actually an attempt to replace them. In addition to that, it's implied that the only reason he ''is'' a largely harmless eccentric is that the mental remnants of his old self are restraining him - when this control occasionally slips, he is [[NotSoHarmlessVillain much more]] [[PsychopathicManchild disturbing.]]]]
**deconstructs KidHero. KidHero: Finn has been fighting and killing monsters and supernatural beings since at least the age of twelve (his age when the series begins). Even though he's quite cheerful and upbeat most of the time, psychologically he's ''really'' messed up. In fact the reason he manages to stay upbeat despite the horrors he's seen is because he's very good at suppressing traumatic memories (he refers to the process as "putting them in the vault"; the fact that he does it so often that he ''has a term for it'' is a bad sign). Because he's spent so much of his life fighting and adventuring, he doesn't know much about making personal connections. His emotional immaturity and BloodKnight nature drove his girlfriend away, and his tendencies toward white knighting are steadily getting creepier as he gets older. All he really knows how to do is punch things; life situations that require a more complex solution are beyond his ability to navigate.
**deconstructs ImpliedLoveInterest.ImpliedLoveInteres:. Finn and Princess Bubblegum. Sure, Finn has a PrecociousCrush on PB and he frequently rescues her, but she only thinks of him as a close friend at most. They come ''very'' close to confirming their ship when she is de-aged, but it's thoroughly nixed when she returns to her original age. One episode involved him singing a song about how confusing it was ("What am I to you? Am I a joke, your knight, or your brother?") that also includes his sentiment that it doesn't really matter as long as they are ''at least'' friends and get to hang out. He eventually gets over the romantic aspects when he meets [[SecondLove Flame Princess]], although he makes a few attempts to re-kindle something with PB after ''that'' relationship ends.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' deconstructs severaltropes:
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**deconstructs ChuckCunninghamSyndrome. ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E12TheVoid "The Void"]] reveals that Molly and Rob disappeared because [[spoiler:the Void thought they were mistakes, explaining why they stopped appearing]].
**deconstructs InAnotherMansShoes. InAnotherMansShoes: In "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS5E33TheWorst The Worst]]," the Wattersons all trade places for a day to see who has the worst life; [[spoiler:Nicole as a man, Gumball and Darwin as women, Richard as a child, and Anais as an adult. Inexplicably, not only does everyone else goes along with them, so does reality itself—to the point of Richard developing acne and Anais getting horrible back pain. While it gives them all some appreciation for the others' problems, the shortcoming of such an experience is pointed out: Gumball hastily declares that everyone has things equally bad, which Nicole points out is a terrible conclusion to reach.]]
**deconstructs TheNondescript. TheNondescript: [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E36TheNobody "The Nobody"]] has [[spoiler:Rob escape from the Void after being deemed a mistake by it (probably for being so generic), with a loss of identity in the process]].
**deconstructs StatusQuoIsGod. StatusQuoIsGod: [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS2E40TheFinale "The Finale"]] has the people of Elmore get revenge on the Wattersons, for them managing to get away with all the damage and chaos they bring to the town.
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*** In "Dipper and Mabel Vs. The Future", [[spoiler: this is deconstructed. Despite Mabel acknowledging the two Aesops of "if I love it set it free" ("Boyz Crazy"), or that she shouldn't always expect Dipper to give up everything he cares about for her sake ("Sock Opera"), neither of the two seem to have stuck in Mabel's head. Mabel becomes distraught after learning how hard growing up is going to be and can only take solace in knowing Dipper is going to be there for her, so she flips out when learning he might pursue his dreams away from her--while also not understanding that her often [[InnocentlyInsensitive insensitive]] [[BigSisterBully treatment]] is what drove him away to Ford to start with, which she had briefly acknowledged in "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons".]] This ends up actively causing those she loves more problems because she shows no awareness for the very applicable lessons she'd previously learned that could have helped her avoid contributing to them.
** deconstructs AesopAmnesia.
*** In "Dipper and Mabel Vs. The Future", [[spoiler: this is deconstructed. Despite Mabel acknowledging the two Aesops of "if I love it set it free" ("Boyz Crazy"), or that she shouldn't always expect Dipper to give up everything he cares about for her sake ("Sock Opera"), neither of the two seem to have stuck in Mabel's head. Mabel becomes distraught after learning how hard growing up is going to be and can only take solace in knowing Dipper is going to be there for her, so she flips out when learning he might pursue his dreams away from her--while also not understanding that her often [[InnocentlyInsensitive insensitive]] [[BigSisterBully treatment]] is what drove him away to Ford to start with, which she had briefly acknowledged in "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons".]] This ends up actively causing those she loves more problems because she shows no awareness for the very applicable lessons she'd previously learned that could have helped her avoid contributing to them.
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**deconstructs Deconstructs AesopAmnesia.
*** In "Dipper and Mabel Vs. The Future",[[spoiler: this is deconstructed. Despite [[spoiler:despite Mabel acknowledging the two Aesops of "if I love it set it free" ("Boyz Crazy"), or that she shouldn't always expect Dipper to give up everything he cares about for her sake ("Sock Opera"), neither of the two seem to have stuck in Mabel's head. Mabel becomes distraught after learning how hard growing up is going to be and can only take solace in knowing Dipper is going to be there for her, so she flips out when learning he might pursue his dreams away from her--while also not understanding that her often [[InnocentlyInsensitive insensitive]] [[BigSisterBully insensitive treatment]] is what drove him away to Ford to start with, which she had briefly acknowledged in "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons".]] This ends up actively causing those she loves more problems because she shows no awareness for the very applicable lessons she'd previously learned that could have helped her avoid contributing to them.
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** deconstructs DudeWheresMyRespect. One of Dipper reoccurring flaws is that he constantly seeks validation and acceptance, usually to the detriment of himself and others. A lot of his mistakes stem from his fear that he's actually unwanted or useless to the people around him, which Stan and Mabel's frequent InnocentlyInsensitive comments don't exactly help with. As shown in "Society of the Blind Eye", he sees his intelligence as his only worthwhile quality and doesn't know who he is without it, and thus takes being disregarded as not smart enough [[BerserkButton very badly]]. Unfortunately for him, his attempts to prove he's worthy of the acceptance and appreciation he desires are [[NiceJobBreakingItHero usually what causes the episode's conflict]]. [[spoiler:Everything he's learned ultimately pays off in the end, and he's recognized as the hero of Gravity Falls]].
** deconstructs ToughLove with Filbrick. His rough treatment of Stanley and Stanford did make them stronger, but it also left emotional scars that were so deep they carried them into their sixties. That and the fact that he [[TheSociopath didn't actually care]] [[AbusiveParents for either of them]].
** deconstructs ToughLove with Filbrick. His rough treatment of Stanley and Stanford did make them stronger, but it also left emotional scars that were so deep they carried them into their sixties. That and the fact that he [[TheSociopath didn't actually care]] [[AbusiveParents for either of them]].
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** deconstructs Deconstructs DudeWheresMyRespect. One of Dipper reoccurring flaws is that he constantly seeks validation and acceptance, usually to the detriment of himself and others. A lot of his mistakes stem from his fear that he's actually unwanted or useless to the people around him, which Stan and Mabel's frequent InnocentlyInsensitive comments don't exactly help with. As shown in "Society of the Blind Eye", he sees his intelligence as his only worthwhile quality and doesn't know who he is without it, and thus takes being disregarded as not smart enough [[BerserkButton very badly]]. Unfortunately for him, his attempts to prove he's worthy of the acceptance and appreciation he desires are [[NiceJobBreakingItHero usually what causes the episode's conflict]]. [[spoiler:Everything he's learned ultimately pays off in the end, and he's recognized as the hero of Gravity Falls]].
**deconstructs Deconstructs ToughLove with Filbrick. His rough treatment of Stanley and Stanford did make them stronger, but it also left emotional scars that were so deep they carried them into their sixties. That and the fact that he [[TheSociopath [[AbusiveParents didn't actually care]] [[AbusiveParents care for either of them]].
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** deconstructs AllGirlsWantBadBoys. Harley Quinn's initially attracted to the Joker because of his dangerous and unique aesthetic, but she eventually finds out that his violent and uncaring nature extends to her as well.
** deconstructs ButForMeItWasTuesday. The Penguin kills employees so often that when a transformed Clayface replaces the real waiter, he instantly believes the story that he killed Jeffery despite knowing the guy by name and Clayface's nervous hesitation. His casual dismissal that it " Does sound like [me]" shows how he can't fact check something that should be important.
** deconstructs CardCarryingVillain. Queen of Fables (Tsaritsa) uses being a bad guy as an excuse to do ''horrible'' actions and, thanks to her "villains don't give a fuck" mentality, feels absolutely ''no'' remorse for any of it. What's worse, she seems to feel that this level of extremism is ''the only way'' to make it as a villain.
** deconstructs ChaoticStupid. Having [[spoiler:taken down the Joker]] and Gotham being left in ruins, Harley Quinn has the perfect chance to rise up as the top villain and completely take control of the city. Instead, she chooses to indulge in the ApocalypseAnarchy and outright refuses to bring back organized crime because she loathes any form of order. The result is that the Injustice League traps her in ice when she refuses to share rulership over Gotham with them and Harley ends up regretting not taking the city for herself sooner. [[spoiler: It's also part of the reasoning why Ivy rejects Harley's advances; she loves being friends with Harley, but Harley's too wild and short-sighted for a long term relationship.]]
** deconstructs ButForMeItWasTuesday. The Penguin kills employees so often that when a transformed Clayface replaces the real waiter, he instantly believes the story that he killed Jeffery despite knowing the guy by name and Clayface's nervous hesitation. His casual dismissal that it " Does sound like [me]" shows how he can't fact check something that should be important.
** deconstructs CardCarryingVillain. Queen of Fables (Tsaritsa) uses being a bad guy as an excuse to do ''horrible'' actions and, thanks to her "villains don't give a fuck" mentality, feels absolutely ''no'' remorse for any of it. What's worse, she seems to feel that this level of extremism is ''the only way'' to make it as a villain.
** deconstructs ChaoticStupid. Having [[spoiler:taken down the Joker]] and Gotham being left in ruins, Harley Quinn has the perfect chance to rise up as the top villain and completely take control of the city. Instead, she chooses to indulge in the ApocalypseAnarchy and outright refuses to bring back organized crime because she loathes any form of order. The result is that the Injustice League traps her in ice when she refuses to share rulership over Gotham with them and Harley ends up regretting not taking the city for herself sooner. [[spoiler: It's also part of the reasoning why Ivy rejects Harley's advances; she loves being friends with Harley, but Harley's too wild and short-sighted for a long term relationship.]]
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** deconstructs Deconstructs AllGirlsWantBadBoys. Harley Quinn's initially attracted to the Joker because of his dangerous and unique aesthetic, but she eventually finds out that his violent and uncaring nature extends to her as well.
**deconstructs Deconstructs ButForMeItWasTuesday. The Penguin kills employees so often that when a transformed Clayface replaces the real waiter, he instantly believes the story that he killed Jeffery despite knowing the guy by name and Clayface's nervous hesitation. His casual dismissal that it " Does sound like [me]" shows how he can't fact check something that should be important.
**deconstructs Deconstructs CardCarryingVillain. Queen of Fables (Tsaritsa) uses being a bad guy as an excuse to do ''horrible'' actions and, thanks to her "villains don't give a fuck" mentality, feels absolutely ''no'' remorse for any of it. What's worse, she seems to feel that this level of extremism is ''the only way'' to make it as a villain.
**deconstructs Deconstructs ChaoticStupid. Having [[spoiler:taken down the Joker]] and Gotham being left in ruins, Harley Quinn has the perfect chance to rise up as the top villain and completely take control of the city. Instead, she chooses to indulge in the ApocalypseAnarchy and outright refuses to bring back organized crime because she loathes any form of order. The result is that the Injustice League traps her in ice when she refuses to share rulership over Gotham with them and Harley ends up regretting not taking the city for herself sooner. [[spoiler: It's also part of the reasoning why Ivy rejects Harley's advances; she loves being friends with Harley, but Harley's too wild and short-sighted for a long term relationship.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor: The third season deconstructs FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse. Esteban has spent his life at the beck and call of others, from his grandparents to Shuriki to Elena, and has never been able to accomplish his own dreams. On top of that, he desires more power because he was not listened to when it truly mattered; before his parents departed on a ship ride, he had felt something was wrong and his concerns were dismissed, only to be proven right when a storm at sea took them down. Feeling he wasn't loved or listened to after his parents' deaths, and desperate to be seen and heard, this led him to [[spoiler: assist Shuriki in her takeover of Avalor in exchange for political power, only helping as long as she promised not to hurt his family. Unsurprisingly, Shuriki lied and killed Elena's parents. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Esteban got the power he wanted]], and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regretted it deeply]]. When the truth comes out in "The Magic Within" and Esteban tries to justify his actions with what the things that had happened to him during his trial, only his grandfather is willing to forgive him. Everyone else, ''especially'' [[ThisIsUnforgivable his grandmother and Elena]], tells him point-blank that there's no excuse for him selling his family out to Shuriki, getting his aunt and uncle killed, and bringing a dark age to Avalor. However, as the season goes on, everybody else starts to realize that yes, Esteban's reasons cannot justify what he did, but they shouldn't be ignored either, as ignoring the bad things that happened to him only leaves the circumstances behind his FreudianExcuse to progressively get worse. In “Día de Los Madres”, Elena and Aublea Luisa realize that Esteban never properly recovered from the loss of his parents and they never properly helped him cope. In "[[GrandFinale Coronation Day]]", the spirits of Elena's deceased parents reveal to her that they've known what Esteban had done for a long time, but they forgave him a while ago because they know that staying angry at him won't change what happened and because Raul acknowledged his own mistakes with what happened between him and Esteban that caused him to go to Shuriki. When Esteban confronts his abuelos in the same episode, he tells them he wants to be king because he wants people to listen to him when no one in his life would. Luisa, instead of dismissing his excuses, [[ArmorPiercingResponse tells him that, yes, people will finally listen to him, but they will hate him forever because they will know him as the villain who betrayed his family to get Avalor's Crown]]. This hits Esteban hard because Lusia acknowledged he did have reasons behind his actions but pointed out that they will make him ultimately worse off. It causes him to really think if that's what he wants, and it influences his decision to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice himself]] to save Elena from Cahu later on even though he himself believes that he's BeyondRedemption by this point. This, combined with him using his last breath to truly apologize, is what allows Elena to finally forgive Esteban, creating a large WorldHealingWave of her emotion magic to resurrect him, save Avalor, and defeat Cahu. Afterward, Esteban [[TheAtoner promises to spend the rest of his life atoning for his mistakes]], which allows the rest of the family and Avalor to forgive him and welcome him back]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor: ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'': The third season deconstructs FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse. Esteban has spent his life at the beck and call of others, from his grandparents to Shuriki to Elena, and has never been able to accomplish his own dreams. On top of that, he desires more power because he was not listened to when it truly mattered; before his parents departed on a ship ride, he had felt something was wrong and his concerns were dismissed, only to be proven right when a storm at sea took them down. Feeling he wasn't loved or listened to after his parents' deaths, and desperate to be seen and heard, this led him to [[spoiler: assist Shuriki in her takeover of Avalor in exchange for political power, only helping as long as she promised not to hurt his family. Unsurprisingly, Shuriki lied and killed Elena's parents. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Esteban got the power he wanted]], and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regretted it deeply]]. When the truth comes out in "The Magic Within" and Esteban tries to justify his actions with what the things that had happened to him during his trial, only his grandfather is willing to forgive him. Everyone else, ''especially'' [[ThisIsUnforgivable his grandmother and Elena]], tells him point-blank that there's no excuse for him selling his family out to Shuriki, getting his aunt and uncle killed, and bringing a dark age to Avalor. However, as the season goes on, everybody else starts to realize that yes, Esteban's reasons cannot justify what he did, but they shouldn't be ignored either, as ignoring the bad things that happened to him only leaves the circumstances behind his FreudianExcuse to progressively get worse. In “Día de Los Madres”, Elena and Aublea Luisa realize that Esteban never properly recovered from the loss of his parents and they never properly helped him cope. In "[[GrandFinale Coronation Day]]", the spirits of Elena's deceased parents reveal to her that they've known what Esteban had done for a long time, but they forgave him a while ago because they know that staying angry at him won't change what happened and because Raul acknowledged his own mistakes with what happened between him and Esteban that caused him to go to Shuriki. When Esteban confronts his abuelos in the same episode, he tells them he wants to be king because he wants people to listen to him when no one in his life would. Luisa, instead of dismissing his excuses, [[ArmorPiercingResponse tells him that, yes, people will finally listen to him, but they will hate him forever because they will know him as the villain who betrayed his family to get Avalor's Crown]]. This hits Esteban hard because Lusia acknowledged he did have reasons behind his actions but pointed out that they will make him ultimately worse off. It causes him to really think if that's what he wants, and it influences his decision to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice himself]] to save Elena from Cahu later on even though he himself believes that he's BeyondRedemption by this point. This, combined with him using his last breath to truly apologize, is what allows Elena to finally forgive Esteban, creating a large WorldHealingWave of her emotion magic to resurrect him, save Avalor, and defeat Cahu. Afterward, Esteban [[TheAtoner promises to spend the rest of his life atoning for his mistakes]], which allows the rest of the family and Avalor to forgive him and welcome him back]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor: The third season deconstructs FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse. Esteban has spent his life at the beck and call of others, from his grandparents to Shuriki to Elena, and has never been able to accomplish his own dreams. On top of that, he desires more power because he was not listened to when it truly mattered; before his parents departed on a ship ride, he had felt something was wrong and his concerns were dismissed, only to be proven right when a storm at sea took them down. Feeling he wasn't loved or listened to after his parents' deaths, and desperate to be seen and heard, this led him to [[spoiler: assist Shuriki in her takeover of Avalor in exchange for political power, only helping as long as she promised not to hurt his family. Unsurprisingly, Shuriki lied and killed Elena's parents. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Esteban got the power he wanted]], and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regretted it deeply]]. When the truth comes out in "The Magic Within" and Esteban tries to justify his actions with what the things that had happened to him during his trial, only his grandfather is willing to forgive him. Everyone else, ''especially'' [[ThisIsUnforgivable his grandmother and Elena]], tells him point-blank that there's no excuse for him selling his family out to Shuriki, getting his aunt and uncle killed, and bringing a dark age to Avalor. However, as the season goes on, everybody else starts to realize that yes, Esteban's reasons cannot justify what he did, but they shouldn't be ignored either, as ignoring the bad things that happened to him only leaves the circumstances behind his FreudianExcuse to progressively get worse. In “Día de Los Madres”, Elena and Aublea Luisa realize that Esteban never properly recovered from the loss of his parents and they never properly helped him cope. In "[[GrandFinale Coronation Day]]", the spirits of Elena's deceased parents reveal to her that they've known what Esteban had done for a long time, but they forgave him a while ago because they know that staying angry at him won't change what happened and because Raul acknowledged his own mistakes with what happened between him and Esteban that caused him to go to Shuriki. When Esteban confronts his abuelos in the same episode, he tells them he wants to be king because he wants people to listen to him when no one in his life would. Luisa, instead of dismissing his excuses, [[ArmorPiercingResponse tells him that, yes, people will finally listen to him, but they will hate him forever because they will know him as the villain who betrayed his family to get Avalor's Crown]]. This hits Esteban hard because Lusia acknowledged he did have reasons behind his actions but pointed out that they will make him ultimately worse off. It causes him to really think if that's what he wants, and it influences his decision to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice himself]] to save Elena from Cahu later on even though he himself believes that he's BeyondRedemption by this point. This, combined with him using his last breath to truly apologize, is what allows Elena to finally forgive Esteban, creating a large WorldHealingWave of her emotion magic to resurrect him, save Avalor, and defeat Cahu. Afterward, Esteban [[TheAtoner promises to spend the rest of his life atoning for his mistakes]], which allows the rest of the family and Avalor to forgive him and welcome him back]].
