History PlayingWith / DisappointedByTheMotive

* '''Justified''': Based on the threat of the villain, TheHero expected the villain's motive to be something serious.

** The hero initially believes that the villain's motive is small and petty, like wishing to reduce paperwork, but the reality is much bigger; like, the villain is just the puppet for the ManBehindTheMan, who wants to kill a million people so his EvilInc can summon Cthulhu and use it as a weapon to TakeOverTheWorld. When the hero finds out about the motive, he is actually excited that he is GonnaNeedABiggerWarrant and that the bigger crime is cool.

** The hero initially believes that the villain's motive is small and petty, like wishing to reduce paperwork, but the reality is much bigger; like, the villain is just the puppet for the ManBehindTheMan, who wants to kill a million people so his EvilInc can summon Cthulhu and use it as a weapon to TakeOverTheWorld. When the hero finds out about the motive, he shouts out "Whoa!"s and that it's cool.

** The revelation that Mr. [=McCritic=] and [[MoralEventHorizon his posse willingly and mercilessly bullied a poor artist and his friends to the point of suicide]] purely because [=McCritic=] thought that he didn't deserve to succeed because [[ItsAllAboutMe he personally despised the artists' work]] is so horrifically cruel and petty that ''any sane person'' [[BrokenPedestal loses any and all respect for him]]; the fact that his posse consistently tries to defend their awful behavior by claiming that the work was bad enough that "the artist deserved to be bullied and hurt" ''[[NotHelpingYourCase does not improve people's opinions of them.]]'' People who once held them in respect or believed that they must have had a good reason for being so harsh are viciously disgusted at the lows their former friends are willing to go for the sake of their petty egos, and cut all ties to them, much to the dismay of those who realize that their actions have very real consequences.

** The revelation that Mr. [=McCritic=] and [[MoralEventHorizon his posse willingly and mercilessly bullied a poor artist and his friends to the point of suicide]] or to be blacklisted from the industry purely because [=McCritic=] thought that he didn't deserve to succeed because [[ItsAllAboutMe he personally despised the artists' work]] is so horrifically cruel and petty that ''any sane person'' [[BrokenPedestal loses any and all respect for him]]; the fact that his posse consistently tries to defend their awful behavior by claiming that the work was bad enough that "the artist deserved to be bullied and hurt" ''[[NotHelpingYourCase does not improve people's opinions of them.]]'' People who once held them in respect or believed that they must have had a good reason for being so harsh are viciously disgusted at the lows their former friends are willing to go for the sake of their petty egos, and cut all ties to them, much to the dismay of those who realize that their actions have very real consequences.

* The revelation that Mr. [=McCritic=] and [[MoralEventHorizon his posse willingly and mercilessly bullied a poor artist and his friends to the point of suicide]] or to be blacklisted from the industry purely because [=McCritic=] thought that he didn't deserve to succeed because [[ItsAllAboutMe he personally despised the artists' work]] is so horrifically cruel and petty that ''any sane person'' [[BrokenPedestal loses any and all respect for him]]; the fact that his posse consistently tries to defend their awful behavior by claiming that the work was bad enough that "the artist deserved to be bullied and hurt" ''[[NotHelpingYourCase does not improve people's opinions of them.]]'' People who once held them in respect or believed that they must have had a good reason for being so harsh are viciously disgusted at the lows their former friends are willing to go for the sake of their petty egos, and cut all ties to them, much to the dismay of those who realize that their actions have very real consequences.