History PlayingWith / StealthMentor

%%* '''Reconstructed''':

* '''Justified''': The stakes are so high the only way to ensure the hero's performance is to put her through TrainingFromHell and never let her relax for a single second.

%%* '''Reconstructed''': In the end, the training method proves to be effective after all and the student forgives the mentor. Both are celebrated for saving mankind.

* '''Subverted''': When finally cornered Olivia claims to have been training Alice all along, but was only deceiving her.

* '''Subverted''': When finally corned Olivia claims to have been training Alice all along, but was only deceiving her.

* '''Subverted''': Olivia is actually an antagonist despite her claims to the opposite.
* '''Double Subverted''': But the skills she taught Alice [[NiceJobFixingItVillain still prove vital]] to the BigBad's defeat.

* '''Downplayed''': The mentor is just a DrillSergeantNasty.

** The Stealth Mentor training method is effective, but at an incredible personal loss to the hero, who ends up being a BrokenAce or ShellShockedVeteran and will never have a normal life.
** The Stealth Mentor is doing this because he himself is a ShellShockedVeteran or just plain hates the protagonist's guts, not because this is the most effective method.
** The Stealth Mentor's efforts end up working [[GoneHorriblyRight a little too well]] and the hero's newfound 'lessons' end up killing the mentor before the latter can explain his motivations.
* '''Reconstructed''': In the end, the training method proves to be effective after all and the student forgives the mentor. Both are celebrated for saving mankind.
* '''Implied''': When the antagonist is defeated, he gives a knowing smirk to the protagonists and simply says "Good luck."

* '''Straight''': The mentor tortures the hero throughout the story, only to reveal in the end that this was the only way to teach the hero the necessary skills to fight the real BigBad.
* '''Exaggerated''': The mentor not only physically injures the hero in the course of his action but also allows great collateral damage to occur just to torture the hero more.

* '''Justified''': The stakes are so high the only way to ensure the hero's performance is to put him through TrainingFromHell and never let him relax for a single second.

** The mentor is as nice to the hero as possible, basically coddling him in order to make him loyal to the cause.

* '''Subverted''': The supposed mentor is actually an antagonist despite his claims to the opposite.
* '''Double Subverted''': But the skills he taught to the hero [[NiceJobFixingItVillain still prove vital]] to the BigBad's defeat.
* '''Parodied''': The mentor puts the hero through a TraumaCongaLine for his own amusement.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Sometimes the character acts as a mentor, sometimes he just follows his own schemes, depending on what mood he is in during the day.

* '''Enforced''': The antagonist becomes so much of an EnsembleDarkHorse that the writers are forced to change his motivations.

* '''Exploited''': The heroes deliberately study the enemy's movements to outsmart them.
* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Conversed''': "Don't worry, in the end it will turn out that Professor Stricticus is only assigning them extra work to get them to learn the essential spells to kill Lord Dedstroke, but HE'S actually-" "Dude! Spoilers!"

* '''Subverted''': The mentor is actually an antagonist despite his claims to the opposite.
* '''Double Subverted''': But the skills he taught to the hero still prove vital to the BigBad's defeat.

* '''Conversed''': "Don't worry, in the end it will turn out that Professor Stricticus is only assigning them extra work to get them to learn the essential spells to kill Lord Dedstroke."

%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': ???

* '''Discussed''': "Only the enemy can teach you how to destroy and conquer. [[EndersGame From now on, I am your enemy.]]"

** The StealthMentor training method is effective, but at an incredible personal loss to the hero, who ends up being a BrokenAce or ShellShockedVeteran and will never have a normal life.
** The StealthMentor is doing this because he himself is a ShellShockedVeteran or just plain hates the protagonist's guts, not because this is the most effective method.
** The [[StealthMentor Stealth Mentor's]] efforts end up working [[GoneHorriblyRight a little too well]] and the hero's newfound 'lessons' end up killing the mentor before the latter can explain his motivations.

* The [[StealthMentor Stealth Mentor's]] efforts end up working [[GoneHorriblyRight a little too well]] and the hero's newfound 'lessons' end up killing the mentor before the latter can explain his motivations.

* '''Inverted''': The mentor is as nice to the hero as possible, basically coddling him in order to make him loyal to the cause.

* '''Deconstructed''': The StealthMentor training method is effective, but at an incredible personal loss to the hero, who ends up being a BrokenAce or ShellShockedVeteran and will never have a normal life.

%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Discussed''': "Only the enemy can teach you how to destroy and conquer. From now on, I am your enemy."

* '''Parodied''': The mentor puts the hero through a HumiliationCongaLine for his own amusement.

* '''Exploited''': The heroes deliberately study the enemy's movements to [[KnowThyEnemy outsmart them]].