History PlayingWith / WartsAndAll

'''Basic Trope''': A heroic KnightInShiningArmor is revealed to be a rather churlish, rude person.

** Sir Sanctimonia really did all those heroics feats and is truly an heroic person... but he is only a decent man and react with bemusement and then hostility when the people who ask for "help" keep criticizing him and mocking him for not living to their impossible standards and finally gives a very [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech thorough verbal beating]] to his ''fans''.

* '''Defied''': Sir Sanctimonia to scribes and bards: "OK, If you want tell the people my tale to inspire them, make sure you Do Not exaggerate my exploits, nor make me a [[PurityPersonified Paragon of virtue]], Heroes [[HumansAreFlawed are only human after all]]."

* '''Exaggerated''': Sir Sanctimonia is made up throughout the land to be a PuritySue with nary a flaw; when they meet him, Alice and Bob find that he's a hideous, alcoholic, racist, misogynistic and perverted HumanoidAbomination in a crude disguise, who hits children and animals for fun, and tries to get into Alice's pants at the first opportunity.

* '''Played For Drama''': Sir Sanctimonia wants for his exploits and personality to be told as they are. Soon after, he reads an article which portrays him as a pitiful wastrel, prompting him to wonder if this is how he wishes to be remembered in life.

** Sir Sanctimonia is said to be a legendary [[TheStrategist strategist]], who was able to lead the kingdom to victory. While he was involved in many battles, and made many good calls, a lot of his achievements were performed by other men no forgotten.

* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob seek out the legendary hero Sir Sanctimonia, expecting a him to look like a model. When they run into him, he is a just a regular person and HollywoodHomely.

* '''Invoked''': The King, who hasn't seen Sanctimonia in several years, sends Alice and Bob after him, not warning them that something may have changed.

* '''Discussed''': ???

* '''Played For Drama''': Sir Sanctimonia reads an article about himself which portrays him as the sad wreck he really is, prompting him to wonder if this is how he wishes to be remembered.

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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob seek out the legendary hero Sir Sanctimonia, considered to be a saintly KnightInShiningArmor. When they actually run into him, they see that he's an ugly, squat balding man who curses at them.

* '''Exaggerated''': Sir Sanctimonia is made up throughout the land to be a PuritySue with nary a flaw; when they meet him, Alice and Bob find that he's a hideous, alcoholic, racist, misogynistic and perverted EldritchAbomination in a crude human costume who hits children and animals for fun, and tries to get into Alice's pants at the first opportunity.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': Sir Sanctimonia is made up throughout the land to be a PuritySue with nary a flaw; when they meet him, Alice and Bob find that he's a hideous, alcoholic, racist, misogynistic pervert who hits children and animals for fun, and tries to get into Alice's pants at the first opportunity.

* '''Defied''': "Oh, hey, by the way, I know you're probably thinking that he's some handsome, tall paragon of purity, but there's some things about that legend that didn't make it past the scribes..."

* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob seek out the legendary hero Sir Sanctimonia, expecting a him to look like a model. When they run into him, he is ajust a regular person and HollywoodHomely.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob run afoul of Emperor Evulz, who they previously thought to be a hideously ugly monster who spoke in HulkSpeak. Instead, they find that he's a charming, handsome {{Bishonen}} who is [[WickedCultured incredibly well-spoken]].

* '''Deconstructed''':
** Sir Sanctimonia gets tired of trying to live up to the legend and quits the hero business for good. Which doesn't work well for the people of Troperia when they need him the most.
** Sir Sanctimonia really did all those heroics feats and is truly an heroic person... but he is only a decent man and react with bemusement and then hostility when the people who ask for "help" keep criticizing him and mocking him for not living to their impossible standards and finally gives a very [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech thorough verbal beating]] to his ''fans''.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Sanctimonia gets over the comparisons and saves the world again, this time with the stipulations that the scribes tell it as it ''really'' is.
** The people Sanctimonia help realize that because one person is heroic doesn't mean it has to be perfect and not only apologize but keep worshiping him with "warts and all".

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* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob run afoul of Emperor Evulz, who they previously thought to be a hideously ugly monster who spoke in HulkSpeak. Instead, they find that he's a charming, handsome {{Bishonen}} who is incredibly well-spoken.

** They just caught Sanctimonia in a bad mood on a bad hair day. Most of the time he is a perfectly nice guy, and once he is properly groomed, he isn't all that bad-looking.

* '''Subverted''': Sanctimonia saved the land several years ago. Back in the day, he really ''was'' a heroic {{Bishonen}} who was very pure. He just got bored down the road.

* '''Exaggerated''': Sir Sanctimonia is made up throughout the land to be a PuritySue with nary a flaw; when they meet him, Alice and Bob find that he's a hideous, alcoholic, racist, misogynic pervert who hits children and animals for fun, and tries to get into Alice's pants at the first opportunity.

* '''Exaggerated''': Sir Sanctimonia is made up throughout the land to be a PuritySue with nary a flaw; when they meet him, Alice and Bob find that he's a hideous, alcoholic pervert who hits children and animals for fun, and tries to get into Alice's pants at the first opportunity.

* '''Exaggerated''': Sir Sanctimonia is made up throughout the land to be a PuritySue with nary a flaw; when they meet him, Alice and Bob find that he's a hideous, alcoholic pervert who hits children and animals, and tries to get into Alice's pants at the first opportunity.

* '''Exaggerated''': Sir Sanctimonia is made up throughout the land to be a PuritySue with nary a flaw; when they meet him, Alice and Bob find that he's a hideous, alcoholic pervert who tries to get into Alice's pants at the first opportunity.

* '''Double Subverted''': At least, that's what he tells them. It becomes clear that he's an UnreliableNarrator after a while.

* '''Deconstructed''': Sir Sanctimonia gets tired of trying to live up to the legend and quits the hero business for good. Which doesn't work well for the people of Troperia when they need him the most.

* '''Reconstructed''': Sanctimonia gets over the comparisons and saves the world again, this time with the stipulations that the scribes tell it as it ''really'' is.

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