Line #13 PlayingWith/ReformedBully


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character who once was a school bully is reformed.
2	* '''Straight''': Nick was a bully during his days in school, but is now a really NiceGuy.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Nick used to be a BarbaricBully who terrorized the kids and adults alike, but he's now an AllLovingHero.
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** [[ReformedButNotTamed While Nick still isn't a nice person]], he is less of a bully as an adult.
6	** While he made [[BullyTurnedBuddy amends with his old victims]], Nick is still a {{Jerkass}} to everyone else.
7	** Nick became an AffablyEvil NobleDemon criminal, who feels remorseful for his old bullying.
8	* '''Justified''':
9	** Nick's victims [[BullyHunter stood up to him]] and gave him his just desserts; thus, he had an epiphany.
10	** Nick realizes that his bullying nature [[BeingEvilSucks hasn't given him any satisfaction]] during his childhood.
11	** Nick had a really lousy childhood and took it out on his classmates as a kid. As he matured, he found healthier ways to cope with his issues, and realized that [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse having a bad home life doesn't give him the right to make everyone else miserable]]. He's now a well-adjusted and remorseful adult.
12	* '''Inverted''':
13	** Nick was a LovableJock in high school, but as he became an adult, he's a vicious bully to everyone.
14	** UsedToBeASweetKid
15	** Nick was a bully in high school... and is now the tyrannical [[EvilOverlord Emperor Evulz]].
16	* '''Subverted''': Nick meets up with his old classmates in a high school reunion and has a conversation with his former victims about how he's changed...until he starts treating them like he did in the old days...
17	* '''Double Subverted''': ...as an act, they then laugh it off as if it was a hilarious joke.
18	* '''Parodied''': Ironically, Nick's bullied victims hate him more than ever because either he's [[ExtremeDoormat too]] [[{{Glurge}} nice]] or is InnocentlyInsensitive and delivering CondescendingCompassion to his former victims. It got too the point where all of his former victims prefer Nick [[WeWantOurJerkBack when was bullied them]].
19	* '''Zig Zagged''': Nick alternates between being repentant and continuing to bully people as an adult.
20	* '''Averted''': [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Nick is still a bully.]]
21	* '''Enforced''': The author, who is a former bully, wants to prove to the viewers that bullies can change.
22	* '''Lampshaded''':
23	** "Gee, I wonder what caused Nick to turn over a new leaf? He's like a whole new person now."
24	** "Guys, please give me a chance, you can stuff me back in the locker or [[MyFistForgivesYou beat me to a pulp]] like I used to do to you as proof!"
25	* '''Invoked''': "Perhaps if I {{befriend\|ingTheEnemy}} Nick, maybe he'll stop being a bully."
26	* '''Exploited''': Case workers knew that despite Nick's bullying, that there's still good him, and guides him into the right path.
27	* '''Defied''':
28	** "Screw you morons! I'm not gonna give up this life of pounding you losers!"
29	** "Bullies never change! They're never sorry for what they've done."
30	* '''Discussed''': "How do we know that Nick has really changed and not pretending to be one before he stabs us in the back?"
31	* '''Conversed''': "If they keep up this idea of Nick being nice to everyone, then [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap he might be redeemed in my eyes.]]"
32	* '''Deconstructed''': Nick has reformed, but his bullied victims refuse to trust let alone forgive him, even going as far to [[ReformedButRejected reject his tries at making up for his past bullying]].
33	* '''Reconstructed''':
34	** Understanding that they won't forgive him, Nick continues to atone for his past bullying, and they eventually forgive him after all. [[WhatTheHellHero Not before]] [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass being called]] [[NoSympathyForGrudgeholders out of course]].
35	** Nick's former victims [[ForgivenButNotForgotten will never let him forget]] what an abusive jerk he used to be. And if that's what it takes to keep him from going back, [[IHatePastMe then that's exactly what he wants.]]
36	* '''Played For Laughs''': Nick is now a NiceGuy...[[{{Glurge}} too nice]], and this cause Nick's former victims to [[WeWantOurJerkBack force him back to his bullying ways.]]
37	* '''Played For Drama''':
38	** Because Nick's bullied victims refused to forgive him, [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Nick reverted back to his old ways,]] and even [[TookALevelInJerkass became a worse bully then before.]]
39	** Alternatively, Nick falls into an AngstComa.
40	* '''Implied''': Nick is a friendly NiceGuy, but everyone is afraid of him at his high school reunion for some reason.
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42	Remember that [[ReformedBully main page]] who used to stuff us inside our lockers back in high school? He's a nice guy now.
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Context PlayingWith / ReformedBully