Basic Trope: An old protagonist becomes the new antagonist in the sequel.
- Straight: Bob was the main character in Tales of Troperia. He returns as the Big Bad in Tales Of Troperia II: Shadow Spaghetti.
- Exaggerated:
- Every single hero in the Tales Of Troperia series become the Big Bad in the installment next to his or hers.
- In the epilogue of Tales Of Troperia: The Ultimate Final main hero Ted travels in time to the past and becomes Emperor Evulz, the Big Bad of the first game.
- Downplayed:
- Bob is a Hero Antagonist: he opposes the new heroes but isn't an out-and-out villain, just someone with a different idea of how to combat their mutual enemy.
- In the sequel, Bob is an optional superboss, unimportant to the main storyline.
- Justified:
- Bob is Brainwashed and Crazy by Emperor Evulz.
- The Paragon Always Rebels.
- The ending in Tales of Troperia where he took over The Empire of Evulz is canon, thus averting No Canon for the Wicked.
- Bob is a Hero Antagonist fighting against the Villain Protagonist of Shadow Spaghetti.
- Tales of the Troperia Tournament is a Fighting Game, so it's entirely Justified that you fight Bob, the winner of previous tournament.
- All of Bob's deeds in the first game were simply a ruse to get into a comfortable position for his grander plan. The sequel shows what he does after achieving this goal.
- Bob has a very good reason (misguided or not) for stopping you in the sequel.
- Bob lost his role as The Chosen One, meaning player character, and takes it out on the next chosen one.
- Bob went through a lot in Tales of Troperia, to the point that he had done a Face–Heel Turn.
- Alice, Bob's Morality Chain, died in between the games and he went mad trying to avenge her and/or bring her back to life.
- Bob was always a Villain Protagonist from the start of the first game. Shadow Spaghetti is the aftermath of his success, and the actual heroes' attempt to stop him.
- Inverted:
- Ex-Big Bad.
- Emperor Evulz, the Big Bad in Tales of Troperia, becomes the protagonist in Shadow Spaghetti.
- Subverted:
- It's an impersonator, and Bob himself is not doing anything that hampers you.
- Bob only appears to be the villain because he uses unsavory means to win.
- Double Subverted:
- Bob outfitted the imposter to assassinate you.
- Bob, over time, becomes a Knight Templar, despite his good intentions.
- Parodied: "Hello!. My name is Bob. You took my hero seat. Prepare to Die."
- Zig Zagged: Bob saved the kingdom and helps crown the new king, but the king turns out to be just as corrupt as the old ruling class. Bob opposes the despotic King... so that he can rule himself as emperor.
- Averted:
- Tales of Troperia and Shadow Spaghetti are separated in a way that won't allow Bob to appear in the sequel, let alone fighting the current protagonist. Such way includes: long in-universe time skip, different world, or Shadow Spaghetti being a Prequel.
- Bob appears as an NPC, but he does not hinder the gamer (unless they choose to bad path, if their is one) and might even help the player.
- Shadow Spaghetti still has Bob as the protagonist.
- Enforced: Bob's political views in Tales of Troperia received vocal criticism for Moral Guardians, forcing his inclusion as an enemy in Shadow Spaghetti to distance the creator from Bob.
- Lampshaded: "This would have been an honor to challenge you, Sir Bob." "It's Emperor Bob now, vermins."
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Emperor Evulz is Back from the Dead (the second time!) in Shadow Spaghetti, killed Bob when he was unaware, and set himself up to be the Big Bad once again.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Played For Laughs: "Hey, weren't you a good guy in the previous game?!" "Yes, but this Ultra Gore Infinity Plus One Super Cool Chainsaw-Sword of Death 3000 is too awesome for little kids like you to use!" "Weren't you a little kid too back then?!"
You can go back to Rogue Protagonist, but be aware that he or she is likely to be Lv.99.
