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thegrenekni3t
Since: Dec, 2009
Worldmaker
Since: Jun, 2010
2nd Feb, 2011 10:56:51 PM
That's the one, thanks.
Being in a Japanese-produced work is not enough of a difference to warrant its own trope.
I know this trope is here somewhere, but I cannot remember what it is called. The trope is when a hero has someone in their life who doesn't consider them heroic because the person knew the hero back before the hero became heroic, or because the hero did something to royally screw the other guy when they were both younger, and thus rather than a hero the other guy just sees someone who screwed him over.
For example, the guy who grew up with Kirk, and thus to him, Kirk will always be the runty, zit-covered teenager running around the Iowa cornfields he remembers from his childhood.
Can anyone help me with the name of this trope?