KaiserMazoku
Since: Apr, 2011
Brainbin
Since: Jan, 2001
Sep 14th 2011 at 2:25:45 PM
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I don't know, but I changed it back, for the reasons I gave in the edit history. The old one's been there forever for a reason.
dRoy
Since: May, 2010
Sep 18th 2011 at 6:49:42 AM
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Yeah, my bad. I just watched the movie that day and got so buzzed and decided to change it. Now the buzz is gone, I realized that it was stupid. :/
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
Per the TRS thread, I am removing examples that do not fit the new definition or are ZCEs. These examples can be rewritten if they do fit here (as I am clearly not familiar with all the different works), or possible moved to Noble Demon or a related trope if they fit there.
Anime and Manga:
Fanfiction:
Live Action TV:
Mythology:
Video Games:
- General Leo of Final Fantasy VI worked for the Empire, but was otherwise an honorable person. And, like the trope states, he was killed off by Kefka (a power-hungry lunatic also working for the Empire).
- Final Fantasy V's Gilgamesh, who thanks you before he is thrown into the void by his own master.
- Meta Knight in the Kirby games, who will give the hero a sword in their battles so they can fight on more or less even terms. In many games, he will even refuse to fight unless Kirby picks up the sword.
- Admittedly, the latter half was partially so that he wouldn't get stuffed in a pot and cooked or suffer similar fates possible in some of the games.
- In Amazing Mirror, the fact that he doesn't give you a sword is a sign that it's not really him.
- In Revenge of Meta Knight, he'll wait thirty seconds for you to pick up the sword before starting the fight. This seems insignificant until you realize that you are both on a giant warship that is about to crash into the ocean.
- His Dragon, Ser Cauthrien, fits this trope nicely. (Dragon Age: Origins example)
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)