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'''Do not put examples unless it was clearly stated the pupil was good beforehand. If it turns out the pupil wasn't, that's [[Deceptive Disciple]].'''
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Alice 19th]]'', Darva was originally Master Lotsuan's disciple.
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* In episode 10 of ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'', the gang meets up with a friendly monk who turns out to have been a former martial arts teacher who once taught Shoryuu, the villain of the episode. He had encouraged Shoryuu to travel and hone his skills, but this went horribly wrong, when after learning an amazing technique, Shoryuu became obsessed with proving his greatness by challenging and killing any martial artist he could find.
* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'': The trope title is almost a word-for-word utterance by [[Ninja|Old Man Okina]] after fully realizing that his most beloved disciple, Aoshi, has fallen entirely to the dark side—and is in league with [[Big Bad|Makoto Shishio]], to boot. Specifically, he ask Kenshin to put an end to Aoshi's life. However, in a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] that also defies [[Broken Pedestal]] on Misao's part, Kenshin refuses to do it, he believes that Aoshi still possess a trace of goodness in his heart. A few hard knocks later, [[Defied Trope|Aoshi realizes the errors of his way.]]
 
 
== Comic Books ==
* In ''[[Doctor Strange]]'' titles, it's not quite clear whether the Ancient One's other disciple Baron Mordo was this or a [[Deceptive Disciple]]. Maybe a little of both.
* A slight variation in ''[[The Amazing Screw On Head]]'': Emperor Zombie used to be Head's manservant until he turned to evil.
* In ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'', Roxie was Ramona's protege before Ramona dumped her, prompting Roxie to team up with Ramona's other former boyfriends (the League of Evil Exes) for revenge.
 
== Film ==
 
== Films -- Animated ==
* In ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'', Tai Lung was not only Shifu's first pupil, but also his [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid|adopted son]]. Tai Lung's [[Face Heel Turn]] was a direct result of their screwed up relationship.
** In [[Kung Fu Panda 2|the sequel]], this can be said of Lord Shen and the Soothsayer, who raised him.
 
 
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* [[Trope Namer|Named]] for a line in ''[[Star Wars]] Episode IV: [[A New Hope]]'', about how Obi Wan describes Darth Vader.
** And mirrored in the prequel trilogy with [[The Starscream|Dooku]], who was [[TheElderly YodaSensei|Yoda]]'s pupil before his [[Face Heel Turn]].
** And in the backstory, Qui-Gon Jinn had Xanatos, of the [[Jedi Apprentice]] novels, a downright nasty little psychopath and [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] post-[[Face Heel Turn]].
* Betelgeuse in the movie ''[[Beetlejuice]]'', worked for afterlife case worker Juno before he became a "freelance bio-exorcist."
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* In ''[[X-Men: First Class|X Men First Class]]'', the mutants all train together as part a CIA team to fight [[Big Bad|Sebastian Shaw]], but Angel Salvadore decides to join with Shaw, shortly after she is recruited by the program. At the end of the film Erik (Magneto) and Raven (Mystique), after defeating Shaw become the new Big Bads and turn against Charles Xavier, whose ideas about Mutant-Human relations differ from the ones they have, to form the Brotherhood.
* The plot of ''[[The Hunted]]'' involves [[Tommy Lee Jones]]'s character being asked to hunt down his former pupil, played by [[Benicio Del Toro]], who has gone rogue.
 
 
== Literature ==
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* Inverted in ''[[The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel]]''. [[William Shakespeare]] was a pupil of John Dee (the [[Big Bad]] of the series) but turned to good. Or at least, turned to an ally of the Flamels. [[Black and Gray Morality|How good this makes him is not that clear]].
* The Darklord Lorthas, former student of High Wizard Aemon in ''[[Boundary's Fall]]''. [[Anti-Villain|He's still not entirely bad.]]
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
* Played word-for-word straight by Jarrod in ''[[Power Rangers|Power Rangers: Jungle Fury]]''. His counterpart in ''[[Juken Sentai Gekiranger]]'' follows roughly the same path, but there is no single trigger that causes him to switch: he simply becomes dissatisfied with the progress he's making under the good guys.
 
 
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]''
** [[Forgotten Realms]] setting. Elminster isn't really into it, but he taught a lot of wizards in his years, and the main requirement was the talent, not moral qualities - Mystra has priorities stated very clearly, and it's not like her own avatars never acted downright villainous. So... Sammaster - though after being "certified" by Mystra and before fully going nuts. The Shadowsil - became an evil archmage, worked in late Sammaster's little club, with virgin sacrifices and all that. Raerlin - has a dubious achievement of saying "Death has come for you at last, Old Mage" twice: once while alive, once as a lich. And so on, and on.
* Horus in ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'' used to be the most trusted Primarch of the [[God-Emperor]], who treated him like a son. Then Horus gets corrupted by Chaos and leads a rebellion that results in trillions dead, the Emperor in a coma, and the future of the [[The Empire|Imperium]] in peril.
 
 
== Video Games ==
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* In ''[[Tekken]]'', [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Feng Wei]], whose design is actually ''based'' on evil kung fu villains of the 70's wuxia flicks.
* Uther Lightbringer and Arthas Menethil in ''[[Warcraft]] III'' were much like Obi-Wan and Anakin.
* Isidora Morganach is taken under Percival Rackham's wing centuries before the events of ''[[Hogwarts Legacy]]''. During the game, the player finds journals and viewable memories showing Isidora experimenting with dangerous magic and eventually turning against Percival and his order, The Keepers. Eventually, he is forced to lead The Keepers on a mission to stop her research.
 
== Web Comics ==
 
== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Weregeek]]'' has it [[Played for Laughs]] by [http://www.weregeek.com/2011/03/17/ Dustin and Joel].
* In ''[[Our Little Adventure]]'', Thomas Stratus was one of [[Big Bad|Brian Souballo's]] old magic teachers back before Brian went all megalomaniacal.
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'', as usual, picked on ''[[Star Wars]]'': [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1879.html it's not like Obi-Wan failed worse than others], indeed.
 
== Web Original ==
* [[Arch Enemy| The Chaos Insurgency]] is a dangerous rival to the [[SCP Foundation]], which according to one story, used to be part of the Foundation itself.
 
== Western Animation ==
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