Badass Teacher/Playing With

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Basic Trope: This teacher is a Hidden Badass and is quick to show that side if you mess with their students.

  • Straight: Anna, a school teacher, comes to the rescue after seeing a student being attacked by a local thug.
  • Exaggerated: Anna comes to the rescue of the entire school after seeing an arson attack.
    • Anna saves every student and school staff members from a series of attacks, all by herself.
    • The school is World of Badass, even the librarian will protect the students.
  • Downplayed: Anna confronts the thug, and she gives him "The Reason You Suck" Speech without having to get into a fight.
  • Justified: Anna was once a member of the military, and she hasn’t forgotten about her training.
    • In order to make sure her students are safe, Anna had to be tough.
    • Anna is trained in mixed-martial arts, and the thug didn’t know what he was dealing with.
    • Anna is a teacher at a military school, so knowing the Art of War happens to be part of the training.
  • Inverted: Anna’s a coward.
  • Subverted: Just as Anna is confronted, she backs off…
  • Double Subverted: Anna goes for a sneak attack after it was reveal that her backing off was a trap.
  • Parodied: ???
  • Zig Zagged: ???
  • Averted: Anna is a regular teacher who doesn’t get involve in fights, unless she's forced to protect her students.
  • Enforced: Anna is a teacher and must hide her fighting background, but it doesn’t mean she’s a coward.
  • Lampshaded: ???
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: ???
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???