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"''There is an art to it, and I'm very, very good at it. But enjoy? Well, maybe. When they put back the pieces afterward, and it makes them better.''"|''[[Ender's Game]]'' on [[Deconstruction]] and [[Reconstruction]].}}

 

* The "Perfect GT-R" arc of ''[[Wangan Midnight]]'' has a beautiful deconstruction of street racing. Jun Kitami, who at this point has been portrayed as a reckless, heartless daredevil tuner, says point-blank that there are no winners or losers and that Koichi did exactly the right thing in giving up this senseless hobby so he could return to his wife. Given that ''the whole manga'' is about street racing, plainly admitting a truth like this took guts. Even better, this happens in the very first arc after the Devil Z and Blackbird are introduced.

* ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]'', especially ''Unlimited Blade Works'' route, is a cold and cynical deconstruction of [[Martyr Without a Cause]], [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]], and other related "hero" tropes.

** [[Fate/Zero]] is an [[It Got Worse|EVEN WORSE]] deconstruction of "hero" tropes.

* ''[[Halo Legends]]'' is a deconstruction of the whole ''[[Halo]]'' series. In ''The Babysitter'', it's showed that not all UNSC personnel are fond of the Spartans -- some are actually jealous of them for their awesomeness, and they use it as an excuse to treat the Spartans as freaks, which has a bad effect on their cooperation. In the end, even a [[Super Soldier]] is a human being who can die just like that. ''The Duel'' reveals that not all the Covenant believe in the "Great Journey"; some are to afraid to admit to it, some rebel against it and others just use the religion as a means for their own selfish needs. ''Origins'' is a story about the Forerunners and their war against Flood. The Message: no matter how powerful your empire is, it will sooner or later fall, especially if you fight against an enemy you don't have a single clue about. [[The Stoic]] character is deconstructed in ''Prototype''. In this episode, the other marines believes that the main character's stoic personality is evidence that he's emotionless and that he doesn't give a damn about his fellow men, but contrary to their belief, he has as many emotions as they have, the stoicism just a facade to hide the pain that came from seeing his entire company being wiped out and having his last recruit bleed to death in his arms.

* "Epilogue" of ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' can be taken as a deconstruction of the superhero genre, by having a woman deliberately make Terry McGinnis a superhero by killing his parents and replacing his dad's DNA with the DNA of Bruce Wayne, all in response to Batman growing older. It fits both invoked and deconstructed, because it shows the horrible consequences of making a superhero, as well as the kind of monster you would have to be to do it (killing innocent people to do something that might achieve a goal).

** Speaking of the DCAU, ''[[Batman Beyond|Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker]]'' gives the Joker an opportunity to deconstruct Batman in a flashback where he {{spoiler|tortures Robin until he learns all of Batman's secrets}}:

* ''[[Moral Orel]]'' deconstructs [[The Moral Substitute]] but presenting a culture where ''all media'' are Christian fundamentalist propaganda, and showing just how messed up and disturbing said culture would be.

* The episode of ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' about them moving to "Citysville" deals with what would happen if their brand of heroics was applied to a real life city.