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'''Adam Monroe:''' Of course I know you. It's me, Adam. Don't you remember? You and I are going to change history.
|''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', "Out of Time"}}
[[The Hero]], or a member of the [[Five-Man Band|heroic band]], finds a [[Mentor]] with new secret techniques to teach. The student eagerly signs on, only to learn later that there's a
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▲'''Adam Monroe:''' Of course I know you. It's me, Adam. Don't you remember? You and I are going to change history.|''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'', "Out of Time"}}
The '''Evil Mentor''' might teach the character [[Black Magic]], a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]], how to use a [[Deadly Upgrade]] (while downplaying the costs), advanced [[Psychic Powers]] like [[Mind Rape]] or [[Brainwashed|Mind Control]], and generally introduce them to abilities or substances that are [[This Is Your Brain
▲[[The Hero]], or a member of the [[Five-Man Band|heroic band]], finds a [[Mentor]] with new secret techniques to teach. The student eagerly signs on, only to learn later that there's a catch -- the mentor is evil, has a hidden agenda of his or her own, and those new abilities are seriously nasty (though certainly not [[Useless Superpowers|useless]]). The student may feel [[My God, What Have I Done?|"soiled"]] by having learned these [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|techniques]] and might swear off ever using them again, or they might have to [[Evil Feels Good|wrestle with temptation]] against using them regularly. Of course, the audience fully expects that there will come a time of great need, and [[Chekhov's Skill|out will come the evil technique]] because [[Its the Only Way]].
▲The Evil Mentor might teach the character [[Black Magic]], a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]], how to use a [[Deadly Upgrade]] (while downplaying the costs), advanced [[Psychic Powers]] like [[Mind Rape]] or [[Brainwashed|Mind Control]], and generally introduce them to abilities or substances that are [[This Is Your Brain On Evil|painfully addictive]] and make [[Psycho Serum]] seem safe to use by comparison.
The Evil Mentor's motivation for this are similar to those of an [[Old Master]], but with a [[Zen Survivor]]'s more elitist air: they're looking for someone to carry on their legacy, warts and all, and usually ''against'' the pupil's wishes because only ''they'' are "worthy enough" to learn it. This usually entails actively [[More Than Mind Control|corrupting the hero]], not just to spread evil and [[Fallen Hero|deny good a powerful champion]], but also netting him a personal [[The Dragon|Dragon]]. The Evil Mentor is also patient enough to wait, hoping that if attempts to actively corrupt fail at forcing a [[Face Heel Turn]], then more passive temptation will do their work for them. Also, people who easily [[Face Heel Turn]] also easily [[Heel Face Turn]]. If you want quality in your minion, do it the long way.
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Contrast [[Deceptive Disciple]], who turns "good" or honorable martial arts or powers on their head to achieve evil ends or inverts them into [[Black Magic]]. See also [[Bastard Understudy]] for a villain's voluntary apprentice.
If the mentor pretends to be a good mentor but is actually a villain out to exploit his student, he's a [[Treacherous Advisor]]. The step-down of this trope is the [[Broken Pedestal]], who trains the student well, but is eventually revealed to be bad or corrupt much to the student's chagrin. See also [[The Svengali]], whose purpose is typically to exploit the mentee for his own gain (and possibly the kick of exerting [[More Than Mind Control]]), rather than to pass on a legacy of evil. [[The Corrupter]] will often take on the guise of the
{{examples}}
* ''[[Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro]]'' has Yako learning about the mysteries of humanity from a demon from hell, a sociopath killer, and [[The Yakuza]]. By the end of the manga, she takes all that she's learned from monsters and {{spoiler|dedicates herself to peaceful conflict resolution regardless of country or creed.}}
▲== Anime & Manga ==
▲* ''[[Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro]]'' has Yako learning about the mysteries of humanity from a demon from hell, a sociopath killer, and [[The Yakuza]]. By the end of the manga, she takes all that she's learned from monsters and {{spoiler|dedicates herself to peaceful conflict resolution regardless of country or creed.}}
▲* ''[[Gundam]]''
** [[Dark Messiah|Paptimus Scirocco]] of ''[[Zeta Gundam]]'' ends up serving as a mentor for several other characters. Naturally, his harem of newtype pilots comes to mind most easily, but Scirocco also mentors [[Jerk Jock|Jerid Mesa]] and [[Blood Knight|Yazan Gable]] throughout the course of the series.
** Ali Al-Saachez from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' served as a [[Complete Monster]] mentor to Kurdish [[Child Soldiers]], going as far as to instruct them to become [[Self
** Master Asia of ''[[G Gundam]]'' [[Training
* The [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Basilisk]]'', {{spoiler|Tenzen Yakushiji}}, takes a boy in ( {{spoiler|Koushirou Chikuma}}) and trains him as his apprentice and [[The Dragon|right hand]], years before the events of the series start.
* ''[[Kenichi:
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' plays a lot with this one, with Negi becoming apprentice to Evangeline, who holds a reputation as the most powerful, evil, undead vampire mage alive. Negi is fully aware of this, but trains with her anyway after deciding that [[Anti-Villain|she's not really]] ''[[Anti-Villain|that]]'' [[Anti-Villain|evil]]. And he seems to be right, regardless of [[Noble Demon|how evil she claims to be.]]
** Her case for villainy is definitely not helped by the fact that, aside from one or two [[Hannibal Lecture
* The Book of Eibon's Index/tables of contents in [[Soul Eater]]. Well, there is the whole {{spoiler|"turn into a demon" thing}}. The fact that Negi ''isn't that bothered by it actually happening and is rather cheerful about it'' says something about Evangeline's effectiveness..
* [[Code Geass]] R2 has Schneizel El Britannia playing this role, towards {{spoiler|Nina Einstein.}}
▲* [[Code Geass]] R2 has Schneizel El Britannia playing this role, towards {{spoiler|Nina Einstein.}}
* Makoto Shishio from [[Rurouni Kenshin]], towards Soujirou Seta. And even ''then'', he was kinder towards Soujirou [[Abusive Parents|than his abusive stepsiblings]] [[The Unfavorite|ever were to him]].
* Dr. Umatarō Tenma from ''[[Astro Boy (
* Orochimaru from ''[[Naruto]]'' seems to collect apprentices, and most of them wind up either evil and/or slavishly devoted to him.
** Madara picked Sasuke up a while after he split from Orochimaru and did an even better job at this. The contrast between emo boy and the blank-faced teen who stabbed Naruto on his first appearance after the time skip was impressive, but the contrast between the shinobi who told his two minions 'no unnecessary killing' when they assaulted a whole fortress and the psycho who decided to off an entire village and threw away three loyal subordinates without blinking is also pretty wow.
** Shimura Danzou did a version of this, too, though he tended more towards [[The Svengali|Svengali]] territory. With the [[More Than Mind Control]] conditioning and what he did to Uchiha Itachi and all.
* The wolf becomes this to Chirin near the end of ''[[Chirin no Suzu]]''.
* In the original ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', Gozaburo Kaiba was this to Seto, at least in his own mind. While he was exceptionally harsh and strict to young Seto - and even abusive at times - he was trying to mold Seto into the ruthless tycoon that he was, devoid of emotion and able to continue his military firm. Ironically, this was Gozaburo's undoing. He specifically told Seto that to succeed, he could not trust anyone, not even him, and while Seto grew to despise Gozaburo, that was a lesson he learned only too well, using it [[Deceptive Disciple|to take over KaibaCorp in a hostile takeover]] and once in charge, proceed to destroy his adoptive father's life's work.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'',
** {{spoiler|Dr. Banner}}, aka Amnael to Judai, more so in the original version. Maybe more [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] [[Anti-Villain]] than evil, but still fits.
** Monkey Saruyama (called [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Mr. Shroud]] in the dub) was this to Ryu; a seedy duelist manager, he used brutal [[Fight Clubbing]] to help get Ryu back on his feet and back to the top of the Pro Leagues, but in the process, fully transformed Ryu from the honorable duelist he was to "Hell Kaiser", the selfish one who would win at all costs, no matter who he hurt. Unfortunately for Saruyama, it worked only too well; once Ryu decided he didn't need him, [[Deceptive Disciple| he fired Saruyama and threw him out of his car like garbage.]]
* Divine from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]''. As leader of the Arcadia Movement, he told his students (such as Aki) that he was trying to help them control their [[Psychic Powers]]. Truthfully, he was purposely making them even ''more'' destructive, hoping to mold them into an army of psychic assassins.
* Sora becomes this to Zuzu in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'', although at the time, Sora is still [[Evil All Along|hiding his true nature.]]
* During the [[Time Skip]] of ''[[One Piece]]'', Zoro learned both sword mastery and Haki from the notorious Warlord Dracule Mihawk, in what was truly [[Training From Hell]]. Mihawk has stated that the two of them ''will'' be on opposite sides someday, and hopes that when this happens, no matter who wins, it will be the greatest battle of both their lives.
== Comic Books ==
* In Wee Tian Beng's ''The Celestial Zone'', Xue Wu runs across one of these near the end of the series. Given that his insane competitiveness has been pushing him down the slippery slope, and that a villain recently gave him the [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him|If You Kill Me You Will Be Just Like Me]] speech right before he kebabed her, it doesn't end well.
* Slade of the DCU does this as a hobby. He once acted as an
* Prometheus, also of the DCU, gives this a brief shot when he takes in a young sociopath named Chad Graham. He intends Chad to be his Robin, but the kid turns out to be a huge disappointment. Eventually he [[Kill It
* Talon of the Fraternity of Raptors plays with this trope a bit. In [[War of Kings]], he tells Starhawk the origin of his powers, omitting that the powers are actually for intergalactic espionage and assassination.
* The Scarecrow has tried this a couple of times, encouraging young victims of bullying toward bloody revenge. He's had various degrees of
** The ''Heart of Hush'' storyline revealed that twenty years ago Scarecrow played this to a young Tommy Elliot - better known as [[Manipulative Bastard|Hush]].
* The Taskmaster is a Marvel villain who does this ''professionally''. Occasionally working for [[The Red Skull]], he hires himself out to train mercenaries and super-villains; while some of his students have become successful super-villains - or even heroes, more or less - in their own right; examples include Crossbones and Cutthroat (also henchmen of the Skull), U.S. Agent, Hauptmann Deutschland, Diamondback, Spymaster, the original Spider-Woman, and Agent X. Most of the time, however, he just trains thugs to be low-rent henchmen and cannon fodder. When working for the Red Skull, he can often cross the line to [[Treacherous Advisor]] at times, in one case sending the more disappointing ones to be "sparring partners" for his boss, which was a death sentence. On his own, he's more by-the-book, in case one hiring other super-villains to form formal academies, like the time Anaconda worked for him as a calisthenics instructor.
* For a long time, Hawkeye's mentor was a villain [[Heel Face Revolving Door|(usually)]] called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swordsman_(character) The Swordsman]; note the similar costume design. Jacques Duquesne was a fellow circus performer and weapons-expert who taught young Clint Barton archery, but also tended to moonlight as a mercenary and assassin.
** However, eventually someone at Marvel said, "Wait, wait, how can a ''swordsman'' teach a hero ''archery''?" So via [[Retcon]], they introduced Trick Shot as Hawkeye's ''actual'' Evil Mentor. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick_Shot_(character) Buck Chisholm] was stated to be Duquensne's business partner and partner-in-crime, but in most respects, he's just a different version of the same character.
* [[Spider-Man]]'s enemy Dr. Octopus is this to both both Carolyn Trainer (aka Lady Octopus) and Angelina Brancale (aka Stunner, also his lover), two of the very small number of people to show [[Undying Loyalty]] to him. He was also this to Peter himself in [[Spider-Man: The Animated Series| the 1990s animated series.]]
* In his [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe|comic book appearances]], Scrooge McDuck could often come across as pretty evil (very much [[Depending on the Writer]]) and as such, was often an Evil Mentor to his nephew Donald.
== Fairy Tales ==
* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130313071325/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsenmoe/farmerweathersky.html Farmer Weathersky]'', the boy's master teaches him magic but will keep him forever unless his father can find and recognize him, which he manages only with difficulty. Father Weathersky then tries to get the boy back with trickery.
* In ''[
== [[Fan
* Daniel to Danny in the ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4350896/1/Daniel_Masters Daniel Masters]''. Slightly played with in that Daniel believes in [[Black and Grey Morality]]. He teaches Danny about some abilities,
* Voldemort to Harry in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2196609/1/An_Aunts_Love An Aunt's Love]''. Well, Bleys did say that Voldemort had to give him something twice, because of Voldemort's taking of his parents and his blood. This could be the way it happens.
* Subverted in ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1644645/1/Harrys_Savior Harry's Savior]'', when Voldemort is actually turned back to the light.
* While we're on the subject, {{spoiler|Quirrelmort}} in ''[[Harry Potter and
* Lama Nawang in ''[[
* ''[[
* The ''[[
== Films ==
* Gordon Gekko from ''[[Wall Street]]''.
* Obviously, Anakin Skywalker and Chancellor Palpatine of ''[[Star Wars]]'': "I can teach you things you need to know in order to save Padme. Oh, and you'll have to kill a bunch of kids for me too, but never mind that now..."
** This actually happens so often in the Extended Universe (to Ulic Qel-Droma, Luke Skywalker, Jacen Solo...), it's practically a trope of its own.
** One [[Expanded Universe]] source says that Watto (the junk dealer from ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'') learned how to scrounge for parts and technology by living with the Jawas. By the time of the movie, however, he ''despises'' the Jawas, [[Properly Paranoid|and just ''knows'' they're always sneaking into his back lot to swipe his best merchandise.]]
* ''[[The Karate Kid]]
* Jade Fox in ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''.
* Los Angeles Narcotics Detective Alonzo Harris from ''[[Training Day]]'' is THE poster boy of this trope.
* Henri Ducard
* Sebastian Shaw in ''[[X
* John Milton in ''[[The
* Pai Mei to the Bride in ''[[Kill Bill]]''.
* A common interpretation of [[The Silence of the Lambs|Hannibal Lector]] is that, in at least his own mind, he is this to Clarice Starling.
* At the beginning of ''[[Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey]]'', De Nomolos is implied to be this to Rufus; Rufus calls him "my old teacher" in the opening scene and the villain responds by calling him "my favorite pupil". At the end of the movie however, Rufus confirms that De Nomolos was actually just his old gym teacher.
== Literature ==
* Many stories involving [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephistopheles Mephistopheles] - such as, naturally, ''[[Faust]]'' - portray him as this. He oddly does not seem to be the type of demon who tempts good men into evil acts, preferring to act as a backer to those who have already passed the [[Moral Event Horizon]].
* [[Magnificent Bastard|Littlefinger]] from ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' ends up becoming this for
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'':
** Justin DuMorne, Harry's guardian and first teacher in magic. Later in the series, the fallen angel Lasciel attempts to become an
** Also Lea, his [[Our Fairies Are Different|faerie]] [[The Fair Folk|godmother]] who, while she never tries to corrupt Harry, is extremely dangerous and not overburdened with morals, beyond the usual faery sensibilities.
** In ''Ghost Story'' {{spoiler|Lea moves onto teaching Molly as well. And in a [[My God, What Have I Done?]] moment Harry calls ''himself'' one of these for Molly for bargaining with [[The Fair Folk|Mab]] for power}}
* [[Teresa Edgerton]]'s ''[[Celydonn|The Castle of the Silver Wheel]]'': the dwarf Brangwengwen plays this straight with Gwenlliant - Brangwengwen, a partially trained, elderly witch, knows the castle well enough to get into the Princess Diaspad's old rooms and thus to her old spellbooks (which feature [[Black Magic]]), and offers instruction in witchcraft to Gwenlliant (who otherwise has no teacher, and few people to talk to).
* In ''In the Midnight Hour'' by Patti O'Shea, Ryne's mentor Anise turns to the dark side. Ryne doesn't know for sure during her years-long training period with Anise that she's secretly evil, but eventually figures out that she must have been bad all along. (You'd think Anise's kinky bedroom antics would have been a clue.) As the person closest to her, Ryne is assigned to be the one who takes Anise down, and she's afraid that she may turn to the dark side as well.
* Another
* Falcone in the ''[[Warchild Series]]'' plays this role for Yuri. He attempts it with Jos and Cairo, too, but they don't jump at his call and both reject his teachings at once. Only Yuri follows Falcone's training and instruction without protest.
* Joruus C'baoth in [[The Thrawn Trilogy]] calls Luke to him, and for a few days Luke follows him around trying to learn from him, but quickly comes to believe that C'baoth was insane and had possibly fallen to the Dark Side. C'baoth believes himself to be [[A God Am I|the ultimate authority]], naturally above [[What Measure Is a Non Super|those who are not Jedi]]. This is cinched when Luke tries to leave with Mara Jade and they are attacked, and later when they find that he was working with Thrawn.
** Interestingly played with in ''[[Outbound Flight]]'', with Jorus C'baoth ([[Cloning Gambit|the original]]) and his interest in the fourteen-year-old Anakin Skywalker. The original C'baoth had a superiority complex and beliefs [[In the Blood|much like his clone's]], though slightly less obvious. Obi-Wan is uneasy about this. Anakin, in some of the most subtle this-kid-isn't-gonna-turn-out-right characterization in or out of the [[Expanded Universe]], thinks that C'baoth is awesome. He solves things so ''quickly'', and he doesn't take nonsense from anyone.
* ''The Return of the Home Run Kid'' by Matt Christopher (sequel to ''The Kid Who Only Hit Homers'') is essentially the G-rated version of this. The mentor is a former baseball player kicked out for betting against his own team, and he teaches the main character tricks like how to fake getting hit by a pitch. (It's not entirely clear [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|how this is worse]] than cheating through magic in the previous book, but it's pretty clear that we're supposed to see this as a negative development.)
* [[The Lord of the Rings|Sauron]] was this to Celebrimbor in the Second Age.
** No, he just deceives him. He is an evil mentor however to the last king of Numenor.
** Morgoth was this to Feanor in ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', and was reasonably successful until he implied he wanted Feanor's treasure.
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* Viv Ivins in the [[Left Behind]] prequel books serves this role to Marilena Carpathia when she seeks to be pregnant and ends up becoming the mother to the future Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia until [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|she is killed off]].
* In the ''[[Knight and Rogue Series]]'' the man who's name is not Jack Bannister is a varient of this for Fisk. The skills he was teaching were along the lines of conning and burlary, so it wasn't as though Fisk didn't know he was a bad guy, he just turned out to be a much greater [[Jerkass]] than Fisk had first thought. His last lesson to Fisk is that life sucks, and when Fisk finally recovers from the schooling, Jack tries to reinforce the lesson by {{spoiler|having Michael tossed off a cliff}}.
== Live Action TV ==
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** Mayor Wilkins represents an Evil Mentor / [[Parental Substitute]] to Faith, the series' renegade Slayer. While not directly causing her [[Start of Darkness]], he genuinely cares for Faith very deeply. Perversely, Wilkins is the closest thing to a father that Faith has.
** Also Gwendolyn Post, Faith's treacherous Watcher. Faith ''really'' can't catch a break...
* ''[[
* Averted with Zhaan in ''[[
* In Season 2 of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', [[Big Bad]] Adam Monroe takes under his wing resident [[Idiot Hero]] Peter Petrelli, successfully [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulating]] him into furthering his plans to release an apocalyptic virus upon the Earth.
** In the same season, Sylar acts as a mentor to Maya, teaching her how to control [[Walking Wasteland|her power]] without the help of her brother. And in late Season 3, Sylar himself meets up with his father, a [[Retired Monster]] who used to be just like him and who convinces him that he needs to stop hunting "small game" and go after real power. This eventually inspires Sylar to {{spoiler|try to kill the President and take his place using [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]}}.
* Ruby of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', even if her intentions are good ({{spoiler|which they aren't.}})
** Specifically, she spends a season being mysterious and helpful before Dean dies, and then provides the bereaved Sam with emotional support, and encourages him to develop his [[Psychic Powers]], which are [[Bad Powers, Bad People|of demonic origin]], in order to avenge Dean. Even though he'd promised Dean he wouldn't use them. {{spoiler|She gets him hooked on [[Psycho Serum|demon blood]], a power booster that turns out to be [[Drunk
*** It's notable that even though he showed a lot of [[The Dark Side Will Make You Forget]] markers, he never got further than rather lukewarm [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]...unless he actually ''exsanguinated'' that poor nurse, Cindy, I guess, but that ''was'' a once-off. He trespasses rather badly against his family, but almost all of it is either under [[Mind Control|siren venom]] or in the throes of withdrawal. Sam is actually a really good guy, but no one [[Death Seeker|including Sam]] really believes that even a little for much of season five.
** The Yellow-Eyed Demon, Azazel, fancied himself this and sort of managed it, in a ham-handed way, with the rest of his specials, but Sam has a personal grudge and [[Heroic Willpower]] and a big brother, so it never really worked. {{spoiler|Ruby's the follow-up.}}
** Lucifer toyed with the role as well. These fucktards will ''not'' leave Sam ''alone''. On the other hand, [[Came Back Wrong|Soulless Sam]] in six didn't need Samuel's influence to be a cold sonuvabitch.
** Alistair to Dean. Plays up the avuncular thing kind of the way Azazel used to. Thankfully no signs of [[Stockholm Syndrome]], at least not that survived his resurrection.
** Season six {{spoiler|Crowley to Cas}}, a bit. Not that the latter isn't the more powerful, but the former leads him by the nose with the hope of knowledge he can use to end the war, and his [[Deal
* On ''[[Burn Notice]]'', we learn that Larry Sizemore, the man who trained Michael Westen in most of what he knows, eventually faked his own death and went freelance. He's now a [[Psycho for Hire]] who enjoys using poisons and knives way too much, and thinks [[Kill
* On ''[[The Wire]]'', Chris and Snoop, Marlo Stanfield's top enforcers, tutor {{spoiler|Micheal}} in the ways of the game.
* Similar to the ''[[Batman Begins]]'' example, the mentor of ''[[Smallville]]'''s version of [[Green Arrow]] is a cold-blooded murderer and looks down on Ollie for becoming a superhero. In Season 5, [[Robotic Psychopath|Brainiac]] begins as one for [[The Hero|Clark]].
* It's revealed late in ''[[Babylon
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* Parodied in ''[[Dilbert]]'' when [[Brilliant but Lazy|Wally]] mentors [[Ditzy Genius|Asok]]
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* Goutetsu in ''[[Street Fighter]]'', who taught a form of martial arts that used murderous intent in every move. Two of his students were Gouken and Akuma; Gouken purged the murderous aspects of the martial art and went on to teach this form to his students [[Ryu and Ken]], while Akuma used the form as it was intended. Akuma used it to kill Goutetsu (who died happy, knowing his legacy would carry on through his student) and later tried to pass it on to Ryu.
** The manga adaptation of ''Street Fighter Alpha'' by Masahiko Nakahira deviated from this back-story by making Goutetsu the one who purged the ''Satsui no Hadou'' from the art itself.
* Houzuki from ''[[
* The Baron in ''[[Amnesia:
* A book in [[Oblivion]] talks about how Nocturnal's cowl was stolen. A young thief tries to steal from a master thief, who summarily catches her but lets her be his protege. Eventually they plan a heist to [[Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?|steal the cowl of Nocturnal]]. The young thief is to wait in a nearby tree, wait for Nocturnal to remove her cowl, then let the elder make a distraction. When the distraction never comes, the young thief attempts to steal the cowl without help. After she is caught, she looks over to realize that Nocturnal's cowl is gone. When asked who she is, she says, [[Ironic Echo|"I'm the distraction."]]
* {{spoiler|[[The Master (trope)||Al Mualim]]}} in ''[[Assassin's Creed]].''
* Muttonhead in ''[[Popful Mail]]''. Before he became a notorious criminal, he used to be the mentor of Tatto, one of the heroes.
* The Ancestor in ''[[Darkest Dungeon]]'' is either this or a [[Treacherous Advisor]], depending on what interpretation of the facts you believe.
* In ''[[Monster Girl Quest]]'', Alice isn't truly evil, but the fighting techniques she teaches Luka seem rather dark and brutal, like "Demon Decapitation", "Cursed Sword", and "Bloody Fissure Thunder Thrust". Plus she eventually gives him Angel Halo, which is clearly an [[Evil Weapon]].
== Webcomics ==
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== Western Animation ==
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** Malchior to Raven:
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'''Malchior:''' Is it dark, or is it simply misunderstood... like you? }}
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Katara meets Hama, a waterbender from their South Pole tribe, who uses her waterbending to take control of other peoples' bodies by "bending" the water inside their blood, and uses this power on innocent people in the Fire Nation town where she lives in revenge for her tribe being imprisoned by the [[The Empire|Fire Nation]]. Katara is horrified and refuses to learn, but in the end must resort to using it on the Evil Mentor in order to save Sokka and Aang.
* Chase Young of ''[[
* [[Psycho for Hire]] Lockdown plays this for Prowl in one episode of ''[[Transformers Animated]]''.
* ''[[Code Lyoko]]'': Franz Hopper's diary accidentally becomes an evil data disk for Jérémie when he tries a technique... that almost kills him.
* During one episode of ''[[Kim Possible]]'', [[Hypercompetent Sidekick|Shego]] became the
* This is exactly what [[Big Bad]] Vlad Masters wants to accomplish with Danny in ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. He only mildly succeeds because Danny [[Myth Arc|goes through a]] [[Start of Darkness|dark arc]].
* Marathon loves this one. Diana Lombard had an evil mentor in ''[[Martin Mystery]]'' {{spoiler|which ended up with her turned into a [[Cute Monster Girl|lizard-esque creature]]}}, and a minor character became "Admiral Admirable" with the help of one in ''[[Totally Spies!]]!''
* In the finale season ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]'', [[Big Bad|V.V. Argost]] offers to teach Zak how to control his {{spoiler|Kur}} powers. Being Argost, he admits to Zak right at the start that he intends to kill him in the end and {{spoiler|take his Kur Powers for himself}}. And Zak still accepts...
* [[Evil Sorceror|The Archmage]] was this to [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Demona]] on ''[[Gargoyles]]''. Also, [[Wicked Witch| the Weird Sisters]] are this to Macbeth and Demona.
* In ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'', Eddy acts as a downplated example to Jimmy, teaching him everything he knew about scams - enough for Jimmy to use against the Eds and one up them at least twice. {{spoiler|Eddy's Brother was also this to Eddy}}.
* In ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' (and its prequel book, ''[[Transformers Exodus]]''), Megatron was this to Optimus Prime back when they were Megatronus and Orion Pax.
* In ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' the Trope is often lampooned, having Mr. Krabs act like this towards SpongeBob, treating the role of a fry cook as [[Serious Business]]. The episode "Pickles" is a good example.
▲* In ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' (and its prequel book, ''[[Transformers Exodus]]''), Megatron was this to Optimus Prime back when they were Megatronus and Orion Pax. {{spoiler|Megatron eagerly resumes this role once Optimus loses his memory of having become a Prime.}}
* In ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'', Shadow Weaver was this to the Horde conscripts - including Adora and Catra - initially. Later she also became one to Glimmer.
* Alastor to Charlie in ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]''. Even if you believe his original admission that he's helping Charlie because he would enjoy seeing her fail, he fits the profile. Subsequent episodes hint he [[Mysterious Backer| may have deeper motives]], but for now, he remains the Evil Mentor.
== Real Life ==▼
* Gilles De'Rais was this to Joan of Arc. While Joan of Arc would go down in history as a Saint, Gilles (the man who trained her combat and military tactics) would go down in history as one of the worst serial killers of all time. Which is kind of ironic in a way.▼
▲* Gilles De'Rais was this to [[Joan of Arc]]. While Joan of Arc would go down in history as a Saint, Gilles (the man who trained her combat and military tactics) would go down in history as one of the worst serial killers of all time. Which is kind of ironic in a way.
* [[Elvis Presley]]'s manager [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Colonel_Tom_Parker "Colonel" Tom Parker] is often regarded as this and [[The Svengali]] to Elvis.
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