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''Before we come through in the end''|Old Man and Old Man in '''[[The Legend of Neil]]''', singing about what awesome mentors they are.}}
The whole point of a mentor is to ensure that the protagonist's transition from [[Naive Newcomer]] to [[The Hero]] goes smoothly. Admittedly, sometimes this is impossible, depending on the setting and situation. A mentor in an office has considerably more power to make things easier on his/her intern protege than a warrior mentor has to lighten the burden on his sword-swinging student. Sometimes, the teacher may decide they have to be cruel to be kind, in order to hammer home [[An Aesop]] about their charge's new responsibilities. Even if they do though, they have their student's best interests at heart, and will [[A Friend in Need|step into the firing line themselves in order to protect the rookie]], [[It's All My Fault|sometimes taking responsibility for their mistakes]]. Whether that means [[Mentor Occupational Hazard|taking a bullet for them
The protege will probably be aware of this, and even if their teacher initially drives them to frustration, they will come to appreciate and respect the many sacrifices made for them by their mentor.
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And then you get the poor saps who are stuck with this guy.
This mentor sees their charge as an amusement at best and [[The Millstone]] at worst. They make little or no special effort to adapt to their student, carrying on the same as they always did and expecting the newcomer to keep up. Often, they are there to illustrate why experts can make the very worst teachers, since they're usually very good at their job, but terrible at teaching someone else how to do it. Only the most determined, talented and self-motivated (or just plain masochistic) characters will survive apprenticeship to the
And even if you do...don't think you're home free yet. The very definition of this mentor is that unlike his self-sacrificing and responsible counterparts, he will drop you like a hot potato the very instant you mess up. In fact, he'll throw you into the firing line if ''he'' messes up. His protege is nothing more than a tool or an inconvenience to him; his own career and [[Glory Hound|reputation]] will always come first.
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== Live Action Television ==
* This is one of the first things to separate Dr. Kelso from Dr. Cox in ''[[Scrubs]]'': Kelso is a
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** Which is because {{spoiler|von Karma was the one who initiated the set up so that he could get revenge on him for what Edgeworth's father had done to him in court over 20 years ago (which was a penalty on his former perfect record). von Karma sought revenge on the Edgeworths and by killing the one who soiled his record, turned the guy's son into the opposite of what his father wanted him to be (from defense attorney to prosecutor), and then get the son accused of murder years later, it would have been Karma's perfect revenge.}}
** A subversion as well too; von Karma is shown to be a pretty nice adoptive/normal father, and he's only really a hardass when it comes to the courtroom.
* The player is more-or-less this in [[Nethack]]. Pets can be extremely useful for support in combat they can help you identify safe items to wear and use and can steal from shops for you, in exchange for making sure they have a steady supply of corpses and easy kills to level up with. But they're also somewhat
* In ''[[Baldur's Gate]] II'', a mage's stronghold quest involves the player character being blackmailed into tutoring <s>three</s> two students and a douchebag. You have the option of playing this trope yourself.
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