I Fight for the Strongest Side: Difference between revisions

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''...That is all I have ever known.''|{{spoiler|'''King Bulbin'''}}, ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]''}}

* They're an opportunistic [[Reliable Traitor]] who feels that his/her interests would be better served on the hero's side.

* They wanted to join the hero's side all along. They just wanted to test the hero's power first

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* In his earliest appearances in ''[[Superman]]'' comics, Bibbo Bibbowski was like this - He broke his hand punching Superman, and from then on Superman was his "fav'rit" because he was tough. When he saw the Man of Steel getting beaten up by [[Lobo]], his reaction was "Yer even tougher than Superman. Yer my ''new'' fav'rit". In later appearances he respected Superman for always doing the right thing.

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* [[Sdrawkcab Name|Grobyc]] from ''[[Chrono Cross]]'' is this.

** When reaching the village of Haven, which is isolated from most of the Darkspawn invasion, Sten will threaten to take control of the party because he feels you are too weak and thinks you are fleeing from the battle. Once you beat him in a duel he admits that you are strong enough and will follow you with no more complaints.

{{quote|"Peacekeepers, scarrans, what does it matter who rules? I'll never be in charge. I'm just doing what I have to to survive."}}

* In the ''[[Kamen Rider Dragon Knight]]'' video game, if chosen as the player character, Kamen Rider Strike, originally having joined [[Big Bad|Xaviax]] because he percieved him as strongest, comes to believe that good guys have better odds and decides to turn on Xaviax. While his ending does have him saving the world, the story mode still pits him against the heroes...

** Also in the case of the Civil War, if the Stormcloaks win, {{spoiler|Jarl Elisif, who Ulfric Stormcloak widowed to become High King, will submit to the Stormcloaks since the Empire is now gone from Skyrim and she has no other choice. She still despises Ulfric however.}}

** An interesting variation. Paarthurnax betrayed Alduin and sided with Mankind during the last Dragon War, teaching the Ancient Nords the Thu'um, which allowed them to turn the tide and defeat Alduin and his followers once and for all. Essentially, Paarthurnax chose to follow the strongest side as all Dragons do... he just happened to ''make'' them the strongest side first.

* You meet a ''lot'' of these guys in the ''[[Suikoden]]'' series. A lot of characters won't join until you have a castle of a certain size, which depends on how many other characters have joined you; some won't join until you have a certain number of characters, period. The implication is that they want proof you have a large enough army to do anything before they sign up.

* A (semi)heroic example in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'': {{spoiler|Zelos}} utters this line after {{spoiler|betraying the party to Yggdrassil}}. Of course, {{spoiler|[[Multiple Endings|in all but one of the endings]] [[Changed My Mind, Kid|he turns out to be lying.]]}}

* ''[[Warcraft|Warcraft 3]]'' has Varimathras, a Dreadlord who switches sides to avoid being killed by Sylvanas, and who even has "[[Lampshade Hanging|I'm always on the winning side]]" as one of his responses. In ''[[World of Warcraft]]: Wrath of the Lich King'' {{spoiler|it's revealed that he lied and never left the Burning Legion, using his position as second to Sylvanas to be [[The Starscream]].}}

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