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Some characters find out that their idols were not the people they thought they were, or see them do things that goes against their previous respect for them, such as a mentor who joined their enemies. Other times, they resent a person they would otherwise have admired, such as a parent who abandoned them.
But there is often more to the story than that, especially when the formerly admired character is mentioned to be a [[Broken Pedestal]] early on in the story. The characters typically learn more about the event or decision that caused them to lose faith in the person they once admired, sometimes circumstances that explain or justify the action, and sometimes that they were completely mistaken. This leads them to decide to reconcile with the mentor, and sometimes, learn a significant personal lesson in the process.
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Compare [[Warts and All]], in which the admirers accept the person for their flaws, and the pedestal may not have been broken in the first place. This is sometimes hand-in-hand with [[Good All Along]] when it involves an apparent [[Face Heel Turn]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', Kallen initially hated her mother for staying as a maid, seemingly out of love for her father, but learned that it was out of love for her that she did so.
* In [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|the 2003 anime version]] of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', the older of two Ishvalan brothers is quite bitter toward his mother, who ran out into the foyer of the home where the two boys were, then when soldiers arrived, ran into the bedroom seemingly out of cowardice, being killed when a shell hit. He eventually finds out that her eyesight had deteriorated, and she was running back to check on her children, not knowing where they were, when he opens the locket and finds eye medicine inside.
* A few cases from ''[[Naruto]]''.
** Itachi Uchiha. Sasuke looked up to him before he massacred his clan, but after realizing he was forced into it, avenging what happened to him becomes his motive for revenge.
** Quite a few filler characters also count; the princess in the Land of Vegetables arc realizes that her father regretted having her sent away as a hostage so his nation could survive, and Utakata realizes that his master wanted to extract the Six Tails for his sake.
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* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Laboon desperately tried to break through the Red Line to reach his crew, believing that they sailed back to West Blue rather than circumnavigating the globe on the Grand Line, also forgetting their promise to return to him. It’s eventually revealed that they had been killed on the Grand Line. One of their crew, Brook, came back to life with his Devil Fruit power, and is determined to return to Laboon to fulfill his promise
* Yoruichi for Soifon in ''[[Bleach]]'', as Soifon initially hated her for leaving her behind after fleeing Soul Society, but apparently came to forgive her, as in fillers and manga extras, addresses her with the same respect and shows the same admiration she had when she was younger.
* In ''[[Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation]]'', Biko is initially shocked at her teacher Rio’s betrayal of the Magical Law Association, but comes to forgive her after she rejoins the heroes.
* In ''[[Mai-HiME (manga)|Mai-HiME]]'', Natsuki temporarily enters a Heroic BSOD after learning that {{spoiler|her mother was supposedly planning to sell her}}, but later decides to believe in the mother inside her heart.
* Mai (Konami's daughter) from ''[[Popotan]]'' has a severe grudge against her namesake (one of the main characters), {{spoiler|because she never came back to her mother before she died, despite the two of them being best friends who had promised to see each other again}}. In the last episode, {{spoiler|once she's back in the same time period as Konami, Mai has her promise not to resent her for not being able to come back, since her time travel is out of her control. Judging from her daughter's attitude towards Mai in the same episode, it worked on her as well}}.
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* ''[[Flame of Recca]]''. After {{spoiler|Mikagami fought against Kai, he's told that the one who killed his sister was his master Meguri Kyouza. Although utterly shocked, Mikagami already spotted some irregularities from that statement, and during the eventual fight with Meguri Kyouza, it was revealed that Meguri Kyouza didn't actually kill his sister, but failed to prevent her death by Mori's men, thus blames himself for it and becomes a [[Death Seeker]]. Mikagami forgave him and once again respects him.}}
== [[Fan
* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfic
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Harry Dresden has a major falling-out with his mentor, Ebenezer, in the sixth book of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' upon finding out that he is the Blackstaff, a member of the White Council of Wizards with special ''carte blanche'' to break the Law of Magic in which Harry strongly believes. They eventually reconcile for the most part.
* [[Harry Potter]] goes through this with Dumbledore of all people in [[
* Danny Saunders and his friend Reuven forgive Rebbe Saunders for his harsh treatment of his son Danny when he explains why he thought it necessary and how much pain it cost him as well in ''[[The Chosen]]''.
== [[Live
* The ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]''
== [[Video Games]] ==
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