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* In ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn (Manga)|Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', pretty much every single mentor [[Butt Monkey|Tsuna]] has had? It ''does'' tend to pay off, though - each time Tsuna goes through a life and death situation, he tends to come out with more badass weaponry.
* Meta Knight in the ''[[Kirby]]'' [[Kirby of the Stars|anime]] isn't afraid to defend himself, but very rarely intervenes much beyond exposition and small pieces of advice when Kirby is facing the [[Monster of the Week]], leaving Kirby to [[Mega Manning|copy an ability]] and [[Let's Get Dangerous|get with the ass kicking]], or Tiff to figure out the problem, or on occasion with other characters as well. Tiff frequently calls him out on this, but eventually gives up.
* In ''[[The Law of Ueki]]'', the rules say that a god candidate (the mentor) can't help their student in battle. If they do, [[Mentor Occupational Hazard|they get sent to Hell]]. The end result: A bunch of junior high school kids with [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|relatively useless or restricted supernatural powers]] running around, who are essentially making things up as they go along.
** Kobayashi more so than the others. He didn't tell Ueki anything about the tournament until the poor kid had already gotten into a fight, and even then he only spilled because Mori and Ueki broke into his house.
*** To be fair, though, Koba-sen did say he only participated in the first place to test Ueki's sense of justice, and {{spoiler|energetically told Ueki to drop out of the tournament and live his own life the way he wanted to before suffering the [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]]}}.
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== Live Action TV ==
* The Doctor from ''[[
* Claude, from ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'', while trying to teach Peter Petrelli how to use his powers, pushed him off the roof of a skyscraper to try and activate his flight ability. It didn't work, but [[Healing Factor|he got better]].
* Dr. [[House (TV)|House]] has proven to be this sort of teacher in the fourth season, running a two-month "interview" that involves throwing the applicants at the nearest mystery disease and standing back until they solve it. Subverted in that this strategy got a patient killed.
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