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The '''Stealth Mentor''''s motives may vary: some genuinely have the hero's best interests at heart, but others may be grooming him as a [[Worthy Opponent]] - in the most lethal scenario this may be part of a plan in which [[My Death Is Just the Beginning]].
This is the [[Training
If a recurring antagonist or [[Aloof Big Brother]] is a popular [[Ensemble Darkhorse]], expect lots of Fan Speculation to this effect. It also doubles as a convenient [[Hand Wave]] to the question "if he's such a nice guy, why does he keep trying to brutally kill me?"
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* Lots of fan speculation regarding [[Inuyasha]]'s [[Aloof Big Brother]] Sesshomaru, though this is highly debatable.
* It's speculated that this was the crux of Gendo's plan in [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] : get Shinji to hate him so he can synchronize with Unit 01. Of course, this i heavily debated, given that much is left ambiguous by the [[Mind Screw]]. A much straighter example is in [[Rebuild of Evangelion]].
* Some fans of [[Ranma ½]] might argue that Genma Saotome is one of these who hasn't gotten around to the "big reveal yet", claiming that his various "mistakes" (which include getting his son a [[Gender Bender]] [[Curse]] while under a [[Seppuku]] contract binding him to [[I Want to Be a Real Man|be a paragon of manliness]] and trapping him as part of a [[Love Dodecahedron]]) are actually very (very) tough love training exercises intended to teach Ranma more cerebral skills. Many more fans, however, would claim that Genma is just a short-sighted, impatient, impulsive, greedy nitwit of a [[Sink or Swim Mentor]] who just so happens to have a student that's learned to thrive on [[Training
* {{spoiler|[[Aloof Big Brother|Itachi Uchiha]]}} is/was apparently one for Sasuke Uchiha {{spoiler|and Naruto Uzumaki himself}} in ''[[Naruto]]''. He made Sasuke hate him so much that he would spend his entire life training to get strong enough to kill him, and {{spoiler|upon his death}} transferred his strongest techniques to him to protect him {{spoiler|from Madara.}} His methods were a little [[Mind Rape|harsher]] than most of the examples on this page, but he got the job done...
** [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Too bad what Sasuke decided to do with this power, really.]] {{spoiler|As for Naruto, it is still unknown.}}
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* Scavenger takes this role in ''[[Transformers Armada]]'': while undercover among the Decepticons, he puts on a big show of taunting Hot Shot for the latter's lack of skill. This turns out to be a way to sneak him some combat tips.
* Amnael/{{spoiler|Professor Daitokuji}} acts this way to Judai in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', dueling him to test his skill and make sure he's ready for the final battle against Kagemaru. In the dub, Yubel also acts this way to Jaden (in her/his/its own twisted way), believing Jaden tormented Yubel to make her/him/it stronger and doing the same to him. Compared to Amnael, Yubel's mentorship [[Break the Cutie|has]] [[Mind Rape|much]] [[Teach Him Anger|more]] [[Super-Powered Evil Side|dramatic]] [[Face Heel Turn|consequences]].
* Meta Knight in the [[Kirby]] [[Kirby:
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== Literature ==
* Mrs. Lorelei Granger, the strict teacher in the novel ''[[Frindle]]''.
* [[Harry Potter|Severus Snape]] displays elements of this, hating Harry but ultimately being one of his best teachers. Snape taught Harry how to duel and ''Expelliarmus'', the spell he's "most famous for", saved Harry countless times, gave him the poison lesson that eventually saved Ron's life, ''tried'' to [[Training
** {{spoiler|Also (Sort of) [[Inverted Trope|inverted]] with death eater mad-eye moody.}}
* In ''[[Ender's Game]]'', Mazer Rackham does this to Ender, with the difference that he fully acknowledges his aim from the beginning in the page quote.
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[[Category:All the Tropes Superhero Team]]
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