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When the plot (usually courtesy of the antagonist), in a last ditch effort, [[Leave Your Quest Test|tempts the hero into abandoning his potentially painful and tragic cause]] to pursue what would be [[Home, Sweet Home|a fairly ordinary and happy life]], especially with a vision or daydream of said situation. The true hero, naturally, doesn't fall for this, or at least acknowledges he has a higher calling. |
When the plot (usually courtesy of the antagonist), in a last ditch effort, [[Leave Your Quest Test|tempts the hero into abandoning his potentially painful and tragic cause]] to pursue what would be [[Home, Sweet Home|a fairly ordinary and happy life]], especially with a vision or daydream of said situation. The true hero, naturally, doesn't fall for this, or at least acknowledges he has a higher calling. |
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Occasionally, the dream implies whatever the hero was doing has been ''done'' somehow, and they shouldn't worry about it now. Although sometimes the quest still exists but is suddenly [[ |
Occasionally, the dream implies whatever the hero was doing has been ''done'' somehow, and they shouldn't worry about it now. Although sometimes the quest still exists but is suddenly [[Somebody Else's Problem]]. |
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Different than [[All Just a Dream]] in that the audience usually isn't supposed to be fooled by this; not everyone in the [[Happy Place|"dream"]] plays along, and usually a friend of the hero or a vision of them appears in the fantasy, outright confirming it's fake. |
Different than [[All Just a Dream]] in that the audience usually isn't supposed to be fooled by this; not everyone in the [[Happy Place|"dream"]] plays along, and usually a friend of the hero or a vision of them appears in the fantasy, outright confirming it's fake. |
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== Anime == |
== Anime == |
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* Whilst not the main protagonist, Fate Testarossa undergoes this in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] A's''. |
* Whilst not the main protagonist, Fate Testarossa undergoes this in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] A's''. |
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