The Power of Trust: Difference between revisions

 

 

'''Adell:''' No, no. I'm not. It's just that...[[I Gave My Word|I promised myself that I would trust you]]. [[Honor Before Reason|And you know how I am with promises...]]|''[[Disgaea 2 Cursed Memories (Video Game)|Disgaea 2 Cursed Memories]]''}}

 

Because [[Children Are Innocent]], they can wield this without even noticing it. [[Kill Me Now or Forever Stay Your Hand]] runs on this.

 

 

Even if [[In the End You Are On Your Own]], the Power Of Trust an ally bestows can be just as good as their physical presence.

Contrast [[You Lose At Zero Trust]].

 

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Trust between partners is also a major theme in ''[[Tiger and Bunny (Anime)|Tiger and Bunny]]''. Throughout the entire series, the eponymous characters, forced to become partners in episode 2, must learn to trust each other, both personally and professionally. Indeed, explicit and implicit lack of trust for each other causes the most rifts in their friendship; conversely, expressed trust in the other helps them [[Character Development|grow as people and partners]].

* In the first arc of ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]]'', {{spoiler|this is invoked by Rena who tries to bring Keiichi back to reality (note: he was high on [[Hate Plague]] at the time), after murdering Mion in front of her - she even pairs this with an attempted [[Cooldown Hug]] and the words "Please, trust me..." - but it is ultimately subverted when Keiichi smashes her face in with his [[Batter Up|metal bat]].}}

* Trust in his teammates (instead of viewing them as a collection of physical attributes to be exploited at gunpoint) is part of Hiruma's [[Character Development]] in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]''.

** In the {{spoiler|Christmas Bowl}}, Sena realizes that Hiruma was trusting in him to {{spoiler|get past Yamato, the ''real'' Eyeshield 21,}} past the point where it would still be statistically possible for their team to win. It spurs Sena on to do just that.

* In [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s [[Ciaphas Cain (Literature)|Ciaphas Cain]] novel ''Death or Glory'', Cain catches their guide Sandy Kolfax drinking. Cain demands he hand over the booze; then he hands it back and tells Kolfax to bring it to their medical man for use as supplies, to undermine his resentment.

* In [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]]'' novel ''[[Dark Heresy (Tabletop Game)|Scourge the Heretic]]'', when Elyra and Kyrlock are undercover, Elyra lays out a plan to Kyrlock that involves their splitting up, Kyrlock is uneasy: he could easily escape both his home planet and the Inquisition entirely, but Elyra would be entrusting him with her life, and he's not sure he could do it. Then, when a man [[Attempted Rape|goes to rape a girl]] in front of them and [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|offers to share with Elyra to appease her]], Kyrlock [[Fake Defector|says he will take him up on it]] and gets close enough to brain him; Elyra shoots him. Afterwards, when Kyrlock says that he knew she would back him up, Elyra is embarrassed to realize how nearly she didn't.

{{quote| ''The depths of trust and the honour Garro had done him was immeasurable.''}}

** Later, Horus persuades Fulgrim that he trusts him because he gave him [[Cool Sword|a sword whose powers they both know]], which nearly killed Horus himself.

** In fact, in case {{spoiler|2-4}} they [[Take a Third Option]]. {{spoiler|Edgeworth wins by getting Engarde convicted. Phoenix wins by getting Maya back safely and getting the real killer to admit his guilt. Without Edgeworth trusting Phoenix neither would have happened.}}

* ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|"Zelos...I trust you."]]'' Lloyd saying this makes the difference between {{spoiler|Zelos being a [[Fake Defector]] who helps the party escape the Tower of Salvation's death traps and obtains the final item they need for the Eternal Ring, or truly defecting in the hopes of dying and escaping his destiny}}.

* [[Tales of Legendia (Video Game)|''...I trust you, Shirley.'']] And later, ''"Everything will be fine...I trust you."''

* Parodied in ''[[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Portal 2]]'' in which one of the advertisements shows that humans "[[Humans Are the Real Monsters|cannot be trusted]]" to do cooperative tests with one another. Robots, on the other hand, can trust one another... for about 6 seconds longer than humans.

* Essential to the relationship of a reyvateil and her partner in ''[[Ar Tonelico (Video Game)|Ar Tonelico]]'': "diving" into a reyvateil's mental landscape is one big trust exercise in revealing her secrets to her partner, but also lets her craft and use more powerful song magic. Abusing a reyvateil's trust is a sure way to break and diminish her abilities. In the first game Misha invokes the trope directly whenever Lyner protects her from an enemy attack: "I trust you!"

* ''[[Left 4 Dead (Video Game)|Left 4 Dead]]'': this is the only way to win the game.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

** Lampshaded on [http://project-apollo.net/mos/mos300.html page 300] "yeah, yeah. And the martians say that "trust me" rhymes with "I love you""

* The book ''The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries'' in ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]'' notably disbelieves in it, saying for rule 30: "A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the further you'll go."

* ''[[Wapsi Square (Webcomic)|Wapsi Square]]'': Bud explains to Monica that she has to trust Jin or their plan to save the world won't work.[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/inthefaceofdoubt/ Even though she seems crazy.]

* In ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|The Order of the Stick]]'', [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0772.html Halley and her father dispute over trust.]

{{quote| '''Superman:''' ''I believe in second chances. I believe in redemption. But most of all, I believe in my friends.''}}

** Made more [[Justice League (Film)/Heartwarming|heartwarming]] by [[The Reveal]] that ''she has never been expelled from the League''. ({{spoiler|Superman, Flash and, presumably, J'onn the Psychic chose to trust her, while only Wonder Woman and Batman voted for expulsion; Green Lantern abstained}}).

** {{spoiler|Became a [[Chekhov's Gun]] later when Six, his memories of the last six years gone because of the machine, attack Rex and was about to kill him. He stopped because Rex didn't even flinch when he brought the sword down.}}

{{quote| '''Six''' Not even a flinch. You really believe in me that much kid?}}

* ''[[Wolverine and The X-Men (Animation)|Wolverine and The X-Men]]'': A single moment of trust saved the world {{spoiler|and the lack of trust damned it the first time around. Emma betrayed the team, which led to Phoenix running around under the control of the Inner Circle (who just expelled Emma, who wanted to destroy it). She was left tied to a wall when Logan found her. In the first timeline, he left her there. Which meant no one could contain and destroy Phoenix, and thus Phoenix burned the world. A message fragment from Xavier passed back through time was enough to help Logan trust her and free her, allowing her to sacrifice herself for the world.}}

 

== [[Real Life]] ==