Hero Turned Evil

CONCEPT

This concept involves a character of the hero archetype that at some point in the storyline, turns against the forces of good and becomes evil or is revealed to have done this in secret at some point in the past.

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Since time began, storytellers have liked adding twists into their stories, to keep the tales from seeming predictable, stale or generic. This is especially (though not exclusively) true of modern storytellers. One such twist is to take a heroic character, a protagonist or ally of a protagonist and corrupt them, turning them to the side of the antagonists - making them Evil. This twist is especially popular in fantasy and Sci-Fi, where Good and Evil are usually clearly defined and where the most heroic are those who are most likely to be attracted to the "easy way out" offered by Evil.

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• A Blurred Line (Game)
• Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (Game)
• Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (Game)
• Beowulf: The Game (Game)
• Breath of Fire IV (Game)
• Chäos;HEAd (Game)
• Devil May Cry 4 (Game)
• Diablo (Game)
• Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention (Game)
• Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice (Game)
• Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten (Game)
• Fable (Game)
• Fable III (Game)
• Fate/stay night (Game)
• Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls (Game)
• Final Fantasy II (Game)
• Final Fantasy IV (Game)
• Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (Game)
• Final Fantasy Origins (Game)
• Haze (Game)
• Injustice 2 (Game)
• Injustice: Gods Among Us (Game)
• Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (Game)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Game)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (Game)
• Live A Live (Game)
• Live a Live (Game)
• Lunar: Silver Star Harmony (Game)
• Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (Game)
• Lunar: The Silver Star (Game)
• Mass Effect 2 (Game)
• Mass Effect Legendary Edition (Game)
• Metal Gear (Game)
• Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (Game)
• Mortal Kombat 11 (Game)
• Nobunaga's Ambition (Game)
• Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken (Game)
• Resonance (Game)
• Romancing SaGa 2 (Game)
• Shin Megami Tensei (Game)
• Shin Megami Tensei II (Game)
• Shin Megami Tensei if... (Game)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (Game)
• Spec Ops: The Line (Game)
• Splinter Cell Trilogy (Game)
• Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II (Game)
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Game)
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords (Game)
• StarCraft (Game)
• Steins;Gate (Game)
• Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram (Game)
• Tactical Breach Wizards (Game)
• Tales of Eternia (Game)
• Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Game)
• Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins (Game)
• The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2 (Game)
• The Granstream Saga (Game)
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (Game)
• Toonstruck (Game)
• Trials of Mana (Game)
• Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (Game)

Concept details

Name

Hero Turned Evil

Aliases

Face Heel Turn

Games

• A Blurred Line (Game)
• Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (Game)
• Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (Game)
• Beowulf: The Game (Game)
• Breath of Fire IV (Game)
• Chäos;HEAd (Game)
• Devil May Cry 4 (Game)
• Diablo (Game)
• Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention (Game)
• Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice (Game)
• Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten (Game)
• Fable (Game)
• Fable III (Game)
• Fate/stay night (Game)
• Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls (Game)
• Final Fantasy II (Game)
• Final Fantasy IV (Game)
• Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (Game)
• Final Fantasy Origins (Game)
• Haze (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: X-Men (Franchise), Star Wars (Franchise), Star Wars: Battlefront (Franchise), Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Franchise), Avengers (Franchise), Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Franchise), Megami Tensei (Franchise), Batman (Franchise), DC Universe (Franchise), Metal Gear (Franchise), Metal Gear Solid (Franchise), StarCraft (Franchise), Splinter Cell (Franchise), Tom Clancy (Franchise), Baten Kaitos (Franchise), Tales (Franchise), Final Fantasy (Franchise), Warcraft (Franchise), Star Wars: Jedi Knight (Franchise), Devil May Cry (Franchise), Shin Megami Tensei (Franchise), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII (Franchise), Soul Blazer (Franchise), Diablo (Franchise), Final Fantasy IV (Franchise), Disgaea (Franchise), Age of Empires (Franchise), Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Franchise), Ace Combat (Franchise), Nobunaga's Ambition (Franchise), Breath of Fire (Franchise), Mana (Franchise), Tenchu (Franchise), Inuyasha (Franchise), Kingdom Under Fire (Franchise), Yuji Horii Mysteries (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Vaati (Character), Gray Fox (Character), Barriss Offee (Character), Darth Vader (Character), Eddie Brock (Character), Maestro (Character), Red Hulk (Character), The Hulk (Character), Winter Soldier (Character), Algol (Character), Siegfried Schtauffen (Character), Aeon Calcos (Character), Sophitia Alexandra (Character), Jeff Hardy (Character), Kevin Nash (Character), Scott Steiner (Character), Super Joe (Character), Sinestro (Character), The Batman Who Laughs (Character), The Devastator (Character), The Drowned (Character), The Merciless (Character), The Murder Machine (Character), The Red Death (Character), Hulk Hogan (Character), Triple H (Character), Flashpoint Batman (Character), Two-Face (Character), Harry Osborn (Character), Venom (Character), Flash Thompson (Character), Merlina the Wizard (Character), Major Zero (Character), Big Boss (Character), Carmilla (Character), Sarah Kerrigan (Character), Arcturus Mengsk (Character), Toshiro Otomo (Character), Richter Belmont (Character), Ace Hardlight (Character), Megatron (Character), The Fallen (Character), Shawn Michaels (Character), Stephanie McMahon (Character), Steve Austin (Character), The Rock (Character), The Undertaker (Character), Bret Hart (Character), Goldberg (Character), Soma Cruz (Character), André the Giant (Character), Sgt. Slaughter (Character), Razor Ramon (Character), The Hero of Kvatch (Character), Quint (Character), Sigma (Character), Reva Sevander (Character), Trilla Suduri (Character), Grand Moff Tarkin (Character), The Inquisitor (Character), Ulic Qel-Droma (Character), Sephiroth (Character), Cole MacGrath (Character), Arthas Menethil (Character), Illidan Stormrage (Character), Sylvanas Windrunner (Character), Pigma Dengar (Character), Bryan Danielson (Character), Kane (Character), Paul Wight (Character), Dolph Ziggler (Character), CM Punk (Character), Paul Bearer (Character), Seifer Almasy (Character), Gollum (Character), Saruman (Character), Sauron (Character), Ichigo Kurosaki (Character), Kyle Katarn (Character), Yu Yevon (Character), Kain Highwind (Character), Riku (Character), Sasuke Uchiha (Character), Aribeth de Tylmarande (Character), Bastila Shan (Character), Darth Revan (Character), Celebrimbor (Character), Isildur (Character), Mordirith (Character), Talion (Character), Helm Hammerhand (Character), Suladân (Character), The Hammer of Sauron (Character), Maris Brood (Character), Zephiel (Character), Luc (Character), Caellach (Character), Olsson (Character), Lyon (Character), The Nameless Hero (Character), Vigilante (Vincent Sobel) (Character), Pious Augustus (Character), Kylo Ren (Character), Red the Evil Dragon (Character), Lance Bean (Character), Maze (Character), The Hero (Character), Light Yagami (Character), Grahf (Character), Krelian (Character), Yuri (Character), Tatsumaru (Character), Raizo Imawano (Character), Kael'thas Sunstrider (Character), Beat (Character), Penelope (Character), Nemesis (Character), Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn (Character), Jack Krauser (Character), Colonel.EXE (Character), Julius Little (Character), Mordred (Character), Sir Ector (Character), Lloyd Irving (Character), Dagoth Ur (Character), Karsh the Whisperer (Character), Kikyo (Character), Kohaku (Character), Reccoa Londe (Character), Alexei Dinoia (Character), Duke (Character), Gabriel Belmont (Character), Faith Lehane (Character), Ophelia (Character), Nostro (Character), Rosh Penin (Character), Mithos Yggdrasill (Character), Elpizo (Character), Rita Repulsa (Character), Tala (Character), Caim (Character), Ludo (Character), Jimenez (Character), Ovan (Character), Carl Clover (Character), Tsubaki Yayoi (Character), The Overlord (Character), Taki Minase (Character), Yuki Terumi (Character), Captain Blue (Character), Celeste (Character), Braun Strowman (Character), Calvaros (Character), Azazel the Prince of Damnation (Character), Festus the Leechlord (Character), Malekith the Witch King (Character), Archaon the Everchosen (Character), The Godslayer (Character), Count Otto von Gruber (Character), King Leoric (Character), Richard (Character), John White (Character), Iris (Character), Naoya (Character), Flemeth (Character), Zelenin (Character), Kastore (Character), Gilgamesh (Character), Captain Martin Walker (Character), Tengai (Character), Cooper Howard (Character), Valentine (Character), Gwyn (Character), The Witch of Izalith (Character), Abysswalker Knight Artorias (Character), Princess Luna (Character), Jaguar Javier (Character), Erline (Character), Ajunta Pall (Character), Daenerys Targaryen (Character), Funny Valentine (Character), Whirlwind (Character), Kamen Rider Ryugen (Character), Sasha Banks (Character), Larry Zbyszko (Character), Chase Young (Character), Bayley (Character), Paul Orndorff (Character), The Red Duke (Character), Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd (Character), Hubert (Character), Bode Akuna (Character), Dagan Gera (Character), Lord Soth (Character), Namira (Character), General Radahn (Character), Lichdragon Fortissax (Character), Walter White (Character), Isidora Morganach (Character), Shroud (Character), Invisigal (Character), Prince Rurik (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Char (Location), Aiur (Location), Gaia (Location), Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp (Location)

Objects

• Has objects: Lightsaber (Object), Tunic (Object), Sword of Aeons (Object), Death Note (Object)

People

• Has people: Robert Kotick (Person), J. R. R. Tolkien (Person)

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Dark Past (Concept), Martial Arts (Concept), Tragic Villain (Concept), Villain (Concept), Villain Turned Good (Concept), Male Antagonist (Concept), Saving the World (Concept), Games Based on Movies (Concept), Male Protagonists (Concept), Mutant (Concept), Redemption (Concept), Terrorist (Concept), Evil Organization (Concept), Changing Sides (Concept), Symbiote (Concept), Secret Past (Concept), Dark Second Act (Concept), Chaos (Concept), Corruption (Concept), Ghost (Concept), Rogue Protagonist (Concept), Crooked Cop (Concept), Sith (Concept), Devil Gene (Concept), Cobra Unit (Concept), Nazgûl (Concept), Dark Jedi (Concept), Clone Troopers (Concept), Death Knight (Concept), Cruxis (Concept), Greymon (Concept), SkullGreymon (Concept), Megidramon (Concept), WarGrowlmon (Concept), Inquisitorius (Concept), Dark Knights (Concept), Word Bearers (Concept), Nazgul Sisters (Concept), Black Grail Knight (Concept)