people may not always live up to their reputations theme
A character anticipates what another will be based on their reputation but comes to find that the reputation was not entirely warranted.
4 total · 1 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| theamericanshortstory12 | major | Bank president Otis Pinkerton proclaimed publicly that the event surrounding the gold would land Hadleyburg in the dictionary as synonymous with being morally incorruptible and honest. But the town's most upstanding residents subsequently showed themselves to be greedy connivers. |
| movie: Star Trek: First Contact (1996) | minor | The crew was somewhat taken aback to find that warp drive inventor Zefram Cochrane was a reckless drunk of a man. |
| tng1x06 | minor | Kosinski |
| tng2x21 | minor | Kolrami was impressed by Riker at the end |