[Loved Narrative Trope] The moment when a character’s lifetime of indoctrination finally breaks

Nux the War Boy — Mad Max : Fury Road As a “War Boy”, the white-painted berserkers of the post apocalyptic warlord Immortan Joe, Nux has been raised from early childhood to value nothing more than serving Joe, who all War Boys worship as a living god. After being rejected by his master, Nux reveals that he has cancer, and that all War Boys seek to die in battle before their various wasteland diseases inevitably kill them, believing Joe will reward them eternally in “Valhalla”. When a former enemy explains to him that he can still author his own destiny, he chooses to die defending his new friends, rather than in the service of a cruel old man Jojo — Jojo Rabbit As an enthusiastic member of the Hitler Youth, 10 year old Jojo Betzler values Nazi ideals of racial purity and military strength more than anything. He admires Hitler so much that his constant companion is an imagined caricature of the dictator. But when his ideals are shaken after befriending a Jewish girl, he begins to question the ideals he was taught. When his beloved mother dies for anti-Nazi activities, he fully loses his faith in the country he grew up in. As Berlin crumbles around him under the Soviet invasion, he sees imaginary Hitler one final time. Only this time, rather than the cheery goofball Jojo usually sees, Hitler is shown as a dirty, angry, desperate old man, demanding that Jojo worship him forever. Jojo finally tells his old imaginary friend to fuck off, kicking him out a window and out of his life.