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** FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: The bad person's victims point out that suffering in the past is a shitty reason to do bad things to other people.

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** FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: The bad person's victims point out and the people intending to punish the bad person for their transgressions feel that suffering the bad person having suffered in the past is a shitty reason to do bad things to other people.does not mean their actions are acceptable or that they should avoid punishment for their wrongdoings.
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* AgainstMyReligion

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* AgainstMyReligionAgainstMyReligion: Refusing to do something with the excuse that it doesn't follow the teachings of your religion.



* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery
* ADogAteMyHomework

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* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery
DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Someone uses the excuse that being disabled means they can get away with being an asshole.
* ADogAteMyHomeworkADogAteMyHomework: A student who didn't bother doing their homework claims their dog ate it to avoid getting in trouble for not doing it.



* FreudianExcuse
** FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse

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* FreudianExcuse
FreudianExcuse: A villain or jerk is the way they are because of something bad that happened to them in the past and they use their past suffering as an excuse for their actions.
** FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuseFreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: The bad person's victims point out that suffering in the past is a shitty reason to do bad things to other people.



* IAmBigBoned
* IDidWhatIHadToDo

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* IAmBigBoned
IAmBigBoned: Someone claims that they aren't really fat.
* IDidWhatIHadToDoIDidWhatIHadToDo: Someone gives the excuse that they did something reprehensible because they had no other option.



* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou

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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYouTheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: A person really wants to be the one to defeat their enemy, so they'll sabotage any attempts other people make at defeating their foe.



* ScrewPolitenessImASenior
* WildCardExcuse

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* ScrewPolitenessImASenior
ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Someone believes that being elderly entitles them to be rude to everyone.
* WildCardExcuseWildCardExcuse: A character always uses the same excuse, regardless of whether it makes sense in the current context.
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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou
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* JustGivingOrders
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* InventedInvalid
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** FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse
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* DogKickingExcuse
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* FakePeriodExcuse

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* AppealToInherentNature
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* RationalizingTheOverkill
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Here are tropes which deal with characters making all kinds of excuses or justifications for doing certain things [[DirtyCoward or avoiding situations]].

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Here are tropes which deal with characters making all kinds of excuses or justifications for doing certain things [[DirtyCoward or avoiding situations]].situations.
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* WouldRatherSuffer
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* IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney
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* AppealToInherentNature
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* PrecedentExcuse
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* AgainstMyReligion
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* BecauseISaidSo

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* TunnelOfAvoidance
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* TunnelOfAvoidance
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* {{A Dog Ate My Homework}}
* {{Bad Mood As An Excuse}}
* {{Classified Information}}
* {{Disability as an Excuse for Jerkassery}}
* {{Excuse Boomerang}}
* {{Freudian Excuse}}
* {{Gas Leak Coverup}}
* {{Give Me A Reason}}
* {{Going To The Store}}
* {{Holding It For A Friend}}
* {{Hurricane Of Excuses}}
* {{I Am Big Boned}}
* {{I Did What I Had To Do}}
* {{I Have No Idea What Im Doing}}
* {{I Have To Wash My Hair}}
* {{Im A Man I Cant Help It}}
* {{I Need To Go Iron My Dog}}
* {{Its What I Do}}
* {{I Was Just Passing Through}}
* {{Jerk Justifications}}
* {{Just Following Orders}}
* {{Lame Excuse}}
* {{Not Even Bothering With An Excuse}}
* {{The Only One Allowed To Defeat You}}
* {{Playing Sick}}
* {{Pretext For War}}
* {{Relatively Flimsy Excuse}}
* {{Screw Politeness Im A Senior}}
* {{Wild Card Excuse}}

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* {{A Dog Ate My Homework}}
BadMoodAsAnExcuse
* {{Bad Mood As An Excuse}}
ClassifiedInformation
* {{Classified Information}}
DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery
* {{Disability as an Excuse for Jerkassery}}
ADogAteMyHomework
* {{Excuse Boomerang}}
ExcuseBoomerang
* {{Freudian Excuse}}
FreudianExcuse
* {{Gas Leak Coverup}}
GasLeakCoverup
* {{Give Me A Reason}}
GiveMeAReason
* {{Going To The Store}}
GoingToTheStore
* {{Holding It For A Friend}}
HoldingItForAFriend
* {{Hurricane Of Excuses}}
HurricaneOfExcuses
* {{I Am Big Boned}}
IAmBigBoned
* {{I Did What I Had To Do}}
IDidWhatIHadToDo
* {{I Have No Idea What Im Doing}}
IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing
* {{I Have To Wash My Hair}}
IHaveToWashMyHair
* {{Im A Man I Cant Help It}}
ImAManICantHelpIt
* {{I Need To Go Iron My Dog}}
INeedToGoIronMyDog
* {{Its What I Do}}
ItsWhatIDo
* {{I Was Just Passing Through}}
IWasJustPassingThrough
* {{Jerk Justifications}}
JerkJustifications
* {{Just Following Orders}}
JustFollowingOrders
* {{Lame Excuse}}
LameExcuse
* {{Not Even Bothering With An Excuse}}
NotEvenBotheringWithAnExcuse
* {{The Only One Allowed To Defeat You}}
TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou
* {{Playing Sick}}
PlayingSick
* {{Pretext For War}}
PretextForWar
* {{Relatively Flimsy Excuse}}
RelativelyFlimsyExcuse
* {{Screw Politeness Im A Senior}}
ScrewPolitenessImASenior
* {{Wild Card Excuse}}WildCardExcuse
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Here are tropes which deal with characters making all kinds of excuses or justifications for doing certain things or avoiding situations.

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Here are tropes which deal with characters making all kinds of excuses or justifications for doing certain things [[DirtyCoward or avoiding situations.situations]].

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* {{Relatively Flimsy Excuse}}

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* {{Relatively Flimsy Excuse}} Excuse}}
* {{Screw Politeness Im A Senior}}
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* {{Excuse Return Fire}}

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* {{Excuse Return Fire}}Boomerang}}
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$ {{Excuse Return Fire}}

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$ * {{Excuse Return Fire}}
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Here are tropes which deal with characters making all kinds of excuses or justifications for doing certain things or avoiding situations.

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* {{A Dog Ate My Homework}}
* {{Bad Mood As An Excuse}}
* {{Classified Information}}
* {{Disability as an Excuse for Jerkassery}}
* {{Freudian Excuse}}
* {{Gas Leak Coverup}}
* {{Give Me A Reason}}
* {{Going To The Store}}
* {{Holding It For A Friend}}
* {{Hurricane Of Excuses}}
* {{I Am Big Boned}}
* {{I Did What I Had To Do}}
* {{I Have No Idea What Im Doing}}
* {{I Have To Wash My Hair}}
* {{Im A Man I Cant Help It}}
* {{I Need To Go Iron My Dog}}
* {{Its What I Do}}
* {{I Was Just Passing Through}}
* {{Jerk Justifications}}
* {{Just Following Orders}}
* {{Lame Excuse}}
* {{Not Even Bothering With An Excuse}}
* {{The Only One Allowed To Defeat You}}
* {{Playing Sick}}
* {{Pretext For War}}
* {{Relatively Flimsy Excuse}}
* {{Wild Card Excuse}}
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