History PlayingWith / ApologisesAlot

* '''Zig Zagged''': Polly constantly apologizes to those who she considers her friends, but never apologizes to her enemies.

* '''Parodied''': Polly is a pull-string puppet whose phrases include "I'm sorry," "I'm so sorry," "Please forgive me," and "My apologies for that."

'''Basic Trope''': A character apologizes often, even when it really isn't called for. Sorry, you probably already read that on the main page. My apologies for wasting your time.

** Polly apologises for apologising.
** Polly [[PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou offers her life]] for minor mistakes.
* '''Downplayed''': If Polly does something wrong, she usually apologizes regardless of whether it's something that matters.

** Polly is continuously screwing things up for those around her, so it's not surprising that she always has an apology at the ready.

** Polly used to be blamed for everything as a child and it's influenced her in her adult life.
** Polly is a troll who knows her constant apologies annoy people, yet does it just to get on their nerves.
** Polly is a FauxAffablyEvil character who uses her polite demeanour as a cover up for her heinous personality.

** Pansy Purebad is a {{Jerkass}} who [[TheUnapologetic rarely if ever apologizes for anything she does wrong]], even though a simple "I'm sorry" could go a long way towards mending her relationships with others.

* '''Subverted''': Polly would apologize if she could, but every time she tries, she gets drowned out or distracted.

* '''Lampshaded''': Polly apologizes for apologizing.

* '''Invoked''': Polly apologizes unnecessarily to make herself seem cuter.
* '''Exploited''': Bob subtly nudges Polly into falling over and breaking a vase, so that he can escape unnoticed behind the noise of a flurry of apologies and protests.

* '''Deconstructed''':
** Everyone writes off Polly’s apologies as just a verbal tic with no meaning behind them, so when she genuinely needs to be forgiven for something, [[CryingWolf no one believes her or cares. ]]
** Polly gets on everyone's nerves and drives them away with her constant apologies, which aggravates the [[HeroicSelfDeprecation self deprecation]] issues that drove her to apologize a lot in the first place.
** Polly is revealed to always be apologizing and groveling due to her AbusiveParents who used to blame her for everything.
** It's revealed that Polly never really means "sorry", it really ''is'' just a verbal tic.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** ...of course, words mean nothing without action and [[DisproportionateReward Polly’s reaction]] clears her of all lasting blame.
** Polly partially reovcers from her disorder (whether [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan through force]] or [[EpiphanyTherapy through enlightenment]] ) and manages to tone down her apologies… but not before apologise for being obnoxious.

I'm sorry, you probably just want to go back to ApologisesALot. A thousand apologies for wasting your time with this.

-->'''Polly''': I'm so-...[[VerbalBackspace I mean, uh]], [[DistintionWithoutADifference my bad.]] Wait, that's not... I'll try. No problem.

-->'''Polly''': I'm so-...[[VerbalBackspace I mean, uh]], [[DistintionWithoutDifference my bad.]] Wait, that's not... I'll try. No pr

* '''Inverted''': Pansy Purebad is a {{Jerkass}} who [[TheUnapologetic rarely if ever apologizes for anything she does wrong]], even though a simple "I'm sorry" could go a long way towards mending her relationships with others.

* '''Parodied''': Polly is a pull-string puppet whose phrases include "I'm sorry," "I'm so sorry" and "My apologies for that."

-->'''Polly''': I'm so-...[[VerbalBackspace I mean, uh]], my bad.

* '''Exaggerated''': Every or nearly every sentence out of Polly's mouth is an apology, even when it's totally apropos of nothing.

* '''Inverted''': Pansy Purebad is a JerkAss who rarely if ever apologizes for anything she does wrong, even though a simple "I'm sorry" could go a long way towards mending her relationships with others.

* '''Subverted''':
** Polly would apologize if she could, but every time she tries, she gets drowned out or distracted.

** Polly is constantly claiming how she isn’t sorry. “IRegretNothing!”

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Invoked''': ???

* The writers wanted a character who apologizes a lot to contrast the other characters' lack of manners.

** Polly was taught as a child that it is polite to apologise, even when it isn't her fault. Polly is just exhibiting good manners.

* '''Double Subverted''': Eventually this gets to a point where she yells over everything in order to apologise… and in the stunned silence, apologises for yelling.

* '''Lampshaded''': Polly apologises for apologising.

* '''Exploited''': Bob subtly nudges Polly into falling over and breaking a vase, so that he can escape unnoticed behind the noise of a flurry ofapologies and protests.

** Polly gets on everyone's nerves and drives them away with her constant apologies, which aggravates the [[HeroicSelfDeprecation self deprecation]] issues that drove her to apologise a lot in the first place.
** Polly is revealed to always be apologising and grovelling due to AbuseParents who used to blame her for everything.

* '''Enforced''': The writers wanted a character who apologizes a lot to contrast the other characters' lack of manners.

* '''Justified''': Polly is continuously screwing things up for those around her, so it's not surprising that she always has an apology at the ready.

* '''Downplayed''': Polly apologizes when she does something wrong, or hurts someone, and it isn't given any more attention than it deserves when it happens.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Subverted''': Polly would apologize if she could, but every time she tries, she gets drowned out or distracted.

* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone writes off Polly’s apologies as just a verbal tic with no meaning behind them, so when she genuinely needs to be forgiven for something, [[CryingWolf no one believes her or cares. ]]
** Polly gets on everyone's nerves and drives them away with her constant apologies, which aggravates the [[HeroicSelfDeprecation self deprecation]] issues that drove her to apologise a lot in the first place.
* '''Reconstructed''': … of course, words mean nothing without action and [[DisproportionateReward Polly’s reaction]] clears her of all lasting blame.
** Polly partially reovcers from her disorder (whether [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan through force]] or [[EpiphanyTherapy through enlightenment]] ) and manages to tone down her apologies… but not before apologise for being obnoxious.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ????

** Polly is constantly claiming how she isn’t sorry. “IRegretNothing !”

* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone writes off Polly’s apologies as just a verbal tic with no meaning behind them, so when she genuinely needs to be forgiven for something, [[CryingWolf No one believes her or cares. ]]

* ‘’’Exploited’’’: Bob subtly nudges Polly into falling over and breaking a vase, so that he can escape unnoticed behind the noise of a flurry ofapologies and protests.

** Polly is constantly calming how she isn’t sorry. “IRegretNothing !”

** Polly gets on everyone's nerves and drives them away with her constant apologies, which aggravates the [[HeroicSelfDepreciation self depreciation]] issues that drove her to apologise a lot in the first place.

* '''Reconstructed''': … of course, words mean nothing without action and [[DisprportunateReward Polly’s reaction]] clears her of all lasting blame.

* '''Double Subverted''': ????

* '''Deconstructed''': ????
* '''Reconstructed''': ????

* '''Lampshaded''': ????
* '''Invoked''': ????

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