History PlayingWith / BasementDweller

'''Basic Trope''': An [[ManChild adult nerd who still lives with [[AlwaysMale his]] parents.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': the fact Seamus lives with his parents is mentioned to be a problem several times, but never has any impact on his character or on the story.

* '''Played For Horror''': Seamus is a SerialKiller and the fact he lives with his parents either highlights his lack of mental maturity or it's one of the things that place him BeneathSuspicion because of MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal.

'''Basic Trope''': An [[ManChild adult]] {{nerd}} who still lives with [[AlwaysMale his]] parents.

** Seamus is a stereotypical {{Nerd}}

** Seamus is a stereotypical HollywoodNerd.

** Seamus is an IllBoy, or alternatively has a disability/condition that precludes their living alone.
** Seamus' mother is an IllGirl (or simply very elderly), and he is looking after her.

Hey BasementDweller, get back down to your mamma's basement so [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife you can continue wasting time on TV Tropes]]!

** Seamus is an IllBoy.

** Seamus O'Taku has completed college, holds down a paying job -- albeit one [[ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation nobody can figure out what he actually does]] -- and pays his parents rent for his room and board.

** Seamus turned into an owner-occupier after his mother's death. He needn't pay rent, but has to look after himself.

** ...And then he's bankrupted, and has to move back home for real.
** But finds he can't make it on his own when times get tough, and has to move back home.

** He still doesn't work or pay any sort of rent, and doesn't help out with chores.

** It's the beach house he spent every summer at as a child, and his parents are the ones paying the bills, property taxes, and mortgage on it. Seamus gets a BigFancyHouse by the ocean to live in, rent-free.
** In order to keep on his lifestyle, he turned his late mother's home into multiple tenaments to live off the rent.

** Seamus just got out of {{Prison}}, and he's having trouble finding ''any'' kind of work, because few (if any) companies want to hire an ex-con. So he has to rely on his parents until he ''can'' find something and put that behind him.

* '''Implied''': Mike and Alex, who are about to marry, have moved in together away from their respective parents, and the audience gets to see their apartment in detail... not so for their less fortunate DropInCharacter friend, Seamus. A lot of Seamus' anecdotes seem to involve his parents, as well, but whenever he's asked about his living arrangements he changes the subject.

** Seamus is saving money, and he also pays rent and otherwise earns his keep there. He is not a burden on his mother, and eventually leaves the nest. He gains skills he needs to survive 'Out There'.

* '''Played For Horror''': Seamus is a SerialKiller and the fact he lives with his parents either highlights his lack of mental maturity or it's one of the things that place him BeneathSuspicion because MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Seamus is a stereotypical HollywoodNerd.

* '''Reconstructed''': Seamus is saving money, and he also pays rent and otherwise earns his keep there. He is not a burden on his mother, and eventually leaves the nest. He gains skills he needs to survive 'Out There'.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': the fact Seamus lives with his parents is mentioned to be a problem several times, but never has any impact on his character or on tje story.

** '''Plotted A Good Waste''': the fact Seamus lives with his parents is mentioned to be a problem several times, but never has any impact on his character or on tje story.

'''Plotted A Good Waste''': the fact Seamus lives with his parents is mentioned to be a problem several times, but never has any impact on his character or on tje story.

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

* '''Deconstructed''': This is going to be inconvenient for Seamus (who may have a hard time being taken seriously and/or [[NerdsAreVirgins getting a girlfriend]]) and for his mother (who may still have to provide for him and may not be able to do things she wants to do because he still depends on her).

* Seamus lives in his own apartment despite being so young that it is abnormal.

** In order to keep on his lifestyle, he turned his late mother's home into [[{{Landlord}} multiple tenaments to live off the rent]].

Hey BasementDweller, go back down to your basement so [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife you can continue wasting time on TV Tropes]]!

* '''Straight''': Seamus O'Taku still lives with his mother, (presumably) without ever finishing college or getting a job.

** Seamus is an IllBoy

** Seamus' mom moves into his house.

** Seamus has a lot of problems in his life... and is framed for a crime he didn't commit. Being an anti-social loner doesn't help prove his innocence.

Back to BasementDweller

** Seamus' became owner-occupier after his mother's death. He's got to look after himself now, but needn't pay rent.

** In order to keep on his lifestyle, he transforms his late mother's home into [[{{Landlord}} multiple tenaments to live off the rent]].

** It's his childhood vacation home.

** Seamus has a lot of problems in his life... and is framed for a crime he didn't commit.