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* '''Parodied''': The BastardBastard is a HarmlessVillain.

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The BastardBastard is a HarmlessVillain.
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** Bob is both illegitimate and a CompleteMonster.
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** Bob is a law-abiding, exemplary member of society who helps little old ladies cross the street and volunteers at homeless shelters. The instant he learns his parents weren't married, he becomes a full-blown CardCarryingVillain.
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** Every evil character in the series is illegitimate while all the good characters have married parents.

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* '''Justified''': Bob lives in a society that mistreats illegitimate children. [[FreudianExcuse This makes him bitter and angry]], and he takes out his pain on the world around him.

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Bob lives in a society that mistreats illegitimate children. [[FreudianExcuse This makes him bitter and angry]], and he takes out his pain on the world around him.him.
** Bob's father abandoned him, leaving him resentful and angry.
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* '''Justified''': Bob lives in Medieval England, where they treat illegitimate children like crap. [[FreudianExcuse This makes him bitter and angry]], and he takes out his pain on the world around him.

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* '''Justified''': Bob lives in Medieval England, where they treat a society that mistreats illegitimate children like crap.children. [[FreudianExcuse This makes him bitter and angry]], and he takes out his pain on the world around him.

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* '''Inverted''':
** [[HeroicBastard The hero is the illegitimate one.]]

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'''Inverted''': [[HeroicBastard The hero is the illegitimate one.]]one]].

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* '''Inverted''': Bob is much nicer than his legitimate half-brother, ThePrince.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob '''Inverted''':
** [[HeroicBastard The hero
is much nicer than his legitimate half-brother, ThePrince.the illegitimate one.]]



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* '''Reconstructed''': ...who ultimately turns to evil in frustration and despair, because his will was weaker than his [[InTheBlood inherited character flaws]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': ...[[ThenLetMeBeEvil who ultimately turns to evil in frustration and despair, despair]], because his will was weaker than his [[InTheBlood inherited character flaws]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's parents aren't married, so he [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds destroys the world]].

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Bob's parents aren't married, so he [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds destroys the world]].



* '''Subverted''': Bob is a HeroicBastard, who seeks to overthrow the evil man who sired him.

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Bob is a HeroicBastard, who seeks to overthrow the evil man who sired him.him.
** Bob is a [[{{Woobie}} poor bastard]] with every reason to hate the world, but he [[ExtremeDoormat just puts up with it]].



* '''Enforced''': The work was written under the patronage of a medieval ruler who wanted to make it ''very clear'' that only those with legitimate RoyalBlood have either the right or the character to rule over others.

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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The work was written under the patronage of a medieval ruler who wanted to make it ''very clear'' that only those with legitimate RoyalBlood have either the right or the character to rule over others.



* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Bob is a [[{{Woobie}} poor bastard]] with every reason to hate the world, but he [[ExtremeDoormat just puts up with it]].
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** Bob's parents weren't married up until he was two. He's still an evil jerk.


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** "We want an AntagonisticOffspring of one of the good guys, and him being illegitimate would save on explanations."
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'''Basic Trope''': The illegitimate son of an aristocrat is evil with ambition, resentment and/or depravity.

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'''Basic Trope''': The illegitimate son of an aristocrat child is evil with ambition, resentment and/or depravity.
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'''Basic Trope''': The illegitimate son of an aristocrat is evil with ambition, resentment and perversion.

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'''Basic Trope''': The illegitimate son of an aristocrat is evil with ambition, resentment and perversion.and/or depravity.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is illegitimate, but is mostly a nice guy; he's just a bit jealous of his legitimate brother's status.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is illegitimate, but is mostly a nice guy; [[MrViceGuy he's just a bit jealous of his legitimate brother's status.status]].
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob is illegitimate, but is mostly a nice guy; he's just a bit jealous of his legitimate brother's status.

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



* '''Deconstructed''': The BastardBastard is a HeroWithBadPublicity.
* '''Reconstructed''': ...who ultimately turns to evil in frustration and despair, because his will was weaker than his [[InTheBlood inherited character flaws]].
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* '''Deconstructed''': The BastardBastard is a HeroWithBadPublicity.
* '''Reconstructed''': ...who ultimately turns to evil in frustration and despair, because his will was weaker than his [[InTheBlood inherited character flaws]].
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* '''Lampshaded''': ??

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



* '''Played For Laughs''': ??

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* '''Played For Laughs''': ??'''Deconstructed''': The BastardBastard is a HeroWithBadPublicity.
* '''Reconstructed''': ...who ultimately turns to evil in frustration and despair, because his will was weaker than his [[InTheBlood inherited character flaws]].
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Bob is a [[{{Woobie}} poor bastard]] with every reason to hate the world, but he [[ExtremeDoormat just puts up with it]].



* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Bob is a [[{{Woobie}} poor bastard]] with every reason to hate the world, but he [[ExtremeDoormat just puts up with it]].



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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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* '''Enforced''': ??

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* '''Enforced''': ??The work was written under the patronage of a medieval ruler who wanted to make it ''very clear'' that only those with legitimate RoyalBlood have either the right or the character to rule over others.

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* '''Averted''': Bob's parents are married.

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Bob's parents are married.
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* '''Double Subverted''': ...but he [[HeelFaceTurn abandons the path of good]] for the [[WellDoneSonGuy sake of his father's approval]]!

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* '''Double Subverted''': ...but he [[HeelFaceTurn [[FaceHeelTurn abandons the path of good]] for the [[WellDoneSonGuy sake of his father's approval]]!
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* '''Reconstructed''': ??

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* '''Reconstructed''': ??'''Reconstructed''': ...who ultimately turns to evil in frustration and despair, because his will was weaker than his [[InTheBlood inherited character flaws]].
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'''Basic Trope''': A trope(common convention that you can expect to show up in certain works)

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'''Basic Trope''': A trope(common convention that you can expect to show up in certain works)The illegitimate son of an aristocrat is evil with ambition, resentment and perversion.

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