History PlayingWith / ByronicHero

* '''Exaggerated''': Byron is a nihilistic, violent misanthropist and yet the other heroes still show sympathy for him.

** Byrom's dark qualities are emotional armor, because he doesn't want to relive his DarkAndTroubledPast again.

* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] is a broken-hearted loner with anger management problems, and a rather dark streak that makes most of the other heroes wary of him. And yet some of the other heroes show sympathy for him.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is a nihilistic, violent misanthropist and yet the other heroes still show sympathy for him.
* '''Downplayed''': [[GoodIsNotNice Bob is fairly moody and unsociable,]] [[KnightInSourArmor but the other heroes get used to him eventually.]]

** Bob's dark qualities are emotional armor, because he doesn't want to relive his DarkAndTroubledPast again.
** Bob routinely keeps getting into ShootTheDog situations, or has situations where ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer. He naturally broods over these villainous crimes, which weren't born from evil intent, but [[HeroWithBadPublicity everybody makes it out to be.]]

** Bob's brooding, dark exterior is a facade that belies a friendlier personality...
** Bob is melancholic and brooding and refers to himself quite negatively. It turns out he is actually the most moral character in the series, but he is [[GoodIsNotNice not very personable]] and [[HumbleHero holds himself to impossible standards]].
** BeneathTheMask, Bob is TheSociopath. He fakes his sensitivity, passions, grief over a DarkAndTroubledPast, or whatever makes him appear sympathetic, so he can manipulate people.

* '''Parodied''': Over the course of a hot day, Bob, a man stuck in a soul-crushing job as a [[MundaneMadeAwesome professional party inspector]], sacrifices everything he ever held dear, including his home and his family...to [[DisproportionateRetribution kill the man who took the last popsicle from the ice cream truck he missed.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob switches between moods on a regular basis, going from being an idealistic and upstanding individual despite all he's been through, to being a vindictive, moody man, sometimes finding peace, only to go back to being wracked by internal conflict.
* '''Averted''': Bob has no more flaws than anyone else, and is not troubled.
* '''Enforced''': Bob was based off of a real world example - not including either his personal tragedies or indiscretions would not do him any justice.

* '''Invoked''': Bob, having just [[IDidWhatIHadToDo one lapse of judgment]], is demeaned by the rest of his crew by being called an {{Emo}}.

* '''Discussed''': "Bob sure has a lot of issues, doesn't he? So what is it about him that makes us like him?"

* '''Implied''': There are scarce accounts of Bob that mention 'dark moods' and his determination.

** Bob is a genuinely evil and dangerous character, not just misunderstood. His sympathetic traits blind the other heroes ([[DracoInLeatherPants and the audience]]) to his true nature. Even when he crosses the MoralEventHorizon, people still believe that there is good in him and that he's really not that bad.
** Bob knows that giving a false story about his backstory will make people sympathetic to him so he can do whatever he wants with the convenient excuse of said backstory.
** Bob is a pathetic, egotistical SmugSnake who is severely delusional and poses very little threat to the villains or to anyone.
* '''Reconstructed''': Then Bob goes too far, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone and realizes]] that his actions are causing the suffering of not just him, but those around him. Learning from these errors, Bob earns a HiddenHeartOfGold and tries to not commit bad crimes again, knowing there are people worse than him.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob is an ''incredibly'' [[TroubledButCute brooding]], {{Camp}}y LargeHam DramaQueen who thinks [[ItsAllAboutMe it's all about him]]. HilarityEnsues. Then he makes a HeelFaceTurn. [[HeroWithAnFInGood Even]] ''[[SerialEscalation more]]'' [[DestructiveSavior hilarity ensues]].

** Bob is melancholic and brooding and refers to himself quite negatively. It turns out he is actually the most moral character in the series but [[GoodIsNotNice not very personable]] and [[HumbleHero holds himself to impossible standards]].