History PlayingWith / BystanderSyndrome

* '''Implied''': Alice is killed by a SerialKiller. A news report states afterward that there were many people around, but none seem to have helped.

* '''Downplayed''': Norman Normal sees Alice Awesome fighting a monster; even though Norman can't do anything to the monster, he sticks around to make sure Alice is all right.

** The ones doing the crime are the bad guys, but are also the law or at least how connections.

** It is, for some reason, illegal to help someone. The minimum they can do is maybe call 911.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

** They don't know what they should do and are afraid that they'll end up making things worse.

** The mugging occurred on a dark street and no one couldn't hear or see all of what was happening. People may call the police, but from the vague descriptions, it sounds like a non-lethal domesticate dispute so they are slow to arrive. No goes out to help for several reasons like they are asleep and any loud noise like gunshots wake them up, but they don't recognize ''what'' woke them up, others are too hurt or sick to move, maybe others see the gun and know they wouldn't be able to sneak up on the guy with physical action, etc. The guy gets away.

** "You're all conscripted. get in there, or be shot."

** Charlie, Dave and Elly don't do anything to help when Alice is mugged. The robber then kills her. When a grieving Bob sees a report on the attack and learns they stood by and did nothing, he goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge [[AccompliceByInaction against them]], effectively ''making'' it [[ItsPersonal their problem]].

** The purse snatcher has a gun, and Charlie, Dave and Elly are all too afraid of being shot to act.
** Some people have a hard time seeing problems as their own.

** Charlie, Dave and Elly don't do anything to help when Alice is mugged. The robber then kills her. When a grieving Bob sees a report on the attack and learns they stood by and did nothing, he goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against them, effectively ''making'' it their problem.

** After Bob murders Charlie, Dave and Elly, he's caught by police. When his motivation is revealed to the media, instead of making people more eager to help, they instead grow even more determined to stay ''out'' of bad situations like that, pretending not to see anything for fear of being targeted by another psycho like Bob.

* '''Inverted''': Mob Mentality; people are so desperate to ''do something'' to solve a crisis that they end up making things worse.

* '''Parodied''': The guy [[OmnicidalManiac who wants to destroy the universe]] is standing ''right there'', next to his DoomsdayDevice, defenseless yet boasting about it. And it seems that nobody gives a shit anyway.

* '''Discussed''': "You never see people helping each other anymore."

* '''Exaggerated''': Just about ''every'' {{NPC}} in the ''whole world'' of ''[[VideoGame Fantasticalia]]'' is completely unwilling to help the Charlie, Dave, and Elly despite knowing full well that there will be a [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt life-eradicating apocalypse]] that only the heroes can stop.

* '''Exaggerated''': Just about ''every'' {{NPC}} in the ''whole world'' of ''[[VideoGame Fantasticalia]]'' is completely unwilling to help the Charlie, Dave, and Elly despite knowing full well that there will be an [[ItsTheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt event that will wipe out all of existence]] and only the heroes can stop.

* '''Exaggerated''': Just about ''every'' {{NPC}} in the ''whole world'' of ''[[VideoGame Fantasticalia]]'' is completely unwilling to help the heroes despite knowing full well that there will be an [[It'sTheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt event that will wipe out all of existence]] that could easily be stopped by the assistance of a stranger.

* '''Exaggerated''': Just about ''every'' {{NPC}} in the ''whole world'' of ''[[VideoGame Fantasticalia]]'' is unwilling to help the heroes unless they're [[AdamSmithHatesYourGuts being paid out the nose]] for their services.

* '''Justified''': The purse snatcher has a gun, and Charlie, Dave and Elly are all too afraid of being shot to act.

* '''Enforced''': The makers of ''Fantasticalia'' can't make it so that every single NPC can get involved in the fight against the evil empire, as that would make things too complex; for simplicity's sake, the vast majority of [=NPCs=] keep to themselves and don't try to help the heroes unless the almighty plot calls for it.

* '''Deconstructed''': Charlie, Dave and Elly don't do anything to help when Alice is mugged. The robber then kills her. When a grieving Bob sees a report on the attack and learns they stood by and did nothing, he goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against them, effectively ''making'' it their problem.

* '''Reconstructed''': After Bob murders Charlie, Dave and Elly, he's caught by police. When his motivation is revealed to the media, instead of making people more eager to help, they instead grow even more determined to stay ''out'' of bad situations like that, pretending not to see anything for fear of being targeted by another psycho like Bob.

* '''Exploited''': ???

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

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