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* '''Justified''': Whenever Al is angry with Bob, it only lasts for a short period of time. Usually, [[HairTriggerTemper the things he is angry about are]] [[FelonyMisdemeanor relatively minor.]] Despite this, Bob usually betters himself to make him happy again. However, when Al is disappointed, this gives Bob the impression that he has seriously let him down.

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* '''Justified''': Whenever Al is angry with Bob, it only lasts for a short period of time. Usually, [[HairTriggerTemper the things he is that make him angry about are]] [[FelonyMisdemeanor relatively minor.]] Despite this, Bob usually betters himself to make him happy again. However, when Al is disappointed, this gives Bob the impression that he has seriously let him down.



* '''Subverted''': Al's DisappointedInYou monologue doesn't break Bob, possibly because he's told him, whether [[ShutUpKirk with]] [[ShutUpHannibal words]], [[TalkToTheFist physical contact]], or just by [[RageQuit walking]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere away]].

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* '''Subverted''': Al's DisappointedInYou monologue doesn't break {{break|ThemByTalking}} Bob, possibly because he's told him, him so, whether [[ShutUpKirk with]] [[ShutUpHannibal words]], [[TalkToTheFist physical contact]], or just by [[RageQuit walking]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere away]].



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The author has felt worse when they've disappointed others than when they've made them angry.



* '''Implied''': Bob talks about hearing this from Al. He says, "It was somehow harder to hear 'I'm ashamed' than 'I'm angry' coming from him."

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* '''Implied''': Bob talks about hearing getting this speech from Al. He says, "It was somehow harder to hear 'I'm ashamed' disappointed' than 'I'm angry' coming from him."

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* '''Exaggerated''': Al tells Bob how disappointed in him in the most stoic way possible, leaving Bob quite ashamed.
* '''Downplayed''': Al tells Bob how diappointed he is, and even if he doesn't look angry, [[TranquilFury Bob gets the impression that he is.]]
* '''Justified''': Whenever Al is angry with Bob, it only lasts for a short period of time. Usually, [[HairTriggerTemper the things he is angry about is relatively minor.]] Despite this, Bob usually betters himself to make him happy again. However, when Al is disappointed, this gives Bob the impression that he has seriously let him down.
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* '''Exaggerated''': [[DissonantSerenity Al tells Bob how much he's disappointed in him in the most stoic way possible, possible]], leaving Bob quite ashamed.
* '''Downplayed''': Al tells Bob how diappointed disappointed he is, and even if he doesn't look angry, [[TranquilFury Bob gets the impression that he is.]]
* '''Justified''': Whenever Al is angry with Bob, it only lasts for a short period of time. Usually, [[HairTriggerTemper the things he is angry about is are]] [[FelonyMisdemeanor relatively minor.]] Despite this, Bob usually betters himself to make him happy again. However, when Al is disappointed, this gives Bob the impression that he has seriously let him down.
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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Al's DisappointedInYou monologue doesn't break Bob, possibly because he's told him, whether [[ShutUpKirk with]] [[ShutUpHannibal words]], [[TalkToTheFist physical contact]], or just by [[RageQuit walking]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere away]].
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
Subverted''': ...until later, when Bob realizes everything Al said was completely correct.
* '''Parodied''': ???
Bob sits in the chair [[DissonantSerenity smiling and laughing]] as Al screams in {{Angrish}} at him. Then Al [[MoodWhiplash turns on a dime]] to whisper his disappointment to Bob. Bob is reduced to InelegantBlubbering.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???'''Zig-Zagged''': Al says Bob has disappointed him for whatever reason. Bob doesn't take it to heart. Then, when Al says he's mad at Bob, he takes it less well. But the next time Al expresses disappointment in his son, it hits very close to home for Bob.



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

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* '''Invoked''': ???Al thinks expressing disappointment will make Bob [[MiseryBuildsCharacter more miserable]], and thus [[DareToBeBadass more motivated to improve himself]], than anger will.



* '''Implied''': Bob talks about hearing this from Al. He says, "It was somehow harder to hear 'I'm ashamed' than 'I'm angry' coming from him."
* '''Played for Drama''': Focus falls on Bob's angst over having let his father down.



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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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* '''Inverted''': Anger is worse than disappointment.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Anger is worse than disappointment.disappointment.
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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???"Do I look like I care about your approval?"
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* '''Straight''': Al, Bob's father, tells him how disappointed he is with him although he isn't quite angry.

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* '''Straight''': Al, Bob's father, tells him how disappointed he is with him although he isn't quite angry. Bob realizes that he feels worse about disappointing his father rather than merely making him mad.
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* '''Justified''': Whenever Al is angry with Bob, it only lasts for a short period of time, and Bob usually betters himself to make him happy again. But when Al is disappointed, this gives Bob the impression that he has seriously let him down.

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* '''Justified''': Whenever Al is angry with Bob, it only lasts for a short period of time, and time. Usually, [[HairTriggerTemper the things he is angry about is relatively minor.]] Despite this, Bob usually betters himself to make him happy again. But However, when Al is disappointed, this gives Bob the impression that he has seriously let him down.



* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"How can disappointment be worse than anger? At least he isn't trying to strangle him."
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* '''Lampshaded''': "You're not mad like you always is?"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "You're not mad like you always is?"are?"
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'''Basic Trope''': Disappointment is worse than anger.
*'''Straight''': Al, Bob's father, tells him how disappointed he is with him although he isn't quite angry.
*'''Exaggerated''': Al tells Bob how disappointed in him in the most stoic way possible, leaving Bob quite ashamed.
*'''Downplayed''': Al tells Bob how diappointed he is, and even if he doesn't look angry, [[TranquilFury Bob gets the impression that he is.]]
*'''Justified''': Whenever Al is angry with Bob, it only lasts for a short period of time, and Bob usually betters himself to make him happy again. But when Al is disappointed, this gives Bob the impression that he has seriously let him down.
*'''Inverted''': Anger is worse than disappointment.
*'''Subverted''': ???
*'''Double Subverted''': ???
*'''Parodied''': ???
*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': Disappointment and anger are equally bad.
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''': "You're not mad like you always is?"
*'''Invoked''': ???
*'''Exploited''': ???
*'''Defied''': ???
*'''Discussed''': ???
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