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** Realizing that many of the people don't give him any gratitude, Bob quits doing good deeds and begins his life as a villain, tormenting those who never gave him the respect he deserves.

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** Realizing that many of the people don't give him any gratitude, Bob [[ThenLetMeBeEvil quits doing good deeds and begins his life as a villain, villain]], tormenting those who never gave him the respect he deserves.

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* '''Parodied''': When Bob dies, at the pearly gates, he is asked if he has done any good deeds. After reciting every single good thing he has done in his life, the only response he gets is an "I wasn't watching."

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When Bob dies, at the pearly gates, he is asked if he has done any good deeds. After reciting every single good thing he has done in his life, the only response he gets is an "I wasn't watching."
** Bob is a HeroWithAnFInGood whose attempts at heroism invariably end in disaster. He still gets offended when people don't give him "the respect he deserves.
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** "Why am I worrying about their approval? [[GoodFeelsGood It means jack-shit! I'll just continue to do good and that's all it matters.]]"

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** "Why am I worrying about their approval? [[GoodFeelsGood It means jack-shit! I'll just continue to do good good, and that's all it that matters.]]"
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** Bob hasn't even started his first mission yet or finished his training yet he is treated like he is the serial savior of mankind.


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** In a video game people giving proper respect would cut the player off of many quests and indirect rewards from 'trivial' issues they wouldn't bother Bob with.
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** Bob is simply [[OvershadowedByAwesome surrounded by stronger or renowned heroes who take the spotlight]].
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** Bob spends the rest of eternity in Hell despite his many good deeds, but doesn't endlessly suffer like he thought he would. Turns out that being "crushed under the weight of your sins" was a literal concept in Hell, and being as altruistic as he was means that he has too little sin in him to be properly tortured. Once he gets used to the demons and constant screaming, he's "living" nice and comfortably away from all the people who couldn't even bother to notice the selfless things he did.

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** Bob spends the rest of eternity in Hell despite his many good deeds, but doesn't endlessly suffer like he thought he would. Turns out that being "crushed under the weight of your sins" was a literal concept in Hell, and being as altruistic as he was means that he has too little sin in him to be properly tortured. tortured and is just given a new job. Once he gets used to the demons (surprisingly cordial) demons, ever-present fire and brimstone, and constant screaming, he's "living" nice and comfortably away from all the people who couldn't even bother to notice the selfless things he did.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Realizing that many of the people don't give him any gratitude, Bob quits doing good deeds and begins his life as a villain, tormenting those who never gave him the respect he deserves.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob is aware that the good things he does today, people will forget tomorrow. Nevertheless he does good things, because, after all, [[RealMenLoveJesus his life is ultimately about honoring Jesus's love and forgiveness.]]

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Realizing that many of the people don't give him any gratitude, Bob quits doing good deeds and begins his life as a villain, tormenting those who never gave him the respect he deserves.
** Bob simply stops doing good deeds for others, and it isn't long before other people start to notice just how bad things were without his thankless help.
** Bob is prepared to spend the rest of eternity in Hell despite his many good deeds, until a demon offers him an alternative; revenge against the people who flatly ignored his altruism, which he scornfully ends up taking. His first victim? The asshole sitting at the pearly gates who denied him entry simply because he "wasn't paying attention".
* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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Bob is aware that the good things he does today, people will forget tomorrow. Nevertheless he does good things, because, after all, [[RealMenLoveJesus his life is ultimately about honoring Jesus's love and forgiveness.]]]]
** Bob spends the rest of eternity in Hell despite his many good deeds, but doesn't endlessly suffer like he thought he would. Turns out that being "crushed under the weight of your sins" was a literal concept in Hell, and being as altruistic as he was means that he has too little sin in him to be properly tortured. Once he gets used to the demons and constant screaming, he's "living" nice and comfortably away from all the people who couldn't even bother to notice the selfless things he did.
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** "Why am I worrying about their approval? It means jack-shit! I'll just continue to do good and that's all it matters."

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** "Why am I worrying about their approval? [[GoodFeelsGood It means jack-shit! I'll just continue to do good and that's all it matters."]]"
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** Bob is trying to go unnoticed for his own reasons, and goes out of his way say ThinkNothingOfIt if he isn't outright hiding his involvement.
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* '''Straight''': Bob has done a lot of good deeds for others, but they don't give him any recognition.

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* '''Straight''': Bob has done a lot of good deeds for others, but they don't give when he needs help with a simple task, those he's aided treat him any recognition.like a stranger.



* '''Subverted''': After Bob does good things, people eventually come to recognize him as trustworthy and give him respect.
* '''Double Subverted''': But when he goes on a weeklong vacation, they forget all about him, or worse, demonize him for stopping.

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* '''Subverted''': After Someone starts to ask Bob does good things, people eventually come to recognize do some menial task in exchange for a simple favor, but another character intervenes. "Don't you know who that is? It's Bob, he saved our entire town! The least we could do is help him as trustworthy and give him respect.
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* '''Double Subverted''': But when The intervening character is a ManipulativeBastard who is thinks Bob is DumbMuscle he goes on a weeklong vacation, they forget all about him, or worse, demonize him for stopping.can flatter into doing ''his'' menial task.
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** Every time Bob does good deeds for others, they responds with insults.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob has done a lot of horrible things to others, yet others don't seem to care.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Bob has done a lot of horrible things to others, yet others don't seem to care.care.
** Bob performs a deed that gets him respect. Unfortunately, the circumstances surrounding the event that earns him this respect are so traumatizing for other people that ''they'' lose their self-respect.
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** Bob's good deeds are low-profile, acknowledged only by those he helps and the few witnesses. Nobody else ever sees them.

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** Bob's good deeds are low-profile, acknowledged only by those he helps and the few witnesses.witnesses (assuming that anybody's even aware of his help, depending on how low-profile he is). Nobody else ever sees them.
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** Bob may have done a lot of good, but he has also caused a lot of problems. Bystanders won't give him any respect because they're annoyed at him, but they won't ostracize him either because of the benefits of having him around.

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** People have a habit of forgetting what Bob has done.
** Bob's good deeds are low-profile, acknowledged only by those he helps and the few witnesses. Nobody else ever sees them.



* '''Enforced''': "Making Bob popular in-universe would make the show too complicated, so don't have people recognize him."

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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"Making Bob popular in-universe would make the show too complicated, so don't have people recognize him."
** "We can't confuse the people watching these episodes out of order or skipping episodes. We must always keep Bob [[StatusQuoIsGod at the same status as when the show began]].
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* '''Defied''': "Why am I worrying about their approval? It means jack-shit! I'll just continue to do good and that's all it matters."

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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"Why am I worrying about their approval? It means jack-shit! I'll just continue to do good and that's all it matters.""
** When Alice sees that nobody gives Bob the recognition he deserves, she gives everyone TheReasonYouSuckSpeech for their lack of gratitude.
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???When Bob dies, at the pearly gates, he is asked if he has done any good deeds. After reciting every single good thing he has done in his life, the only response he gets is an "I wasn't watching."
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* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???Upon Bob's death, at the pearly gates, he is asked if he has done any good deeds whatsoever. When he informs St. Peter of all the good he has done, all he gets is a "sorry, I must have missed that."
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* '''Reconstructed''': Bob is aware that the good things he does today, people will forget tomorrow. Nevertheless he does good things, because, after all, [[RealMenLovesJesus his life is ultimately about honoring Jesus's love and forgiveness.]]

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* '''Reconstructed''': Bob is aware that the good things he does today, people will forget tomorrow. Nevertheless he does good things, because, after all, [[RealMenLovesJesus [[RealMenLoveJesus his life is ultimately about honoring Jesus's love and forgiveness.]]

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* '''Reconstructed''': Bob is aware that the good things he does today, people will forget tomorrow. Nevertheless he does good things, because, after all, [[RealMenLovesJesus his life is ultimately about honoring Jesus's love and forgiveness.]]



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** Bob has done a lot of good deeds, way more than any other heroes, but no one, [[WithFriendsLikeThese not even his own friends]], will say a simple "thank you."

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** Bob has done a lot of good deeds, way more than any other heroes, but no one, [[WithFriendsLikeThese not even his own friends]], friends]] and family, will say a simple "thank you."
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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
After Bob does good things, people eventually come to recognize him as trustworthy and give him respect.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???But when he goes on a weeklong vacation, they forget all about him, or worse, demonize him for stopping.



* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Bob does good things, and some people respect him for it, some don't and some people are confused about what he has and hasn't been doing.



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

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* '''Enforced''': ???"Making Bob popular in-universe would make the show too complicated, so don't have people recognize him."



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

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* '''Exploited''': ???The villain tries to corrupt Bob by pointing out how under appreciated he is as a good guy.



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

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* '''Discussed''': ???"I saved the world, but I still can't get a cab! What's up with that?"
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'''Basic Trope''': Doing good deeds doesn't earns you the proper recognition.

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'''Basic Trope''': Doing good deeds doesn't earns earn you the proper recognition.
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** Bob is known to have saved the world multiple times, but nobody ever thanks him, and everyone constantly asks him to do tasks ilke unplugging their toilets.

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** Bob is known to have saved the world multiple times, but nobody ever thanks him, and everyone constantly asks ask him to do tasks ilke unplugging like unclogging their toilets.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob has done a lot of good deeds, way more than any other heroes, but no one, [[WithFriendsLikeThese not even his own friends]], will say a simple "thank you."

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Bob has done a lot of good deeds, way more than any other heroes, but no one, [[WithFriendsLikeThese not even his own friends]], will say a simple "thank you.""
** Bob is known to have saved the world multiple times, but nobody ever thanks him, and everyone constantly asks him to do tasks ilke unplugging their toilets.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob has done a lot of good deeds, way more than any other heroe, but no one, [[WithFriendsLikeThese not even his own friends]], will say a simple "thank you."

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob has done a lot of good deeds, way more than any other heroe, heroes, but no one, [[WithFriendsLikeThese not even his own friends]], will say a simple "thank you."
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob has done a lot of good deeds way more than Superman, but no one, [[WithFriendsLikeThese not even his own friends]], will say a simple "thank you."

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob has done a lot of good deeds deeds, way more than Superman, any other heroe, but no one, [[WithFriendsLikeThese not even his own friends]], will say a simple "thank you."
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'''Basic Trope''': Doing good deeds doesn't earns you the proper recognition.
*'''Straight''': Bob has done a lot of good deeds for others, but they don't give him any recognition.
*'''Exaggerated''': Bob has done a lot of good deeds way more than Superman, but no one, [[WithFriendsLikeThese not even his own friends]], will say a simple "thank you."
*'''Downplayed''': Bob has done nice things to people. Only a few people thank him while the rest didn't.
*'''Justified''':
** Others feel that Bob helping them is unnecessary.
** Bob does good deeds to [[TheAtoner atone for his past crimes]], but [[ReformedButRejected people won't let go of what he's done.]]
** The people who Bob has helped are those [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer who hate him for no reason.]]
*'''Inverted''': Bob has done a lot of horrible things to others, yet others don't seem to care.
*'''Subverted''': ???
*'''Double Subverted''': ???
*'''Parodied''': ???
*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': People give Bob the proper recognition he deserves.
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''': "Has anyone forgotten about the word 'gratitude'?"
*'''Invoked''': The citizens want to show how much they hate Bob, so they decide not to thank him for anything if he helps them.
*'''Exploited''': ???
*'''Defied''': "Why am I worrying about their approval? It means jack-shit! I'll just continue to do good and that's all it matters."
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???
*'''Deconstructed''': Realizing that many of the people don't give him any gratitude, Bob quits doing good deeds and begins his life as a villain, tormenting those who never gave him the respect he deserves.
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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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