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* '''Subverted''': Bob decides to go to school and learn how to become a [[GentlemanAndAScholar more intelligent, kinder person]].
* '''Double Subverted''': ...Only to forget about all that after he's done, and he goes back to being his old self.

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* '''Subverted''': Bob decides to go to school is much [[HiddenHeartOfGold kinder]] and learn how to become a [[GentlemanAndAScholar more intelligent, kinder person]].
[[ObfuscatingStupidity smarter]] underneath his façade.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...Only to forget about all Subverted''': Bob believes that after he's done, he is putting on an act, but is not smart enough to realize he really is that mean and he goes back to being his old self.dumb.



* '''Defied''': Bob realizes how harsh, heart-wrenching, and callous some moronic jerks can be, so he prefers to [[KindheartedSimpleton learn how to have good manners]].

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Bob realizes how harsh, heart-wrenching, and callous some moronic jerks can be, so he prefers to [[KindheartedSimpleton learn how to have good manners]].
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** Despite being [[JerkassHasAPoint mean]] and [[DumbassHasAPoint dumb]] Bob occasionally gets a few things right.
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** Low intelligence tends to go hand-in-hand with unchecked egocentrism and reduced social self-awareness and empathy, as really stupid people often have problems with or even outright lack the capacity to imagine themselves in other people's shoe or assess how their actions may come off to onlookers.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, who's actually quite a caring guy deep down. He's also a BookDumb GeniusDitz who can be surprisingly clever despite his general ignorance.

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Bob is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, who's actually quite a caring guy deep down. He's also a BookDumb GeniusDitz who can be surprisingly clever despite his general ignorance.ignorance.
** Bob may be mean spirted and dumb, he is just clever enough to play the "lovable goof" act.
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* '''Parodied''': Bob is a total moron who is always drunk, mean-spirited and [[LazyBum so god darn lazy]] that he [[HatesEveryoneEqually cares less and less about others]] for [[EnemyToAllLivingThings little]] to [[IrrationalHatred no reason]] in spite of being best friends with [[KindheartedSimpleton Danny the Dummy]], who [[FanOfTheUnderdog cares about him]] as much as he does with other people, and Bob is [[TheFriendNobodyLikes someone that nobody openly likes]]. And much to the point that [[HatedByAll everyone]] [[HisOwnWorstEnemy and]] [[YourTelevisionHatesYou everything]] [[EnemyEatsYourLunch hates]] [[AnimalsHateHim him]], and is [[AndZoidberg the Zoidberg]] of his hometown. [[TooDumbToLive Bob's stupidity always leads himself into troublesome mishaps]] in comical, [[AssholeVictim satisfying ways]].

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* '''Parodied''': Bob is a total moron who is always drunk, mean-spirited and [[LazyBum so god darn lazy]] that he [[HatesEveryoneEqually cares less and less about others]] for [[EnemyToAllLivingThings little]] to [[IrrationalHatred no reason]] in spite of being best friends with [[KindheartedSimpleton Danny the Dummy]], who [[FanOfTheUnderdog cares about him]] as much as he does with other people, and Bob is [[TheFriendNobodyLikes someone that nobody openly likes]]. And much to the point that [[HatedByAll everyone]] [[HisOwnWorstEnemy and]] [[YourTelevisionHatesYou everything]] [[EnemyEatsYourLunch hates]] [[AnimalsHateHim him]], and is [[AndZoidberg [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg the Zoidberg]] of his hometown. [[TooDumbToLive Bob's stupidity always leads himself into troublesome mishaps]] in comical, [[AssholeVictim satisfying ways]].



* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob's stupidly mean-spirited nature always leads him to [[TooDumbToLive his defeats, setbacks, failures,]] countless {{Epic Fail}}s that embarrasses himself and is a massive ChewToy because [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough of his stupidity]] and his jerkassery.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob's stupidly mean-spirited nature always leads him to [[TooDumbToLive his defeats, setbacks, failures,]] countless {{Epic Fail}}s that embarrasses himself and is a massive ChewToy [[TheChewToy Chew Toy]] because [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough of his stupidity]] and his jerkassery.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's combination of stupidity and LackOfEmpathy for other people, leads him to joining a gang and turning to a life of crime; and he ends up going to prison (or even getting killed), due to making a lot of stupid mistakes (and enemies) until his luck ran out.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's combination of stupidity and LackOfEmpathy for other people, leads him to joining a gang and turning to a life of crime; and he [[LaserGuidedKarma ends up going to prison prison]] (or [[KarmicDeath even getting killed), killed]]), due to making a lot of stupid mistakes (and enemies) [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty until his luck ran out.out]].
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