History PlayingWith / MauveShirt

** Bob and the ([[TheGhost voice only]]) deck-12 security commander who reports to the chief of security on the going-ons of that deck have, through [[AscendedFanon fans recognizing them as having the exact same voice]], become the same guy

** Bob and the (voice only) deck-12 security commander who reports to the chief of security on the going-ons of that deck have, through [[AscendedFanon fans recognizing them as having the exact same voice]], become the same guy

** Bob and the (voice only) deck-12 security commander who reports to the chief of security on the going-ons of that deck have , through [[AscendedFanon fans recognizing them as having the exact same voice]] become the same guy

* '''Straight''': Bob, one of the [[RedShirt security staff]] in ''Space Trek'' gets enough lines that while not nearly as important as other characters, he's usually a lot safer than most of comparable rank.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob gets a few lines and is left alive after a horrible attack so the audience can see the impact it had on him, but he fades intoo the background after that.

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

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* '''Deconstructed''':
** A general becomes paralyzed with fear and regret because he makes emotional connections with his RedShirts and they inevitably die. As a result, he loses several battles key to winning the war.

* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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

* '''Deconstructed''': A general becomes paralyzed with fear and regret because he makes emotional connections with his RedShirts and they inevitably die. As a result, he loses several battles key to winning the war.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob gets a few lines here and there and makes it to the end of the season.

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

* '''Played Straight''': Bob, one of the [[RedShirt security staff]] in ''Space Trek'' gets enough lines that while not nearly as important as other characters, he's usually a lot safer than most of comparable rank.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob becomes elevated to main character status and given PlotArmor

** Bob has become an EnsembleDarkhorse.

* '''Deconstructed''': A general becomes paralyzed with fear and regret because he makes emotional connections with his RedShirts and they inevitably die. As a result, he loses several battles key to winning the war.
* '''Reconstructed''': The general comes back and turns the war around, using his fear of losing his RedShirts as an impetus to improve his battle strategy to keep as many of them alive as possible.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some RedShirt types are killed off, others are treated better.

** PanderingToTheBase if Bob is an EnsembleDarkhorse
** Wanting to re-humanize the RedShirtArmy

* '''Conversed''': "He must be important."
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob is TheScrappy
* '''Played For Drama''': Almost always is.

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* '''Subverted''': Bob is given screen time and even a few lines, but killed off anyway.

* '''Justified''': [[ChekhovsGunman Bob's existence is vital to the plot]] (whether of a single episode, an arc, a season, or even the series as a whole.)

* '''Inverted''': Bob starts out as a major character, but by the end [[DroppedABridgeOnHim he's faded from the limelight so he can get killed off.]]

* '''Averted''': Bob is an ordinary RedShirt.

* '''Enforced''': PanderingToTheBase if Bob is an EnsembleDarkhorse

* '''Basic Trope''': A character expected to become CannonFodder is given enough significance that they're somewhat safer.

* '''Played For Drama''': Almost always is.