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** Freddy is an ExtremeDoormat who indirectly annoys others by lacking a spine; He bends so easily that he'll gleefully give out anything he'll have in exchange that they don't hurt him. Tragically, this kind of demeanor was inhibited by his {{abusive|Parents}} and [[HelicopterParents nagging]] parents.

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** Alternatively, Freddy indirectly receives bratty behaviors from his {{abusive|Parents}} and [[HelicopterParents nagging]] parents.



** Freddy throws a temper tantrum over being denied what he thinks he's entitled to. He's being denied basic food, clothing, and shelter. Freddy's parents only seem him as a brat because they are selfish and [[AbusiveParents abusive]].

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** Freddy throws a temper tantrum over being denied what he thinks he's entitled to. He's being [[ParentalNeglect denied basic food, clothing, and shelter.shelter]]. Freddy's parents only seem him as a brat because they are selfish and [[AbusiveParents abusive]].
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'''Basic Trope''': An arrogant, [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] and disrespectful MouthyKid who [[AllTakeAndNoGive demands to be given everything]].

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'''Basic Trope''': An arrogant, [[SmugSnake arrogant]], [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] and disrespectful MouthyKid who [[AllTakeAndNoGive demands to be given everything]].
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** Freddy throws a temper tantrum over being denied what he thinks he's entitled to. He's being denied basic food, clothing, and shelter.

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** Freddy throws a temper tantrum over being denied what he thinks he's entitled to. He's being denied basic food, clothing, and shelter. Freddy's parents only seem him as a brat because they are selfish and [[AbusiveParents abusive]].

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* '''Subverted''': Freddy only acts this way to piss people off but is actually a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who only lets very few people on his true self and is totally devoted to said people.

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Freddy only acts this way to piss people off but is actually a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who only lets very few people on his true self and is totally devoted to said people.people.
** Freddy throws a temper tantrum over being denied what he thinks he's entitled to. He's being denied basic food, clothing, and shelter.

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* '''Defied''': Freddy knows his parents won't discipline him for anything, but refuses to be a rotten brat.

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Freddy knows his parents won't discipline him for anything, but refuses to be a rotten brat.brat.
** Freddy is indeed handed a lot of things, but to avoid becoming this trope, he doesn't let this go to his head and treats everyone kindly without expecting (or demanding) them to give him something.
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** As times goes by, Freddy's parents [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realize that they have bred an absolute]] [[TheSociopath sociopath]] in the person of Freddy, who was already quite self-centered to begin with. By the time they try to correct it, it's already too late. Freddy is an adult now and has become the monster his parents unwittingly molded him into by giving in to his every whims and always refusing to discipline him, believing that words are sufficient to keep a child in line. Ultimately, realizing that they are responsible for what their son has become, both Freddy's parents resort to [[ViolencIsTheOnlyOption the only]] [[OffingTheOffspring solution left to prevent Freddy from becoming an even bigger criminal than he already is]].

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** As times goes by, Freddy's parents [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realize that they have bred an absolute]] [[TheSociopath sociopath]] in the person of Freddy, who was already quite self-centered to begin with. By the time they try to correct it, it's already too late. Freddy is an adult now and has become the monster his parents unwittingly molded him into by giving in to his every whims and always refusing to discipline him, believing that words are sufficient to keep a child in line. Ultimately, realizing that they are responsible for what their son has become, both Freddy's parents resort to [[ViolencIsTheOnlyOption [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption the only]] [[OffingTheOffspring solution left to prevent Freddy from becoming an even bigger criminal than he already is]].
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** As times goes by, Freddy's parents [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realize that they have bred an absolute]] [[TheSociopath sociopath]] in the person of Freddy, who was already quite self-centered to begin with. By the time they try to correct it, it's already too late. Freddy is an adult now and has become the monster his parents unwittingly molded him into by giving in to his every whims and always refusing to discipline him, believing that words are sufficient to keep a child in line. Ultimately, realizing that they are responsible for what their son has become, both Freddy's parents resort to [[ViolencIsTheOnlyOption the only]] [[OffingTheOffspring solution left to prevent Freddy from becoming an even bigger criminal than he already is]].
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* '''Straight''': Freddy is an unpleasant 7 years old kid who has no respect for his elders and yells in absolute rage whenever people refuse to give him something he wants.

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* '''Straight''': Freddy is an unpleasant 7 years year old kid who has no respect for his elders and yells in absolute rage whenever people refuse to give him something he wants.
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* '''Straight''': Franck is an unpleasant 7 years old kid who has no respect for his elders and yells in absolute rage whenever people refuse to give him something he wants.
* '''Exaggerated''': Franck struts around, talks down to anyone he meets, never asks permission for anything, looks contemptuously at people who call him out for his behavior and his parents never discipline him.
* '''Downplayed''': Franck ''would'' be SpoiledSweet, except he's a bit [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] and insistent on getting his way. He tends more towards PuppyDogEyes rather than tantrum-throwing to [[ManipulativeBastard negotiate]] and [[PetTheDog would give to someone less fortunate than him]]...if not for [[InnocentlyInsensitive being ignorant of others' situations]].

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* '''Straight''': Franck Freddy is an unpleasant 7 years old kid who has no respect for his elders and yells in absolute rage whenever people refuse to give him something he wants.
* '''Exaggerated''': Franck Freddy struts around, talks down to anyone he meets, never asks permission for anything, looks contemptuously at people who call him out for his behavior and his parents never discipline him.
* '''Downplayed''': Franck Freddy ''would'' be SpoiledSweet, except he's a bit [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] and insistent on getting his way. He tends more towards PuppyDogEyes rather than tantrum-throwing to [[ManipulativeBastard negotiate]] and [[PetTheDog would give to someone less fortunate than him]]...if not for [[InnocentlyInsensitive being ignorant of others' situations]].



** Franck was never taught how to behave and is only showing what he knows.
** Franck was brought up by PushoverParents who couldn't care less about him, or if they did, were so inept at parenting they compensated for it by giving in to his whims.

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** Franck Freddy was never taught how to behave and is only showing what he knows.
** Franck Freddy was brought up by PushoverParents who couldn't care less about him, or if they did, were so inept at parenting they compensated for it by giving in to his whims.



** Franck is a well-behaved, kind and compassionate CheerfulChild.

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** Franck Freddy is a well-behaved, kind and compassionate CheerfulChild.



* '''Subverted''': Franck only acts this way to piss people off but is actually a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who only lets very few people on his true self and is totally devoted to said people.

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* '''Subverted''': Franck Freddy only acts this way to piss people off but is actually a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who only lets very few people on his true self and is totally devoted to said people.



* '''Parodied''': Franck is a [[ManChild grown man who still acts like this]], complete with public temper tantrums when he doesn't get his way.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Franck seems unpleasant and selfish, except that he's a nice guy underneath it all, except the niceness was just an act to get someone on his good side, except that he really can be nice when he wants to be, [[OverlyLongGag except]]...
* '''Averted''': Franck is polite and well-mannered.

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* '''Parodied''': Franck Freddy is a [[ManChild grown man who still acts like this]], complete with public temper tantrums when he doesn't get his way.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Franck Freddy seems unpleasant and selfish, except that he's a nice guy underneath it all, except the niceness was just an act to get someone on his good side, except that he really can be nice when he wants to be, [[OverlyLongGag except]]...
* '''Averted''': Franck Freddy is polite and well-mannered.



* '''Lampshaded''': "Franck, you're just asking for a slap across the face now..."
* '''Invoked''': A ChildHater takes Frank as an example as for why they can't stand kids.
* '''Exploited''': The BigBad bribes Franck with food and toys to win him over, while using him to get useful information. It helps that Franck is naive enough to not understand the seriousness of the situation and selfish enough to not care anyway.
* '''Defied''': Franck knows his parents won't discipline him for anything, but refuses to be a rotten brat.

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Franck, "Freddy, you're just asking for a slap across the face now..."
* '''Invoked''': A ChildHater takes Frank Freddy as an example as for why they can't stand kids.
* '''Exploited''': The BigBad bribes Franck Freddy with food and toys to win him over, while using him to get useful information. It helps that Franck Freddy is naive enough to not understand the seriousness of the situation and selfish enough to not care anyway.
* '''Defied''': Franck Freddy knows his parents won't discipline him for anything, but refuses to be a rotten brat.



** Franck get everything he wants from his parents but is never satisfied and always wants more. He ends up a LonelyRichKid because no one wants to be around him any longer, not even his parents who throw him out of their house when he turns 18.
** Franck has PushoverParents who try to compensate their crappy parenting skills by giving him what he asks for. He doesn't have much of a relationship with his parents and is [[LonelyRichKid quite lonely]]. When [[BreakTheHaughty he falls on hard luck]], [[NoSympathy no one feels sorry for him]] because he's seen as [[GoodVictimsBadVictims wholly deserving]]. Eventually, he crosses the DespairEventHorizon.
** Franck's parents confuse love with buying someone material possessions and basically treat him like a [[MisterMuffykins spoiled accessory dog]] and no one realizes the true reason for Franck's discontent is due to feeling dehumanized, so they pass him off as spoiled (because having money means you have to be happy, [[SarcasmMode right?]]) and his parents react by buying him more things to make him shut up. To make matters worse, Franck starts to believe the implications that money can buy happiness and tries to [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex compensate for his feelings of worthlessness]] through greed ConspicuousConsumption and haughty behavior.
* '''Reconstructed''': Franck eventually learns that his behavior is unacceptable and starts being more polite and apologizes to everyone he's been nasty too. Of course, he only does this [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk for the sake of getting what he wants]].

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** Franck get Freddy gets everything he wants from his parents but is never satisfied and always wants more. He ends up a LonelyRichKid because no one wants to be around him any longer, not even his parents who throw him out of their house when he turns 18.
** Franck Freddy has PushoverParents who try to compensate their crappy parenting skills by giving him what he asks for. He doesn't have much of a relationship with his parents and is [[LonelyRichKid quite lonely]]. When [[BreakTheHaughty he falls on hard luck]], [[NoSympathy no one feels sorry for him]] because he's seen as [[GoodVictimsBadVictims wholly deserving]]. Eventually, he crosses the DespairEventHorizon.
** Franck's Freddy's parents confuse love with buying someone material possessions and basically treat him like a [[MisterMuffykins spoiled accessory dog]] and no one realizes the true reason for Franck's Freddy's discontent is due to feeling dehumanized, so they pass him off as spoiled (because having money means you have to be happy, [[SarcasmMode right?]]) and his parents react by buying him more things to make him shut up. To make matters worse, Franck Freddy starts to believe the implications that money can buy happiness and tries to [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex compensate for his feelings of worthlessness]] through greed ConspicuousConsumption and haughty behavior.
* '''Reconstructed''': Franck Freddy eventually learns that his behavior is unacceptable and starts being more polite and apologizes to everyone he's been nasty too. Of course, he only does this [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk for the sake of getting what he wants]].
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** Franck's parents confuse love with buying someone material possessions and basically treat him like a [[MisterMuffykins spoiled accessory dog]] and no one realizes the true reason for Franck's discontent is due to feeling dehumanized, so they pass him off as spoiled (because having money means you have to be happy, [[SarcasmMode right?]]) and his parents react by buying him more things to make him shut up. To make matters worse, Franck starts to believe the implications that money can buy happiness and tries to [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex compensate for his feelings of worthlessness]] through greed ConspicuousConsumption and haughty behavior.
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* '''Parodied''': Franck is a grown man who still acts like this, complete with public temper tantrums when he doesn't get his way.

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* '''Parodied''': Franck is a [[ManChild grown man who still acts like this, this]], complete with public temper tantrums when he doesn't get his way.
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* '''Parodied''': ???Franck is a grown man who still acts like this, complete with public temper tantrums when he doesn't get his way.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Franck eventually learns that his behavior is unacceptable and starts being more polite and apologizes to everyone he's been nasty too. Of course, he only does this [[JerkWithHeartOfJerk for the sake of getting what he wants]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': Franck eventually learns that his behavior is unacceptable and starts being more polite and apologizes to everyone he's been nasty too. Of course, he only does this [[JerkWithHeartOfJerk [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk for the sake of getting what he wants]].
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* '''Reconstructed''': Franck eventually learns that his behavior is unacceptable and starts being more polite and apologizes to everyone he's been nasty too. Of course, he only does this for the sake of getting what he wants.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Franck eventually learns that his behavior is unacceptable and starts being more polite and apologizes to everyone he's been nasty too. Of course, he only does this [[JerkWithHeartOfJerk for the sake of getting what he wants.wants]].
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* '''Reconstructed''': Franck eventually learns that his behavior is unacceptable and starts being more polite and apologizes to everyone he's been nasty too.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Franck eventually learns that his behavior is unacceptable and starts being more polite and apologizes to everyone he's been nasty too. Of course, he only does this for the sake of getting what he wants.

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* '''Justified''': Franck was never taught how to behave and is only showing what he knows.

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Franck was never taught how to behave and is only showing what he knows.



* '''Deconstructed''': Franck get everything he wants from his parents but is never satisfied and always wants more. He ends up a LonelyRichKid because no one wants to be around him any longer, not even his parents who throw him out of their house when he turns 18.
** Franck has PushoverParents who [[CompensatingForSomething compensating]] for crappy parenting by giving him what he asks for. He doesn't have much of a relationship with his parents and is [[LonelyRichKid quite lonely]]. When [[BreakTheHaughty he falls on hard luck]], [[NoSympathy no one feels sorry for him]] because he's seen as [[GoodVictimsBadVictims wholly deserving]]. Eventually, he crosses the DespairEventHorizon.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Franck get everything he wants from his parents but is never satisfied and always wants more. He ends up a LonelyRichKid because no one wants to be around him any longer, not even his parents who throw him out of their house when he turns 18.
** Franck has PushoverParents who [[CompensatingForSomething compensating]] for try to compensate their crappy parenting skills by giving him what he asks for. He doesn't have much of a relationship with his parents and is [[LonelyRichKid quite lonely]]. When [[BreakTheHaughty he falls on hard luck]], [[NoSympathy no one feels sorry for him]] because he's seen as [[GoodVictimsBadVictims wholly deserving]]. Eventually, he crosses the DespairEventHorizon.

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** Franck has PushoverParents who [[CompensatingForSomething compensating]] for crappy parenting by giving him what he asks for. He doesn't have much of a relationship with his parents in general.

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** Franck has was brought up by PushoverParents who [[CompensatingForSomething compensating]] for crappy couldn't care less about him, or if they did, were so inept at parenting they compensated for it by giving him what he asks for. He doesn't have much of a relationship with in to his parents in general.whims.


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** Franck has PushoverParents who [[CompensatingForSomething compensating]] for crappy parenting by giving him what he asks for. He doesn't have much of a relationship with his parents and is [[LonelyRichKid quite lonely]]. When [[BreakTheHaughty he falls on hard luck]], [[NoSympathy no one feels sorry for him]] because he's seen as [[GoodVictimsBadVictims wholly deserving]]. Eventually, he crosses the DespairEventHorizon.

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* '''Downplayed''': Franck can be quite sweet on a good day, but he cries when he doesn't get things he wants and rarely says "please" or "thank you".

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* '''Downplayed''': Franck can ''would'' be quite sweet on SpoiledSweet, except he's a good day, but he cries when he doesn't get things he wants bit [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] and rarely says "please" or "thank you".insistent on getting his way. He tends more towards PuppyDogEyes rather than tantrum-throwing to [[ManipulativeBastard negotiate]] and [[PetTheDog would give to someone less fortunate than him]]...if not for [[InnocentlyInsensitive being ignorant of others' situations]].


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** Franck has PushoverParents who [[CompensatingForSomething compensating]] for crappy parenting by giving him what he asks for. He doesn't have much of a relationship with his parents in general.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Franck can be quite sweet on a good day, but he cries when he doesn't get things he wants and rarely says "please" or "thank you".



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

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* '''Exploited''': ???The BigBad bribes Franck with food and toys to win him over, while using him to get useful information. It helps that Franck is naive enough to not understand the seriousness of the situation and selfish enough to not care anyway.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Franck struts around, talks down to anyone he meets, never asks permission for anything, looks contemptuously at people who call him out for his behaviour and his parents never discipline him.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Franck struts around, talks down to anyone he meets, never asks permission for anything, looks contemptuously at people who call him out for his behaviour behavior and his parents never discipline him.him.
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* '''Inverted''': Franck is a well-behaved, kind and compassionate CheerfulChild.

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Franck is a well-behaved, kind and compassionate CheerfulChild.



* '''Parodied''':
* '''Deconstructed''': Franck get everything he wants from his parents but is never satisfied and always wants more. He ends up a LonelyRichKid because no one wants to be around him any longer, not even his parents who throw him out of their house when he turns 18.
* '''Reconstructed''': Franck eventually learns that his behavior is unacceptable and starts being more polite and apologizes to everyone he's been nasty too.

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* '''Parodied''':
* '''Deconstructed''': Franck get everything he wants from his parents but is never satisfied and always wants more. He ends up a LonelyRichKid because no one wants to be around him any longer, not even his parents who throw him out of their house when he turns 18.
* '''Reconstructed''': Franck eventually learns that his behavior is unacceptable and starts being more polite and apologizes to everyone he's been nasty too.
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* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Franck get everything he wants from his parents but is never satisfied and always wants more. He ends up a LonelyRichKid because no one wants to be around him any longer, not even his parents who throw him out of their house when he turns 18.
* '''Reconstructed''': Franck eventually learns that his behavior is unacceptable and starts being more polite and apologizes to everyone he's been nasty too.



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* '''Enforced''':'''Enforced''': ChildrenAreAWaste



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* '''Invoked''': A ChildHater takes Frank as an example as for why they can't stand kids.



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* '''Discussed''': "You know, it's baffling how parents won't discipline their kids these days..."
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Franck seems unpleasant and selfish, except that he's a nice guy underneath it all, except the niceness was just an act to get someone on his good side, except that he really can be nice when he wants to be.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Franck seems unpleasant and selfish, except that he's a nice guy underneath it all, except the niceness was just an act to get someone on his good side, except that he really can be nice when he wants to be.be, [[OverlyLongGag except]]...
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* '''Zig Zagged''':

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Franck seems unpleasant and selfish, except that he's a nice guy underneath it all, except the niceness was just an act to get someone on his good side, except that he really can be nice when he wants to be.
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* '''Reconstructed''':

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* '''Reconstructed''': Franck eventually learns that his behavior is unacceptable and starts being more polite and apologizes to everyone he's been nasty too.



* '''Averted''':

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* '''Averted''': Franck is polite and well-mannered.



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* '''Defied''': Franck knows his parents won't discipline him for anything, but refuses to be a rotten brat.
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* '''Justified''':

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* '''Justified''': Franck was never taught how to behave and is only showing what he knows.

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