History PlayingWith / StarvingStudent

* '''Subverted''':
** Bob is seen eating a meal at a pretty decent restaurant, so he can't be doing that bad.
** Bob has a meal plan at school.
** Bob's mom sends him care packages full of food periodically
** Bob buys groceries.
** Bob is starving, but he's not a student.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** But later he's seen, stomach growling, wondering why he splurged like that.
** This year. Next year, tuition goes up, and Bob (or his family) has to drop the meal plan.
** Bob dislikes the food that the dining hall has to offer (even though it's an all-you-can-eat buffet and he's not the one footing the bill, so he doesn't have to pay for it), so he'll have to buy groceries.
** The food is all junk food: high in calories, fat, sugar, and/or sodium, but low in actual nourishment. Or, she ''does'' send "real" food, but a storm delays the arrival of the package.
** He can't afford to spend much on those groceries, and even has to rely on food stamps and/or a local or campus food pantry.
** He's a recent grad who can't find work or a TragicDropout.

* '''Zig Zagged''':
** His parents send him varying amounts of money - if they send him a decent check, he can eat pretty well, but a short check means plenty of ramen.
** Bob, as it turns out, grew up as a SpoiledBrat leaving him RichInDollarsPoorInSense now he's free of parental oversight. He blows his entire allowance trying to impress his new found friends during freshers' week and insists on buying the latest editions of every textbook on the reading list in spite of his lecturers' advice. This leaves him barely able to afford food... until the allowance from his parents comes through. Which his dad threatens to cut until Bob learns financial responsibility. Which happens, and he does, even taking a small part time job to pay his way... [[StatusQuoIsGod only to lose it and go back to his bad old ways by the next episode.]]

* '''Inverted''': Bob has too much money and is hardly able to eat all the food he has.

%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

** Bob, as it turns out, grew up as a SpoiledBrat leaving him RichInDollarsPoorInSense now he's free of parental oversight. He blows his entire allowance trying to impress his new found friends during frashers' week and insists on buying the latest editions of every textbook on the reading list in spite of his lecturers' advice. This leaves him barely able to afford food... until the allowance from his parents comes through. Which his dad threatens to cut until Bob learns financial responsibility. Which happens, and he does, even taking a small part time job to pay his way... [[StatusQuoIsGod only to lose it and go back to his bad old ways by the next episode.]]

** Bob, as it turns out, grew up as a SpoiledBrat leaving him RichInDollarsPoorInSense now he's free of parental oversight. He blows his entire allowance trying to impress his new found friends during frashers' week and insists on buying the latest editions of every textbook on the reading list in spite of his lecturers' advice. This leaves him barely able to afford food... until the allowance from his parents comes through. Which his dad threatens to cut until Bob learns financial responsibility. Which happens, and he does, even taking a second job... [[StatusQuoIsGod only to go back to his bad old ways by the next episode.]]

* '''Zig Zagged''': His parents send him varying amounts of money - if they send him a decent check, he can eat pretty well, but a short check means plenty of ramen.

%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???

** He's a recent TragicDropout.

* '''Justified''': Bob is paying for his education out of pocket, which sadly doesn't leave much for food.

* '''Subverted''': Bob is seen eating a meal at a pretty decent restaurant, so he can't be doing that bad.

* '''Double Subverted''': But later he's seen, stomach growling, wondering why he splurged like that.

** The food is all junk food: high in calories, fat, sugar, and/or sodium, but low in actual nourishment.
*** Or, she ''does'' send "real" food, but a storm delays the arrival of the package.

* '''Parodied''': Bob has to subsist on the fumes from the nearby bakery.
** Or FoodPorn on the Internet.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Poor Bob. I feel sorry for him, but he'll never be hungry again after he gets that med school degree."

* '''Defied''': "(knock, knock) Sorry to bother you, man, but I'm starving. You have any food you don't want to eat?"

%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''PlayedForDrama''': Bob's focus and therefore grades begin to suffer because he's eating so little. He's kicked out of school, but can't get a good job because of his bad transcript, so he's still starving.

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

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

* '''Parodied''': ???