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* '''Downplayed''': Superbob wins second place.

* '''Exaggerated''': Superbob loses the contest to someone with a cheap junk costume that look nothing like his.

** Superbob apparently wins the contest ... but then the judges reveal that it's just a ConsolationPrize, and the actual award goes to someone else. Who then reveals himself to be the real Superbob; the one who got the consolation prize, and [[DecoyProtagonist the one whose adventures we've been seeing from the beginning of the episode, was just a good cosplayer]].

* '''Played for Laughs''': Superbob's costume is depicted as laughably different from what everyone else thinks it is.

* '''Exploited''': Superbob really wants to uphold his masquerade, so he doesn't challenge rumours that Superbob looks different than he does.

* '''Downplayed''': Suberbob wins second place.

** ...but someone else still wins, simply because their costume looks cooler.

* '''Defied''': The contest rules specifically prohibit Superbob from participating.

* '''Deconstructed''': Superbob realizes that civilians love him not as a person, but as the image of him they crafted in their own minds -- and that they only like him as long as he lives up to their image. This drives him to depression.
* '''Reconstructed''': Superbob decides that if his sole purpose is to be a symbol, he might as well be the most heroic symbol ever, and regains belief in himself.

* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': Bog shows up to his cosplay contest with a flawless costume (his actual one) but through ThePowerOfActing, acts like a rabid braggart [[{{Cosplay}} cosplayer]], thus getting docked points for his poor attitude, which was AllAccordingToPlan: He has been established as having a flawless costume he always brags about, but his empty bragging means nobody will believe him to be the real Superbob, who is a calm and collected HumbleHero.

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%%* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': ???

** Superbob's normal costume has been stolen, and he's using a less flashy backup costume... meanwhile, the competition is won by the crazed fan who stole Superbob's costume to win all cosplay contests.
** Superbob operates only at night, and no one ever saw him clearly; thus, people think his costume looks completely different than what it really looks like.

** Superbob wants people "know" for sure that he's not Superbob by getting his costume and persona totally wrong.
* '''Inverted''':
** A very well-costumed fan gets mistaken for Superbob. HilarityEnsues if the mistake is made e.g. by a supervillain out for revenge.
** Superbob gets recognized as the real deal, but he tells the others, à la Einstein, that he is not Superbob.

** ...But still loses to someone, simply because their costume looks cooler.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Superbob apparently wins the contest... but then the judges reveal that it's just a consolation prize, and the actual award goes to someone else. Who then reveals himself to be the real Superbob; the one who got the consolation prize, and the one whose adventures we've been seeing from the beginning of the episode, was just a good cosplayer.
* '''Averted''': Superbob is declared winner. His win helps reinforce the masquerade that Bob is not Superbob.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Guess they are more of a Superbob than me."

* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': The contest rules specifically prohibit Superbob from participating.

* '''Conversed''': "Heh heh. That gag where they think he's just someone in a cheap costume always cracks me up."
* '''Deconstructed''': Superbob realizes that the civilians love him not as a person, but as the image of him they crafted in their own minds - and that they only like him as long as he lives up to their image. This drives him into depression.
* '''Reconstructed''': Superbob decides that if his sole purpose is to be a symbol, he might as well be the most heroic symbol ever, and regains belief in himself.
* '''Played For Drama''': The whole situation carries a moral about how different heroes actually are from our views of them.

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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Inverted''': A very well-costumed fan gets mistaken for Superbob. HilarityEnsues if the mistake is made e.g. by a supervillain out for revenge.
** Superbob gets recognized as the real deal, but he tells the others, à la Einstein, that he gets mistaken for himself.

* '''Parodied''': Bob the Giant Man-Eating Worm from Another World attacks people. They still refuse to believe that he's the actual Man-Eating Worm, and instead confuse a chubby kid in a cheap costume with the real deal because [[WeirdnessCensor him looks more "authentic" to them!]]

* '''Exaggerated''': Superbob loses the contest to someone with a cheap junk costume that look nothing like his.

* '''Parodied''': Bob the Giant Man-Eating Worm from Another World attacks people. They still refuse to believe that he's the actual Man-Eating Worm.
* '''Deconstructed''': Superbob realizes that the civilians love him not as a person, but as the image of him they crafted in their own minds - and that they only like him as long as he lives up to their image. This drives him into depression.
* '''Reconstructed''': Superbob decides that if his sole purpose is to be a symbol, he might as well be the most heroic symbol ever, and regains belief in himself.

** Alternatively "At least they're better at sewing."

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* '''Justified''': Superbob's costume is tattered and dirty from all the superhero work, while the competitors' costumes are spotless.

* '''Subverted''': Superbob gets recognized halfway through the judging.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...But still loses to someone, simply because their costume looks cooler.

* '''Invoked''': Sought by a powerful enemy, Superbob hides among a group of costumed fans, knowing that the enemy will never consider him the real Superbob.

* '''Invoked''': Seeked by a powerful enemy, Superbob hides among a group of costumed fans, knowing that the enemy will never consider him the real Superbob.

** ...except the fan is really Superbob in disgiuse, because no one would suspect someone in such a shoddy costume of being the real Superbob.

** ...except it's really Superbob after all, because no one would suspect someone in such a shoddy costume of being the real Superbob.

** Superbob is a great superhero, but a shoddy tailor, and his costume is badly made. Meanwhile, his fans are better at sewing.

* '''Parodied''': Bob the Giant Man-Eating Worm from Another World attacks people. They still refuse to believe that he's actual Man-Eating Worm