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1	->''"The price of greatness is responsibility."''
2	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill'''
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4	Responsibility is something that we are expected to accept. Commonly, it's something that we're obligated to do (going to a job, taking care of children, etc.) Most of the time, responsibility is something we have a problem dealing with and we would rather be free from the weight it puts on us, which at times can cause more problems. Here are tropes dealing with characters taking responsibility and the lack thereof.
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6	See BlameTropes for when characters hold other people responsible, and the IndebtedIndex for when taking responsibility requires giving something of value.
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8	!!Tropes:
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10	'''Also see:'''
11	+ IndexOfHospitality
12	+ PromisesAndVowsIndex
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14	* AccompliceByInaction: You are held accountable for not helping someone in need.
15	* TheAtoner: Taking responsibility to [[HeelFaceTurn turn over a new leaf]].
16	* BeingGodIsHard: Being the Almighty One requires an unfathomable amount of responsibility.
17	* BeingGoodSucks: Since being a good person requires responsibility, it can be difficult to bear it.
18	* BlamingTheTools: A character tries to dodge responsibility by claiming their tools were faulty.
19	* CaregiverAngst: Being a caregiver requires stepping up to the job whenever their patient needs help regardless of the difficulties that come with it.
20	* TheChainsOfCommanding: Being a leader is tough responsibility.
21	* ChildishOlderSibling: An older sibling is less responsible than the younger sibling.
22	* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Being accountable for saving everyone's lives.
23	* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Leaving someone in trouble, but taking responsibility in helping them anyways.
24	* DutyThatTranscendsDeath: When a character's sense of responsibility lets them come back from the dead in some way or shape.
25	* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: Offspring is extremely protective of their parents' emotional and physical wellbeing.
26	* FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife: A wife is responsible while her husband isn't.
27	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: One sibling takes responsibility while the other sibling doesn't.
28	* GuiltComplex: This character believes that they are responsible for ''everything'' bad happening.
29	* GuiltTripping: Making someone else take responsibility by emotionally blackmailing them.
30	* IOweYouMyLife: When a character feels obligated to help the other who helped them.
31	* ItsAllMyFault: A character believes that they are responsible for something they didn't do.
32	* LawfulGood: The character alignment involving great responsibility in upholding the law and doing good.
33	* LawfulNeutral: The character alignment involving great responsibility in upholding the law.
34	* LineageLadder: When a character is expected to uphold a familial pattern or prevent one from happening to their descendants.
35	* MustMakeAmends: Taking responsibility to fix a serious mistake.
36	* NeverMyFault: Characters avoid taking responsibility and always blames others.
37	* PassingTheTorch: The hero passes on the responsibility of heroism to a successor.
38	* PersonalGainHurts: Putting personal interests before responsibility isn't a good thing.
39	* PersonalHorror: The result of failing to do what you see as your responsibility.
40	* ProdigalHero: The hero returns home to take responsibility.
41	* PromotionToParent: An older sibling takes responsibility to take care of their younger sibling or siblings.
42	* ReminderOfDuty: A person is reminded of their duties and obligations.
43	* SamaritanSyndrome: Feeling guilty for every time they might have saved someone, but didn't.
44	* SlidingScaleOfLeadershipResponsibility: The scale of the most responsible and the least responsible leaders.
45	* StoppingTheBlameGame: A character gets called out on their refusal to accept responsibility for wrongdoings they've made when they try to blame someone else for them.
46	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: A hero is responsible for using their power for good.
47	* YouOweMe: When a character insists that the other he helped must return the favor.

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