1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character apologizes often, even when it really isn't called for. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Polly Puregood often issues unnecessary apologies. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Every or nearly every sentence out of Polly's mouth is an apology, even when it's totally apropos of nothing. |
5 | ** Polly apologizes for apologizing. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': If Polly does something wrong, she usually apologizes regardless of whether it's a big deal or not. |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** Polly is TheJinx, so it's only natural that she apologizes for the trouble she causes others. |
9 | ** Polly has self-esteem issues. |
10 | ** Polly was taught as a child that it is polite to apologize, even when it isn't her fault. Polly is just exhibiting good manners. |
11 | ** Polly has PushOverParents whom she got this trait from. |
12 | ** Polly has AbusiveParents, or an abusive [[DomesticAbuse partner]], and the abuser has broken her down to the point that she reflexively apologises for even the smallest things. |
13 | * '''Inverted''': |
14 | ** Pansy Purebad is a {{Jerkass}} who [[TheUnapologetic rarely if ever apologizes for anything she does wrong]]. |
15 | ** Lynne Dignant constantly demands apologies from others. |
16 | * '''Subverted''': Polly would apologize if she could, but every time she tries, she gets silenced or distracted. |
17 | * '''Double Subverted''': Eventually this gets to a point where she yells over everything in order to apologize… and in the stunned silence, apologizes for yelling. |
18 | * '''Parodied''': |
19 | ** Polly is a pull-string puppet whose phrases include "I'm sorry," "I'm so sorry," "Please forgive me," and "My apologies for that." |
20 | ** [[OverlyLongGag Polly apologizes for apologizing about his apology, itself an apology to another few apologies.]] |
21 | * '''Zig Zagged''': |
22 | ** Polly constantly apologizes to those who she considers her friends, but never apologizes to her enemies. |
23 | ** Polly apologizes constantly for small, miniscule "mistakes", like accidentally bumping into people, but she [[NeverMyFault refuses to own up]] to more serious screwups, like the argument she had with her ([[WeUsedToBeFriends former]]) best friend. |
24 | * '''Averted''': Polly only apologizes when it's appropriate to do so. |
25 | * '''Enforced''': |
26 | ** The writers wanted a character who apologizes a lot to contrast the other characters' lack of manners. |
27 | ** The writers wanted to highlight Polly's IncorruptiblePurePureness and does this by making her extremely polite. |
28 | * '''Lampshaded''': |
29 | -->'''Bob''': Polly, would you quit apologizing for ''everything?'' |
30 | -->'''Polly''': I'm so-...[[VerbalBackspace I mean, uh]], [[DistinctionWithoutADifference my bad.]] Wait, that's not... I'll try. No problem. |
31 | * '''Invoked''': |
32 | ** Polly knows that her constant apologizing habit annoys people, [[TheGadFly so she does it just to get on their nerves]]. |
33 | ** Polly is a FauxAffablyEvil character who uses her extremely polite demeanor as a cover-up for her heinous personality. |
34 | * '''Exploited''': Bob subtly pushes Alice in Polly's way so that he can escape unnoticed behind the noise of Polly's excessive apologies to Alice. |
35 | * '''Defied''': Polly tapes her mouth shut so that she doesn't annoy people with her constant apologies. |
36 | * '''Discussed''': "Polly, please stop. We get it, you're sorry." |
37 | * '''Conversed''': "Say, you ever notice how ever other sentence out of the mouth of the girl on that show seems to be an apology of some sort?" |
38 | * '''Deconstructed''': Polly gets on everyone's nerves and drives them away with her constant apologies, which aggravates the [[HeroicSelfDeprecation self deprecation]] issues that drove her to apologize a lot in the first place. |
39 | * '''Reconstructed''': Polly partially recovers from her disorder (whether [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan through force]] or [[EpiphanyTherapy through enlightenment]] ) and manages to tone down her apologies… but not before apologizing for being obnoxious. |
40 | * '''Played For Laughs''': A maudlin soundtrack plays every time Polly issues another of her apologies. |
41 | * '''Played For Drama''': Polly's constant apologies cause people to tune her out, leading to a life-threatening situation when no one hears her urgent cries for help. |
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43 | I'm sorry, you probably just want to go back to ApologizesALot. A thousand apologies for wasting your time with this. |
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47 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
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