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1	'''Basic Trope''': A heroic main character [[CharacterDevelopment turns into]] a VillainProtagonist over the course of the story.
2	* '''Straight''': In ''Bob the Strong'', the titular Bob starts out as an idealistic vigilante. However, a series of [[MortonsFork hard decisions with no clear positive outcome]], [[BreakTheCutie several personal tragedies]] and crossing the DespairEventHorizon ultimately leads him to abandon his ideals and become a revenge-driven madman.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** The AllLovingHero Bob has become an [[HateSink irredeemable]] [[FantasticRacism racist]] RightWingMilitiaFanatic who wanted to TakeOverTheWorld and unleash ApocalypseHow by the end of the story.
5	** The KidHero Bob becomes an {{Evil Old Folk\|s}} by the end of the story.
6	** Bob, once a IncorruptiblePurePureness hero in the beginning, [[FromNobodytoNightmare ends up becoming a]] CompleteMonster feared by the entire universe.
7	* '''Downplayed''':
8	** Bob becomes a brutal, cynical AntiHero, but nonetheless remains true to his original motives.
9	** Bob, an IdealHero, becomes more of an AntiVillain through the events, but [[EvenEvilHasStandards retains his standards of moral codes]].
10	** Bob, an IdealHero, becomes a sarcastic and wise-cracking MrViceGuy, who while still on the heroes' side, either becomes a little more self-serving or has looser moral standards.
11	* '''Justified''': Bob's grasp on his morals are not as strong as he thinks.
12	* '''Inverted''': RedemptionQuest
13	* '''Subverted''': Bob has a HeelRealization.
14	* '''Double Subverted''': But his anger and resentment towards the world leads him to [[IgnoredEpiphany ignore it]].
15	* '''Parodied''': Bob is driven to villainy by a series of terrible tragedies that include [[FelonyMisdemeanor traffic jams, being late for work, the subway train arriving too late and someone vandalizing his car.]] By the end of the story, he decides to become an OmnicidalManiac because he [[EvilIsPetty slipped on a banana peel]].
16	* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob's descent into villainy leads to a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor.
17	* '''Averted''':
18	** Bob starts out as the IdealHero and keeps true to his ideals through the entire story.
19	** Bob starts out as a VillainProtagonist.
20	* '''Enforced''': ''Bob the Strong'' is a prequel to ''Lightspeed Alice'' focusing on the BigBad. Because of accusations of Bob being a flat, uninteresting character, the writers decide to give him a compelling backstory.
21	* '''Lampshaded''': "What has Bob become? He's not the lovable honeybun he used to be."
22	* '''Invoked''': The other BigBad, Maligno, sets up Bob for a string of failures to coax him down a villainous path.
23	* '''Exploited''':
24	** [[BigBad Maligno]] recruits the now villainous Bob and with their combined strength create a veritable crime empire.
25	** [[TheCorrupter Alice]] [[StrikemedownwithallofYourhatred goads a hateful Bob into killing her]], [[MYdeathisjusttheBeginning knowing that her death will turn Bob to the dark side]].
26	* '''Defied''': Bob refuses to let his anger get the better of him.
27	* '''Discussed''': ???
28	* '''Conversed''': ???
29	* '''Implied''': As far as the audience can tell, Bob remains fairly stable. But as time goes by, more and more progressively worse crimes are taking place, and Bob is the prime suspect of each one.
30	* '''Deconstructed''':
31	** Bob began the story as a hero or at least neutral, but because of what would be deemed as morally right actions he is put on the wrong side of the law. Hunted by the law enforcement, he has to continue to break laws to try and clear everything, only to find out that he is the scapegoat for a government cover-up that would rather destroy him than reveal the truth.
32	** After seeing Bob's morality and sanity ground to a pulp, would-be heroes are reluctant to rise up against evil for fear of the same fate befalling them.
33	** While Bob is the protagonist, he is also an AntiHero with several prominent flaws. Throughout his journey and the losses he suffers, his flaws take over until he has a full-on mental breakdown and gives into his darker nature. While he is the protagonist, he was never a truly good person in the first place, allowing him to be corrupted easier.
34	* '''Reconstructed''': But because Bob is deemed an enemy by the government, he is given the advantage of allying himself with an enemy nation, to whom he can betray whatever secrets on the government he possesses. With his knowledge, the enemy nation accept him in their counter-intelligence program, giving him the means by which he can exact his revenge.
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40	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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