Line #32 PlayingWith/DumbassTeenageSon


1	'''Basic Trope''': Hitting puberty, the family's eldest son starts acting [[TheDitz stupid]], [[LazyBum lazy]], and [[SuperGullible gullible]].
2	* '''Straight''': Bob saunters around, has the posture and gait of your typical stoner, is often sluggish and usually talks in a broken voice, and has an AnnoyingLaugh.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob answers to ''anything'' with a stupid grin (braces optional) followed by an equally stupid "I dunno, dude," talks like a SurferDude, and is gullible and lazy beyond help.
5	** Bob changed from being the TeachersPet, to being this upon entering JuniorHigh.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Bob isn't exactly smart, but he is of average intelligence.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Bob is BrilliantButLazy.
9	** Bob has testosterone bouts but also growing pains, which is typical for a boy his age, which makes him successively impulsive and sluggish.
10	** Alice and Charles made mistakes in raising Bob, mistakes they won't make [[note]]not sure about new ones[[/note]] with Denis.
11	* '''Inverted''':
12	** Bob was a MouthyKid back in the days, he's now the Smartass Teenage Son and an unrepentant InsufferableGenius who is actually just as annoying as his stupid cousin who is the same age.
13	** Bob is a TeenGenius.
14	*** Bob is also [[WiseBeyondTheirYears wiser than other teens]].
15	* '''Gender Inverted''':
16	** Alice is the [[DistaffCounterpart Dumbass Teenage Daughter]] in her family.
17	** BrattyTeenageDaughter
18	* '''Subverted''': Bob is [[ObfuscatingStupidity faking being the dumb one]].
19	* '''Double Subverted''': Oh, wait. [[KnowNothingKnowItAll He isn't pretending]].
20	* '''Parodied''': Bob goes into his snail-like shell whenever someone asks him to do something.
21	* '''Zig Zagged''':
22	** One minute Bob is the dumb one then the next minute he acts smart.
23	** Bob isn't stupid, per se, but has incredibly poor judgment, impulse control, and common sense.
24	* '''Enforced''':
25	** Stereotypes make up the character.
26	** The author use to be like this during his teenage years, and once he grows up and has recovered from it, he creates this character [[AuthorAvatar to reflect himself,]] either to evoke AnAesop about parenting or teach teenage boys about the bad effects of uselessness and laziness.
27	* '''Lampshaded''': "Bob, do you ''try'' to be that dumb, or do you need someone to slap it off of you?"
28	* '''Invoked''': Bob suffers from TallPoppySyndrome because [[IntelligenceEqualsIsolation being a nerd is considered an uncool thing]] while [[PopularIsDumb being dumb is]] [[GoodIsDumb more admirable]], so he stops studying hard and [[SchoolIsForLosers starts skipping class to involved with school delinquents.]]
29	* '''Exploited''': People manipulate Bob into doing things.
30	* '''Defied''': Bob is [[WiseBeyondTheirYears forewarned of the throes of adolescence and, upon observing the other boys his age, tries to be anything but that]].
31	* '''Discussed''': "[[TeamDad Roger]], your son is going to turn 14 next year. Prepare for the teenage stupidity right now..."
32	* '''Conversed''': "I don't remember people being as dumb as him."
33	* '''Deconstructed''':
34	** When Bob's stupid actions put everyone in danger, they all abandon him.
35	** Bob's parents and teachers become frustrated at Bob's stupidity and carelessness.
36	** Bob is seen years later as an adult and is basically the same person he was as a teenager. His life is one long string of horrible choices that he fails to take responsibility for, he is an alcoholic and involved with harder drugs, can't keep a job for more than a few months before he gets fired for doing something childish and stupid, he has fathered multiple kids out of wedlock whose lives he is completely absent from (not that he has much to contribute anyways), he semi-regularly gets into trouble with the law for dumb shit, and he is still being supported by his parents almost completely because he simply cannot seem to not fuck up his life at every opportunity, perhaps he is also a BasementDweller too.
37	* '''Reconstructed''':
38	** He decides to not act stupid and try to fix the problem.
39	** Or, he pulls up his grades and even gets into the honor roll.
40	** Bob tries hard to improve himself and make better life decisions.
41	* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob literally doesn't know anything.
42	* '''Played For Drama''':
43	** Bob becomes TooDumbToLive and sends everyone he meets to his death.
44	** Bob has difficulty in school due to his dyslexia or other kinds of learning disorders. As his grades fall, Bob begins to feel stupid and eventually starts acting stupid as well.
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