Line #45 PlayingWith/IJustWantToBeNormal


1	'''Basic Trope''': The hero wants to have a normal life instead of being granted with [[ComesGreatResponsibility responsibility]].
2	* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Hiro]] uses his superpowers to save lives, but longs to have a normal life.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Hiro uses his superpowers to save lives and destroy ultra-powerful beings, but wishes he was anything but a superhero.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Hiro is usually happy with his powers, but when being a hero is at its hardest, he dreams of a normal life.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** Hiro hasn't been able to function his life as a human being for quite a while.
7	** Being a hero takes a heavy toll on Hiro (i.e., he had to lose some of his friends along the way as well as do things that the citizens will hate him for).
8	** Hiro is used to being an ordinary person.
9	** Hiro isn't used to [[SociallyAwkwardHero social situations]].
10	** Hiro was given superpowers against his will by a secret organization or the PowersThatBe who forced him into heroism.
11	** Hiro's superpowers have turned out to be a case of BlessedWithSuck.
12	* '''Inverted''': [[IJustWantToBeSpecial Hiro is a normal human being and wants to be a superhero.]]
13	* '''Subverted''': Hiro actually gets to be normal...[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor and finds that he'd rather be special]].
14	* '''Double Subverted''': CantStayNormal
15	* '''Parodied''': Hiro is very obviously CursedWithAwesome, and absolutely everyone gives him crap for wanting to be normal.
16	* '''Zig-Zagged''':
17	** Hiro longs for normality, but soon finds himself becoming restless and becomes a superhero again, only to angst over all the responsibility it entails, etc. A never ending cycle.
18	** Hiro claims he wants to be normal, though gladly exclaims joy in being a hero when he helps people in non-dangerous events. When his life is endangered, his claims of wanting to be normal intensify, yet whenever he does lose his powers he quickly wants them back to help people. However after a particularly bad day he decides being a hero ''at all'' is too much, though is convinced the world still needs heroes by a child he once rescued.
19	** Hiro wants to be normal, sure, [[IJustWantToBeSpecial but normal for his species]] [[PunyHumans is superpowered by anyone else's standards]].
20	* '''Averted''':
21	** Hiro doesn't wish that his life was normal.
22	** Hiro already has a normal life.
23	* '''Enforced''': The writer wants to make a point on how the life of a superhero isn't fun.
24	* '''Lampshaded''': "You wish you were a human being instead of a hero, don't you?"
25	* '''Invoked''': Hiro deliberately focuses on the downsides of his power, wanting to avoid becoming DrunkWithPower.
26	* '''Exploited''': [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] picks up on Hiro's desire to be normal, and ends up convincing him to quit being a superhero. Cue [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]].
27	* '''Defied''':
28	** Hiro doesn't long for normality and proudly continues serving for the greater good.
29	** Hiro tries to look on the bright side of his job as a hero.
30	** Hiro decides that being a hero ''is'' his "normal".
31	* '''Discussed''': "Oh, don't give me that 'self-loathing-for-not-being-a-[[PunyHumans weakling-human]]' crap."
32	* '''Conversed''': "A lot of heros these days want to be anything but. And with writers these days, who can blame them?"
33	* '''Deconstructed''':
34	** Hiro desperately wishes to be normal... and so he does just that, abandoning all the people who depended on him for safety.
35	** Alternatively, Hiro does become normal and finds that he has trouble adjusting to civilian life, leading to a lot of angst.
36	** Hiro is [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chewed out]] for being [[UngratefulBastard unappreciative]] of how special he is and for taking his superpowers for granted.
37	** Hiro eventually finds himself in a situation where his superpowers would've came in handy if he had them, but since he is now a normal human, he fails to save himself and ends up dying, in obscurity, like another civilian casualty.
38	** By "being normal", Hiro means [[ThrowingOffTheDisability freeing himself from a disability]], to which he ascribes most or even all of the things he regrets doing or that he regrets having been done to him. Being normal ''would'' be a step forward.
39	* '''Reconstructed''':
40	** However, Hiro never wanted to be a hero in the first place due to being forced into the role, and after the initial abandonment nobody really blames him due to realizing it was very stressful for him.
41	** Noticing that Hiro's performance is going down, they realize he ''is'' a person and thus support him if he wants to take a break. Alternately, Hiro learns to appreciate his superpowers while trying to have a sense of normality in his life.
42	** Hiro [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech snaps back and tells them WHY he's so unappreciative of how special he is]].
43	--->'''Hiro''': [[ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne Well, why the fuck pick someone like ME to do all the work for you!? I'm just some jackass from Wakayama! Where the fuck is that!? The middle of assfuck nowhere, because the only place in Japan that everyone knows and cares about is just fucking Tokyo!]] And yet YOU call me unappreciative of my own goddamn powers!? I NEVER EVEN ''ASKED'' FOR THEM! ALL I EVER WANTED TO DO WAS JUST DO THE THINGS I WANNA DO, AND ''SAVING THIS GODDAMN PLANET'' AIN'T ONE OF THEM! I'D GLADLY PASS THESE HORRIBLE POWERS TO YOU! ''ANY'' OF YOU! I'D RATHER BE A HAPPY ''FUCKING'' NOBODY THAN A DEPRESSED ''FUCKING'' CELEBRITY! LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE, GOD DAMN IT! '''''[[PreMortemOneLiner I DON'T WANT THESE FUCKING POWERS!!!]]'''''
44	--->[''Hiro [[HeroicBSOD snaps]] and [[GoingPostal goes on a murderous rampage]].'']
45	** Hiro did ''not'' give up his powers just for his own sake. He explained to everybody that HoldingOutForAHero like him is no way to live, which inspired everybody to undergo enough individual and collective improvement to become the hero of ''their own'' story.
46	* '''Played for Laughs''': OncePerEpisode, Hiro tries to quit being a superhero, only to become bored not even a few hours later and pick the mask back up again. Imagine everyone else's shock if he sticks with it...
47	* '''Played for Drama''': A guardian angel arrives to show Hiro what he would be like living as a normal person: he gets up every day, works a [[SoulCrushingDeskJob job]] he hates, comes home to a family who does nothing but complain, constantly worries about bills, rinse and repeat. The guardian angel then asks Hiro [[ArmorPiercingQuestion if this is the life he wants to lead]].
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49	IJustWantToBeNormal! I don't wanna [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife keep wasting my life away as a moderator on TV Tropes!]]
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