1 | '''Basic Trope''': An uncle or aunt who is well-loved by their nieces/nephews. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice's uncle, Bob, is one of her closest relatives. They enjoy each other's company, and Uncle Bob loves telling Alice jokes and interesting stories. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Alice has a lot of uncles and aunts that she all considers really cool. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': |
5 | ** Bob is an HonoraryUncle or something similar, but the trope still plays out. |
6 | ** Alice doesn't get to see Uncle Bob that often, but she thinks he's pretty cool anyway. |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** Uncle Bob has a lot of similarities to Alice, and they get along well because of that. |
9 | ** Uncle Bob disagrees with his brother's strict parenting style and lets Alice get away with things that her parent's wouldn't. |
10 | * '''Inverted''': CreepyUncle and/or EvilUncle |
11 | * '''Gender-Inverted''': Alice thinks her aunt, Charlotte, is awesome. |
12 | * '''Subverted''': Uncle Bob turns out to be EvilAllAlong. |
13 | * '''Double Subverted''': Despite being an EvilUncle, he turns out to be AffablyEvil, and a case of EvilIsCool, and he [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes definitely does care about Alice.]] |
14 | * '''Parodied''': ??? |
15 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': ??? |
16 | * '''Averted''': Alice doesn't have any mentioned uncles or aunts. |
17 | * '''Enforced''': The creators of the show want to give Alice an adult to relate to besides her parents, so they add Uncle Bob. |
18 | * '''Lampshaded''': "So, kids always love the uncle, huh?" |
19 | * '''Invoked''': Uncle Bob deliberately makes himself the "cool uncle" in Alice's eyes by getting her gifts and being more lenient with her. |
20 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
21 | * '''Defied''': Alice is drawn towards Uncle Bob, but he doesn't like kids and rebuffs her. |
22 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
23 | * '''Conversed''': "I wish I had an uncle as cool as Bob!" |
24 | * '''Implied''': [[TheGhost We never see him onscreen]], but Alice often mentions having an uncle who she talks about very favorably. |
25 | * '''Deconstructed''': At a young age, Alice thinks of her uncle as being "cool" because [[CreepyUncle he compliments her appearance and shows her explicit movies.]] Her parents don't see the warning signs because Alice likes him. |
26 | * '''Reconstructed''': Then his brother Charlie exposes the abuse and helps Alice recover. Now he's the cool uncle because he's Alice's hero. |
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32 | %% * '''Played for Laughs''': ??? |
33 | %% * '''Played for Drama''': ??? |
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