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1	'''Basic Trope''': A minor character gets an important role in adaptations, expansion or sequel, or gets hired on as a full member after serving as a fill-in.
2	* '''Straight''':
3	** In the original ''Alice and Bob'', Charlie was a casual friend of the title characters. In an adaptation, he becomes their best friend and part of the core group of the main characters.
4	** In the first film ''Welcome to Tropeville'', Alice, Bob, and Charlie are all random characters in a FourLinesAllWaiting plot. In the sequel, one of them becomes the main protagonist with a more straightforward plot.
5	* '''Exaggerated''':
6	** In the original version, Charlie was only a casual acquaintance who [[TheGhost received occasional mentions but was never seen]]. In the adaptation, he becomes one of the most important characters, [[SpotlightStealingSquad possibly more important than]] AliceAndBob themselves.
7	** Charlie was just a background character that only appeared for one frame in the original version, but in the adaptation he becomes the main character.
8	* '''Downplayed''': Charlie's scenes have somewhat more importance in the adaptation than the original.
9	* '''Justified''':
10	** The adaptation is set three years after the original show. In that time, Alice and Bob have become closer to Charlie.
11	** Charlie's actor pulled a OneSceneWonder, which stuck in the audience's head enough that the writers realized they had a great EnsembleDarkhorse on their hands.
12	** The band that Charlie joined has an official policy of never hiring anyone sight-unseen and taking them out on tour first to make sure that they can deliver every night, get along with everyone, and are musically compatible.
13	* '''Inverted''': Diane is [[DemotedToExtra a major character in the original, but only a minor one in the adaptation]].
14	* '''Subverted''': Charlie looks like he'll have a bigger role in the adaptation, then he gets pushed back to his original role.
15	* '''Double Subverted''': But he quickly gets it back.
16	* '''Parodied''': In the adaptation of ''Alice and Bob'', a random rock on the ground takes over as the protagonist.
17	* '''Zig-Zagged''': There are several adaptations, in which the sizes of the characters' roles vary. Only AliceAndBob are major characters in all adaptations.
18	* '''Averted''': All characters are just as important in the adaptation as in the original.
19	* '''Enforced''':
20	** Charlie was [[EnsembleDarkhorse quite popular with the fans]].
21	** The adaptation is [[AdaptationExpansion longer than the original]] so the creators expanded on his subplot to fill up time.
22	** The adaptation is [[CompressedAdaptation shorter than the original]], so Charlie's subplot takes up more time.
23	** Some of the AcceptableBreaksFromReality that the original enjoyed don't work in the adaptation's format and instead of [[CanonForeigner creating a new character whole-cloth]], the adapters gave the underutilized Charlie the character attributes needed to deal with the issue.
24	* '''Lampshaded''': "The new ''Alice and Bob''. Now with 30% more Charlie scenes!"
25	* '''Invoked''': AliceAndBob decide to spend more time with Charlie.
26	* '''Exploited''': ???
27	* '''Defied''':
28	** AliceAndBob refuse to be friends with Charlie.
29	** [[PutOnABus Charlie moves away.]]
30	* '''Discussed''': "Charlie is your best friend? I really didn't know he was that close."
31	* '''Conversed''':
32	-->"Who is this Charlie guy? Was he in the book?"\
33	"Yeah, but he was not that big of a character?"
34	* '''Played For Laughs''': Charlie was somewhat of a CloudCuckoolander in the original show. In the adaptation, he is even more of one due to {{Flanderization}}. This, combined with his increased screen time, makes for a much more humorous adaptation.
35	* '''Played For Drama''': Charlie [[KilledOffForReal dies]] in the final episode of the adaptation. Because he's a major character, his death is more dramatic than it would have been in the original.
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