1 | '''Basic Trope''': TheHero denies being a hero. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Bob single-handedly saves the passengers of an out-of-control train. When the news reporter calls him a hero, Bob utters this trope. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Bob single-handedly saves everyone on the planet from certain death from a meteor. When the news reporter calls him a hero, Bob goes on a long rant explaining why he's not a hero. |
5 | ** Bob insists he's not a hero, but when people don't listen he decides to make his point by insulting and/or violently assaulting anyone who keeps calling him a hero after he's repeatedly asked them to stop. |
6 | ** Bob calls himself [[HeroicSelfDeprecation nothing even remotely close to a hero, or possibly even a full on]] CardCarryingVillain. |
7 | * '''Downplayed''': Bob single-handedly saves the passengers of an out-of-control train. When the news reporter calls him a hero, Bob says that it's because he has the competence to do so and it doesn't come out as boasting. |
8 | * '''Justified''': |
9 | ** Bob is a HumbleHero. |
10 | ** [[AccidentalHero Bob's heroics were accidental and he knows it.]] |
11 | ** Bob is a beta- or even omega-type guy. |
12 | ** Bob doesn't like the responsibilities that will inevitably come to heroes. |
13 | ** Bob doesn't like the attention that will fall upon him when people start calling him a hero. |
14 | ** Bob [[DestructiveSavior caused a great deal of damage in the process of the rescue]] and feels too guilty to call himself a hero. |
15 | ** Bob is an AntiHero and he does not consider himself worthy to be called a hero or he prefers his more accurate denomination. |
16 | ** Bob had legitimately self-serving motives for his seeming act of heroism, and spells them out in no uncertain terms. He didn't care if a bunch of complete strangers lived or died as a result of his actions. |
17 | * '''Inverted''': Bob is caught dooming the passengers to a burning trainwreck. When the torch-and-pitchfork mobs come at him, he say "No, I'm not a villain. IDidWhatIHadToDo." The other option was endangering the lives of people on the route of the train. |
18 | * '''Subverted''': |
19 | ** "I'm not hero, I'm a SUPERHERO. Write THAT down in your newspaper!" |
20 | ** When Bob rescues Alice from her kidnappers, Alice calls him a hero. Bob tells her that he is not one, and then takes her back to the kidnappers telling Alice that he: [[SarcasticConfession "warned her"]]. |
21 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
22 | ** "...is what I'd like to say, but I guess anyone will do what I do if they were in my position. ThinkNothingOfIt." |
23 | ** Bob is really [[GodIsGood the local deity]] and claims to be an arrogant mortal because [[StopWorshippingMe he's embarrassed by worship]]. |
24 | * '''Parodied''': "I'm not a hero, I'm just a social reject with no job, no money, no hope for the future. This is just a momentary flash of altruism in the infinitely cold darkness that is my life. Now if you will excuse me, I'll cut myself." |
25 | * '''Zig Zagged''': ??? |
26 | * '''Averted''': |
27 | ** No one acts like a hero, no one can praise them, and thus no one can deny the claim. |
28 | ** "You're a hero, Bob!" "I... guess I am, aren't I?" |
29 | * '''Enforced''': AnAesop, either about humility, or about being proud of your achievement. |
30 | * '''Lampshaded''': "You don't seem to be the flashy type." |
31 | * '''Invoked''': ??? |
32 | * '''Exploited''': The reporter [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech lowers Bob's confidence further]], because she's a minion of [[BigBad Dr. Evulz]]. |
33 | * '''Defied''': "I'm not a hero, I'm-" "He's the hero, folks! Give him an applause!" "Yeah! Bob is the man!" "...Guess I'm the hero." |
34 | * '''Discussed''': "I suppose I'm have to say I'm not really a hero even though I slew thirty dragons singlehanded and rescued the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman from the EvilOverlord. That's what every other hero does." |
35 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
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37 | I'm not a hero, I'm just [[ImNotAHeroIm a link back to the trope page.]] |
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39 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
40 | %% |
41 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
42 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
43 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
44 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
45 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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