Line #12 PlayingWith/ImNotAHeroIm


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:
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41	%%* '''Implied''': ???
42	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
43	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
44	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
45	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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