1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character is always there when their friends need them. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Whenever Alice, Charlie, or Daniel need something done, Bob is always happy to help them. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Whenever anyone, anywhere in the world needs some help, Bob is always there to help. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Bob is happy to help a lot of the time, but there is a lot of time when he has to do his own thing. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** It's Bob's job to help those around him with whatever they need. |
7 | ** Bob realizes that occasionally in an EnsembleCast, there's one person who keeps everything running smoothly, and that in his group, he's that person, and merely acts accordingly. |
8 | * '''Inverted''': Whenever Bob needs help with something, everyone tries to help him. |
9 | * '''Subverted''': Bob helps Alice with the things she needs initially, but later doesn't want to help anymore. |
10 | * '''Double Subverted''': ...Because he's busy helping someone else out. |
11 | * '''Parodied''': Bob decides to take a vacation for a week. Since he's such a hardworking guy, the rest of his crew gladly let him. After a while, the crew notice that things aren't really getting done and phrases like "Hey, Bob, can you...oh, wait, he's not here. Dang." start to become more and more common. |
12 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is willing to help people on certain days, but on others, he doesn't help anyone out. |
13 | * '''Averted''': Bob is no more likely to help anyone out than any other character. |
14 | * '''Enforced''': ??? |
15 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Someone needs help? I expect Bob to appear any second now..." |
16 | * '''Invoked''': Knowing that Bob will be willing to help out, Charlie sets out on a very ambitious project that he knows he can't do himself. |
17 | * '''Exploited''': Alice asks for Bob's help on a project, because she knows he will help and she wants to spend time with him. |
18 | * '''Defied''': Bob briefly considers that his mutation might give him the ability to heal at a superhuman rate... before dismissing it as ridiculous. |
19 | * '''Discussed''': "The best kind of person is one that is always there to help out his friends... y'know, kind of like Bob." |
20 | * '''Conversed''': "Bob is my favorite character. Why? Because he always looks out for all the other members of TheTeam." |
21 | * '''Implied''': Bob is seen helping people more often than not. |
22 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
23 | ** In the process of helping everyone in town, Bob overextends himself to the point of exhaustion and starts doing more harm than good. |
24 | ** Bob is reliable, yet is never given credit for dealing with the BoringButPractical concerns. Worse, Bob finds himself on the receiving end of an AllTakeAndNoGive relationship. |
25 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
26 | ** ...so Bob takes a week or two off to rest, and takes care to leave a few hours to himself every week, so he won't wear down again. |
27 | ** When the others see how overworked Bob is, they decide to follow his example, giving him a break and improving overall performance. The result is a team full of reliable ones. |
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29 | Back to TheReliableOne, who also got us this link. What a guy! |
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31 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
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33 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
34 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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