'''Basic Trope''': A character responds to a compliment by minimizing its sincerity.
* '''Straight''': Aurora is told she is the most talented wizard in her class; she retorts that Bernand has not lost his touch for flattery and that he probably tells all his students that.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bernand finds out the hard way that the compliment was Aurora's BerserkButton.
* '''Downplayed''': Somebody comments on how awestruck they are by Aurora's magic skills. While she does claim it's not as hard as it looks, she does say thanks for the compliment.
* '''Justified''':
** Aurora has [[HeroicSelfDeprecation self-esteem issues]].
** Aurora is a shy HumbleHero.
** Aurora has reasons to doubt Bernand's sincerity.
** While the compliment is sincere, Aurora knows that it says more about how isolated Bernard (and by extent the town he's from) is, than about how good she is.
* '''Inverted''':
** Bernand says that Aurora must be {{The Ditz}}iest woman he has ever met, but Aurora shrugs it off with "I bet you call all the girls that at some point."
** Bernand tells Aurora that she's the most beautiful woman in the kingdom, and Aurora tells him to tell her more. She's just really vain.
* '''Subverted''': "I bet you tell all your students that -- to practice up to tell it to me."
* '''Double Subverted''': "... I really don't deserve it, though..."
* '''Parodied''': When Aurora hears any praise of anyone or anything (like "Nice weather we’re having"), she ''always'' says "I bet you say it to everyone."
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Aurora thanks Bernand for his congratulations on her accomplishment, but then he praises her for another thing she did [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame but wishes she hadn't]]. Then he commends her skill in an unrelated field and she doesn't respond, and then he commends her skill in ''another'' unrelated field and she thanks him.
* '''Averted''': Aurora accepts the compliment without any fuss.
* '''Enforced''': "We can't have people praising Aurora and her accepting that; she'll come off as arrogant!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Aurora, would you just accept the good parts about yourself already?!"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Bernand compliments Aurora in front of somebody they need to impress. That way, they'll know how modest she is.
* '''Defied''': While Aurora doubts that the compliment is sincere, she makes an effort to thank Bernand for it anyway.
* '''Discussed''': "Believe me, I've tried telling Aurora how beautiful she is! But she just pushed that aside..."
* '''Conversed''': "Ah, great, another character who DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength and comes off as a classic MarySue."[[invoked]]
* '''Implied''': We don't hear Aurora's reply to the compliment, but we ''do'' hear Bernand asking his coworker whether he thinks he is too generous with his compliments or not.
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