'''Basic Trope''': A character wants to settle down rather than adventure.
* '''Straight''': Octavio, who is helping hunt down goblins, would like to spend his life in the city where he was born, rather than this endless journeying and fighting.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Octavio is a {{Hikikomori}}.
** Octavio's friends agree with him.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Octavio occasionally mentions how nice it would be to settle down.
** [[TheMentor Hieronymus]] refuses to leave his home to help the characters against the evil wizard; he gives them some knowledge and sends them on their way.
* '''Justified''': The comforts of home are hard to get when you are not at home.
* '''Inverted''':
** Octavio wants nothing more than to be InHarmsWay.
** Octavio is tired of living in the same place, and suffers from SmallTownBoredom.
* '''Subverted''': Octavio gets home, buys a cottage, and stays there -- for a month, at which time he takes to the road.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Angelica asks him to stay a little longer, and it turns he was just a little restless.
* '''Parodied''': Octavio refuses to leave his home even when the goblin horde has besieged the city.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Octavio talks of going home, gets excited about the prospect of seeing something new, gets tired of the road, cheers up at some excitement.
* '''Averted''':
** All the characters love being on the road.
** The characters do not leave the city in the first place.
* '''Enforced''': "So far, this plot seems rather shallow. Let's have Octavio or one of the other heroes grow tired of journeying."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why do you want this adventure to end? It's exciting seeing something new every day!" "I don't know. I guess I'm just homesick."
* '''Invoked''': Octavio leaves his hometown, knowing full well that he will probably get homesick at some point.
* '''Exploited''': TheMole argues against his leaving, since he loves home so much.
* '''Defied''':
** Octavio decides against the great adventure he has planned, for fear of homesickness or other reasons.
** Octavio thinks it over, and decides that he is happier on the road after all.
** Octavio hates home life (possibly for one of the reasons discussed above), and takes full advantage of any excuse to leave.
* '''Discussed''': "Don't you ever get homesick, Octavio?" "Heck, no. I love living on the road, just like all normal heroes."
* '''Conversed''': "It looks like Octavio's getting dragged away from his sweet pad for a whacky adventure again. Against his will."
* '''Implied''': In some of the towns he visits, Octavio looks at EccentricTownsfolk going about their normal lives, and gets a wistful look on his face.
* '''Deconstructed''': When Octavio's journey ends, he returns to his hometown, but misses his friends who are from different cities and towns.
* '''Reconstructed''': Octavio keeps in touch with his friends.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Octavio would like to return to his hometown, but can't remember it well. He settles down in the wrong town, and lives there for several months before realizing his mistake.
* '''Played For Drama''': Octavio returns to his hometown at the end of his adventure, but is [[TheExile no longer welcome there]].
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