'''Basic Trope''': A black character who personifies the RuleOfCool.
* '''Straight''': Bob is a black man who [[JiveTurkey talks slang]], dances smoothly, and knows how to kick ass perfectly.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is a [[AfroAsskicker afro-haired]] black man who is so cool that every woman in the world, of any race, would {{Squee}} whenever they saw him.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is a black man who, while cool, [[OvershadowedByAwesome is not as cool as the rest of the cast]].
* '''Justified''':
** One of the internal rules of the story's universe ''is'' RuleOfCool.
** The story's universe gravitates towards black people.
* '''Inverted''':
** Bob is a white man who is nerdy and wimpy.
** BlackAndNerdy
* '''Gender Inverted''': Alice is a Soul Sista.
* '''Subverted''':
** Bob acts and looks cool, but everyone thinks he's a loser.
** Bob certainly ''looks'' cool, but he has no personality or appeal whatsoever.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** ...because they're secretly envious of his personality.
** ...until he gets a nice dose of CharacterDevelopment.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': We meet several characters that look and act like Bob, all of them of different races, but Bob is still considered the coolest of all.
* '''Averted''':
** Bob is black, but not to the point of being either cool or nerdy.
** The work has no black characters.
** The work doesn't run on RuleOfCool.
* '''Enforced''': The producer ordered to writers to makes Bob, an already existing character, [[RaceLift to be black]] in order to make the cast more diverse and capitalise on the "black is cool" trend.
* '''Lampshaded''': "If you want to talk about the coolest person in the world, he's black."
* '''Invoked''': Bob doesn't like his nerdy personality, so he decides to make himself cool.
* '''Exploited''': Bob already has the style, so he decides the play the part of a cool guy.
* '''Defied''': Bob looks at people perceived as cool and says to himself "Nah, that style doesn't suit me".
* '''Discussed''': "You know Bob, you already have a nice personality, I bet if you changed your clothes and learn a couple of moves you'd be a lady killer".
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': By having a character charming, stylish and badass, the show becomes very popular with black people, [[JustHereForGodzilla and for]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse very]] good [[MemeticBadass reason]].
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob (and by extension the authors) uses his personality and popularity to send a message about how everyone can be cool.

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%%* '''Implied''': ???
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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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