Basic Trope: Badgers are portrayed as violent, fierce, or just simply unfriendly.
- Straight: Benny the badger is unfriendly, and tends to get in fights easily.
- Exaggerated:
- All badgers in the work are portrayed this way.
- Benny has an extreme Hair-Trigger Temper and is almost never outside of a fight.
- Downplayed: Benny is just grumpy or a loner but not particularly violent or antisocial.
- Justified: Truth in Television: Badgers (especially honey badgers) are often dangerous if bothered.
- Inverted: Benny is extremely friendly.
- Subverted: Benny is rumored to be aggressive and is feared by everyone. But once you really get to know him, he's a softie.
- Double Subverted: However, if you do anything to hurt his friends, expect him to unleash his fury!
- Parodied: Benny is appointed as a forest security guard because of his reputation.
- Zig-Zagged:
- Sometimes Benny is friendly, but sometimes he isn't.
- There are several badgers in the work. Some of them are friendly, and some of them aren't.
- Averted: There aren't any badgers.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: "You thought harassing that badger was a good idea? You deserved to get your butt kicked."
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: Benny is aware of his species' reputation and pretends to be scary in order to keep intruders away from his burrow.
- Defied: Benny can Tame His Anger whenever he feels like getting vicious.
- Discussed: "Benny don't care. He's a honey badger."
- Conversed: ???
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