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** The traumas are not just unrelated but part of a logical chain of events - the earthquake was a result of the tectonic activity in the Yellowstone caldera, and the political destabilization from the caldera disaster led to WorldWarIII.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character suffers a ridiculous amount of traumas.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character suffers a ridiculous ridiculously improbable amount of traumas.
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* '''Justified''': God [[CosmicPlaything has it out for Bob]].
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** God [[CosmicPlaything has it out for Bob]].
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob's bad luck becomes so legendary he actually lands a pretty cushy life between all his suffering due to earning a lot of money appearing on talk shows and other media covering his horrible, horrible luck.
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** the story is about somebody who had a long list of cruel things happen to him.
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** the The story is about somebody who had a long list of cruel things happen to him.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Bob's traumas switch between rewarding, such as his car breaking down making him an awesome sprinter over the course of a year, and horrible, one day while sprinting he breaks his leg meaning he cannot get to his job anymore, constantly.
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** the story is about somebody who had a long list of cruel things happen to him.
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* '''Exaggerated''': In addition to that, the only doctor who can cure him was killed in the earthquake. Meanwhile, the Yellowstone Caldera erupts and covers the entire U.S. with an ash cloud. At the same time, a series of [[PoorCommunicationKills diplomatic missteps]] results in America and China starting WorldWarIII.
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* '''Exaggerated''': In addition to that, the only doctor who can cure him was killed in the earthquake. Meanwhile, the Yellowstone Caldera erupts and covers the entire U.S. with an ash cloud. At the same time, a series of [[PoorCommunicationKills diplomatic missteps]] results in America and China starting WorldWarIII. And to top it off, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking his wife Alice stubs her toe]].
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* '''Subverted''': Bob wakes up at the last second. Turns out he was just having a nightmare.
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* '''Subverted''': Bob wakes up at the last second. Turns out he was just having a huge nightmare.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character suffers a ridiculous amount of traumas.
* '''Straight''': Bob's entire family is murdered by a madman. Shortly after this, an earthquake destroys the city and kills his girlfriend. Bob is taken to the hospital with several injuries, where the doctor diagnoses him with cancer.
* '''Exaggerated''': In addition to that, the only doctor who can cure him was killed in the earthquake. Meanwhile, the Yellowstone Caldera erupts and covers the entire U.S. with an ash cloud. At the same time, a series of [[PoorCommunicationKills diplomatic missteps]] results in America and China starting WorldWarIII.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob's mother is murdered by a psychopath. He then falls off a cliff and has to be taken to a hospital, where he's diagnosed with appendicitis.
* '''Justified''': God [[CosmicPlaything has it out for Bob]].
* '''Inverted''': DeusExMachina
* '''Subverted''': Bob wakes up at the last second. Turns out he was just having a nightmare.
* '''Double Subverted''': Only for him to be informed his entire family is dead, the world is crumbling in war, and he's dying of AIDS.
* '''Parodied''': Bob's traumas are ridiculously minor in nature, [[{{Wangst}} but he still acts as if his life is over]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob's traumas, while still pretty bad, don't reach absurd levels.
* '''Enforced''': "We want to make this character TheWoobie. Let's force him through an absurd TraumaCongaLine."
* '''Lampshaded''': "[[ThisIsReality In real life]], I'm pretty sure this guy would have killed himself by now."
* '''Invoked''': [[DiabolicalMastermind Dan]] wants Bob dead, but doesn't want to get his hands dirty. So he forces a series of traumas on Bob to [[DrivenToSuicide drive him to suicide]].
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "Poor Bob. With all that's happened to him, I'm amazed he hasn't killed himself by now."
* '''Conversed''': "Is there no one on TV who has a reasonable amount of traumas? Everyone gets whacked on the head with the worst stuff over and over!"
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* '''Straight''': Bob's entire family is murdered by a madman. Shortly after this, an earthquake destroys the city and kills his girlfriend. Bob is taken to the hospital with several injuries, where the doctor diagnoses him with cancer.
* '''Exaggerated''': In addition to that, the only doctor who can cure him was killed in the earthquake. Meanwhile, the Yellowstone Caldera erupts and covers the entire U.S. with an ash cloud. At the same time, a series of [[PoorCommunicationKills diplomatic missteps]] results in America and China starting WorldWarIII.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob's mother is murdered by a psychopath. He then falls off a cliff and has to be taken to a hospital, where he's diagnosed with appendicitis.
* '''Justified''': God [[CosmicPlaything has it out for Bob]].
* '''Inverted''': DeusExMachina
* '''Subverted''': Bob wakes up at the last second. Turns out he was just having a nightmare.
* '''Double Subverted''': Only for him to be informed his entire family is dead, the world is crumbling in war, and he's dying of AIDS.
* '''Parodied''': Bob's traumas are ridiculously minor in nature, [[{{Wangst}} but he still acts as if his life is over]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob's traumas, while still pretty bad, don't reach absurd levels.
* '''Enforced''': "We want to make this character TheWoobie. Let's force him through an absurd TraumaCongaLine."
* '''Lampshaded''': "[[ThisIsReality In real life]], I'm pretty sure this guy would have killed himself by now."
* '''Invoked''': [[DiabolicalMastermind Dan]] wants Bob dead, but doesn't want to get his hands dirty. So he forces a series of traumas on Bob to [[DrivenToSuicide drive him to suicide]].
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "Poor Bob. With all that's happened to him, I'm amazed he hasn't killed himself by now."
* '''Conversed''': "Is there no one on TV who has a reasonable amount of traumas? Everyone gets whacked on the head with the worst stuff over and over!"
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