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Basic Trope: Telling a character to stop putting themselves down in a harsh manner.

  • Straight: Bob berates himself for letting his team down when he was too late to save Charlie. Alice yells at Bob for being sorry for himself.
  • Exaggerated: Bob mopes about how everything would be better if he just died. Alice slaps him across the face, angrily telling him to stop wallowing in despair.
  • Downplayed:
    • Bob calls himself an idiot for making a small mistake. Alice quickly tells him that he's not.
    • After snapping at or slapping Bob, Alice gives a more docile You Are Better Than You Think You Are speech and hugs him.
  • Justified:
    • Bob's constant self-pitying made Alice lose patience in him.
    • Alice is a Tsundere. This is how she normally reacts to those who are down.
    • Alice knows that Bob is a good man, but constantly needs to be reminded how good he is.
    • Alice is worried about Bob's self-confidence, but due to her nature, it comes out pretty rough.
  • Inverted: Bob begins to boast about how awesome he is, which prompts Alice to harshly put him down.
  • Subverted: Bob berates himself for letting Charlie die. Alice yells at him not to beat himself up over it...Let her do it.
  • Double Subverted: Alice tells Bob all of his flaws, but then tells him how he was able to overcome all of them and will continue to do so.
  • Parodied: Going into Get A Hold Of Yourself Man territory, Alice slaps Bob and says that he ISN'T the worst. The secondary slap stirring up response?
    Bob: Oh right. You exist.
  • Zig Zagged: Alice deliberately berates Bob for his flaws, but as Bob's a Commander Contrarian, his first response is to defend himself. In doing so, Alice forces Bob to realize this, even though doing so was never really her intent. Afterwards, he thanks her for it, much to her confusion.
  • Averted: Alice consoles Bob without being harsh with him.
  • Enforced: The writers needed to resolve Bob's Heroic BSoD by having Alice be firm with him.
  • Lampshaded: ???
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied:
    • Alice lets Bob wallow in self pity.
    • Alice avoids being harsh with Bob knowing that he'll take it the wrong way.
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???
  • Deconstructed: Though Alice meant well, the harsh way in which she chooses to build Bob up only degrades his already diminishing self esteem, thus leading him into a suicidal depression.

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