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Basic Trope: A child or teenager who is embarrassed by nearly anything.

  • Straight: Billy is embarrassed when he has to go with his parents to an event.
  • Exaggerated: Billy is embarrassed that he even has parents.
  • Downplayed: Billy doesn't mind his parents coming with him; he's just embarrassed when they start telling corny jokes.
  • Justified:
  • Inverted: Billy's parents are the ones to be constantly embarrassed.
  • Subverted: Billy seems embarrassed by his parents at first, but they actually get along very well.
  • Double Subverted: ...Unless he just pretends to get along to prevent himself from his parent's worse humiliation or Wounded Gazelle Gambit.
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  • Averted: Billy is not embarrassed by his parents.
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  • Played for Drama: Billy is embarrassed about having to be around his parents, because they're abusive and fears the possibility of them yelling at him/other people in public.

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