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** Eric wants friends but only wants them on ''his terms'', rejecting them if they don't meet his standards.
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* '''Subverted''': Eric seems to get along without friends just fine.
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** Eric seems to get along without friends justfine.fine.
** Eric is initially upset about being friendless but eventually comes to enjoy being alone.
** Eric seems to get along without friends just
** Eric is initially upset about being friendless but eventually comes to enjoy being alone.
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** Eric's parents push him to be more sociable and establish networks "for his own good".
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* '''Discussed''': "So how's your session with Eric?" "He still doesn't want to leave that group." "Hmm, it might have something to do with wanting friends." "Pretty much. To Eric, the people in that group were his only friends, so he doesn't want to leave them."
* '''Conversed''': "Eric, TheProtagonist of this show, really really wants friends." "I don't find him relatable. I wasn't like that when I was a teenager. Being a loner is cool." "Well, not everyone is like you. Many people in RealLife desperately want friends." "I guess that's why {{shounen}} shows are still popular."
* '''Conversed''': "Eric, TheProtagonist of this show, really really wants friends." "I don't find him relatable. I wasn't like that when I was a teenager. Being a loner is cool." "Well, not everyone is like you. Many people in RealLife desperately want friends." "I guess that's why {{shounen}} shows are still popular."
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* '''Discussed''': "So '''Discussed''':
-->'''A:''' So how's your session withEric?" "He Eric?\\
'''B:''' He still doesn't want to leave that group." "Hmm, \\
'''A:''' Hmm, it might have something to do with wanting friends." "Pretty \\
'''B:''' Pretty much. To Eric, the people in that group were his only friends, so he doesn't want to leavethem."
them.
*'''Conversed''': "Eric, '''Conversed''':
-->'''A:''' Eric, TheProtagonist of this show, really really wants friends." "I \\
'''B:''' I don't find him relatable. I wasn't like that when I was a teenager. Being a loner is cool." "Well, \\
'''A:''' Well, not everyone is like you. Many people in RealLife desperately want friends." "I \\
'''B:''' I guess that's why {{shounen}} shows are still popular."
-->'''A:''' So how's your session with
'''B:''' He still doesn't want to leave that group.
'''A:''' Hmm, it might have something to do with wanting friends.
'''B:''' Pretty much. To Eric, the people in that group were his only friends, so he doesn't want to leave
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-->'''A:''' Eric, TheProtagonist of this show, really really wants friends.
'''B:''' I don't find him relatable. I wasn't like that when I was a teenager. Being a loner is cool.
'''A:''' Well, not everyone is like you. Many people in RealLife desperately want friends.
'''B:''' I guess that's why {{shounen}} shows are still popular.
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* '''Discussed''': ???
"So how's your session with Eric?" "He still doesn't want to leave that group." "Hmm, it might have something to do with wanting friends." "Pretty much. To Eric, the people in that group were his only friends, so he doesn't want to leave them."
* '''Conversed''':???"Eric, TheProtagonist of this show, really really wants friends." "I don't find him relatable. I wasn't like that when I was a teenager. Being a loner is cool." "Well, not everyone is like you. Many people in RealLife desperately want friends." "I guess that's why {{shounen}} shows are still popular."
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** A relative or acquaintance of Eric intervenes to teach them about the nature of friendship and helps them to understand the nuances of socialising.
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** A relative or acquaintance of Eric intervenes to teach them about the nature of friendship and helps them to understand the nuances of socialising.socializing.
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"Having pets" isn't an example of the trope. A Boy And His X is when they form a bond with the "X" that "changes them forever, usually starting them down the path to adulthood."
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* '''Downplayed''': Eric has one friend (maybe [[ABoyAndHisX a pet]]) but would like to have several friends, like everyone in his life does.
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* '''Downplayed''': Eric has one friend (maybe [[ABoyAndHisX a pet]]) pet) but would like to have several friends, like everyone in his life does.
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** Eric may find himself being envious of people who have genuine friends.
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone who is lonely & has a desire for companionship. May be their motivation for their actions.
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone who is One or more characters are lonely & has and have a desire for companionship. May be their motivation for their actions.companionship, possibly as a motivation.
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** A relative or acquaintance of Eric intervenes to teach them about the nature of friendship and helps them to understand the nuances of socialising.
** As a result of desperately reaching out, Eric also manages to make a few suitable friends who stop him from getting into too much trouble.
** Other more assertive characters try and make friends with Eric, much to his surprise. Emboldened, he continues to try and make friends, with some successes.
** A relative or acquaintance of Eric intervenes to teach them about the nature of friendship and helps them to understand the nuances of socialising.
** As a result of desperately reaching out, Eric also manages to make a few suitable friends who stop him from getting into too much trouble.
** Other more assertive characters try and make friends with Eric, much to his surprise. Emboldened, he continues to try and make friends, with some successes.
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** Eric may even give up on or refuse to make friends, due to him having a difficult time gaining them.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Eric ends up cruelly manipulating and blackmailing people in order to get them to be his ''friend'' which leads him to be considered a bully.
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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
** Eric ends up cruelly manipulating and blackmailing people in order to get them to be his ''friend'' which leads him to be considered a bully.
** Eric ends up cruelly manipulating and blackmailing people in order to get them to be his ''friend'' which leads him to be considered a bully.
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** Eric's lack of friends takes a toll on his mental health and self-esteem, and he makes poor, desperate choices for friendship.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Eric ends up cruelly manipulating and blackmailing people in order to get them to be his ''friend'' which leads him to be considered a bully.
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\"Self explanitory.\" Not really.
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'''Basic Trope''': Self-explanatory.
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'''Basic Trope''': Self-explanatory.Someone who is lonely & has a desire for companionship. May be their motivation for their actions.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???Eric has one friend (maybe [[ABoyAndHisX a pet]]) but would like to have several friends, like everyone in his life does.
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* '''Enforced''': ???
"Our heroes are a RagtagBunchOfMisfits. Let's throw in a lonely kid."
* '''Lampshaded''':???"Why doesn't Eric have friends? It's not like he's been bullied or anything."
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
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* '''Justified''': Eric has been picked on for being a loner.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Eric has been picked on for being a loner.
** Eric has been picked on for being a loner.
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* '''Averted''': Eric really is perfectly content in being alone.
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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
** Eric really is perfectly content in being alone.
** Eric really is perfectly content in being alone.
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* '''Parodied''': JerkJock Eric cries and whines that he doesn't have any friends. His [[InformedLoner ninety-seven close friends]] all miss the irony and [[BeyondTheImpossible comfort him simultaneously]].
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* '''Parodied''': JerkJock Eric cries and whines that he doesn't have any friends. His [[InformedLoner ninety-seven close friends]] all miss the irony and [[BeyondTheImpossible comfort him simultaneously]].simultaneously.
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* '''Parodied''': ???JerkJock Eric cries and whines that he doesn't have any friends. His [[InformedLoner ninety-seven close friends]] all miss the irony and [[BeyondTheImpossible comfort him simultaneously]].
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Eric lost his best friends in tragic circumstances, for which he blames himself; being around other friends or attempting to make new ones merely reminds him how much he'd rather still have the ones he lost. New friends are an unstatisfying and pale substitutes for the friends he lost, as well as something he doesn't feel he deserves: his isolation is both penance and paying respect to his fallen friends.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Eric lost his best friends in tragic circumstances, for which he blames himself; being around other friends or attempting to make new ones merely reminds him how much he'd rather still have the ones he lost. New friends are an unstatisfying unsatisfying and pale substitutes for the friends he lost, as well as something he doesn't feel he deserves: his isolation is both penance and paying respect to his fallen friends.
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Back to [Trope]
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Back to [Trope]IJustWantToHaveFriends
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Eric lost his best friends in tragic circumstances, for which he blames himself; being around other friends or attempting to make new ones merely reminds him how much he'd rather still have the ones he lost. New friends are an unstatisfying and pale substitutes for the friends he lost, as well as something he doesn't feel he deserves: his isolation is both penance and paying respect to his fallen friends.
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'''Basic Trope''': Self-explanatory audience wish-fulfillment in form of desire for friends.
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'''Basic Trope''': Self-explanatory audience wish-fulfillment in form of desire for friends.Self-explanatory.
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Eric has no one to trust or confide in and this makes him feel worthless.
* '''Justified''':???
Eric has been picked on for being a loner.
** No human being really gets along without other people and he wonders what is wrong with him for not having any friends.
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Eric judges his friends as worthless and wishes to be alone.
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Eric seems to get along without friends just fine.
* '''Double Subverted''':???Except deep down somewhere there's still that longing.
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** No human being really gets along without other people and he wonders what is wrong with him for not having any friends.
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* '''Averted''': ???Eric really is perfectly content in being alone.
** Eric has friends and he's perfectly happy with his social life.
** Eric has friends and he's perfectly happy with his social life.
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* '''Invoked''': ???
Sarah, who wishes to be Eric's friend, tries to get him to admit ''his'' desire for it so he'd let her close.
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Jim manipulates/persuades Eric to do something by his wish of getting friends.
* '''Defied''':???Eric denies wanting friends.
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