Basic Trope: A character has difficulty in making a decision.
- Straight: Bob can't decide whether he goes with Alice on a date or hang out with Charlie at the movies.
- Exaggerated: Bob can't decide which hand he would use to open the door.
- Downplayed: Bob can't decide which one of the two cars he should buy.
- Justified: Bob doesn't want to get Alice or Charlie upset with him if he chooses one over the other.
- Inverted:
- Bob can make a decision in every situation, even when he is awoken in the middle of the night.
- Bob makes decisions frivolously without considering the consequences.
- Subverted: Bob can't decide whether he goes with Alice on a date or hang out with Charlie at the movies. Then he calls Charlie.
- Double Subverted: And then he calls Charlie again: "I'm sorry, Charlie, I've got something to do... I will call you again later". Then he starts thinking again.
- Parodied: Bob is presented with a giant sandwich and a cake. He can't decide what would he eat first and sits in a decision for days until he becomes malnourished and the food starts to spoil.
- Zig Zagged: Bob can't make an important decision, but can make an everyday decision pretty quick.
- Averted: Bob has no difficulty in making a decision.
- Enforced: Bob is needed to be portrayed like The Ditz.
- Lampshaded: "Have you made a decision yet, Bob? It's been a very long time."
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: Bob really annoys his friends. They make him decide where would they all go today, and while Bob's deep in his thoughts, the others quietly walk away.
- Defied: Bob finds another decision.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "Imagine such a guy sitting here choosing what show he would watch. Should he choose this one, he'll probably laugh at Bob."
- Deconstructed:
- Bob's dithering leads to the situation spectacularly imploding on all ends, and he realizes after the fact that it would have been a whole lot better if he had made a decision and stuck with it.
- Bob's dithering leads to him not helping a person in need who had no one else to turn to, even though he had the means to help them. This causes people to see him as a coward a best, and a selfish, sociopathic asshole at worst.
- Bob's inability to make decisions is a sign that he has some serious untreated mental health issues.
- Reconstructed:
- Bob's friends leave decisions that require a lot of thought to him, knowing that he will never make an ill-thought-out move.
- After seeing the consequences of his indecision, Bob is remorseful, so he decides to help that person after all.
- As a result of going to a therapist, Bob learns to cope with his mental health issues in a more healthy way, and he becomes more confident in himself. This increase in confidence makes it easier for him to make decisions and stick to them.
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