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* '''Double Subverted''': He decides to make it a ''[[PerpetualTourist permanent]]'' [[PerpetualTourist vacation]].
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* '''Double Subverted''': He decides to make it a ''[[PerpetualTourist permanent]]'' [[PerpetualTourist vacation]].permanent vacation.
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** KingBobTheNth changes his mind and ultimately decides to remain King.
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** KingBobTheNth is getting elderly, and is starting to show signs of senility, or dementia, and has decided (or his advisors have decided), that he should step back before he manages to cause some kind of major public incident or otherwise embarrass the country.
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'''Basic Trope''': A monarch decides that s/he doesn't want to be monarch anymore.
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'''Basic Trope''': A monarch decides that s/he doesn't they don't want to be monarch anymore.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': KingBobTheNth decides he doesn't want to be king anymore, so he announces that he is stepping down.
* '''Averted''': Tropestan has no king in the first place.
* '''Averted''': Tropestan has no king in the first place.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': KingBobTheNth repeatedly tries to step down, only for a trouble to come up (e.g. his chosen successor dies, runs off, or is proven as unsuitable ruler one way or the other) and he is forced to resume responsibility. Eventually, King Bob becomes too old and senile to reign as monarch, but as he's incapable of making his own decisions by then, his court decides he doesn't want to be king anymore, so he announces that he is stepping down.
finally replace him with his son, Prince Charlie.
*'''Averted''': '''Averted''':
** Tropestan has no king in the first place.
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** Tropestan has no king in the first place.
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* '''Invoked''': The pressures of being king are getting to be too much for KingBobTheNth, and it's taking a toll on his health and appearance.
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* '''Invoked''': The pressures King Bob rewrites the law of being king are getting this land to be too much allow for KingBobTheNth, and it's taking a toll on this to happen. At the time of his health and appearance.rule, a monarch can only be replaced upon their death.
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'''Basic Trope''': A king (or queen) decides that he/she doesn't want to be king (or queen) anymore.
* '''Straight''': KingBobTheNth announces one day that he is stepping down as king.
* '''Exaggerated''': This happens at his coronation party.
* '''Downplayed''': KingBobTheNth reforms his kingdom from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional one, still keeping power but not absolute power.
* '''Justified''':
* '''Straight''': KingBobTheNth announces one day that he is stepping down as king.
* '''Exaggerated''': This happens at his coronation party.
* '''Downplayed''': KingBobTheNth reforms his kingdom from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional one, still keeping power but not absolute power.
* '''Justified''':
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'''Basic Trope''': A king (or queen) monarch decides that he/she s/he doesn't want to be king (or queen) anymore.
monarch anymore.
* '''Straight''': KingBobTheNth announces one day that he is stepping down asking.
king.
* '''Exaggerated''': This happens at his coronationparty.
party.
* '''Downplayed''': KingBobTheNthreforms sees his kingdom reformed from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional one, still keeping retaining power but not absolute power.
*'''Justified''': '''Justified''':
* '''Straight''': KingBobTheNth announces one day that he is stepping down as
* '''Exaggerated''': This happens at his coronation
* '''Downplayed''': KingBobTheNth
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** Due to an impending revolution, the King decides it is better to step down in order to quell revolutionary anger and preserve his life.
** KingBobTheNth steps down and retires from public life rather than continue to preside over a people and parliament that has lost confidence in him after a devastating defeat in a war.
** KingBobTheNth steps down and retires from public life rather than continue to preside over a people and parliament that has lost confidence in him after a devastating defeat in a war.
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** Due to an impending revolution, the King decides it is better to step down in order to quell revolutionary anger and preserve his life.
** KingBobTheNth steps down and retires from public life rather than continue to preside over apeople population and parliament that has have lost confidence in him after a devastating defeat in a war.
** KingBobTheNth steps down and retires from public life rather than continue to preside over a
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* '''Zig Zagged''': KingBobTheNth decides he doesn't want to be king anymore, so he announces that he is stepping down.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': KingBobTheNth decides he doesn't want to be king anymore, so he announces that he is stepping down. down.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "I don't wanna be king anymore!"
* '''Invoked''': The pressures of being king are getting to be too much for KingBobTheNth, and it's taking a toll on his health and appearance.
* '''Exploited''': Charles The EvilChancellor tries to get KingBobTheNth to quit, so ''he'' can become king instead.
* '''Defied''': KingBobTheNth knows that just up-and-leaving would be detrimental to the well-being of his country and the people in it, so he just makes an effort to carve out more time for rest and delegates some tasks to his advisors or royal court.
* '''Discussed''': "Oh well, His Majesty was always an ActionHero – never the one for the crown."
* '''Invoked''': The pressures of being king are getting to be too much for KingBobTheNth, and it's taking a toll on his health and appearance.
* '''Exploited''': Charles The EvilChancellor tries to get KingBobTheNth to quit, so ''he'' can become king instead.
* '''Defied''': KingBobTheNth knows that just up-and-leaving would be detrimental to the well-being of his country and the people in it, so he just makes an effort to carve out more time for rest and delegates some tasks to his advisors or royal court.
* '''Discussed''': "Oh well, His Majesty was always an ActionHero – never the one for the crown."
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* '''Lampshaded''': "I don't wanna want to be king anymore!"
anymore!"
* '''Invoked''': The pressures of being king are getting to be too much for KingBobTheNth, and it's taking a toll on his health andappearance.
appearance.
* '''Exploited''': CharlesThe the EvilChancellor tries to get KingBobTheNth to quit, so ''he'' can become king instead.
instead.
* '''Defied''': KingBobTheNth knows that just up-and-leaving would be detrimental to the well-being of his country and the people in it, so he just makes an effort to carve out more time for rest and delegates some tasks to his advisors or royalcourt.
court.
* '''Discussed''': "Oh well, His Majesty was always an ActionHero– -- never the one for the crown."
* '''Invoked''': The pressures of being king are getting to be too much for KingBobTheNth, and it's taking a toll on his health and
* '''Exploited''': Charles
* '''Defied''': KingBobTheNth knows that just up-and-leaving would be detrimental to the well-being of his country and the people in it, so he just makes an effort to carve out more time for rest and delegates some tasks to his advisors or royal
* '''Discussed''': "Oh well, His Majesty was always an ActionHero
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* '''Reconstructed''': ...Until RightfulKingReturns (in whose favor Bob has abdicated).
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* '''Reconstructed''': ...Until the RightfulKingReturns (in whose favor Bob has abdicated).abdicated).
* '''Implied''': When Alice addresses Bob as "Your Majesty", he says, "No longer."
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* '''Implied''': When Alice addresses Bob as "Your Majesty", he says, "No longer."
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** KingBobTheNth steps down and retires from public life rather than continue to preside over a people and parliament that has lost confidence in him after a devastating defeat in a war.
** Troperia's parliament is about to pass a law that clearly has popular support but KingBobTheNth staunchly opposes for personal reasons. Rather than leave his country's government deadlocked potentially for years and realizing he is only delaying the inevitable since the other side can just wait until he dies and pass it anyway, King Bob decides to spare his country the headache and abdicate so that he won't have to personally give royal assent to a law he can't support.
** Troperia's parliament is about to pass a law that clearly has popular support but KingBobTheNth staunchly opposes for personal reasons. Rather than leave his country's government deadlocked potentially for years and realizing he is only delaying the inevitable since the other side can just wait until he dies and pass it anyway, King Bob decides to spare his country the headache and abdicate so that he won't have to personally give royal assent to a law he can't support.
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* '''Justified''': KingBobTheNth realizes he isn't suited for the role.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** KingBobTheNth realizes he isn't suited for the role.
** KingBobTheNth realizes he isn't suited for the role.
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* '''Basic Trope''': A king (or queen) decides that he/she doesn't want to be king (or queen) anymore.
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* '''Discussed''': ???
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* '''Deconstructed''': KingBobTheNth abdicates The throne, plunging Tropestan into a SuccessionCrisis. This sets off a chain of events that results in the fall of the kingdom.
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': KingBobTheNth abdicates The throne, plunging Tropestan into a SuccessionCrisis. This sets off a chain of events that results in the fall of the kingdom.
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* '''Discussed''': ???
"Oh well, His Majesty was always an ActionHero – never the one for the crown."
* '''Conversed''':???
"The film has told us republics are better. Nine times already. What else do you expect?"
* '''Deconstructed''': KingBobTheNth abdicatesThe the throne, plunging Tropestan into a SuccessionCrisis. This sets off a chain of events that results in the fall of the kingdom.kingdom.
* '''Reconstructed''': ...Until RightfulKingReturns (in whose favor Bob has abdicated).
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Deconstructed''': KingBobTheNth abdicates
* '''Reconstructed''': ...Until RightfulKingReturns (in whose favor Bob has abdicated).
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* '''Conversed''': ???
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* '''Conversed''': ??????
* '''Deconstructed''': KingBobTheNth abdicates The throne, plunging Tropestan into a SuccessionCrisis. This sets off a chain of events that results in the fall of the kingdom.
* '''Deconstructed''': KingBobTheNth abdicates The throne, plunging Tropestan into a SuccessionCrisis. This sets off a chain of events that results in the fall of the kingdom.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
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* '''Downplayed''': ???KingBobTheNth reforms his kingdom from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional one, still keeping power but not absolute power.
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* '''Enforced''': ???The actor playing KingBobTheNth leaves the show, and killing him off won't work due to the plot or because it's a show for young children.
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** Due to an impending revolution, the King decides it is better to step down in order to quell revolutionary anger and preserve his life.
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*'''Basic Trope''': A king (or queen) decides that he/she doesn't want to be king (or queen) anymore.
*'''Straight''': KingBobTheNth announces one day that he is stepping down as king.
*'''Exaggerated''': This happens at his coronation party.
*'''Downplayed''': ???
*'''Justified''': KingBobTheNth realizes he isn't suited for the role.
** Tropestan is an ElectiveMonarchy, and Bob was elected king...except he never even ''wanted'' to be (or tried to get) elected in the first place.
** KingBobTheNth wants to marry a commoner named Alice, but his advisors won't have it, and he chooses her over the throne.
** Being king is ''hard'', and KingBobTheNth decided it was too much work and too much stress.
** KingBobTheNth has health problems, and decides to step down so he can focus on getting better, instead of running the country.
** KingBobTheNth is getting elderly, and has decided (or his advisors have decided) that he is too old to rule effectively.
*'''Inverted''': RagsToRoyalty
*'''Subverted''': KingBobTheNth is just going on vacation.
** KingBobTheNth is leaving Queen Alice in charge, to prevent a SuccessionCrisis.
** KingInTheMountain
** KingBobTheNth [[OfferedTheCrown offers his friend and advisor Dave the crown]].
*'''Double Subverted''': He decides to make it a ''[[PerpetualTourist permanent]]'' [[PerpetualTourist vacation]].
** He's divorcing her, and giving her the kingdom to protect it, so that he can go off and marry TheMistress without the country going to pieces as a result.
** He's a long time coming back.
** Dave refuses, but KingBobTheNth steps down anyway.
*'''Parodied''': The position of King of Tropestan has a HighTurnoverRate.
*'''Zig Zagged''': KingBobTheNth decides he doesn't want to be king anymore, so he announces that he is stepping down.
*'''Averted''': Tropestan has no king in the first place.
** KingBobTheNth never leaves the throne.
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''': "I don't wanna be king anymore!"
*'''Invoked''': The pressures of being king are getting to be too much for KingBobTheNth, and it's taking a toll on his health and appearance.
*'''Exploited''': Charles The EvilChancellor tries to get KingBobTheNth to quit, so ''he'' can become king instead.
*'''Defied''': KingBobTheNth knows that just up-and-leaving would be detrimental to the well-being of his country and the people in it, so he just makes an effort to carve out more time for rest and delegates some tasks to his advisors or royal court.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???
*'''Straight''': KingBobTheNth announces one day that he is stepping down as king.
*'''Exaggerated''': This happens at his coronation party.
*'''Downplayed''': ???
*'''Justified''': KingBobTheNth realizes he isn't suited for the role.
** Tropestan is an ElectiveMonarchy, and Bob was elected king...except he never even ''wanted'' to be (or tried to get) elected in the first place.
** KingBobTheNth wants to marry a commoner named Alice, but his advisors won't have it, and he chooses her over the throne.
** Being king is ''hard'', and KingBobTheNth decided it was too much work and too much stress.
** KingBobTheNth has health problems, and decides to step down so he can focus on getting better, instead of running the country.
** KingBobTheNth is getting elderly, and has decided (or his advisors have decided) that he is too old to rule effectively.
*'''Inverted''': RagsToRoyalty
*'''Subverted''': KingBobTheNth is just going on vacation.
** KingBobTheNth is leaving Queen Alice in charge, to prevent a SuccessionCrisis.
** KingInTheMountain
** KingBobTheNth [[OfferedTheCrown offers his friend and advisor Dave the crown]].
*'''Double Subverted''': He decides to make it a ''[[PerpetualTourist permanent]]'' [[PerpetualTourist vacation]].
** He's divorcing her, and giving her the kingdom to protect it, so that he can go off and marry TheMistress without the country going to pieces as a result.
** He's a long time coming back.
** Dave refuses, but KingBobTheNth steps down anyway.
*'''Parodied''': The position of King of Tropestan has a HighTurnoverRate.
*'''Zig Zagged''': KingBobTheNth decides he doesn't want to be king anymore, so he announces that he is stepping down.
*'''Averted''': Tropestan has no king in the first place.
** KingBobTheNth never leaves the throne.
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''': "I don't wanna be king anymore!"
*'''Invoked''': The pressures of being king are getting to be too much for KingBobTheNth, and it's taking a toll on his health and appearance.
*'''Exploited''': Charles The EvilChancellor tries to get KingBobTheNth to quit, so ''he'' can become king instead.
*'''Defied''': KingBobTheNth knows that just up-and-leaving would be detrimental to the well-being of his country and the people in it, so he just makes an effort to carve out more time for rest and delegates some tasks to his advisors or royal court.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???
