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* '''Deconstructed''': Because Bob is now such a jerk, his friends ditch him, leaving him to suffer alone.
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone [[TookALevelInJerkass becomes a lot crueler]] after suffering from some sort of illness/injury.
* '''Straight''': Bob has a severe illness and is much meaner to people than he used to be.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob develops a nastier personality ''every'' time he's sick/injured, even if it's just a minor ailment such as the common cold.
** Bob was formerly an AllLovingHero, but he becomes outright physically aggressive because of his ailment.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob becomes a little less concerned about what is and what is not appropriate behavior, but doesn't become an outright {{Jerkass}}.
** Bob has the tendency to [[AnnoyingPatient be more whiny and demanding because of his ailment]], but doesn't do anything outright abusive.
** BadMoodAsAnExcuse
* '''Justified''':
** Bob is in pain or is otherwise extremely miserable because of his ailment, and lashes out at people because of this.
** Bob's ailment affects his mental capacities (such as a brain injury, or Alzheimer's disease/dementia), and causes him to not realize what kinds of behavior are inappropriate.
* '''Inverted''': Bob [[TookALevelInKindness becomes a much nicer person]] as the result of his ailment.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Every time Bob gets an ailment as minor as the flu, he becomes a hilariously over-the-top CardCarryingVillain who engages in CartoonishSupervillainy, and then immediately goes back to normal after recovering.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Sometimes Bob is meaner due to his ailment, but sometimes he acts normal or even nicer than usual.
* '''Averted''':
** Bob doesn't become meaner after suffering any sort of ailment.
** Bob doesn't suffer any ailments at all.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Bob [[DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery uses his ailment as an excuse for his cruel behaviors]].
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Bob avoids being mean to people because of his ailment; even if it occasionally causes him to act InnocentlyInsensitive, he apologizes in those instances.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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