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* '''Justified''': Bob is the weakest or least talented member of his group, and he knows it, but he wants to prove his peers how tough he is by going after someone stronger than him.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Bob is the weakest or least talented member of his group, and he knows it, but he wants to prove his peers how tough he is by going after someone stronger than him.him.
** Bob hasn't adjusted to the fact that he's [[NormalFishInATinyPond no longer in a tiny pond]]
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** Bob is such a shameless braggart and so heavily goads people into fighting him yet when he gets hit he gets a VillainousBreakdown.

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** Bob is such a shameless braggart and so heavily goads people into fighting him yet when he gets hit just once he gets a VillainousBreakdown.VillainousBreakdown, complete with InelegantBlubbering and [[IWantMyMommy crying for his mommy]].

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'''Basic Trope''': A character who tends to have confidence and brags about their fight skills, but they lack anything in the way to try and back it up when pressed into an actual fight.
* '''Straight''': Bob is a braggart who brags about being a {{badass}} and tries to prove it by attacking [[ActionGirl Marcy]], only to get his ass kicked by her.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is a megalomaniac and [[AGodAmI considers himself to be omnipotent]], only to get [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by a newbie.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character who tends to have confidence is overconfident in and brags about their fight fighting skills, but they lack lacks anything in the way to try and back it up when pressed into an actual fight.
* '''Straight''': Bob is a braggart who brags about being a {{badass}} and tries to prove it by attacking [[ActionGirl Marcy]], only to get his ass kicked by her when he fights her.
* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Bob is a megalomaniac and who [[AGodAmI considers himself to be omnipotent]], only to get [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by a newbie.newbie.
** Bob is such a shameless braggart and so heavily goads people into fighting him yet when he gets hit he gets a VillainousBreakdown.
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'''Basic Trope''': A person who talks and acts like a big shot but is shown to be a weakling underneath all that bravado when engaged in a fight.

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'''Basic Trope''': A person character who talks tends to have confidence and acts like a big shot brags about their fight skills, but is shown they lack anything in the way to be a weakling underneath all that bravado try and back it up when engaged in a pressed into an actual fight.
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%%* '''Played For Drama''': Bob frequently getting into fights despite being trounced at ultimately kills him.

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%%* * '''Played For Drama''': Bob frequently getting into fights despite being trounced at every time ultimately kills him.
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Brag and get you ass kicked like a BoisterousWeakling.

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Brag and get you your ass kicked like a BoisterousWeakling.
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Brag and get you ass kicked DirtyCoward.

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Brag and get you ass kicked DirtyCoward.like a BoisterousWeakling.
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'''Basic Trope''': A person who talks and acts like a big shot but is shown to be a weakling underneath all that bravado when engaged in a fight.
* '''Straight''': Bob is a braggart who brags about being a {{badass}} and tries to prove it by attacking [[ActionGirl Marcy]], only to get his ass kicked by her.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is a megalomaniac and [[AGodAmI considers himself to be omnipotent]], only to get [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by a newbie.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob ''is'' a capable fighter but tends to be over his head at times.
** Bob ''is'' a capable fighter but he's OvershadowedByAwesome.
* '''Justified''': Bob is the weakest or least talented member of his group, and he knows it, but he wants to prove his peers how tough he is by going after someone stronger than him.
* '''Inverted''':
** Bob is the WorldsStrongestMan but is deferent to the point of being an ExtremeDoormat.
** SmugSuper
** CowardlyLion
%%* '''Subverted''':???
%%* '''Double Subverted''':???
* '''Parodied''': Bob always acts and talks loud but is ultimately a HarmlessVillain.
%%* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** Bob can back up his bravado with his strength.
** Bob isn't a braggart.
* '''Enforced''': "We need an egomaniac who can talk hits but can't take nor dish any."
* '''Lampshaded''': "You again? Haven't I kicked your ass enough times?"
%%* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Emperor Evulz goads Bob into fighting him by taking advantage of his ego, knowing well that he can easily trounce him.
* '''Defied''': Bob knows that he's weak and decides not to take on someone that he has no hope of winning against.
%%* '''Discussed''': ???
%%* '''Conversed''': "Bob is eager to fight despite getting trounced at. I bet he'll get killed eventually."
%%* '''Implied''': ??
%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': Bob frequently getting into fights despite being trounced at ultimately kills him.
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Brag and get you ass kicked DirtyCoward.
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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