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** Alice [[IrrationalHatred has a literally insane amount of hatred for Bob]] and being her boss supplies her with an outlet.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice yells, insults, assaults, demotes, [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity threatens to fire]] and even attempts to murder Bob every day, but she's nice to everyone else.
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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice yells, insults, assaults, demotes, [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity threatens to fire]] and even attempts to murder Bob every day, but she's nice to everyoneelse.else.
** Alice is a MeanBoss and/or a BadBoss to the whole employee roster, but Bob is the only one she treats like [[LeonineContract his contract had a clause that legally made him her slave for life]].
** Alice yells, insults, assaults, demotes, [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity threatens to fire]] and even attempts to murder Bob every day, but she's nice to everyone
** Alice is a MeanBoss and/or a BadBoss to the whole employee roster, but Bob is the only one she treats like [[LeonineContract his contract had a clause that legally made him her slave for life]].
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* '''Played for Horror''': Alice secretly harbors a desire to kill Bob. All the horrible treatment is her building up to the moment she will finally "[[DeadlyEuphemism fire]]" him.
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* '''Played for Horror''': Horror''':
** Alice secretly harbors a desire to kill Bob. All the horrible treatment is her building up to the moment she will finally "[[DeadlyEuphemism fire]]"him.him.
** The degree of abuse Alice tosses at Bob is quickly revealed to be a sign of mental derangement, and [[SanitySlippage it's only going to get worse]].
** Alice's abuse of Bob has some very deliberate resemblance to slavery.
** Alice secretly harbors a desire to kill Bob. All the horrible treatment is her building up to the moment she will finally "[[DeadlyEuphemism fire]]"
** The degree of abuse Alice tosses at Bob is quickly revealed to be a sign of mental derangement, and [[SanitySlippage it's only going to get worse]].
** Alice's abuse of Bob has some very deliberate resemblance to slavery.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice admits that she treats Bob harshly because he has the most potential; the fact that he hasn't tried to quit shows that he's passed her SecretTestOfCharacter, and Alice promotes him.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice admits that she [[CruelToBeKind treats Bob harshly because he has the most potential; potential]]; the fact that he hasn't tried to quit shows that he's passed her SecretTestOfCharacter, and Alice promotes him.
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** Alice does make some attempts to be nice to Bob, but their personalities just clash too much, leaving Alice still instinctively cold towards him.
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** [[BullyingTheDragon Bob publicly defied, slighted, or belittled Alice's authority.]] Alice thus decides to MakeAnExampleOfThem so no other employee gets ideas.
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** [[BullyingTheDragon Bob publicly defied, slighted, or belittled Alice's authority.]] Alice thus decides to MakeAnExampleOfThem so no the other employee gets ideas.employees know to stay on her good side.
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** [[BullyingTheDragon Bob publicly defied, crossed or mocked Alice's authority.]] Alice thus decides to MakeAnExampleOfThem so no other employee gets ideas.
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** [[BullyingTheDragon Bob publicly defied, crossed slighted, or mocked belittled Alice's authority.]] Alice thus decides to MakeAnExampleOfThem so no other employee gets ideas.
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** Bob publicly defied, crossed or mocked Alice's authority. Alice thus decides to MakeAnExampleOfThem so no other employee gets ideas.
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** [[BullyingTheDragon Bob publicly defied, crossed or mocked Alice's authority. authority.]] Alice thus decides to MakeAnExampleOfThem so no other employee gets ideas.
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** Bob publicly defied, crossed or mocked Alice's authority. Alice thus decides to MakeAnExampleOutOfThem so no other employee gets ideas.
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** Bob publicly defied, crossed or mocked Alice's authority. Alice thus decides to MakeAnExampleOutOfThem MakeAnExampleOfThem so no other employee gets ideas.
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** Bob publicly defied, crossed or mocked Alice's authority. Alice thus decides to MakeAnExampleOutOfThem so no other employee gets ideas.
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** Bob is an incompetent worker [[EnragedByIdiocy which sets Alice off endlessly.]]
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** Bob is an incompetent worker [[EnragedByIdiocy which sets Alice off endlessly.]]]] The other workers are functional enough not to press her buttons.
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** Alice is TheAllegedBoss. She lacks the backbone to assert authority on her other more domineering employees, [[TheChainOfHarm so takes it out on Bob consistently]].
** Alice holds a grudge against Bob, eg. he conned, bullied or cheated on her in the past. Now circumstances leave Bob serving under a vengeful employer.
** Alice holds a grudge against Bob, eg. he conned, bullied or cheated on her in the past. Now circumstances leave Bob serving under a vengeful employer.
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** Bob is incompetent, lazy, toxic, and/or insubordinate, but for legal reasons cannot be fired. Alice is deliberately trying to make Bob's life as miserable as possible in the hopes of getting him to quit.
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** Bob is not in a position to quit, and Alice knows that the HR head also hates him and will ignore any complaints he submits. Alice is thus free to indulge her sadistic tendencies on Bob because he cannot retaliate in any way.
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* '''Straight''': Alice is the CEO of TropeCo/TropeCo and treats all her employees well, [[JerkassToOne except for Bob whom she finds every opportunity to belittle and demean him.]]
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* '''Straight''': Alice is the CEO of TropeCo/TropeCo and treats all her employees well, [[JerkassToOne except for Bob whom she finds every opportunity to belittle and demean him.demean.]]
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'''Basic Trope''': A boss who treats all of their employees well, except for one.
* '''Straight''': Alice is the CEO of Trope Inc. and treats all of her employees well, [[JerkassToOne except for Bob whom she finds every opportunity to belittle and demean him.]]
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice yells, insults, assaults, demotes, [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity threatens to fire]] and even attempts to murder Bob every single day, but she's nice to everyone else.
* '''Straight''': Alice is the CEO of Trope Inc. and treats all of her employees well, [[JerkassToOne except for Bob whom she finds every opportunity to belittle and demean him.]]
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice yells, insults, assaults, demotes, [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity threatens to fire]] and even attempts to murder Bob every single day, but she's nice to everyone else.
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'''Basic Trope''': A boss who treats all of their employees well, except for one.
* '''Straight''': Alice is the CEO ofTrope Inc. TropeCo/TropeCo and treats all of her employees well, [[JerkassToOne except for Bob whom she finds every opportunity to belittle and demean him.]]
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice yells, insults, assaults, demotes, [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity threatens to fire]] and even attempts to murder Bob everysingle day, but she's nice to everyone else.
* '''Straight''': Alice is the CEO of
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice yells, insults, assaults, demotes, [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity threatens to fire]] and even attempts to murder Bob every
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* '''Subverted''': Alice admits that she treats Bob harshly because he has the most potential; the fact that he hasn't tried to quit shows that he's passed her SecretTestOfCharacter, and Alice and promotes him.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice admits that she treats Bob harshly because he has the most potential; the fact that he hasn't tried to quit shows that he's passed her SecretTestOfCharacter, and Alice and promotes him.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice's bullying of Bob only goes as far [[StupidDoodooHead as childish insults]] and blowing raspberries.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some days Alice bullies Bob, some days she is willing to give Bob a lot of slack and support, some days she is willing to fire him for being two seconds late, some days she allows a nice bonus on his paycheck. Some days it's out of [[{{Tsundere}} a desire to be nice to him but not knowing how]] and some days it's unrelenting hatred and [[BaitTheDog giving him a reason to stay in the company so she can continue to make him suffer.]]
* '''Averted''': Alice treats Bob and the rest of her employees equally kindly or badly.
* '''Enforced''': The writers wish to write an office-space drama or BlackComedy and a sure-fire way to create tension is by having a boss that is ill-tempered towards the protagonist [[IrrationalHatred even if it makes no damn sense.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some days Alice bullies Bob, some days she is willing to give Bob a lot of slack and support, some days she is willing to fire him for being two seconds late, some days she allows a nice bonus on his paycheck. Some days it's out of [[{{Tsundere}} a desire to be nice to him but not knowing how]] and some days it's unrelenting hatred and [[BaitTheDog giving him a reason to stay in the company so she can continue to make him suffer.]]
* '''Averted''': Alice treats Bob and the rest of her employees equally kindly or badly.
* '''Enforced''': The writers wish to write an office-space drama or BlackComedy and a sure-fire way to create tension is by having a boss that is ill-tempered towards the protagonist [[IrrationalHatred even if it makes no damn sense.]]
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* '''Parodied''': Alice's bullying of Bob only goes as far [[StupidDoodooHead [[BigStupidDoodooHead as childish insults]] and [[BlowingARaspberry blowing raspberries.
raspberries]].
*'''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Some days Alice bullies Bob, some days she is willing to give Bob a lot of slack and support, some days she is willing to fire him for being two seconds late, some days she allows a nice bonus on his paycheck. Some days it's out of [[{{Tsundere}} a desire to be nice to him but not knowing how]] and some days it's unrelenting hatred and [[BaitTheDog giving him a reason to stay in the company so she can continue to make him suffer.]]
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* '''Enforced''': The writers wish to write an office-space drama or BlackComedy and asure-fire surefire way to create tension is by having a boss that who is ill-tempered towards the protagonist [[IrrationalHatred even if it makes no damn sense.]]
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* '''Averted''': Alice treats Bob and the rest of her employees equally kindly or
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* '''Invoked''': Alice and Bob are placed in the same office, knowing that Alice hates Bob more than [[JerkassToOne she hates everybody else]].
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* '''Invoked''': Alice and Bob AliceAndBob are placed in the same office, knowing that Alice hates Bob more than [[JerkassToOne she hates everybody else]].
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* '''Defied''': "I wish to make perfectly clear, boss, that being mistreated like we were in a school yard is grounds for an official review, firing and maybe even a lawsuit, and every time you so much as give the the evil eye is being recorded in the building's surveillance video, right?"
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* '''Defied''': "I wish to "I'll make it perfectly clear, boss, that being mistreated like we were as if we're in a school yard is grounds for an official review, firing and maybe even a lawsuit, and every time you so much as give the the evil eye is being recorded in the building's surveillance video, right?"
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice (mis)treatment of Bob is a {{Homage}} to old Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice's mistreatment of Bob has led to borderline hospital-stay levels of overworking and lawsuits.
* '''Played For Horror''': Alice secretly harbors a desire to kill Bob. All of the horrible treatment is her building up to the moment she will finally "[[DeadlyEuphemism fire]]" him.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice's mistreatment of Bob has led to borderline hospital-stay levels of overworking and lawsuits.
* '''Played For Horror''': Alice secretly harbors a desire to kill Bob. All of the horrible treatment is her building up to the moment she will finally "[[DeadlyEuphemism fire]]" him.
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* '''Played For for Laughs''': Alice (mis)treatment of Bob is a {{Homage}} to old Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
* '''PlayedFor for Drama''': Alice's mistreatment of Bob has led to borderline hospital-stay levels of overworking and lawsuits.
* '''PlayedFor for Horror''': Alice secretly harbors a desire to kill Bob. All of the horrible treatment is her building up to the moment she will finally "[[DeadlyEuphemism fire]]" him.
* '''Deconstructed''': Even if Trope Co. [[VetinariJobSecurity wouldn't function without Bob]], he can only take so much abuse before he's driven to quit.
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** Bob is a masochist.
** Bob doesn't qualify for public assistance, no other company will hire him, and his attempts at self-employment don't pan out, so he reluctantly reapplies for his old job, where Alice resumes tormenting him.
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* '''Played
* '''Deconstructed''': Even if Trope Co. [[VetinariJobSecurity wouldn't function without Bob]], he can only take so much abuse before he's driven to quit.
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** Bob is a masochist.
** Bob doesn't qualify for public assistance, no other company will hire him, and his attempts at self-employment don't pan out, so he reluctantly reapplies for his old job, where Alice resumes tormenting him.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice admits that she has no place giving Bob crap to such a caliber and promotes him.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice admits that she treats Bob harshly because he has no place giving Bob crap the most potential; the fact that he hasn't tried to such a caliber quit shows that he's passed her SecretTestOfCharacter, and Alice and promotes him.
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Alice's bullying of Bob only goes as far [[StupidDoodooHead as childish insults]] and blowing raspberries.
* '''Zig Zagged''':???Some days Alice bullies Bob, some days she is willing to give Bob a lot of slack and support, some days she is willing to fire him for being two seconds late, some days she allows a nice bonus on his paycheck. Some days it's out of [[{{Tsundere}} a desire to be nice to him but not knowing how]] and some days it's unrelenting hatred and [[BaitTheDog giving him a reason to stay in the company so she can continue to make him suffer.]]
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Alice and Bob are placed in the same office, knowing that Alice hates Bob more than [[JerkassToOne she hates everybody else]].
* '''Exploited''':???[[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Will]] enters the company Alice and Bob work at, knowing that Alice's hatred of Bob will allow him to continue to bully Bob.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice (mis)treatment of Bob is a {{Homage}} to old Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice's mistreatment of Bob has led to borderline hospital-stay levels of overworking and lawsuits.
* '''Played For Horror''': Alice secretly harbors a desire to kill Bob. All of the horrible treatment is her building up to the moment she will finally "[[DeadlyEuphemism fire]]" him.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice's mistreatment of Bob has led to borderline hospital-stay levels of overworking and lawsuits.
* '''Played For Horror''': Alice secretly harbors a desire to kill Bob. All of the horrible treatment is her building up to the moment she will finally "[[DeadlyEuphemism fire]]" him.
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* '''Implied''': One of the most visible personalized features of the boss' cookie-cutter high-end professional office is a DartboardOfHate with Bob's picture dangling by the door, where anybody that is not prepared could be hit by a dart as they come in...
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice yells, insults, assaults, and even attempts to murder Bob every single day, but she's nice to everyone else.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice yells, insults, assaults, demotes, [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity threatens to fire]] and even attempts to murder Bob every single day, but she's nice to everyone else.
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* '''Double Subverted''':???[[BaitTheDog The promotion was to "Official Ball-Licker" and she leads the other thousand employees within the building in a mocking chorus]] of "Quit Bob Now!! Quit Bob Now!! Quit Bob Now!!! Quit Bob Now!!"
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* '''Discussed''': ???"Seeing how Bob is the only employee that Alice mistreats, maybe he should quit."
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'''Basic Trope''': A boss who treats all of his employees well, except for one.
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'''Basic Trope''': A boss who treats all of his their employees well, except for one.
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'''Basic Trope''': A boss who treats all of his employees well, except for one.
*'''Straight''': Alice is the CEO of Trope Inc. and treats all of her employees well, [[JerkassToOne except for Bob whom she finds every opportunity to belittle and demean him.]]
*'''Exaggerated''': Alice yells, insults, assaults, and even attempts to murder Bob every single day, but she's nice to everyone else.
*'''Downplayed''': Alice is fairly nice to everyone, but is a bit harsh on Bob.
*'''Justified''':
** Bob is an incompetent worker [[EnragedByIdiocy which sets Alice off endlessly.]]
** Bob is the ProfessionalSlacker. Alice can't stand having to put up with a lazy employee.
** Alice thinks that Bob, even if he's a decent worker, doesn't fit her "standards" of being an employee.
** Alice is bigoted towards Bob who is from a different race or country.
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*'''Exaggerated''': Alice yells, insults, assaults, and even attempts to murder Bob every single day, but she's nice to everyone else.
*'''Downplayed''': Alice is fairly nice to everyone, but is a bit harsh on Bob.
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** Bob is an incompetent worker [[EnragedByIdiocy which sets Alice off endlessly.]]
** Bob is the ProfessionalSlacker. Alice can't stand having to put up with a lazy employee.
** Alice thinks that Bob, even if he's a decent worker, doesn't fit her "standards" of being an employee.
** Alice is bigoted towards Bob who is from a different race or country.
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