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* '''Straight''': Bob berates himself for letting his team down when he was too late to save [[TheLancer Charlie]]. [[TheChick Alice]] yells at Bob for being sorry for himself.

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* '''Straight''': Bob berates himself for letting his team down when he was too late to save [[TheLancer Charlie]]. [[TheChick [[TheHeart Alice]] yells at Bob for being sorry for himself.

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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Going into GetAHoldOfYourselfMan territory, Alice slaps Bob and says that he ISN'T the worst. The secondary slap stirring up response?
-->Bob: Oh right. You exist.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob calls himself an idiot for making a small mistake. Alice quickly tells him that he's not.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Bob calls himself an idiot for making a small mistake. Alice quickly tells him that he's not.not.
** After snapping at or slapping Bob, Alice gives a more docile YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech and hugs him.

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* '''Enforced''': The writers needed to resolve Bob's HeroicBSOD.

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* '''Enforced''': The writers needed to resolve Bob's HeroicBSOD.HeroicBSOD by having Alice be firm with him.



* '''Defied''': Alice lets Bob wallow in self pity.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Alice lets Bob wallow in self pity.pity.
** Alice avoids being harsh with Bob knowing that he'll take it the wrong way.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob mopes about how everything would be better if he just died. Alice [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slaps him across the face]], angrily telling him to stop wallowing in despair.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob mopes about how everything would be better if he just died. Alice [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slaps him across the face]], angrily telling him to [[QuitYourWhining stop wallowing in despair.]]
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** Alice is worried about Bob's self-confidence, but due to her nature, [[AngerBornOfWorry it comes out pretty rough.]]
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Alice [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech deliberately berates Bob for his flaws]], but as Bob's a CommanderContrarian, his first response is to defend himself. In doing so, Alice forces Bob to realize this, even though doing so was never really her intent. Afterwards, he thanks her for it, much to her confusion.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob calls himself an idiot for making a small mistake. Alice quickly tells him that he's not.



* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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** Alice knows that Bob is a good man, but constantly needs to be reminded how good he is.
* '''Inverted''': ???
Bob begins to boast about how awesome he is, which prompts Alice to harshly [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech put him down]].
* '''Subverted''': ???
Bob berates himself for letting Charlie die. Alice yells at him not to beat himself up over it...[[BaitAndSwitch Let her do it]].
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Alice tells Bob all of his flaws, but then tells him how he was able to overcome all of them and will continue to do so.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The writers needed to resolve Bob's HeroicBSOD.



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Alice lets Bob wallow in self pity.



* '''Deconstructed''': Though Alice meant well, the harsh way in which she chooses to build Bob up only degrades his already diminishing self esteem, thus leading him into a [[DrivenToSuicide suicidal depression]].



%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
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'''Basic Trope''': Telling a character to stop putting themselves down in a harsh manner.
*'''Straight''': Bob berates himself for letting his team down when he was too late to save [[TheLancer Charlie]]. [[TheChick Alice]] yells at Bob for being sorry for himself.
*'''Exaggerated''': Bob mopes about how everything would be better if he just died. Alice [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slaps him across the face]], angrily telling him to stop wallowing in despair.
*'''Downplayed''': ???
*'''Justified''':
** Bob's constant self-pitying made Alice lose patience in him.
** Alice is a {{Tsundere}}. This is how she normally reacts to those who are down.
*'''Inverted''': ???
*'''Subverted''': ???
*'''Double Subverted''': ???
*'''Parodied''': ???
*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': Alice consoles Bob without being harsh with him.
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''': ???
*'''Invoked''': ???
*'''Exploited''': ???
*'''Defied''': ???
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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