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* '''Straight''': Bob has the tendency to be impressed by things such as basic household appliances.

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Bob has the tendency to be impressed by things such as basic household appliances.



* '''Exaggerated''': Bob could spend hours learning about anything mundane at all, such as breathing.

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Bob could spend hours learning about anything mundane at all, such as breathing.



* '''Downplayed''': Bob often finds more mildly interesting things a lot more interesting than he should.

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Bob often finds more mildly interesting things a lot more interesting than he should.



* '''Lampshaded''': Bob gets his mind blown by an action show for kids. His partner Carl questions why he's so enamoured with it when they both [[ButForMeItWasTuesday are top agents for an organization that fights off alien invasions]].

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* '''Lampshaded''': Bob gets his mind blown by an action show for kids. His partner Carl Clay questions why he's so enamoured with it when they both [[ButForMeItWasTuesday are top agents for an organization that fights off alien invasions]].



* '''Discussed''': Alice and Carl discuss how Bob lately has been getting impressed by the most mundane and silly of things.

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* '''Discussed''': Alice and Carl Clay discuss how Bob lately has been getting impressed by the most mundane and silly of things.



** Bob: "Yo Alice, have ya ever noticed how some characters in fiction seem SO easy to impress?"
** Alice: "What do you mean?"
** Bob: "Well often, works seem to have particular characters that get blown away by things just about all other characters aren't all that amazed by. Like when you see that one kid at school in a show that gets awestruck by everything their boring teacher says while everyone else groans."
** Alice: "OH RIGHT! Ya now I know what ya mean. Ya done well, it often makes for a pretty funny and endearing way of presenting a character as more whimsical and naive than their peers."
** Bob: "Yep! [[TropesAreTools Done wrong]], too many characters getting easily impressed can make the story seemed too contrived. But done well, it can really help a character stand out and even lead to fun antics or even CharacterDevelopment!"

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** Bob: --> '''Bob''': "Yo Alice, have ya ever noticed how some characters in fiction seem SO easy to impress?"
** Alice: --> '''Alice''': "What do you mean?"
** Bob: --> '''Bob''': "Well often, works seem to have particular characters that get blown away by things just about all other characters aren't all that amazed by. Like when you see that one kid at school in a show that gets awestruck by everything their boring teacher says while everyone else groans."
** Alice: --> '''Alice''': "OH RIGHT! Ya now I know what ya mean. Ya done well, it often makes for a pretty funny and endearing way of presenting a character as more whimsical and naive than their peers."
** Bob: --> '''Bob''': "Yep! [[TropesAreTools Done wrong]], too many characters getting easily impressed can make the story seemed too contrived. But done well, it can really help a character stand out and even lead to fun antics or even CharacterDevelopment!"
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** Alice is impressed by a 78% partial solar eclipse. It gets darker, like thick clouds in front of the sun darker, but it's not awe-inspiring for anyone else. Most people just find it a little cool.


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** Alice is so impressed by a 50% partial solar eclipse she has tears streaming down her face and is at a loss for words. It's just slightly darker, like as if a cloud were in front of the sun. She even says "I get now why people say solar eclipses are life changing", half the people are unaware one even happened.


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** Alice is impressed by a 95% partial solar eclipse. It gets much darker, like as if the sky were overcast with the sun shining faintly, most people think it's really cool but are surprised by how awed Alice was by it.


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** Alice is an astronomy geek so even partial eclipses are mindblowing to her.


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** Alice finds a total solar eclipse boring because it's just "the moon passing in front of the sun"
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** Bob: "Well often, works seem to have particular characters that get blown away by things just about all other characters aren't all that amazed by. Like when you see that one kid at school in a show that gets awestruck by everything their boring teacher says while everyone else groans,"

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** Bob: "Well often, works seem to have particular characters that get blown away by things just about all other characters aren't all that amazed by. Like when you see that one kid at school in a show that gets awestruck by everything their boring teacher says while everyone else groans,"groans."
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* '''Double Subverted''': Bob seems impressed with Alice's art dull art but then reveals to her he was just pretending to [[{{Jerkass}} mess with her]]. Then later Bob walks up to sad Alice painting...and then bursts into tears admitting he ''loved'' her art all along! [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold He was just too proud to admit it earlier]].

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* '''Double Subverted''': Bob seems impressed with Alice's art dull art but then reveals to her he was just pretending to [[{{Jerkass}} mess with her]]. Then later Bob walks up to a sad Alice painting...making more paintings...and then bursts surprises her by bursting into tears and admitting he ''loved'' her art all along! along which! [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold He was just too proud to admit it earlier]].
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* '''Lampshaded''': Bob gets his mind blown by an action show for kids. His partner Carl questions why he's so enamoured with it when they both [[ButForMeItWasTuesday are top agents for organization that fights of alien invasions]].

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* '''Lampshaded''': Bob gets his mind blown by an action show for kids. His partner Carl questions why he's so enamoured with it when they both [[ButForMeItWasTuesday are top agents for an organization that fights of off alien invasions]].
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** Bob: "Yep! Done wrong, too many characters getting easily impressed can make the story seemed to contrived. But done well, it can really help a character stand out and even lead to fun antics or even CharacterDevelopment!"

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** Bob: "Yep! [[TropesAreTools Done wrong, wrong]], too many characters getting easily impressed can make the story seemed to too contrived. But done well, it can really help a character stand out and even lead to fun antics or even CharacterDevelopment!"

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Bob seems to be impressed with a bunch of mundane activities but later reveals he was [[ObfuscatingStupidity just pretending]] to make others feel better.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
Bob seems impressed with Alice's art dull art but then reveals to her he was just pretending to [[{{Jerkass}} mess with her]]. Then later Bob walks up to sad Alice painting...and then bursts into tears admitting he ''loved'' her art all along! [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold He was just too proud to admit it earlier]].
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Alice chuckles at how silly the idea of a man that can be impressed by anything is. Then Bob, who states he also goes by the name "Mr. Impressed", bursts into the office and immediately shows glee and awe at everything in sight.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???Bob gets impressed by some mundane things early on only to eventually find them uninteresting. But then his friends show him some new stuff which almost make him faint in awe. And then 10 seconds later [[PhysicalGod god appears before him]] and he just shrugs it off. Determined to get his attention, God tells Bob what his 10th birthday wish was and Bob's mind is literally ''blown'' by this "feat".



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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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Bob has to be easily impressed with all the products shown in a commericial to help his company sell them.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???Bob gets his mind blown by an action show for kids. His partner Carl questions why he's so enamoured with it when they both [[ButForMeItWasTuesday are top agents for organization that fights of alien invasions]].



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* '''Exploited''': ???
Alice knows Bob is easily impressed by insect stuff so she plays a video of a guy caring for a simple ant farm while she sneaks by him.
* '''Defied''': ???
Bob knows he gets easily impressed by card tricks but uses his HeroicResolve to not allow the evil magician to capture his imagination and fool him.
* '''Discussed''': ???
Alice and Carl discuss how Bob lately has been getting impressed by the most mundane and silly of things.
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** Bob: "Yo Alice, have ya ever noticed how some characters in fiction seem SO easy to impress?"
** Alice: "What do you mean?"
** Bob: "Well often, works seem to have particular characters that get blown away by things just about all other characters aren't all that amazed by. Like when you see that one kid at school in a show that gets awestruck by everything their boring teacher says while everyone else groans,"
** Alice: "OH RIGHT! Ya now I know what ya mean. Ya done well, it often makes for a pretty funny and endearing way of presenting a character as more whimsical and naive than their peers."
** Bob: "Yep! Done wrong, too many characters getting easily impressed can make the story seemed to contrived. But done well, it can really help a character stand out and even lead to fun antics or even CharacterDevelopment!"
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** Bob is a CountryMouse… they may be mundane for New York, but not for his hometown in Arkansas.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob is bored by even the most exciting things.

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Bob is bored by even the most exciting things.things.
** WorthlessYellowRocks.



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* '''Invoked''': ???ThisIsMyBoomstick.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character who is impressed by mundane things.
* '''Straight''': Bob has the tendency to be impressed by things such as basic household appliances.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob could spend hours learning about anything mundane at all, such as breathing.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob often finds more mildly interesting things a lot more interesting than he should.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob is a small child, who are typically known for being impressed by anything, or a {{manchild}}.
** The one doing the mundane thing is Alice, who Bob admires for some reason.
** Bob is a FishOutOfTemporalWater who discovered an item that doesn't exist in his time period.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is bored by even the most exciting things.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Nobody gets impressed by mundane actions.
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* '''Invoked''': ???
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* '''Discussed''': ???
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Wow! This [[EasilyImpressed link to the main page]] is so cool!
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