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** Uncle Bob is an AffablyEvil NobleDemon.

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** Uncle Bob is an AffablyEvil NobleDemon.conman who ropes Alice into his schemes.
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** Uncle Bob is an AffablyEvil NobleDemon who cares about Alice.

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** Uncle Bob is an AffablyEvil NobleDemon who cares about Alice.NobleDemon.
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** Uncle Bob is an AffabyEvil NobleDemon who cares about Alice.

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** Uncle Bob is an AffabyEvil AffablyEvil NobleDemon who cares about Alice.
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** Uncle Bob is an AffabyEvil NobleDemon who cares about Alice.

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* '''Inverted''': Uncle Bob is way more loving and caring to his niece than her parents are.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Uncle Bob is way more loving and caring to his niece than her parents are.are.
** Bob's niece, Alice, is evil.
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** Uncle Bob isn't evil, but is reckless and irresponsible in regards to taking care of her.
** Uncle Bob does not mistreat Alice, but is a ruthless career criminal.
** Uncle Bob is actually a first cousin once removed of Alice, but is called Uncle for sake of simplicity.
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** Uncle Bob has disagreements with Alice on how the family business should be run.

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** Uncle Bob has disagreements with Alice on how the family business should be run. His methods are shown as more ruthless than Alice's, [[JerkassHasAPoint but isn't entirely wrong]].

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* '''Downplayed''': Uncle Bob isn't evil, per se, but he does tend to be very rude and inconsiderate to his niece.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Uncle Bob isn't evil, per se, but he does tend to be very rude and inconsiderate to his niece.niece.
** Uncle Bob has disagreements with Alice on how the family business should be run.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Every single one of Alice's parents' siblings or siblings-in-law are completely rotten to their niece.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Every single one of Alice's parents' siblings or siblings-in-law are completely rotten to their niece.niece.
** Uncle Bob is the BigBad.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "What did you to do your uncle to make him loathe you so much, Alice?"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "What did you do to do your uncle to make him loathe you so much, Alice?"
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* '''Deconstructed''': Uncle Bob's mistreatment of Alice puts him in a heap of trouble and damages the trust his sibling an sibling-in-law put in him.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Uncle Bob's mistreatment of Alice puts him in a heap of trouble and damages the trust his sibling an and sibling-in-law put in him.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character has an uncle or aunt who is evil.
* '''Straight''': Alice's Uncle Bob treats his niece with utter contempt and goes out of his way to cause her serious harm.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every single one of Alice's parents' siblings or siblings-in-law are completely rotten to their niece.
* '''Downplayed''': Uncle Bob isn't evil, per se, but he does tend to be very rude and inconsiderate to his niece.
* '''Justified''': Uncle Bob is a ChildHater.
* '''Inverted''': Uncle Bob is way more loving and caring to his niece than her parents are.
* '''Subverted''': Alice suspects that her Uncle Bob is up to something sinister, but finds out that she is mistaken and that her uncle is just misunderstood.
* '''Double Subverted''': Alice is shown to have another uncle who is found out to be a truly despicable bastard.
* '''Parodied''':
** Everyone in the family addresses Uncle Bob as "Evil Uncle Bob".
** Uncle Bob acts like a hammy supervillain and isn't taken seriously by the rest of the family.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some of Alice's parents' siblings are nice to their niece and some of them are not.
* '''Averted''':
** No uncles or aunts in the work are evil.
** Uncles and aunts are not present in the work at all.
* '''Enforced''': "We want Alice's nemesis to have a personal connection to her, and since having the main villain be her dad could be a touch predictable, I think we should have him be her uncle."
* '''Lampshaded''': "What did you to do your uncle to make him loathe you so much, Alice?"
* '''Invoked''': Bob decides to mistreat his niece for whatever reason.
* '''Exploited''': Uncle Bob manipulates his family into letting him off the hook whenever he gets caught for his crimes.
* '''Defied''': Uncle Bob refuses to let his life be controlled by his irrational aversion toward his niece.
* '''Discussed''': "Surprise, surprise. It turns out the bad guy is the hero's uncle. Why does being someone's parent's brother or sister automatically make you evil?"
* '''Conversed''': "What I don't get is how come the evil uncle's sibling and sibling-in-law decide to go easy on him just because he's family".
* '''Implied''': Alice makes a brief mention of an uncle she never got along with who is now in jail.
* '''Deconstructed''': Uncle Bob's mistreatment of Alice puts him in a heap of trouble and damages the trust his sibling an sibling-in-law put in him.
* '''Reconstructed''': Uncle Bob learns to be more discreet about his evil ways and refrains from doing things that would end badly for him.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Uncle Bob is seen in a flashback scowling at baby Alice, only for his infant niece to hit him in the face with her rattle.
* '''Played For Drama''': Uncle Bob has been so horrifically abusive to Alice that his niece suffers severe trauma.
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