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** Too much Jerkass, not enough of a point: Norman pointing out that Brandon, say for example, never paid his credit card debts in time and now obviously he's getting audited and may have problems keeping his home in the future is something that makes sense. That it's the "jaywalking" part of a fifteen-minute ArsonMurderAndJaywalking TheReasonYouSuckSpeech where he hollers every single kind of insult he can think of at Brandon, his wife and their five-year-old son at glass-shattering decibels, which he caps off by giving Brandon a PaterFamilicide SuicideDare and even [[LeaveBehindAPistol slaps a gun down on the table so Brandon can do it right then and there]] in front of him (and everybody in the restaurant that he just terrorized) is just asking everybody else to accept something that, even by association, is obscenely cruel.
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** Too much Jerkass, not enough of a point: Norman pointing out that Brandon, say for example, never paid his credit card debts in time and now obviously he's getting audited and may have problems keeping his home in the future is something that makes sense. That it's the "jaywalking" part of a fifteen-minute ArsonMurderAndJaywalking TheReasonYouSuckSpeech where he hollers every single kind of insult he can think of at Brandon, his wife and their five-year-old son at glass-shattering decibels, which he caps off by giving Brandon a PaterFamilicide SuicideDare and even [[LeaveBehindAPistol slaps a gun down on the table so Brandon can do it right then and there]] in front of him (and everybody in the restaurant that he just terrorized) is just asking everybody else to accept something that, even by association, is obscenely cruel. In short, Norman uses him being in the right as a springboard to blatantly harass Brandon by assuming that being right for his one point means that he has the right to say whatever he wants from there and be considered correct.
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** "I know your right Norman, but Brandon doesn't need to hear it from you. Let me explain."
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** "I know your you're right Norman, but Brandon doesn't need to hear it from you. Let me explain."
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** "I know your right Norman, but Brandon doesn't need to hear it from you. Let me explain."
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** As Brandon shoots himself, the tables turn on Norman, and all he says is, "Serves Brandon right for not paying his debts." Everyone in the restaurant then gives him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, telling him how he's crossed the MoralEventHorizon. Norman realizes this and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone admits that he went]] ''[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone way]]'' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone too far.]]
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'''Basic Trope''': A {{Jerkass}} gives an actually valid, if hypocritical, argument.
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'''Basic Trope''': A {{Jerkass}} gives an actually valid, if hypocritical, valid argument.
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** Norman [[EveryoneHasStandards still has some standards]] despite being a jerk.
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** Norman despite being a jerk that casually insults his friends, [[EveryoneHasStandards still has some standards]] despite being a jerk.he never goes as far as to physically mistreat them like Brandon does to his own]].
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** Everyone calls Norman out on behavior that is so nice it just strikes everyone out of proportion.
** ...or is actually harmful.
** Norman is RightlySelfRighteous, or an InsufferableGenius- he is a Jerkass BECAUSE he has a point, rather than being a preexisting Jerkass who just caught the SmartBall today.
** ...or is actually harmful.
** Norman is RightlySelfRighteous, or an InsufferableGenius- he is a Jerkass BECAUSE he has a point, rather than being a preexisting Jerkass who just caught the SmartBall today.
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** Everyone calls Norman out on behavior that is so nice it just strikes everyone out of proportion.
** ...proportion or is actually harmful.
** Norman is RightlySelfRighteous, or an InsufferableGenius- he is a Jerkass BECAUSE he has a point, rather than being a preexisting Jerkass who just caught the SmartBall today.harmful.
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** Norman is RightlySelfRighteous, or an InsufferableGenius- he is a Jerkass BECAUSE he has a point, rather than being a preexisting Jerkass who just caught the SmartBall today.
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** Norman is a NiceGuy who is very bad at making valid arguments and points.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Norman complains about Brandon's how allegedly CrazyEnoughToWork idea of dressing as nuns with slices of bread in their mouths to get past Dean Ratched's angry guard dogs to steal the test's answers is not going to work about ten seconds before [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the guard dogs chase them off]].
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Laughs''':
** Norman complains about Brandon's how allegedly CrazyEnoughToWork idea of dressing as nuns with slices of bread in their mouths to get past Dean Ratched's angry guard dogs to steal the test's answers is not going to work about ten seconds before [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the guard dogs chase themoff]].off]].
** Brandon couldn't find a better rebuttal for Norman's point that smoking is bad for people than saying UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler [[HitlerAteSugar opposed smoking]], [[InsaneTrollLogic therefore smoking is good and Norman is just as bad as Hitler]]. Norman is so baffled that he didn't even bother poking the holes in his logic.
** Norman complains about Brandon's how allegedly CrazyEnoughToWork idea of dressing as nuns with slices of bread in their mouths to get past Dean Ratched's angry guard dogs to steal the test's answers is not going to work about ten seconds before [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the guard dogs chase them
** Brandon couldn't find a better rebuttal for Norman's point that smoking is bad for people than saying UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler [[HitlerAteSugar opposed smoking]], [[InsaneTrollLogic therefore smoking is good and Norman is just as bad as Hitler]]. Norman is so baffled that he didn't even bother poking the holes in his logic.
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* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Norman is the story's HateSink and his complains are apparently correct - but then the story reveals that every complication he allegedly tried to prevent with his complains were his fault all along, meaning that he was just trying to distract people of his blame.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Norman complains about Brandon's how allegedly CrazyEnoughToWork idea of dressing as nuns with slices of bread in their mouths to get past Dean Ratched's angry guard dogs to steal the test's answers is not going to work about ten seconds before [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the guard dogs chase them off]].
* '''Played For Drama''': Norman, who has been the HateSink of the narrative for ninety minutes straight, tells Brandon as he is about to do an expulsion-worthy prank that it's not worth it. As Brandon is marched out of the campus by security, he gets a {{Flashback}} to Norman's words and [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot now that they finally sink in]] he gets a breakdown.
* '''Played For Horror''': Norman is the guy who told the rest of the protagonists that going to that strange little town in the Arkansas backwoods to celebrate the Summer Break party that strangely has no mention anywhere else in the Internet was not a good idea, and they all decided to blow him off because he is a stick in the mud a-hole. [[EverybodyDiesEnding Guess who was right]].
* '''Played For Laughs''': Norman complains about Brandon's how allegedly CrazyEnoughToWork idea of dressing as nuns with slices of bread in their mouths to get past Dean Ratched's angry guard dogs to steal the test's answers is not going to work about ten seconds before [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the guard dogs chase them off]].
* '''Played For Drama''': Norman, who has been the HateSink of the narrative for ninety minutes straight, tells Brandon as he is about to do an expulsion-worthy prank that it's not worth it. As Brandon is marched out of the campus by security, he gets a {{Flashback}} to Norman's words and [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot now that they finally sink in]] he gets a breakdown.
* '''Played For Horror''': Norman is the guy who told the rest of the protagonists that going to that strange little town in the Arkansas backwoods to celebrate the Summer Break party that strangely has no mention anywhere else in the Internet was not a good idea, and they all decided to blow him off because he is a stick in the mud a-hole. [[EverybodyDiesEnding Guess who was right]].
