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* '''Reconstructed''': But eventually, Al and Bob reconcile and respect each other's differences. Soon after, Al realizes that he likes computers, and Bob likes sports. This results in a happy father-son relationship.
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** Al and Bob find common ground in UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} being the GameOfNerds, and while they generally approach the sport from different angles they each learn to appreciate the other's approach.
** But eventually, Al and Bob reconcile and respect each other's differences. Soon after, Al realizes that he likes computers, and Bob likes sports. This results in a happy father-son
** Al and Bob find common ground in UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} being the GameOfNerds, and while they generally approach the sport from different angles they each learn to appreciate the other's approach.
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** Bob has asthma, and therefore finds it harder to do sport, unlike Al.
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** Bob has asthma, and therefore finds it harder to do sport, unlike Al.
** Bob really is good at sports and likes playing, but is too lazy to practice. Alternately, sports isn't Bob's strong suit, and so he chooses less physical goals
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* '''Gender Inverted''': Alice was a basketball star and is disappointed that her daughter Beatrice is a bookish coder.
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* '''Gender Inverted''': Cheerleader Mom Geek Daughter: The mother Alice was a pretty, popular AlphaBitch cheerleader and her daughter Betty is a rather frumpy girl interested in books and computers.
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* '''Enforced''': Al is reprimanded by someone else not to raise his son to become like him.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Al was once a team captain, but is stuck at a job that requires more book smarts and his physical abilities are not appreciated. His son was trained from a kid to practice sports, but didn't enjoy it and focused on his academic development. Neither is truly happy with the state of things, but eventually they learn to tolerate each other.
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Having suffered setbacks later in life due to his singular focus on sports and having being surpassed by his once-nerdy classmates, Al raises his son to be more academically oriented, thinking it would make him more successful.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob turns his love of computers into a lucrative, multi-million dollar career while Al is unable to walk without pain from his playing days and has no job prospects, but Al still acts sad that Bob didn't want to play football.
* '''Played For Drama''': With Al's constant pushing of Bob to play football, Bob is massively unhappy with life and kills either himself or Al.
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* '''Parodied''': Al was a "jock", technically, but he played a low-impact sport, was flabby and out of shape, and not popular with girls. Bob is good with computers but is also tall, handsome well-built, and very popular with the ladies. Despite this, they still have the standard "jock vs. nerd" debate.
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* '''Parodied''': ???Al was a "jock", technically, but he played a low-impact sport very poorly. Bob is good with computers but is also, tall, handsome and well-built. There's still the standard "jock vs. nerd" debate.
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* '''Enforced''': The company producer is a nerd with a jock for a father, so he has experience to draw from, and expects his writers to write about this. Or possibly, the series will be a sequel of a TeenDrama, and by the time the show will be aired, their TargetAudience are now grown-ups with families of their own. It would make sense therefore to cast the JerkJock as a father of someone who mirrors the nerd he bullied in high school.
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** The company producer is a nerd with a jock for a father, so he has experience to draw from, and expects his writers to write about this. Or possibly, the series will be a sequel of a TeenDrama, and by the time the show will be aired, their TargetAudience are now grown-ups with families of their own. It would make sense therefore to cast the JerkJock as a father of someone who mirrors the nerd he bullied in high school.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Al and Bob were never in good terms with each other because of Al's disappointment that his son didn't turn out to be what he expected.
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* '''Reconstructed''': But eventually, Al and Bob reconcile and respect each other's differences. Soon after, Al realizes that he likes computers, and Bob likes sports. This results in a happy father-son relationship.
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* '''Averted''': ???There are no jocks with nerds for sons.
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