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* '''Justified''': Bob was horribly depressed due to having few friends but the sweet and fun nature of his crowd of new friends cured him of his loneliness.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Bob was horribly depressed due to having few friends but the sweet and fun nature of his crowd of new friends cured him of his loneliness.loneliness.
** [[BunnyEarsLawyer There is a lot of method to their madness]].



* '''Subverted''': Alice and friends try to get Bob to break out of his shell, but the extra craziness causes Bob to retreat even further into his shell.

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Alice and friends try to get Bob to break out of his shell, but the extra craziness causes Bob to retreat even further into his shell.shell.
** Alice and co do have serious sides.
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** Bob's personality actually ''worsens'' thanks to hanging around Alice.
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* '''Played For Horror''': Alice is not "loony", she is a very dangerous {{Yandere}}, and Bob is going to be in great danger if he does anything at all that she considers a risk to their friendship.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Alice and her friends are a professional comedy troupe and Bob is their StraightMan. He warms up to them eventually, even drinks with them after work, but spending more time than that with them is exhausting.
** Alice and her friends are Bob's ''friends'', with all the understanding and empathy you would expect from a healthy friendship. Alice and her friends' are perfectly content to do something other than wacky hijinx if that's what Bob wants or needs, which in turn makes Bob more willing to hang out with them, since he know's that whatever nonsense they have planned, he has a say in all of it and nobody will pressure him into joining if he wants to opt out.

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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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Alice and her friends are a professional comedy troupe and Bob is their StraightMan. He warms up to them eventually, even drinks with them after work, but spending more time than that with them is exhausting.
** Alice and her friends are Bob's ''friends'', with all the understanding and empathy you would expect from a healthy friendship. Alice and her friends' friends are perfectly content to do something other than wacky hijinx if that's what Bob wants or needs, which in turn makes Bob more willing to hang out with them, since he know's knows that whatever nonsense they have planned, he has a say in all of it and nobody will pressure him into joining if he wants to opt out.



* '''Played For Drama''': Bob was suicidal and the lively nature of Alice and her loony friends helped enable him to overcome depression.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob was suicidal suicidal, and the lively nature of Alice and her loony friends helped enable him to overcome depression.
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** Alice and her friends are Bob's ''friends'', with all the understanding and empathy you would expect from a healthy friendship. Alice and her friends' are perfectly content to do something other than wacky hijinx if that's what Bob wants or needs, which in turn makes Bob more willing to hang out with them, since he know's that whatever nonsense they have planned, he has a say in all of it and nobody will pressure him into joining if he wants to opt out.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob becomes asocial due to being around boring people.

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Bob becomes asocial due to being around boring people.people.
** Alice was so "wacky" that people believed her to be a dangerous lunatic and stayed away from her. Bob's friendship with her taught her to be more socially acceptable without losing her perkiness.
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* Alice and her friends' eccentric behavior drive Bob away and he stays away. If he wants friends, he'll find ones more mentally stable ones.
* Bob may have been lonely and socially maladjusted before, but Alice and her friends barging into his life and forcing him into situations he doesn't want to be in make him ''worse''. He decides being alone would be better than dealing with impulsive idiots who don't listen to what he wants.

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* ** Alice and her friends' eccentric behavior drive Bob away and he stays away. If he wants friends, he'll find ones more mentally stable ones.
* ** Bob may have been lonely and socially maladjusted before, but Alice and her friends barging into his life and forcing him into situations he doesn't want to be in make him ''worse''. He decides being alone would be better than dealing with impulsive idiots who don't listen to what he wants.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and her friends' eccentric behavior drive Bob away and he stays away. If he wants friends, he'll find ones more mentally stable ones.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Alice and her friends' eccentric behavior drive Bob away and he stays away. If he wants friends, he'll find ones more mentally stable ones.ones.
* Bob may have been lonely and socially maladjusted before, but Alice and her friends barging into his life and forcing him into situations he doesn't want to be in make him ''worse''. He decides being alone would be better than dealing with impulsive idiots who don't listen to what he wants.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Alice and her friends are a professional comedy troupe and Bob is their StraightMan. He warms up to them eventually, even drinks with them after work, but spending more time than that with them is exhausting.



* '''Played For Drama''': Bob was suicidal and Alice's lively nature allowed him to overcome depression.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob was suicidal and Alice's the lively nature allowed of Alice and her loony friends helped enable him to overcome depression.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and her friends' eccentric behavior drive Bob away and he stays away. If he wants friends, he'll find ones more mentally stable ones
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice and her friends' eccentric behavior irritate Bob but other

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and her friends' eccentric behavior drive Bob away and he stays away. If he wants friends, he'll find ones more mentally stable ones
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice and her friends' eccentric behavior irritate Bob but other
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\"stays alone for the rest of his life.\" hardly realistic. Other rewrites were because they sounded too much like Manic Pxie Dream Girl


* '''Exaggerated''': [[TheQuietOne Bob]] becomes extraverted thanks to [[MotorMouth Alice]] and her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} companions who turn out to be aliens who take him on wacky adventures.

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* '''Exaggerated''': [[TheQuietOne Bob]] becomes extraverted thanks to [[MotorMouth Alice]] and her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} companions who turn out to be aliens who that take him on wacky adventures.



* '''Justified''': Bob was horribly depressed due to having few friends but Alice's sweet and fun nature cured him of his loneliness.

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* '''Justified''': Bob was horribly depressed due to having few friends but Alice's the sweet and fun nature of his crowd of new friends cured him of his loneliness.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob was a bit boring until he befriended the quirky Alice. He began to loosen up but after Alice lost her job and became depressed, he found himself in the position of cheering her up. Once that happened, they enjoyed being equally goofy.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob was a bit boring until he befriended joined (or was roped into) the quirky Alice. crazy crowd. He began begins to loosen up up, but after Alice lost her job and became depressed, he found himself in the position of cheering her up. Once that happened, it's a ruse to make them go away. When they enjoyed being equally goofy.do, he misses them and joins in but [[IWasJustPassingThrough makes some boring-guy excuse]].



* '''Exploited''': Bob's therapist sets him up with the wacky Alice, hoping that he will loosen up.
* '''Defied''': Bob recognizes Alice as a looney friend, and stays away from her, content in his lonely existence.

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* '''Exploited''': Bob's therapist sets introduces him up with to the wacky Alice, crazy crowd hoping that he they will loosen him up.
* '''Defied''': Bob recognizes Alice as a the looney friend, friends as looney friends, and stays away from her, content in his lonely existence.



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and her friends' eccentric behavior drives Bob away to the point that he's downright scared of meeting them and he rather stays alone for the rest of his life.
* '''Reconstructed''': The others realize they've gone too far and decide to give Bob more time to think about making friends, or at least respect his solitary. Eventually, Bob joins them with no problems at all.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and her friends' eccentric behavior drives drive Bob away to the point that he's downright scared of meeting them and he rather stays alone for the rest of his life.
away. If he wants friends, he'll find ones more mentally stable ones
* '''Reconstructed''': The others realize they've gone too far Alice and decide to give her friends' eccentric behavior irritate Bob more time to think about making friends, or at least respect his solitary. Eventually, Bob joins them with no problems at all.but other

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* '''Exaggerated''': [[TheQuietOne Bob]] becomes extraverted thanks to [[MotorMouth Alice]] and her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} companions.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob learns to take things less seriously.
* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': [[TheQuietOne Bob]] becomes extraverted thanks to [[MotorMouth Alice]] and her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} companions.
companions who turn out to be aliens who take him on wacky adventures.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob learns to take things less seriously.
seriously after he becomes friends with Alice who has a unique hobby.
* '''Justified''': ???Bob was horribly depressed due to having few friends but Alice's sweet and fun nature cured him of his loneliness.



* '''Double Subverted''': Bob eventually opens up to them once they back off.
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* '''Double Subverted''': Bob eventually opens up to them once they back off.
off and he misses them.
* '''Parodied''': ???
Bob is extremely boring and mundane until he befriends Alice the Clown who constantly pops out of nowhere to liven things up.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Bob was a bit boring until he befriended the quirky Alice. He began to loosen up but after Alice lost her job and became depressed, he found himself in the position of cheering her up. Once that happened, they enjoyed being equally goofy.



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

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* '''Enforced''': ???
The writers realize Bob is a boring character so they gave him a wacky friend.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???"My life was so much more boring until I met you."



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Bob's therapist sets him up with the wacky Alice, hoping that he will loosen up.



* '''Discussed''': ???
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Bob and Alice's friends discuss how much more fun Bob is now that they know one another.
* '''Conversed''': ???People watching "The Bob and Alice Show" talk about their relationship.



* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob, the ComicallySerious, is constantly befuddled by Alice's goofy hijinx.
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob was suicidal and Alice's lively nature allowed him to overcome depression.



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** Bob doesn't change at all.

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** Bob doesn't change at all.remains an introvert no matter how many times has he been around Alice and her friends.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and her friends' eccentric behavior drives Bob away to the point that he's downright scared of meeting them and he rather stays alone for the rest of his life.
* '''Reconstructed''': The others realize they've gone too far and decide to give Bob more time to think about making friends, or at least respect his solitary. Eventually, Bob joins them with no problems at all.



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

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob learns to take things less seriously.



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

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Alice and friends try to get Bob to break out of his shell, but the extra craziness causes Bob to retreat even further into his shell.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Bob eventually opens up to them once they back off.



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** Bob hangs around crazy people hoping that it'll help him loosen up.
** Alice and friends act crazy around Bob, hoping it will loosen him up.



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

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* '''Defied''': ???Bob recognizes Alice as a looney friend, and stays away from her, content in his lonely existence.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character learns and grows by the association of wacky friends.
*'''Straight''': [[TheComicallySerious Bob]] learns to become more social thanks to Alice and her eccentric friends.
*'''Exaggerated''': [[TheQuietOne Bob]] becomes extraverted thanks to [[MotorMouth Alice]] and her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} companions.
*'''Downplayed''': ???
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*'''Inverted''': Bob becomes asocial due to being around boring people.
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*'''Averted''':
** Bob becomes social by being around normal and level-headed people.
** Bob doesn't change at all.
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*'''Conversed''': ???
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