History PlayingWith / NiceCharacterMeanActor

** Bob is an okay guy in person.
** Charlie isn't that nice.

* '''Invoked''': Bob's agent suggests he act like this so fans leave him alone.

* '''Exploited''': Bob is actually not that bad in real life, but for some reason people eat up BTS "Nice Character, Mean Actor" persona.

* '''Implied''': Bob plays the very popular character Charlie, but no one wants to be around him for some reason.

* '''Justified''': Bob can be a jerk, but the rest of the cast and crew aren't exactly all that great either and interacting with them has been a pain in the ass.

* '''Discussed''': "If only Bob was like Charlie when the cameras were ''not'' rolling."

** "Why couldn't 'Charlie' be the actor, and Bob, the character."

** Bob UsedToBeASweetKid, but decades of HorribleHollywood have made him [[JerkassFacade mean and callous in order to survive]].

** Bob UsedToBeASweetKid, but decades of HorribleHollywood have made him mean and callous in order to survive.

* '''Justified''': Bob is a good actor, despite his lack of people skills.

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

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Why are nice characters always played by such jerks"

* '''Parodied''': Bob appears in an ASPCA commercial petting a dog, then immediately punts the dog and beats it with a stick the minute the director says "Cut!"

* '''Straight''': Bob plays the character of Charlie, TheHero, on stage, but off stage he's [[ThePrimaDonna bossy and overly demanding]]
* '''Exaggerated''':Bob plays Charlie, AllLovingHero, but offstage he kills his producer.

** Bob plays a nice character is seen being mean to people. His actor friends come to his defense and say he's actually a nice guy... except to people of color, because he's a white supremacist.
** Bob is a NiceGuy at heart and is friendly to his friends, family and fans, but has trouble getting along with his coworkers.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob terrorizes the cast off stage, which makes it difficult for them to adore him in character as Charlie. They either can't play their parts properly or drop out of the production. The show ultimately fails.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob is a nice guy playing a nice character, but finds himself being typecast in family friendly roles and isn't taken seriously by people. So he starts being a jerk to shake off his overly positive image.

* '''Invoked''': ???

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

%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Subverted''': Bob plays a nice character on stage. [[{{GoodIsNotNice}} Although he's certainly a good person off stage, he's not particularly nice]].

* '''Exaggerated''': DepravedKidsShowHost.

** Bob plays a nice character is seen being mean to people. His actor friends come to his defense and say he's actually a nice guy...except to minorities, because he's a white supremacist.

* '''Subverted''': Bob plays a nice character on stage. [[{{GoodIsNotNice}} Although he's certainly a good person off stage, he's not particularly nice.]]

* '''Exaggerated''': DepravedKidsShowHost

* '''Inverted''': MeanCharacterNiceActor

Back to NiceCharacterMeanActor

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob plays the character of Charlie, an [[IncorruptiblePurePureness ultimately good]] deity of niceness, but off stage, he's a cruel bully who mocks the other cast members, blackmails the directors, rapes the costumers, and sets fire to the theater after the show is over, [[ForTheEvulz just for giggles]].

* '''Invoked''': See Reconstructed

* '''Defied''': "I'm not going to be a dick just cause of that [[TitleDrop nice character, mean actor]] stereotype.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Invoked''': ???

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

* '''Conversed''': ???

** Whether Bob is nice or mean depends on who he works with.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob plays a nice character is seen being mean to people. His actor friends come to his defense and say he's actually a nice guy...except to minorities, because he's a white supremacist.

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

* '''Averted''': Bob is an okay guy in person.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob terrorizes the cast off stage, which makes it difficult for them to adore him in character as Charlie. They either can't play their parts properly or drop out of the production. The show ultimately fails.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob is a nice guy playing a nice character, but finds himself being typecast in family friendly roles and isn't taken seriously by people. So he starts being a jerk to shake off his overly positive image.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob plays a nice character is seen being mean to people. His actor friends come to his defense and say he's actually a nice guy...except to minorities, because he's a white supremacist.

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* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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

* '''Subverted''': Bob plays a nice character on stage. [[{{GoodIsNotNice}} Although he's certainly a good person off stage, he's not particularly nice.]]