History PlayingWith / NotSoStoic

'''Basic Trope''': TheStoic [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone is horrified]]/[[BrokenTears cries]]/[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge rages]]/[[WhenSheSmiles smiles]] after some shocking/tragic/wonderous event.

** Bob seems totally Stoic, but when we get into his head we learn it is entirely a façade.

** Bob is a RealityWarper, whose powers are tied to his emotions. he maintains his stoicism, lest he harms those around him, but when the big bad kills Alice, he goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, powers and all.

** [[DidYouThinkICantFeel Bob’s not a robot, and is just as capable of emotion as other people.]]

* '''Parodied''': Bob gets slapped in the face, a bucket of paint dumped on him, is involved in a car crash, and yet never shows emotion, until Alice knocks his coffee out of his hand. At which point he lets out a BigNo

'''Basic Trope''': TheStoic [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone is horrified]]/[[SandInMyEyes cries]]/[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge rages]]/[[WhenSheSmiles smiles]] after some shocking/tragic/wonderous event.

* '''Played For Laughs''': It's a series where the characters keep trying to crack each other up, but Bob can keep a straight face through every joke he hears. One person tells a really funny joke, and then Bob is visibly trying really hard not to laugh.

** The only way to activate the MacGuffin is through a powerful show of emotion. Bob's friends [[FakeKillScare stage a really convincing murder scene, involving Alice]] so he can activate the MacGuffin.* '''Defied''': Bob, knowing that Alice is about to die and there's nothing he can do about it, actively suppresses his emotions, so he can [[NervesOfSteel keep his focus on getting the job done]].

** The only way to activate the MacGuffin is through a powerful show of emotion. Bob's friends [[FakeKillScare stage a really convincing murder scene, involving Alice]] so he can activate the MacGuffin.

** Bob’s not a robot, and is just as capable of emotion as other people.

* '''Exploited''': During Bob's moment of emotion, the enemy attacks and defeats him.
* '''Defied''': Bob, knowing that Alice is about to die and there's nothing he can do about it, actively suppresses his emotions, so he can [[NervesOfSteel keep his focus on getting the job done]].

* '''Straight''': [[AliceAndBob Bob]] has seen many things good and bad, and has never shown a hint of emotion. When he sees his daughter, Alice, dies, he cries.

* '''Conversed''': Wow, Bob is a crazy badass when calm. Imagine what he would be like if he lost his cool!

* '''Straight''': [[AliceAndBob Bob]] has seen many things good and bad, and has never show a hint of emotion. When he sees his daughter, Alice, die, he cries.

** Bob is a RealityWarper, whose powers are tied to his emotions. he maintains his stoicism, lest he harm those around him, but when the big bad kills Alice, he goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, powers and all.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob seems to be about to show emotion after Alice dies, but he holds it in. When he's alone tries to let the tears flow but still they don't come, but the next time he's with his [[TrueCompanions companions]], the water works open up.

* '''Conversed''': Wow, Bob is crazy badass when calm. Imagine what he would be like if he lost his cool!

** Bob's one break from stoicism, a raging anger towards Alice, makes her decide he doesn't love her, ultimately driving the person he cares about most away from him.

** Afterwards, Bob pursues the case independently, and solves it, before anyone else could, because his burst of emotion gave him a single minded resolve to see his daughter's killers brought to justice.

** When Bob's stoicism melts into a face of UnstoppableRage, everyone knows that the BigBad is a dead man, and it's not going to be pretty.

* '''Straight''': [[AliceAndBob Bob]] has seen many things good and bad, and has never show a hint of emotion. When sees his daughter, Alice, die, he cries.