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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???Whether or not Cranston is greedy [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]].



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

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"That Cranston sure loves money, doesn't he?"



* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"I wonder if all crabs are just, like, naturally inclined to be greedy."



* '''Played for Laughs''': Cranston's greed leads to him often being involved in plots or jokes with money.
* '''Played for Drama''': Cranston's DarkAndTroubledPast is that he used to be poor as a kid. He now latches onto any riches he can to avoid that pain again.
* '''Played for Horror''': Cranston is an assassin-for-hire who has no qualms about killing as long as he'd paid enough.



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%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
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'''Basic Trope''': Crabs and other crustaceans are greedy, selfish, and often rich.
* '''Straight''': Cranston Crab hoards gold and other treasures.
* '''Exaggerated''': Cranston Crab is a dictator who puts heavy taxes on the other animals, leaving them with almost nothing while he rolls in his riches.
* '''Downplayed''': Cranston Crab likes treasure, but he doesn't go out of his way to keep an unusual amount of it.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''':
** Cranston Crab is very generous. He'll give his possessions to anyone in need.
** Cranston Crab is dirt-poor.
* '''Subverted''': Cranston Crab stares at a chest of gold coins excitedly, but then he decides he doesn't need them and walks away.
* '''Double Subverted''': But then he runs back and grabs the chest anyway.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Cranston is not any more greedy or generous than usual.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': A fisherman puts a gold coin in a crab trap, knowing Cranston won't be able to resist it.
* '''Defied''': Cranston tries to resist taking every gold coin he sees.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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