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** TheCall employed [[ConScription a little known, rarely used Reserve Activation Clause]] on Arnold.

* '''Justified''': Arnold has seen what happened to his friend Bob, who [[RefusalOfTheCall refused a similar call]], and how Carol withered away in meaninglessness when she MissedTheCall. He's also seen Dave, who JumpedAtTheCall, get blown to pieces by being careless. He therefore has vowed not to make any decision regarding the Call without thinking it over first.

'''Basic Trope''': The hero has very little excitement about accepting the CallToAdventure, but does anyway because he believes YouCantFightFate.

* '''Justified''': Arnold has seen what happened to his friend Bob, who [[RefusalOfTheCall refused a similar call]], and how Alice withered away in meaninglessness when she MissedTheCall. He's also seen Charlie, who JumpedAtTheCall, get blown to pieces by being careless. He therefore has vowed not to make any decision regarding the Call without thinking it over first.

* '''Enforced''': "Refusal of the Call is too much like ''Star Wars''! And we don't want him to be naive by jumping at it either...let's have him make an informed, begrudged decision!"

-->"Oh, whatever to do? Your friends and family were all nuked while you were away, and nobody thought to tell you until now. I don't suppose you could help us out? What else are you gonna do? It's not like you can avoid it anymore! You don't have to want this; just...understand that you need it."\\
"Very well. Let's get it over with, shall we?"

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

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

* '''Defied''': "Having a character in that kind of a situation is [[MindScrew too deep]] for our target audience. And having the town doomed without warning like that is [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath too unsettling]]. [[ExecutiveMeddling We're gonna have to make you change it]] to be more traditional [[TheHerosJourney monomyth]], so that [[ViewersAreMorons the audience can understand it]]."

** Arnold has been told his whole life that he's TheChosenOne. In spite his doubts, he's just come to accept that everyone expects it of him, so he tries to fulfill the roll just to please them.

* '''Straight''': Arnold, from a desert suburb, is called out of nowhere to become a hero on a major quest. [[GenreSavvy Realizing]] he lives in a DoomedHometown and that [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive his normal life is already over]], he agrees to the adventure he never really wanted.
** Alternatively: Arnold's DoomedHometown is struck without warning, and he [[TheCallHasBadReception never received the call beforehand]]. Arnold himself barely survives. Rather than lie forever in {{Wangst}}, he decides to join the epic quest that promises him a meaningful life, even though he never wanted adventure, at least not on the quest's terms.
** Alternatively: Arnold has been told his whole life that he's TheChosenOne. In spite his doubts, he's just come to accept that everyone expects it of him, so he tries to fulfill the roll just to please them.

* '''Deconstructed''': The quest turns out to be more fun than he ever thought possible, and he can't understand why he ever was so cautious to begin with. In fact, he begins to love it a little [[BloodKnight TOO much]].
** Alternatively: Arnold accepts the call grudgingly, and his skepticism turns out to be right. The quest turns out to have been every bit as futile as he imagined, so he commits suicide.
* '''Reconstructed''': Arnold accepted the call grudgingly, but after being on his quest for a while, realized that it was as much a spiritual journey of growth as anything else. No matter how badly he fails or how much his skepticism proves to be true, he knows that no amount of failure can rob him of his new-found spiritual growth.

* '''Lampshaded''': "I didn't turn this life down when it came; I no longer had a reason to. Yet, I would not have chosen this life if I still had decent alternatives."

* '''Defied''': "Having a character in that kind of a situation is [[MindScrew too deep]] for our target audience. And having the town doomed without warning [[TrueArtIsOffensive like that]] is [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath too unsettling]]. [[ExecutiveMeddling We're gonna have to make you change it]] to be more traditional [[TheHerosJourney monomyth]], so that [[ViewersAreMorons the audience can understand it]]."

--> "Oh, whatever to do? Your friends and family were all nuked while you were away, and nobody thought to tell you until now. I don't suppose you could help us out? What else are you gonna do? It's not like you can avoid it anymore! You don't have to want this; just...understand that you need it."

--> "Very well. Let's get it over with, shall we?"

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* '''Exaggerated''': Arnold and ''all'' his [[{{Nakama}} teammates]] are reluctant participants in the quest, because [[ThrowawayCountry all of them had their hometowns hit without warning]] before they received the call. They end up [[GotVolunteered getting volunteered]] into plenty of sidequests along the way, until they all become [[KnightInSourArmor Knights in Sour Armor]].

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

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