History PlayingWith / SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids

** SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers.

*** People [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers call him out]] on his ways, saying that he doesn't have any right to criticize them for their efforts while he sits around [[{{Wangst}} complaining]] about how the world sucks but not actively doing anything about it.
*** Not accomplishing anything in life causes him to [[TheResenter resent]] his more idealistic peers' success. But naturally, this is [[NeverMyFault society's fault]].

* '''Parodied''': 5-year-old Chris becomes a chain-smoking, gun-toting, evil mastermind the instant his 6th birthday rolls in.

* '''Straight''': Chris was idealistic when he was UsedToBeASweetKid, but as he grows up, he becomes cynical.

* '''Downplayed''':
** Chris goes from moderately optimistic to KnightInSourArmor.

** Chris is sick of traditional aesops and morals because that's just the kind of person he is.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Chris grew out of his idealism, but then found religion and regained faith in humanity, until his pastor mugged him for drug money, but his nurse at the hospital showed that people are still good, but...

* '''Implied''': Chris wasn't clearly idealistic to begin with, but he becomes more of a cynic as he grows older.

* '''Straight''': Chris was idealistic when he was younger, but as he grows up, he becomes cynical.

** Chris was idealistic when he was 5 years old, now he has become cynical as a teenager.

** Chris wasn't clearly idealistic to begin with, but he becomes more of a cynic as he grows older.
** Chris goes from idealistic to KnightInSourArmor.

** Chris got tired of listening to the "[[{{Anvilicious}} overdone]]", "[[GoodIsOldFashioned old-fashioned]]" values and has better things to do these days.

* '''Enforced''': "We need to make Chris DarkerAndEdgier after the TimeSkip. Why not make him cynical?"

** "Idealists... Oh how [[BlackComedy I'll be laughing every time]] [[NoSympathy those idiots get proven wrong.]]"
* '''Invoked''': [[KnightInSourArmor Fred]] is sick of Chris's constant cheeriness. So he goes and shows him how dickish the world is.

** SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers is enforced by Fred shoving a shotgun barrel in Chris' mouth and saying a very quiet "shut up". It's ironic, yeah, but Chris figures out that pointing it out is a quick path to becoming dead meat, so he obeys.

** Chris becomes cynical as he reaches adulthood. As a result, his cynicism has alienated his friends, family, and society as a whole. He becomes so depressed that the only thing he wishes for is that he dies because there's no point to anything.
** Chris's newly adopted cynical outlook on life has caused him to set his goals and expectations in life shockingly low, turning him lazy and apathetic. The idealists [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers call him out]] on his ways, saying that he doesn't have any right to criticize them for their efforts while he sits around [[{{Wangst}} complaining]] about how the world sucks but not actively doing anything about it.
** Chris's goals and expectations in life are pathetically low and he doesn't accomplish anything in life, causing him to [[TheResenter resent]] his more idealistic peers' success. But naturally, this is [[NeverMyFault society's fault]].

** Chris uses his cynicism for practical purposes to reach his goals, even if idealists will frown upon it.
** Chris doesn't care what those "pious idealists" think of him, and that any chance of snapping him out of his cynicism will never work and may make him more cynical than ever. So he continues complaining about things without doing anything about them and is content with that.
* '''Played For Drama''': Chris' mindset is a way to show the audience how people who hold this mindset tend to be the biggest losers.

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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

** SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers is enforced by Fred shoving a shotgun barrel in Chris' mouth and saying a very quiet "shut up".

** SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers is enforced by Fred shoving a shotgun barrel shoved in Chris' mouth and a very quiet "shut up".

* '''Defied''': Life was getting more difficult for Chris, but he's [[ThePollyanna not gonna let that change who he is]].

* '''Played For Drama'''
** Chris' mindset is a way to show the audience how people who hold this mindset tend to be the biggest losers.

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