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** Bob wants Al to love him.

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

* '''Downplayed''': It's important to Bob that he gain his father's approval, but it isn't a significant story element. However, it is one part of the character's drive to excel.
* '''Justified''':

'''Basic Trope''': A character who desperately wants the approval of another - most often his father.

** Bob has been a troublesome kid and [[MustMakeAmends wants to make up for his behavior to please his dad.]]

** Bob has been a troublesome kid and wants to change his behavior to please his dad.

* '''Defied''': "Ah, screw it. I'm proud of you, son."

** EducationMama

** Bob does everything in his power to gain Al's approval, [[GloryHound disregarding the collateral damage he does to his subordinates]].

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob does everything in his power to gain Al's approval, when he barely registers on Al's radar.

* '''Parodied''': The workaholic or working-class son Bob tries to win the approval of his high-culture or art-focused father Al. (A good example is a Monty Python sketch called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLoVF7vcBtY Working-Class Playwright]].)
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Enforced''':
** "I know a situation to change Bob's [[TeensAreMonsters unruly behavior]]: have him earn the respect of his dad."
** EducationMama

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* '''Enforced''': "I know a situation to change Bob's [[TeensAreMonsters unruly behavior]]: have him earn the respect of his dad."

** Bob's mom Dahlia died when he was very young, so to him Al is the only parent he has, even if Al is a JerkAss.

** Alternatively, Bob, a total JerkAss teenager, tries his hardest to piss off his formerly-proud dad Al.

* '''Enforced''': Bob doesn't feel he needs to win Al's approval, but a third-party insists he must.

* '''Invoked''': Al's father was like that with him, and he credits the emotional distance for allowing him to succeed. So, he does the same thing with Bob.
* '''Exploited''': Al is a JerkAss who deliberately maintains a facade of emotional distance so Bob will do things for him.

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

** Alternatively: After had for so long tried to gain Al's approval, Bob becomes more bitter and bitter about his father. When the day comes that Al finally express his approval, it's too late for Bob and instead of satisfaction Bob feels bitterness and even spite for the approval.

** The JerkAss Al got his comeuppance from someone outside the family, and he finally see that when everyone left him, Bob is the only one who still revere him. Al TookALevelInKindness.

** Al tries his hardest to gain the approval of Bob, his incredibly distant son

* '''Parodied''': The workaholic or working-class son Bob tries to win the approval of his high-culture or art-focused father Al. (A good example is a Monty Python sketch called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLoVF7vcBtY Working-Class Playwright]].) Zagged''': ???

* '''Parodied''': The workaholic or working-class son Bob tries to win the approval of his high-culture or art-focused father Al. (A good example is a Monty Python sketch called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLoVF7vcBtY Working-Class Playwright]].)
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Al dies without ostensibly letting Bob know that he loved him. This tears Bob up inside and causes him to lash out at everyone and everything.
** Alternatively, Al lets Bob know that he really ''doesn't'' care about him, which warps Bob psychologically.
** Alternatively: After had for so long tried to gain Al's approval, Bob becomes more bitter and bitter about his father. When the day comes that Al finally express his approval, it's too late for Bob and instead of satisfaction Bob feels bitterness and even spite for the approval.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Bob eventually comes to terms with his relationship with Al - he decides that raising him was a pretty good way to show love, even if he didn't say it all the time.
** The JerkAss Al got his comeuppance from someone outside the family, and he finally see that when everyone left him, Bob is the only one who still revere him. Al TookALevelInKindness.

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* '''Justified''': Bob wants Al to love him.

* '''Inverted''': Al tries his hardest to gain the approval of Bob, his incredibly distant son

* '''Deconstructed''': Al dies without ostensibly letting Bob know that he loved him. This tears Bob up inside and causes him to lash out at everyone and everything.

* '''Reconstructed''': Bob eventually comes to terms with his relationship with Al - he decides that raising him was a pretty good way to show love, even if he didn't say it all the time.

** Doubly alternatively, Bob receives respect and praise from Al, who is a horrible man Bob despises, making the praise little more than a cruel mockery to him.

** Al is trying to force Bob to do things his way, but Bob just doesn't care.

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** Alternatively: After had for so long tried to gain Al's approval, Bob becomes more bitter and bitter about his father. When the day comes that Al finally express his approval, it's too late for Bob and instead of satifaction Bob feels bitterness and even spite for the approval.

** Alternatively: After had for so long tried to gain Al's approval, Bob becomes more bitter and bitter about his father. When the day comes that Al finally express his approval, it's too late for Bob and instead of satifaction Bob feels bitterness and even dispite for the approval.