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1Here's an index about characters doing things that are above or below what is appropriately proportional.
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4* BerserkButton: Someone is enraged by a minor trigger.
5* BudgetBustingElement: Spending a lot of money on a relatively minor aspect of a production.
6* CherryTapping: Someone is defeated by a weak attack to humiliate them.
7* ComicalOverreacting: When characters overreact about something is PlayedForLaughs.
8* DisproportionateCelebration: Characters celebrate over minor achievements.
9* DisproportionateRestitution: Compensation far less than what is deserved.
10* DisproportionateRetribution: An excessive punishment for a minor slight.
11* DisproportionateReward: The reward is much greater than the action that the receiver did.
12* EasyRoadToHell: A character ends up going to Hell all because of one bad thing they did in life.
13* FelonyMisdemeanor: When a minor crime is treated like a serious offense.
14* FingerPokeOfDoom: A weak attack (usually a finger poke) does more damage than intended.
15* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: The importance of an event is inversely proportional to how intensely the characters react to it.
16* LongerThanLifeSentence: Criminal got sentenced to prison terms going beyond what any normal person can serve.
17* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Older siblings doing more than necessary to protect their younger siblings.
18* KnightTemplarParent: Parents doing more than necessary to protect their children.
19* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: A character who is severely harmed reacts less proportionately than expected.
20* MinorFlawMajorBreakUp: Two characters break up over something that is trivial.
21* MinorInjuryOverreaction: A character overreacts badly over a minor injury.
22* MinorInsultMeltdown: A character hurts another character more than they had intended with their choice of words.
23* OverdramaticDatingCommotion: Seeing two characters being lovey-dovey leads to exaggerated comical reactions from everyone.
24* RationalizingTheOverkill: A character justifies their excessive punishments they inflict.
25* RestrainedRevenge: A character dishes a lesser form of revenge against another right before forgiving him.
26* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: More force is used more than necessary.
27* TrivialTragedy: The loss of something mundane is treated as a great tragedy.

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