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1'''Basic Trope''': RoyalBrat who serves as an obvious WrongGuyFirst for the unfortunate LoveInterest.
2* '''Straight''': Prince Dikliss has an ArrangedMarriage with Princess Velvet; however, he's a self-absorbed UpperClassTwit who's ''nothing'' like the polite, gentlemanly [[TheWisePrince Prince]] [[KnightInShiningArmor Kelvin]].
3* '''Exaggerated''': Prince Dikliss is a completely worthless {{Jerkass}} whose sole redeeming feature is his rank -- if you care about that sort of thing.
4* '''Downplayed''': He's not a total {{jerkass}} but he's ''much'' less genteel than his rank would suggest.
5* '''Justified''':
6** Prince Dikliss has [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections never]] [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem needed]] to act like a decent person.
7** Prince Dikliss has never been held accountable for his actions.
8** Prince Dikliss is a literal child who doesn't know any better, and hasn't been taught any better.
9* '''Inverted''': PrinceCharming
10* '''Gender Inverted''': Princess Classless: the presumed PrincessClassic is a SpoiledBrat with no class at all.
11* '''Subverted''':
12** Prince Dikliss is actually a pretty decent guy.
13** Alternatively: Prince Dikliss [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold isn't so bad underneath it all]]. (And honestly, growing up with a name like "[[UnfortunateName Dikliss]]" is bound to give anyone a chip on their shoulder.)
14* '''Double Subverted''': ...However, the decency turns out to be little more than a [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk facade]] that he soon drops around Velvet or others to [[EvilGloating gloat]].
15* '''Parodied''': Dikliss is such an UpperClassTwit that he plunges deep into {{Cloudcuckoolander}} territory.
16* '''Zig Zagged''': Dikliss is a jerk due to his bad background; Velvet dislikes him at first, but comes to pity him and works on helping him become a better person. The two eventually bond, forming a true LoveTriangle; however, Dikliss grows jealous of Kelvin and plots to [[MurderTheHypotenuse get rid of him]].
17* '''Averted''': Prince Dikliss has his good and his bad points.
18* '''Enforced''': The writers want to teach AnAesop that wealth does not automatically make people classy, gracious, or polite.
19* '''Lampshaded''': "[[SarcasmMode My dear prince, how adorable I find your belching]]."
20* '''Invoked''': Serpentus, Dikliss' EvilChancellor, deliberately groomed him into a jerk as part of a plot to discredit the royal family.
21* '''Exploited''': Prince Kelvin tricks Velvet's father into engaging her to Prince Dikliss so that when he appears to save her from the unwanted marriage, Velvet will be grateful.
22* '''Defied''':
23** Serpentus deliberately ''avoided'' this, planning instead to make him into a [[ManBehindTheMan puppet ruler]] -- meaning he's more useful if he's well liked ''before'' taking the throne.
24** Princess Velvet runs away from home to avoid her forced marriage with Prince Dikliss, fully expecting him to be a jackass.
25** Prince Dikliss, instead of wanting to marry Princess Velvet, instead makes an active attempt to call off the marriage and avoid her. He's already got many women, so why would he add Princess Velvet?
26* '''Discussed''': "I wouldn't want to marry Dikliss, even though he is a prince. He's such a prick."
27* '''Conversed''': "Man, Dikliss is a douchebag in this story. He's just like [[Film/ThePrincessBride Prince Humperdink]]."
28* '''Deconstructed''': Dikliss is unpleasant thanks to spending his whole life dealing with the DecadentCourt, constantly manipulated by everyone around him and treated as little more than a convenient pawn; a means to an end. His ArrangedMarriage to Velvet is just another instance of this, something he greatly resents and can't help thinking of whenever he sees her.
29* '''Reconstructed''': The two are still incompatible, though, so the two cooperated in breaking off the wedding without having to demonize each other in the process. They are no longer a couple, but they have developed a friendship and support each other.
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31Back to PrinceCharmless.
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33%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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35%%* '''Implied''': ???
36%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
37%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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