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Prejudice
Basic Trope: A character wants to be friends with another person, who is of a different class or race.
- Straight: Rose is a lonely white rich girl, who wants to be friends with Jackie, a poor black girl, but can't because of her parents.
- Exaggerated: Rose can't even take a gaze at Jackie without getting bashed because of their race and class differences.
- Downplayed: Rose's parents allows her to hang around with Jackie, as long as they don't involve staying over.
- Justified: The show's setting is around the Civil War, or the Civil Rights Movement.
- Inverted: Rose and Jackie are encouraged to become friends because of their races.
- Subverted: The families of Rose and Jackie dislike each other, but they aren't racist...
- Double Subverted: ...they just don't think Rose should associate with someone so poor.
- Parodied: In this world, people of different skin color or social class literally repel each other, like magnets.
- Zig Zagged: The parents' approval of Rose's and Jackie's friendship vacillates randomly.
- Averted: Rose and Jackie can be friends, race isn't an issue.
- Enforced: The writers want to write about how racism is wrong.
- Lampshaded: "Too bad Rose and Jackie's parents are blinded by race. They seem like they could be good friends."
- Invoked: The town gossip tells Rose's parents that they should not let Rose associate with Jackie.
- Exploited: Malcolm Xerox uses Rose's parents as a reason why white people are bad.
- Defied: Jackie's parents have a talk with Rose's at the first sign of disapproval.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "That is one racist family."
- Implied: Rose acts very secretive about her friendship with Jackie.
Personal Vendetta
Basic Trope: Two families hate each other, but a character wants to be friends with another character in the feuding family.
- Straight: Rome and Julie want to be friends, but their families hate each other. They become friends anyway.
- Exaggerated: Rome and Julie's families have standing shoot-to-kill orders on each other, and yet still become best friends (or even a couple).
- Downplayed: ???
- Justified: Rome and Julie don't care that the other is from the other family - relationships should be about the person's character, not his/her pedigree.
- Inverted:
- Rome and Julie hate each other, but their families are all friends.
- Everybody hates each other. Or, everybody likes one another.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: Rome and Julie become friends and the family doesn't mind, as long as the rest of them can still feud.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: When Julie's father learns she's been spending time with Rome, he tries to get Rome's family evicted.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
Safety
Basic Trope: The family keeps the character apart because the friend is considered dangerous.
- Straight: Ann and Andy can't be friends because Andy is accused of murder.
- Exaggerated: Ann and Andy can't be friends because Andy is Ax-Crazy and tried to murder half of her family.
- Downplayed: Andy was accused of stealing from a lemonade stand, and Ann's parents are mildly suspicious of the friendship.
- Justified: The murder hasn't been solved yet.
- Inverted: Ann's family makes her spend time with Andy despite his accusation in case she ever needs someone assassinated.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: Andy isn't dangerous at all.
- Enforced: "What better way to add suspense then to make the main characters friends with a potential murderer?"
- Lampshaded: "Y'know, even if he is guilty, it's not like he's a serial killer."
- Invoked: Andy is framed for a murder by someone who has a crush on him and wants to get rid of possible competition.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
Bad influence
Basic Trope: A character does things deemed bad by society and they are forbidden to become friends.
- Straight: Alice and Bob can't be friends because Bob deals drugs.
- Exaggerated: Alice and Bob can't be friends because Bob deals drugs, hotwires cars, basically lives in jail, and steals from old ladies.
- Downplayed: The drugs are happy crack.
- Justified: Alice's parents don't want her picking up Bob's bad habits.
- Inverted: Bob is forbidden to be friends with Alice because she is a goody-goody.
- Subverted: Bob was Mistaken for Junkie and Alice's parents let her see him again once they find out he doesn't really do drugs.
- Double Subverted: Until they find out he skips school.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: ???
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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