Basic Trope: Giraffes that are heroic and/or friendly.
- Straight: Gerald the giraffe is a kindhearted character who likes to help others.
- Exaggerated:
- All giraffes are friendly.
- Gerald is an incorruptible paragon dedicated to all goodness in the world.
- Downplayed:
- Gerald is an Affably Evil villain. While "genial" is the wrong word to describe him, he at least has standards.
- Gerald is on the side of good, but is an Anti-Hero, Unscrupulous Hero, and/or Good Is Not Nice.
- Justified: Somewhat Truth in Television; giraffes are generally non-aggressive animals unless threatened.
- Inverted: Gerald is a villain and/or Jerkass.
- Subverted: Gerald only acts friendly.
- Double Subverted: But he later pulls a Heel–Face Turn.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: Several giraffes appear, some of which are friendly, and some of which aren't.
- Averted: Giraffes aren't in the work.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: Gerald uses his tall height to help someone reach a place they're too short for.
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "Giraffes are often pretty nice in fiction, are they really that nice in real life?"
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