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* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone's intelligence on the show connects to how much they like classical music. Similarly, every nice character likes bubblegum pop and [[RottenRockAmdRoll every rude or abrasive character likes rock]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone's intelligence on the show connects to how much they like classical music. Similarly, every nice character likes bubblegum pop and [[RottenRockAmdRoll [[RottenRockAndRoll every rude or abrasive character likes rock]].

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* '''Straight''': You can tell Grant is intelligent and studious because [[ClassicalMusicIsCool he only listens to Mozart and Bach]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone's intelligence on the show connects to how much they like classical music. Similarly, every nice character likes bubblegum pop and every rude or abrasive character likes rock.

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* '''Straight''': '''Straight''':
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You can tell Grant is intelligent and studious because [[ClassicalMusicIsCool he only listens to Mozart and Bach]].
** Andrea TheFundamentalist only listens to religious music, regardless of genre (from Power Metal to Reggaeton).
** Yoji the LovableSexManiac has a playlist of 500 hours of songs regarding IntercourseWithYou, StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks, and romance standards like "Moon River" which are only there to make girls "ease into" consenting to the sex.
* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone's intelligence on the show connects to how much they like classical music. Similarly, every nice character likes bubblegum pop and [[RottenRockAmdRoll every rude or abrasive character likes rock.rock]].



* '''Played for Drama''': Grant is a BrokenBird who only listens to depressing music.

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* '''Played for Drama''': Drama''':
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Grant is a BrokenBird who only listens to depressing music.music.
** There are a thousand reasons [[BullyMagnet Grant is bullied 24/7]] and being the only guy in [[PersecutedIntellectuals Antintellect]] County, [[LowerClassLout Georgia]] who likes to listen to Mozart is on the top five on a ''good'' day.


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** Grant's murderous BerserkButton is people who don't like Neil Diamond. Way too many murders [[RunningGag occur]] to the tune of "Sweet Caroline" (guess what happens on the "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis pom-pom-pom]]").
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': [[TheBigGuy Butcher]] likes abrasive punk rock and [[PsychoKnifeNut Damien]] likes thrash metal. But you wouldn't expect [[ShrinkingViolet Alice]] and [[{{Keet}} Sunny]] to like them, too.

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': [[TheBigGuy Butcher]] Flash]] likes abrasive punk rock (and even plays guitar whenever he has the chance) and [[PsychoKnifeNut Damien]] likes thrash metal. But you wouldn't expect Flash's girlfriend [[ShrinkingViolet Alice]] Alicia]] and Damien's brother [[{{Keet}} Sunny]] to like them, too.

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** Grant very pointedly refuses to listen to music, either by himself or other people's. If he ever listens to music, he [[BreakingTheFourthWall gives the audience]] a DeathGlare and makes sure they can't listen.

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** Grant very pointedly refuses to listen to music, either by himself or other people's. If he ever listens to music, he [[BreakingTheFourthWall gives the audience]] a DeathGlare and makes sure [[TheUnreveal they can't listen.listen]].


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** Grant's favorite song is revealed through an EmbarrassingRingtone.
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** Grant is intelligent and studious and listens to death metal.

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** Grant is meek [[SheepInSheepsClothing down to his core]], intelligent and studious and listens to death metal.
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** Grant very pointedly refuses to listen to music, either by himself or other people's. If he ever listens to music, the audience never hears it.

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** Grant very pointedly refuses to listen to music, either by himself or other people's. If he ever listens to music, he [[BreakingTheFourthWall gives the audience never hears it.audience]] a DeathGlare and makes sure they can't listen.

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* '''Inverted''': Grant is intelligent and studious and listens to death metal.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Grant is intelligent and studious and listens to death metal.metal.
** Grant does not listens to music and does not lets other people hear music either. It is eventually revealed he has a TraumaButton of music, his SuperSenses make listening to music painful, or he is just a hard-core killjoy.



* '''Defied''': Grant listens to whatever music he wants, regardless of whether he thinks it fits him or not.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Grant listens to whatever music he wants, regardless of whether he thinks it fits him or not.not.
** Grant very pointedly refuses to listen to music, either by himself or other people's. If he ever listens to music, the audience never hears it.
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** Grant tortures others with his music. Literally. And quite often to the death, although "driven to insanity" is an acceptable option.
** Grant [[CardCarryingVillain listens to songs about murder, mayhem and demonic worship]] as he harvests ingredients for his black mass in his torture dungeon.
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* '''Inverted''': The music playing always tells you the exact ''opposite'' of a character's personality.

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* '''Inverted''': The music playing always tells you the exact ''opposite'' of a character's personality.Grant is intelligent and studious and listens to death metal.

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* '''Played for Horror''': Grant is a BloodKnight who only listens to songs about war and destruction.

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Grant is a BloodKnight who only listens to songs about war and destruction.destruction.
** Grant is AffablyEvil (with a spectacular emphasis on the "evil") and the music he likes tends to cause SoundtrackDissonance.

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* '''Double Subverted''': But then he hears Chopin and gets really into that.

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But then he hears Chopin and gets really into that.that.
** He is, however, [[DiscoDan a very huge fan of Walter Murphy's disco arrangement of Beethoven's Fifth]].

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* '''Parodied''': Classical music will play out of nowhere as Grant walks into the room.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Classical music will play out of nowhere as Grant walks into the room.room.
** Grant's playlist is all over the place musically and set on "shuffle". His personality goes all over the place as well depending on what song on that playlist is playing.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': The music Grant likes is unexpected and funny.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': Laughs''':
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The music Grant likes is unexpected and funny.funny.
** [[ButtMonkey Bob]]'s music taste is DamnedByAFoolsPraise.
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'''Basic Trope''': The music a person likes connects to their personality.
* '''Straight''': You can tell Grant is intelligent and studious because [[ClassicalMusicIsCool he only listens to Mozart and Bach]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone's intelligence on the show connects to how much they like classical music. Similarly, every nice character likes bubblegum pop and every rude or abrasive character likes rock.
* '''Downplayed''': Grant likes a lot of different types of music, but he listens to classical when he's studying.
* '''Justified''': Grant is incredibly smart and likes music theory, so he finds classical music interesting to listen to and study.
* '''Inverted''': The music playing always tells you the exact ''opposite'' of a character's personality.
* '''Subverted''': It turns out that Grant really doesn't like Mozart and Bach. He was just pretending because people expected him to.
* '''Double Subverted''': But then he hears Chopin and gets really into that.
* '''Parodied''': Classical music will play out of nowhere as Grant walks into the room.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': [[TheBigGuy Butcher]] likes abrasive punk rock and [[PsychoKnifeNut Damien]] likes thrash metal. But you wouldn't expect [[ShrinkingViolet Alice]] and [[{{Keet}} Sunny]] to like them, too.
* '''Averted''': Grant's personality cannot be determined by the music he listens to.
* '''Enforced''': AuthorAppeal: the writer is a fan of a certain band, so they write a character whose personality aligns with the type of music they play and use the band's songs in the show.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Ah, classical music. Perfect for intellectuals like myself."
* '''Invoked''': Grant tunes the radio to a classical music station when others are around.
* '''Exploited''': Grant thinks that people will think he's smarter for liking classical music.
* '''Defied''': Grant listens to whatever music he wants, regardless of whether he thinks it fits him or not.
* '''Discussed''': "So you say he was listening to Mozart and stuff? This guy's not a genius or something, is he?"
* '''Conversed''': "You can tell who's a genius on a TV show by how much Mozart they listen to."
* '''Played for Laughs''': The music Grant likes is unexpected and funny.
* '''Played for Drama''': Grant is a BrokenBird who only listens to depressing music.
* '''Played for Horror''': Grant is a BloodKnight who only listens to songs about war and destruction.
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