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* '''Subverted''': Bob is introduced as a comic relief, but he is subjected to BreakTheComedian, making him the more serious character he was in the original book.

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Bob is introduced as a comic relief, but he is subjected to BreakTheComedian, making him the more serious character he was in the original book.book.
** The novel has the skilled and dedicated Dr. Bob, the movie has the well meaning but klutzy Constable Bob… [[AvertedTrope they are not]] [[OneSteveLimit the same person]].
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** The producers saw [[RuleOfFunny comedy gold]] in [[WrongGenreSavvy not adjusting Bob's Genre Savvy]].

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* '''Justified''': ''Troper Adventures: the Movie'' takes place before Bob became a more serious character.

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''Troper Adventures: the Movie'' takes place before Bob became a more serious character.character.
** ''Troper Adventures: the Movie'' is [[GenreShift Genre Shifted]] compared to the novel, and Bob's GenreSavvy [[WrongGenreSavvy isn't adjusted to match]]. [[note]]Turning him from TheStoic to TheComicallySerious without actually changing him.[[/note]]
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'''Basic Trope''': A character becomes a comic relief in an adaptation of a work.
* '''Straight''': In the novel ''Troper Adventures'', Bob is a relatively serious character. In the film adaptation ''Troper Adventures: the Movie'', Bob is FunPersonified.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob was a very serious character in ''Troper Adventures'', but in the movie, he's a PluckyComicRelief.
** All of the characters are made into comic reliefs.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob is made TheComicallySerious in the film, or at least tells the occasional joke, while he was more straightforwardly serious in the original book.
** Bob was already a comic relief in the original story, but he becomes funnier in the movie.
* '''Justified''': ''Troper Adventures: the Movie'' takes place before Bob became a more serious character.
* '''Inverted''':
** AdaptationalSeriousness
** AdaptationalAngstUpgrade
* '''Subverted''': Bob is introduced as a comic relief, but he is subjected to BreakTheComedian, making him the more serious character he was in the original book.
* '''Double Subverted''': He later gets over this and gets back to telling jokes.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob sometimes fills the role of the comic relief, but occasionally can become more serious when he needs to be.
* '''Averted''': Bob retains the same level of seriousness in both the book and movie.
* '''Enforced''':
** ''Troper Adventures: the Movie'' is LighterAndSofter and/or DenserAndWackier than the original story, so they have a character become more of a comic relief to reflect these changes.
** [[{{Typecasting}} The actor playing Bob is known for comedic roles, so they decide to let him become a funnier character to reflect this]].
** The producers believe that Bob becoming a comic relief would be more entertaining to the audience.
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* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Bob decides to remain serious in the adaptation.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Why is Bob telling jokes? I remember him being more serious in the original book!"
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