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* '''Justified''': Bob is using the performance of religious faith and practice to be [[VillainWithGoodPublicity perceived as a good person.]]

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Bob is using the performance of religious faith and practice to be [[VillainWithGoodPublicity perceived as a good person.]]]]
** Bob like other people, believe in God.
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* '''Justified''': Bob is using the performance of religious faith and practice to be perceived as a good person.

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* '''Justified''': Bob is using the performance of religious faith and practice to be [[VillainWithGoodPublicity perceived as a good person. person.]]
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** Bob is actually the ''[[SinisterMinister pastor]]'' at the ChurchOfSaintGenericus. He embezzles funds from the church, his wife died under ''[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident suspicious]]'' [[NeverSuicide circumstances]] (and before that, he was [[DomesticAbuse beating her bloody on a regular basis and]] [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on her]] with ''several'' women), [[VillainousIncest he rapes his]] [[ParentalIncest 12-year-old daughter]] every night (and has [[ChildByRape gotten her pregnant]] ''twice'', both times sending her away to have an abortion while telling everyone that [[PreachersKid she]] went on a Bible retreat), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he doesn't pick up after his dog]]. [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Everyone in town knows him as a]] GoodShepherd.

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** Bob is actually the ''[[SinisterMinister pastor]]'' at the ChurchOfSaintGenericus. He embezzles funds from the church, his wife died under ''[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident suspicious]]'' [[NeverSuicide circumstances]] (and before that, he was [[DomesticAbuse beating her bloody on a regular basis and]] [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on her]] her with ''several'' women), [[VillainousIncest he rapes his]] [[ParentalIncest 12-year-old daughter]] every night (and has [[ChildByRape gotten her pregnant]] ''twice'', both times sending her away to have an abortion while telling everyone that [[PreachersKid she]] went on a Bible retreat), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he doesn't pick up after his dog]]. [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Everyone in town knows him as a]] GoodShepherd.
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** Bob goes to church with blood splaterred all over his shoes and suit. No-one bats an eye.

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** Bob goes to church with blood splaterred splattered all over his shoes and suit. No-one bats an eye.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is actually the ''[[SinisterMinister pastor]]'' at the ChurchOfSaintGenericus. He embezzles funds from the church, his wife died under ''[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident suspicious]]'' [[NeverSuicide circumstances]] (and before that, he was [[DomesticAbuse beating her bloody on a regular basis and]] [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on her]] with ''several'' women), [[VillainousIncest he rapes his]] [[ParentalIncest 12-year-old daughter]] every night (and has [[ChildByRape gotten her pregnant]] ''twice'', both times sending her away to have an abortion while telling everyone that [[PreachersKid she]] went on a Bible retreat), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he doesn't pick up after his dog]]. [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Everyone in town knows him as a]] GoodShepherd.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Bob is actually the ''[[SinisterMinister pastor]]'' at the ChurchOfSaintGenericus. He embezzles funds from the church, his wife died under ''[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident suspicious]]'' [[NeverSuicide circumstances]] (and before that, he was [[DomesticAbuse beating her bloody on a regular basis and]] [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on her]] with ''several'' women), [[VillainousIncest he rapes his]] [[ParentalIncest 12-year-old daughter]] every night (and has [[ChildByRape gotten her pregnant]] ''twice'', both times sending her away to have an abortion while telling everyone that [[PreachersKid she]] went on a Bible retreat), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he doesn't pick up after his dog]]. [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Everyone in town knows him as a]] GoodShepherd.


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** Bob goes to church with blood splaterred all over his shoes and suit. No-one bats an eye.
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** Bob genuinely believes that going to church gives him carte blanche to do whatever immoral things he wants: as long as he confesses on Sundays, it's all good, and he'll go to heaven when he dies! What a deal!
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* '''Basic Trope''': A villainous character who purports to be a good person of faith.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A villainous character who purports to be a good person of faith.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is actually the ''[[SinisterMinister pastor]]'' at the ChurchOfSaintGenericus. He embezzles funds from the church, his wife died under ''[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident suspicious]]'' [[NeverSuicide circumstances]] (and before that, he was [[DomesticAbuse beating her bloody on a regular basis and]] [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on her]] with ''several'' women), [[VillainousIncest he rapes his]] [[ParentalIncest 12-year-old daughter]] every night (and has [[ChildByRape gotten her pregnant]] ''twice'', both times sending her away to have an abortion while telling everyone that [[PreachersKid she]] went on a Bible retreat), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he doesn't pick up after his dog]]. Everyone in town knows him as a GoodShepherd.
** Bob isn't the leader of a legitimate church so much as a {{Cult}}.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob, who is running for mayor of Troperville, claims to be a Christian, when in fact he's a HollywoodAtheist.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is actually the ''[[SinisterMinister pastor]]'' at the ChurchOfSaintGenericus. He embezzles funds from the church, his wife died under ''[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident suspicious]]'' [[NeverSuicide circumstances]] (and before that, he was [[DomesticAbuse beating her bloody on a regular basis and]] [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on her]] with ''several'' women), [[VillainousIncest he rapes his]] [[ParentalIncest 12-year-old daughter]] every night (and has [[ChildByRape gotten her pregnant]] ''twice'', both times sending her away to have an abortion while telling everyone that [[PreachersKid she]] went on a Bible retreat), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he doesn't pick up after his dog]]. [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Everyone in town knows him as a a]] GoodShepherd.
** Bob isn't the leader of a legitimate church so much as a {{Cult}}.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob, who is running for mayor of Troperville, claims to be a Christian, when in fact he's a HollywoodAtheist.



** Bob, who is running for mayor of Troperville, claims to be a Christian, when in fact he's secretly a HollywoodAtheist.



* '''Inverted''': Bob is an atheist who is a bad person.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Bob is an atheist who is a bad person.



* '''Subverted''': Bob had a bad past as a drug dealer, but had a HeelFaithTurn in {{Prison}}.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Bob had a bad past as a drug dealer, but had a HeelFaithTurn in {{Prison}}.



* '''Double Subverted''': [[NeverLiveItDown His bad past is all anyone remembers]].
** [[SerialSpouse He is on his third wife]], and the last two marriages ended because he cheated. And yes, he's cheating on his current wife, too.
** His wife, Alice, isn't so accepting, and he caves to pressure from her to kick Charlie out of the house with no resources, or turns a blind eye while Alice gives Charlie a DefenestrateAndBerate.
* '''Parodied''': Bob, [[FunnyAnimal a wolf]], comes up to the pulpit wearing a sheepskin suit.

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* '''Double Subverted''': [[NeverLiveItDown His bad past is all anyone remembers]].
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** After his release from prison, Bob goes to church every Sunday... and continues selling drugs every other day of the week.
** [[SerialSpouse He is on his third wife]], and the last two marriages ended because he cheated. And yes, he's cheating on his current wife, too.
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** His wife, Alice, isn't so accepting, and he caves to pressure from her to kick Charlie out of the house with no resources, or turns a blind eye while Alice gives Charlie a DefenestrateAndBerate.
DefenestrateAndBerate.
* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Bob, [[FunnyAnimal a wolf]], comes up to the pulpit [[LiteralMetaphor wearing a a]] [[AWolfInSheepsClothing sheepskin suit. suit]].



* '''Averted''': Bob is a genuinely good person.
** Bob isn't religious. (He may be spiritual, or he may be an atheist or agnostic.)
* '''Enforced''': Let's tell a story that's RippedFromTheHeadlines.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Bob is a genuinely good person.
** Bob isn't religious. (He may be spiritual, or he may be an atheist or agnostic.)
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Let's tell a story that's RippedFromTheHeadlines.



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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is actually the ''[[SinisterMinister pastor]]'' at the ChurchOfSaintGenericus. He embezzles funds from the church, his wife died under ''[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident suspicious]]'' [[NeverSuicide circumstances]] (and before that, he was [[DomesticAbuse beating her bloody on a regular basis and]] [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on her]] with ''several'' women), [[VillainousIncest he rapes his]] [[ParentalIncest 12-year-old daughter]] every night (and has [[ChildByRape gotten her pregnant]] ''twice''), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he doesn't pick up after his dog]]. Everyone in town knows him as a GoodShepherd.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is actually the ''[[SinisterMinister pastor]]'' at the ChurchOfSaintGenericus. He embezzles funds from the church, his wife died under ''[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident suspicious]]'' [[NeverSuicide circumstances]] (and before that, he was [[DomesticAbuse beating her bloody on a regular basis and]] [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on her]] with ''several'' women), [[VillainousIncest he rapes his]] [[ParentalIncest 12-year-old daughter]] every night (and has [[ChildByRape gotten her pregnant]] ''twice''), ''twice'', both times sending her away to have an abortion while telling everyone that [[PreachersKid she]] went on a Bible retreat), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he doesn't pick up after his dog]]. Everyone in town knows him as a GoodShepherd.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is actually the ''[[SinisterMinister pastor]]'' at the ChurchOfSaintGenericus. He embezzles funds from the church, his wife died under ''[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident suspicious]]'' [[NeverSuicide circumstances]] (and before that, he was [[DomesticAbuse beating her bloody on a regular basis and]] [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on her]] with ''several'' women), [[VillainousIncest he rapes his]] [[ParentalIncest 12-year-old daughter]] every night, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he doesn't pick up after his dog]]. Everyone in town knows him as a GoodShepherd.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is actually the ''[[SinisterMinister pastor]]'' at the ChurchOfSaintGenericus. He embezzles funds from the church, his wife died under ''[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident suspicious]]'' [[NeverSuicide circumstances]] (and before that, he was [[DomesticAbuse beating her bloody on a regular basis and]] [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on her]] with ''several'' women), [[VillainousIncest he rapes his]] [[ParentalIncest 12-year-old daughter]] every night, night (and has [[ChildByRape gotten her pregnant]] ''twice''), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he doesn't pick up after his dog]]. Everyone in town knows him as a GoodShepherd.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is actually the ''[[SinisterMinister pastor]]'' at the ChurchOfSaintGenericus. He embezzles funds from the church, his wife died under ''[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident suspicious]]'' [[NeverSuicide circumstances]] (and before that, he was [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on her]] with ''several'' women), [[VillainousIncest he rapes his]] [[ParentalIncest 12-year-old daughter]] every night, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he doesn't pick up after his dog]]. Everyone in town knows him as a GoodShepherd.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is actually the ''[[SinisterMinister pastor]]'' at the ChurchOfSaintGenericus. He embezzles funds from the church, his wife died under ''[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident suspicious]]'' [[NeverSuicide circumstances]] (and before that, he was [[DomesticAbuse beating her bloody on a regular basis and]] [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on her]] with ''several'' women), [[VillainousIncest he rapes his]] [[ParentalIncest 12-year-old daughter]] every night, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he doesn't pick up after his dog]]. Everyone in town knows him as a GoodShepherd.
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*'''Basic Trope''': A villainous character who purports to be a good person of faith.
*'''Straight''': Bob goes to the ChurchOfSaintGenericus every Sunday. But every Monday morning, [[WhiteCollarCrime he embezzles money from work]].
*'''Exaggerated''': Bob is actually the ''[[SinisterMinister pastor]]'' at the ChurchOfSaintGenericus. He embezzles funds from the church, his wife died under ''[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident suspicious]]'' [[NeverSuicide circumstances]] (and before that, he was [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on her]] with ''several'' women), [[VillainousIncest he rapes his]] [[ParentalIncest 12-year-old daughter]] every night, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he doesn't pick up after his dog]]. Everyone in town knows him as a GoodShepherd.
** Bob isn't the leader of a legitimate church so much as a {{Cult}}.
*'''Downplayed''': Bob, who is running for mayor of Troperville, claims to be a Christian, when in fact he's a HollywoodAtheist.
** Bob is TheFundamentalist.
*'''Justified''': Bob is using the performance of religious faith and practice to be perceived as a good person.
*'''Inverted''': Bob is an atheist who is a bad person.
** Bob is a genuinely good person.
*'''Subverted''': Bob had a bad past as a drug dealer, but had a HeelFaithTurn in {{Prison}}.
** Bob emphasizes the importance of fidelity during a wedding he officiates.
** Bob's son Charlie [[ComingOutStory comes out of the closet]], and Bob tells him that he accepts him and loves him, no matter what anyone in their church thinks.
*'''Double Subverted''': [[NeverLiveItDown His bad past is all anyone remembers]].
** [[SerialSpouse He is on his third wife]], and the last two marriages ended because he cheated. And yes, he's cheating on his current wife, too.
** His wife, Alice, isn't so accepting, and he caves to pressure from her to kick Charlie out of the house with no resources, or turns a blind eye while Alice gives Charlie a DefenestrateAndBerate.
*'''Parodied''': Bob, [[FunnyAnimal a wolf]], comes up to the pulpit wearing a sheepskin suit.
** The new pastor is introduced as LouisCypher.
*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': Bob is a genuinely good person.
** Bob isn't religious. (He may be spiritual, or he may be an atheist or agnostic.)
*'''Enforced''': Let's tell a story that's RippedFromTheHeadlines.
** ReligiousHorror
** WriterOnBoard with the idea that ReligionIsWrong or that BeliefMakesYouStupid.
*'''Lampshaded''': ???
*'''Invoked''': Bob doesn't make much money as a minister, but being one is a full-time job. He needs money to pay the electric bill, and notices the collection plate.
*'''Exploited''': Bob starts a "[[PathOfInspiration religion]]" in order to get people to donate to his [[FakeCharity "ministries"]].
*'''Defied''': Bob knows that stealing that money would be wrong, so he simply calls up the electric company and tells them he might be late with the payment this month and needs an extension, or asks if there's a way he can lower his bill.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???

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