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* '''Straight''': Bob is normally a reasonable guy, but to tell AnAesop about teamwork he suddenly argues with Alice and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leaves]].

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* '''Straight''': Bob is normally a reasonable guy, but to tell AnAesop about teamwork teamwork, he suddenly argues with Alice and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leaves]].



* '''Implied''': The argument happens during a JumpCut and we see Carol, Charlie, and Alice wonder why Bob was like that.

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* '''Implied''': The argument happens during a JumpCut JumpCut, and we see Carol, Charlie, and Alice wonder why Bob was like that.

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* '''Subverted''': Bob realized he's being unreasonable and decides to just go along with it.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Bob realized he's being unreasonable and decides to just go along with it.it.
** Bob and Alice only pretended to argue, to teach Jim and Rachel a lesson. [[note]] We can only hope that it doesn't end up "[[AesopAmnesia In one ear, out the other]]"[[/note]]

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** Emperor Evulz sneaks in a conflict-causing ArtifactOfDoom.



* '''Reconstructed''': But it turns out Dr. Hero was holding the ConflictBall, their arguments were what made them a good team, and it was all just AnAesop about how [[HardTruthAesop some amount conflict is inevitable in relationships]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': But it turns out Dr. Hero was holding the ConflictBall, their arguments were what made them a good team, and it was all just AnAesop about how [[HardTruthAesop some amount of conflict is inevitable in relationships]].
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Back to ConflictBallNo! Get your own ConflictBall!

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* '''Invoked''': Bob wants to show the team what happens when they split up, so he pretends to get angry and leaves the team with Charlie for a day.

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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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Bob wants to show the team what happens when they split up, so he pretends to get angry and leaves the team with Charlie for a day.day.
** Bob and Alice are laying the groundwork for [[TheMole Bob to infiltrate Team Evulz]].
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* '''Reconstructed''': But it turns out Dr. Hero was holding the ConflictBall, their arguments were what made them a good team, and it was all just AnAesop about how [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop some amount conflict is inevitable in relationships]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': But it turns out Dr. Hero was holding the ConflictBall, their arguments were what made them a good team, and it was all just AnAesop about how [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop [[HardTruthAesop some amount conflict is inevitable in relationships]].

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'''Basic Trope''': Characters acting as a contrarians for the sake of conflict, [[OutOfCharacterMoment even though it doesn't makes much sense otherwise.]]
* '''Straight''': Bob is normally a reasonable guy, but to tell an {{Aesop}} about teamwork he suddenly argues with Alice and leaves.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is normally a huge kiss-ass and spineless YesMan to Alice, but he suddenly vehemently disagrees with her over the most minor thing possible.

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'''Basic Trope''': Characters acting as a contrarians for the sake of conflict, [[OutOfCharacterMoment even though it doesn't makes much sense otherwise.]]
* '''Straight''': Bob is normally a reasonable guy, but to tell an {{Aesop}} AnAesop about teamwork he suddenly argues with Alice and leaves.
[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leaves]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob [[TheLancer Bob]] is normally a huge kiss-ass [[ProfessionalButtKisser sycophant]] and spineless YesMan to Alice, [[TheLeader Alice]], but he suddenly vehemently disagrees with her over the most minor thing possible.



* '''Inverted''': Despite having a HairTriggerTemper and a fierce moral code, Bob goes along with Alice's decision to commit genocide

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* '''Inverted''': Despite having a HairTriggerTemper and a fierce moral code, Bob goes along with Alice's decision to commit genocidegenocide.



* '''DoubleSubverted''': ...until he finds ANOTHER ridiculous thing to argue about.
* '''Parodied''': [[AntiHero Bob]] throws a fit, breaks half of the Justice Team's base, and dramatically vows revenge on Alice for claiming [[BlandNameProduct Froot Circles]] are better than [[BLandNameProduct Choco Poofs]], even it though has previously been repeatedly established that he hates chocolate and loves Froot Circles.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob starts getting angry about Alice having a party on a weekday, despite being seen at a party held on Tuesday... until he learns it's a Friday, and he's okay with it... until he's told there's alcohol at the party, despite passing out drunk two episodes ago... then he learns there will be no minors there... then he gets angry about there being weed, despite being seen smoking it two episodes ago... then...

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* '''DoubleSubverted''': ...'''Double Subverted''': ...until he finds ANOTHER ridiculous thing to argue about.
* '''Parodied''': [[AntiHero Bob]] throws a fit, breaks half of the Justice Team's base, and dramatically vows revenge on Alice for claiming [[BlandNameProduct Froot Circles]] are better than [[BLandNameProduct [[BlandNameProduct Choco Poofs]], even it though has it had previously been repeatedly established that he hates chocolate and loves Froot Circles.
* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob starts getting angry about Alice having a party on a weekday, despite being seen at a party held on Tuesday... Tuesday ... until he learns it's a Friday, and he's okay with it... it ... until he's told there's alcohol at the party, despite passing out drunk two episodes ago... ago ... then he learns there will be no minors there... there ... then he gets angry about there [[DrugsAreBad marijuana]] being weed, there, despite being seen smoking it two episodes ago... then...ago ... then ...



* '''Exploited''': Destructo is counting on the members of Justice Team to have some argument and break up for his plan to succeed

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* '''Exploited''': Destructo is counting on the members of Justice Team to have some argument and break up for his plan to succeedsucceed.



* '''Reconstructed''': But it turns out Dr. Hero was holding the ConflictBall, their arguments were what made them a good team, and it was all just an {{Aesop}} about how [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop some amount conflict is inevitable in relationships]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': But it turns out Dr. Hero was holding the ConflictBall, their arguments were what made them a good team, and it was all just an {{Aesop}} AnAesop about how [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop some amount conflict is inevitable in relationships]].relationships]].
* '''Implied''': The argument happens during a JumpCut and we see Carol, Charlie, and Alice wonder why Bob was like that.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob's squabbles with Alice are of the CavemenVsAstronautsDebate type.



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* '''Parodied''': [[AntiHero Bob]] throws a fit, breaks half of the Justice Team's base, and dramatically vows revenge on Alice for claiming [[BlandNameProduct Froot Circles]] are better than [[BLandNameProduct Choco Poofs]], even though he hates chocolate and loves Froot Circles.

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* '''Parodied''': [[AntiHero Bob]] throws a fit, breaks half of the Justice Team's base, and dramatically vows revenge on Alice for claiming [[BlandNameProduct Froot Circles]] are better than [[BLandNameProduct Choco Poofs]], even it though has previously been repeatedly established that he hates chocolate and loves Froot Circles.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob was previously a huge kiss-ass, and today disagrees with Alice over the most minor thing possible.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob was previously is normally a huge kiss-ass, kiss-ass and today spineless YesMan to Alice, but he suddenly vehemently disagrees with Alice her over the most minor thing possible.
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* '''Subverted''': Bob realized he's being unreasonable and decides to just go along with it
* '''DoubleSubverted''': ...until he finds ANOTHER ridiculous thing to argue about

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* '''Subverted''': Bob realized he's being unreasonable and decides to just go along with it
it.
* '''DoubleSubverted''': ...until he finds ANOTHER ridiculous thing to argue aboutabout.



* '''Enforced''': [[ExecutiveMeddling The Execs]] need some in-group conflict but everyone in the Justice Team gets along fine
* '''Lampshaded''': "So it's Bob's turn to be arbitrarily unreasonable today"

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* '''Enforced''': [[ExecutiveMeddling The Execs]] need some in-group conflict but everyone in the Justice Team gets along fine
fine.
* '''Lampshaded''': "So it's Bob's turn to be arbitrarily unreasonable today"today."



* '''Conversed''': "Isn't it weird how the main character of this show sometimes gets all argue-y for no good reason?"

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* '''Conversed''': "Isn't it weird how the main character of this show sometimes gets all argue-y argumentative for no good reason?"
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* '''Averted''': Conflict is caused by in-character disagreement or not caused by disagreements at all

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* '''Averted''': Conflict is caused by in-character disagreement or not caused by disagreements at allall.



* '''Deconstructed''': The Justice Team's tendency to randomly find issue with things they were fine with before gets them all diagnosed with bipolar disorder and eventually put out of superheroics by Dr. Hero
* '''Reconstructed''': But it turns out Dr. Hero was holding the ConflictBall, their arguments were what made them a good team, and it was all just an {{Aesop}} about how [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop some amount conflict is inevitable in relationships]]

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* '''Deconstructed''': The Justice Team's tendency to randomly find issue with things they were fine with before gets them all diagnosed with bipolar disorder and eventually put out of superheroics by Dr. Hero
Hero.
* '''Reconstructed''': But it turns out Dr. Hero was holding the ConflictBall, their arguments were what made them a good team, and it was all just an {{Aesop}} about how [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop some amount conflict is inevitable in relationships]]relationships]].
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* '''Double Subverted''': ...until he finds ANOTHER ridiculous thing to argue about
* '''Parodied''': Bob throws a fit, breaks half of the Justice Team's base, and dramatically vows revenge on Alice for claiming [[BlandNameProduct Froot Circles]] are better than [[BLandNameProduct Choco Poofs]], even though he hates chocolate and loves Froot Circles.

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* '''Double Subverted''': ...'''DoubleSubverted''': ...until he finds ANOTHER ridiculous thing to argue about
* '''Parodied''': Bob [[AntiHero Bob]] throws a fit, breaks half of the Justice Team's base, and dramatically vows revenge on Alice for claiming [[BlandNameProduct Froot Circles]] are better than [[BLandNameProduct Choco Poofs]], even though he hates chocolate and loves Froot Circles.
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* '''Reconstructed''': But it turns out Dr. Hero was holding the ConflictBall, their arguments were what made them a good team, and it was all just an {{Aesop}} about how [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop some conflict is okay in a relationship]]

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* '''Reconstructed''': But it turns out Dr. Hero was holding the ConflictBall, their arguments were what made them a good team, and it was all just an {{Aesop}} about how [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop some amount conflict is okay inevitable in a relationship]]relationships]]
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* '''Straight''': Bob is normally a reasonable guy, but to tell an {{Aesop}} about teamwork he suddenly argues with Alice and leaves
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob was previously a huge kiss-ass, and today disagrees with Alice over the most minor thing possible
* '''Downplayed''': Bob can get a bit antsy but acts more disagreeable than usual for the sake of the plot
* '''Justified''': Bob hadn't been getting much sleep, and Charlie, TheMole, has been feeding him lies about Alice

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* '''Straight''': Bob is normally a reasonable guy, but to tell an {{Aesop}} about teamwork he suddenly argues with Alice and leaves
leaves.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob was previously a huge kiss-ass, and today disagrees with Alice over the most minor thing possible
possible.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob can get a bit antsy but acts more disagreeable than usual for the sake of the plot
plot.
* '''Justified''': Bob hadn't been getting much sleep, and Charlie, TheMole, has been feeding him lies about AliceAlice.
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* '''Reconstructed''': But it turns out Dr. Hero was holding the ConflictBall, their arguments were what made them a good team, and it was all just an {{Aesop}} about how some conflict is okay in a relationship

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* '''Reconstructed''': But it turns out Dr. Hero was holding the ConflictBall, their arguments were what made them a good team, and it was all just an {{Aesop}} about how [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop some conflict is okay in a relationshiprelationship]]
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob was previously a huge kiss-ass, but today disagrees with Alice over something incredibly minor

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob was previously a huge kiss-ass, but and today disagrees with Alice over something incredibly minorthe most minor thing possible
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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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'''Basic Trope''': A character uncharacteristically acts as a contrarian for the sake of conflict

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'''Basic Trope''': A character uncharacteristically acts Characters acting as a contrarian contrarians for the sake of conflictconflict, [[OutOfCharacterMoment even though it doesn't makes much sense otherwise.]]
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* '''Deconstructed''': The Justice Team's tendency to randomly find issue with things they were fine with before gets them all diagnosed with bipolar disorder and eventually put out of superheroics by Dr. Hero
* '''Reconstructed''': But it turns out Dr. Hero was holding the ConflictBall, their arguments were what made them a good team, and it was all just an {{Aesop}} about how some conflict is okay in a relationship
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* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"Are we gonna do the thing where Bob gets angry for no reason, starting a chain of events that culminate with us learning a valuable lesson? Because that's what it looks like."
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Bob throws a fit, breaks half of the Justice Team's base, and dramatically vows revenge on Alice for claiming [[BlandNameProduct Froot Circles]] are better than [[BLandNameProduct Choco Poofs]], even though he hates chocolate and loves Froot Circles.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Bob starts getting angry about Alice having a party on a weekday, despite being seen at a party held on Tuesday... until he learns it's a Friday, and he's okay with it... until he's told there's alcohol at the party, despite passing out drunk two episodes ago... then he learns there will be no minors there... then he gets angry about there being weed, despite being seen smoking it two episodes ago... then...



* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???
[[ExecutiveMeddling The Execs]] need some in-group conflict but everyone in the Justice Team gets along fine
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"So it's Bob's turn to be arbitrarily unreasonable today"
* '''Invoked''': ???
Bob wants to show the team what happens when they split up, so he pretends to get angry and leaves the team with Charlie for a day.
* '''Exploited''': ???Destructo is counting on the members of Justice Team to have some argument and break up for his plan to succeed



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"Isn't it weird how the main character of this show sometimes gets all argue-y for no good reason?"
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob was previously a huge kiss-ass, but today disagrees with Alice over a favorite color

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob was previously a huge kiss-ass, but today disagrees with Alice over a favorite colorsomething incredibly minor



* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Bob realized he's being unreasonable and decides to just go along with it
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Subverted''': ...until he finds ANOTHER ridiculous thing to argue about



* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???Conflict is caused by in-character disagreement or not caused by disagreements at all



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???"Bob, you're being really unreasonable today. Let's just talk it out."
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'''Basic Trope''': A character uncharacteristically acts as a contrarian for the sake of conflict
* '''Straight''': Bob is normally a reasonable guy, but to tell an {{Aesop}} about teamwork he suddenly argues with Alice and leaves
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob was previously a huge kiss-ass, but today disagrees with Alice over a favorite color
* '''Downplayed''': Bob can get a bit antsy but acts more disagreeable than usual for the sake of the plot
* '''Justified''': Bob hadn't been getting much sleep, and Charlie, TheMole, has been feeding him lies about Alice
* '''Inverted''': Despite having a HairTriggerTemper and a fierce moral code, Bob goes along with Alice's decision to commit genocide
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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