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* '''Averted''': Bob doesn't sing a song.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Bob doesn't sing a song.song.
** Bob sings a song, but it doesn't cover how great he is.
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* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???
Bob doesn't sing a song.
* '''Enforced''': ???
"Test audiences don't really like Bob, so let's give him a scene where he explains why they should. But to make it more dynamic, put it in a song."
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"I'm the most handsome man in the land, so I wrote a song about that fact."
* '''Invoked''': ???
Bob asks Alice for songwriting inspiration. Knowing that Bob is [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]], she suggests that he write about himself, and he does.
* '''Exploited''': ???
Bob writes the song and has it played on the radio to improve his public image.
* '''Defied''': ???
Bob's songs have to be reviewed and approved by Alice, his manager. She turns down any song that she deems too egotistical.
* '''Discussed''': ???"Wow, that Bob sounds pretty awesome!" "Of course! [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Have you heard his song?]]"

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* '''Justified''': Bob ''is'' that awesome.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Bob ''is'' that awesome.
** Bob only ''thinks'' he's that
awesome.



* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is a SmallNameBigEgo who sings about how awesome he thinks he is. Everyone else thinks he's just being a twit.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Bob is a SmallNameBigEgo who sings about how awesome he thinks he is. Everyone else thinks he's just being a twit.twit.
** Everyone believes Bob when he sings about how awesome he supposedly is -- and then he winds up in a situation where he has to prove it. He quickly falls apart.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is a SmallNameBigEgo who sings about how awesome he thinks he is. Everyone else thinks he's just being a twit.



%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': Bob sings a song about how awful and lame he is.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Bob sings a song about how awful and lame he is.
** Alice sings a song to Bob about how great he
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Basic Trope: A character in a musical sings of how wonderful he/she is.
* '''Straight Trope''': Bob's introductory number has him sing a song about how he is the handsomest man in Troperia, is the best swordsman, and the smartest.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob sings that he is the best at ''everything'', and proceeds to demonstrate so to the audience, winning a swordsmanship competition, wins a Nobel Prize for physics, and hooks up with the most beautiful chorine, all in the course of one song.

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Basic Trope: '''Basic Trope''': A character in a musical sings of how wonderful he/she is.
they are.
* '''Straight Trope''': '''Straight''': Bob's introductory number has him sing a song about how he is the handsomest man in Troperia, is the best swordsman, and the smartest.
* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
**
Bob sings that he is the best at ''everything'', and proceeds to demonstrate so to the audience, winning a swordsmanship competition, wins a Nobel Prize for physics, and hooks up with the most beautiful chorine, all in the course of one song.



* '''Parodied''': See Exaggerated.
* '''Zigzagged''': Bob sings about how wonderful he is, but also about how he wants to help starving children in Africa... with his awesomeness.
* '''Averted''': Bob doesn't sing a song about how wonderful he is, just a regular old IAmSong.
* '''Enforced''': ?
* '''Lampshaded''': ?
* '''Invoked''': ?
* '''Defied''': No one sings at all.
* '''Exploited''': ?
* '''Discussed''': ?
* '''Conversed''': ?
* '''Deconstructed''': As Bob sings about how wonderful he is, we see how everyone around him is suffering.
* '''Reconstructed''': ?
* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob sings about how he is the best at something soul-crushingly lame, like being the top computer solitaire player in the state.
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob sings about how he is the best rapist and murderer in the state.

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* '''Parodied''': See Exaggerated.
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* '''Zigzagged''': '''Zig Zagged''': Bob sings about how wonderful he is, but also about how he wants to help starving children in Africa... with his awesomeness.
* '''Averted''': Bob doesn't sing a song about how wonderful he is, just a regular old IAmSong.
???
* '''Enforced''': ?
???
* '''Lampshaded''': ?
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* '''Invoked''': ?
* '''Defied''': No one sings at all.
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* '''Exploited''': ?
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* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ?
???
* '''Conversed''': ?
* '''Deconstructed''': As Bob sings about how wonderful he is, we see how everyone around him is suffering.
* '''Reconstructed''': ?
???
* '''Played for For Laughs''': Bob sings about how he is the best at something soul-crushingly lame, like being the top computer solitaire player in the state.
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
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'''Played for For Drama''': Bob sings about how he is the best rapist and murderer in the state.???
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* '''Enforced''': ?

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* '''Enforced''': ??
* '''Lampshaded''': ?
* '''Invoked''': ?
* '''Defied''': No one sings at all.
* '''Exploited''': ?
* '''Discussed''': ?
* '''Conversed''': ?
* '''Deconstructed''': As Bob sings about how wonderful he is, we see how everyone around him is suffering.
* '''Reconstructed''': ?
* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob sings about how he is the best at something soul-crushingly lame, like being the top computer solitaire player in the state.
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob sings about how he is the best rapist and murderer in the state.
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Basic Trope: A character in a musical sings of how wonderful he/she is.
* '''Straight Trope''': Bob's introductory number has him sing a song about how he is the handsomest man in Troperia, is the best swordsman, and the smartest.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob sings that he is the best at ''everything'', and proceeds to demonstrate so to the audience, winning a swordsmanship competition, wins a Nobel Prize for physics, and hooks up with the most beautiful chorine, all in the course of one song.
**Bob sings his song in the middle of a homeless shelter, where everyone is miserable except for Bob.
**Bob is a OneSceneWonder and appears nowhere else in the musical.
* '''Downplayed''': Scrappy underdog Alice sings a song about how great she is to try to convince her coach to put her on the team.
* '''Justified''': Bob ''is'' that awesome.
* '''Inverted''': Bob sings a song about how awful and lame he is.
* '''Subverted''': Bob starts to sing about all the wonderful things he is, but the chorus precedes to shut him up.
* '''Double Subverted''': Bob sings his IAmGreatSong over the chorus demanding his stopping.
* '''Parodied''': See Exaggerated.
* '''Zigzagged''': Bob sings about how wonderful he is, but also about how he wants to help starving children in Africa... with his awesomeness.
* '''Averted''': Bob doesn't sing a song about how wonderful he is, just a regular old IAmSong.
* '''Enforced''': ?

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