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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob has the quest to save the whole universe. For the success of that quest, he has to be maimed, betrayed by one of his TrueCompanions, die a CruelAndUnusualDeath several times and is BarredFromTheAfterlife afterwards. He was also born in a [[AwayInAManger nativity-story-like way]] on Christmas morning by a poor young woman who didn't know who his father was in a barn far away from her home, LooksLikeJesus, has twelve TrueCompanions, and his CruelAndUnusualDeath happens on Good Friday.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob has the quest to save the whole universe. For the success of that quest, he has to be maimed, betrayed by one of his TrueCompanions, die a CruelAndUnusualDeath several times and is BarredFromTheAfterlife afterwards. He was also born in a [[AwayInAManger nativity-story-like way]] on Christmas morning by a poor young woman who is ASaintNamedMary and didn't know who his father was in a barn far away from her home, LooksLikeJesus, has twelve TrueCompanions, and his CruelAndUnusualDeath happens on Good Friday.
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* '''Conversed''': "Now he discovered his ability to heal blindness. I bet they will crucify him at the end of the season."

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* '''Conversed''': "Now he discovered his ability to heal blindness. I bet they will crucify him at the end of the season.""
* '''Deconstructed''': A life based on sacrifice and death is pretty depressing, and Bob in fact dreads that. Being an AllLovingHero is also rather a pressure, and he genuinely fears mistakes.
* '''Reconstructed''': One of Bob's powers is IncorruptiblePurePureness.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob lives in 1st century Galilee. People frequently mistake him for the famous traveling rabbi Jesus of Nazareth.
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob is hunted by InspectorJavert and finally betrayed by one of his TrueCompanions. Then, he is executed for something that wasn't even a crime.
* '''Implied''': After Bob's death, he is frequently compared to Jesus.

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'''Basic Trope Description''': A heroic character in a saviour role. The salvation quest includes a sizable, undeserved sacrifice (often lethal) for them. Made in the likeness of Jesus of Nazareth.

* '''Straight''': Bob has the quest to save the Hat People. For the success of that quest, he has to die a CruelAndUnusualDeath and is BarredFromTheAfterlife afterwards.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob has the quest to save the whole universe. For the success of that quest, he has to be maimed, betrayed by one of his TrueCompanions, die a CruelAndUnusualDeath several times and is BarredFromTheAfterlife afterwards. He was also born in a [[AwayInAManger nativity-story-like way]] on Christmas morning by a poor young woman who didn't know who his father was in a barn far away from her home, LooksLikeJesus, has twelve TrueCompanions, and his CruelAndUnusualDeath happens on Good Friday.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob has the quest to save Alice. For the success of the quest, he has to allow himself to get terribly maimed and suffer a near-death experience.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob is Jesus' coming into his world.
** Bob is the SecondComing of Christ.
* '''Inverted''': SatanicArchetype
* '''Subverted''': Bob has the quest to save the Hat People. He thinks that he will have to die so they can live in the end, only to be offered a way out before his death.
* '''Double Subverted''': Nevertheless, Bob doesn't take the way out, and accepts his fate.
* '''Enforced''':
** The author wants to make clear that Bob is the hero.
** The author wants to build up tension.
* '''Averted''':
** No one of the heroes is in the redeemer role.
** No one of the heroes has to die to achieve their quest.
* '''Parodied''': Bob literally LooksLikeJesus.
* '''Zigzagged''': Sometimes Bob's story seems like that of Jesus, sometimes not.
* '''Invoked''': Bob's mother raises him into becoming a devout Christian. As an adult, Bob deliberately wants to be like Jesus in his heroic quest.
* '''Exploited''': Bob, an AntiHero, uses his reputation to be like Jesus to gather a cult following around himself.
* '''Defied''': Bob decides from the beginning that he won't end up sacrificing himself for the Hat People.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey! Your life just goes on like that of Jesus!"
* '''Discussed''': "People tell me that I remind them of Jesus." "Wow, that is a praise!" "It's rather annoying..."
* '''Conversed''': "Now he discovered his ability to heal blindness. I bet they will crucify him at the end of the season."

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