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** PyrrhicVillainy

* '''Downplayed''': Bob becomes a HeroWithBadPublicity as a result of stopping Emperor Evulz's plan.

* '''Exaggerated''': [[TheHero Bob]] and his friends manage to stop [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]]'s evil plans, but all of Bob's friends and family die in the attempt, and Bob himself dies a lonely and miserably slow death as he bleeds out in the mud on a battlefield. And barely a week passes before Emperor Evulz has rebuild his strength and makes another attempt at his EvilPlan.

* '''Defied''': Bob recognizes that a frontal assault would be successful, but at a great cost. Instead, he settles for a siege and a mutually-disadvantageous stalemate.

* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] and his friends manages to stop [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]]'s EvilPlan, but several of his friends die in the attempt, and Evulz manages to escape and will undoubtedly cause problems again in the future.
* '''Exaggerated''': [[TheHero Bob]] and his friends manages to stop [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]]'s evil plans, but all of Bob's friends and family die in the attempt, and Bob himself dies a lonely and miserably slow death as he bleeds out in the mud on a battlefield. And barely a week passes before Emperor Evulz has rebuild his strength and makes another attempt at his EvilPlan.

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* '''Inverted''': PyrrhicVillainy.

* '''Parodied''': Bob manages to catch a mouse that was bothering him, but in the process he completely destroyed his house.

* '''Enforced''': The writer hates happy endings, and [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsforKids sours the victory.]]

* '''Invoked''': Bob deliberatly sabotages himself until he can only squeeze out a victory, to stop his allies from becoming [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized too tyrannical in victory.]]
* '''Exploited''': Every time he meets Bob after this first defeat,Emperor Evulz Rubs rub's Bob's [[UnsportsmanlikeGloating "victory" in his face whenever he can.]]
* '''Defied''': Bob recognizes that a frontal assault would be successful, but at come at great cost. Instead, he settles for a siege and a mutually-disadvantageous stalemate.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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** [[TheHero Bob]]: "[[TheUnfettered Winning is all that matters]]. We can rebuild."
* '''Discussed''': "If you're going to lose that much, does it really count as a victory?"

** [[TheHero Bob]]: "Winning is all that matters. We can rebuild."

* '''Discussed''': "if you're going to lose that much, does it really count as a victory?"
* '''Conversed''': "Can;t the heroes of this show win unambiguously for once?"

* '''Averted''': The victory, if any, is clear-cut and the victors do not loose too much in the process.

* '''Discussed''': "if you're going to loose that much, does it really count as a victory?"

* '''Discussed''': "Another victory like this and we are finished."

* '''Exploited''': Every time he meets Bob after this first defeat,Emperor Evulz Rubs rub's Bob's "victory" in his face whenever he can.

* '''Enforced''': The writer hates happy endings, and [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsforKids! so decides to sour the victory.]]

* '''Invoked''': Bob deliberatly sabotages himself until he can only squeeze out a victory, to stop his allies from becoming [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized too tyrannical in victory.]]

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

* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Justified''': It was all part of Emperor Evulz's XanatosGambit against Bob.

* '''Subverted''': Bob doesn't care about how much it cost, he just cares about winning.

* '''Exaggerated''': [[TheHero Bob]] and his friends manages to stop [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]]'s evil plans, but all of Bob's friends and family die in the attempt, and Bob himself dies a lonely and miserably slow death as he bleeds out on the battlefield. And barely a week passes before Emperor Evulz has rebuild his strength and makes another attempt at his EvilPlan.

* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] and his friends manages to stop [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]]'s evil plans, but several of his friends die in the attempt, and Evulz manages to escape and will undoubtedly cause problems again in the future.
* '''Exaggerated''': [[TheHero Bob]] and his friends manages to stop [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]]'s evil plans, but all of Bob's friends and family die in the attempt, and Bob himself dies a lonely and miserably slow death as he bleeds out on the battlefield. And barely a week passes before Emperor Evulz has rebuild his strength and make another attempt at his evil plan.

* '''Exaggerated''': [[TheHero Bob]] and his friends manages to stop [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]]'s evil plans, but all of Bob's friends and family die in the attempt, and Bob himself dies a lonely and miserably slow death has he bleeds out on the battlefield. And barely a week passes before Emperor Evulz has rebuild his strength.

* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] manages to stop Alice's evil plans, only for the city to be nearly wiped out in the process.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': Bob becomes a HeroWithBadPublicity as a result of stopping Alice's plan.
* '''Justified''': It was all part of Alice's XanatosGambit against Bob.

* '''Parodied''': Bob manages to catch a mouse that was bothering, but in the process he completely destroyed his house.

'''Basic trope''': Victory at a catastrophic cost.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob catches a fly but manages to completely total the house.

* '''Inverted''': PyrrhicVillainy

* '''Defied''': Bob is a PragmaticHero, so he [[IDidWhatIHadToDo did what he had to do]].

* '''Double Subverted''': ...But he wonders WasItWorthIt?

* '''Double Subverted''': ...But he wonders WasItAllWorthIt?