History PlayingWith / SocialCircleFiller

* '''Straight''': Bob has been friends with Charlie and Denise since they were children. When he meets Alice by chance and joins her in his adventures, and they need to call on the help of all of their previous allies and close friends, suddenly the narrative pretends Charlie and Denise don't exist.
* '''Exaggerated''': Charlie and Denise are gone the very ''scene'' Alice shows up. Nobody brings them up again.

** Their friendship wasn't all that close anyway. They met by chance and hung with each other out of habit, but once they stop hanging out it's not that big of a deal.
* '''Inverted''': Bob was established to be alone as a kid, but he later mentions [[RememberTheNewGuy his old friends Charlie and Denise]] when he reminices. When Alice asks why she's never heard of them from Bob before when he talked about his lonely past, Bob doesn't know what she's talking about.

** '''Played For Drama:''' When PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure happens and Alice leaves Bob, he tries to go to Charlie and Denise for either help or company. [[WhatTheHellHero They call him out for abandoning them for someone else and expecting them to welcome him back after so long.]] Now Bob has to try to make it up to Alice ''and'' the both of them while dealing with whatever world-ending event is going on.

** Bob still values Charlie and Denise as companions, and tries to make time for them as well as his new comrades.

** Frank, Alice and Bob's nemesis, decides to take a few of the people Bob cares about in an effort to break his resolve. He chooses two completely different people to stand in for Charlie and Denise, since he figures that Bob ([[ViewersAreMorons and the viewers]]) wouldn't really notice if they weren't there. He's right.

** The narrative itself points out that Bob can't even remember the names of his hometown friends or the people he befriended on his journey. His callous treatment of them isn't glossed over; rather, it's now a testament to how little Bob thinks of people [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality outside his social circle]], and his companions take notice. If he can't even bring himself to care about the minor folk after getting away from them, how much will he care about them once their adventure is over?

** Bob takes Faye's chewing out to heart, and does his best to try and make it up to Charlie and Dennis, who become unofficial [[SixthRanger Sixth Rangers]]/ThoseTwoGuys to the group.

* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Double Subverted''':It was lip service. Bob treats Charlie and Denise no different than when he stopped hanging out with them.

* '''Played for Drama:'''

* '''Played for Drama:''' When the narrative sees the friendship from [[ADayInTheLimelight Charlie and Denise's perspective]] instead of Bob's, we see that they feel used as friends and even a little resentful, seeing that their friend Bob stopped hanging with them and joined with bigger and better people without so much as a goodbye.

* '''Exaggerated''': Charlie and Denise are dropped from "best friends" to "people I know" when Alice and co. ask Bob why they keep trying to talk to him.

** Frank, Alice and Bob's nemesis, decides to take a few of the people Bob cares about in an effort to break his resolve. He chooses two completely different people to stand in for Charlie and Denise, since he figures that Bob wouldn't really notice if they weren't there. He's right.

* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': While hanging out with Charlie and Denice, Bob feels like he might forget about them if he doesn't stay around long enough.
* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Inverted''': Bob was established to be alone as a kid, but he later mentions [[RememberTheNewGuy his old friends Charlie and Denise]] when he reminices about it. When Alice asks why she's never heard of them from Bob before when he talked about his lonely past, Bob doesn't know what she's talking about.

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Inverted''': Bob was established to be alone as a kid, but he later mentions [[[[RememberTheNewGuy his old friends Charlie and Denise]] when he reminices about it. When Alice asks why she's never heard of them from Bob before when he talked about his lonely past, Bob doesn't know what she's talking about.

* '''Inverted''': ???

'''Bob:''' Not really... There wasn't anybody around I could really be myself around, I wouldn't call them friends.\\

** Frank, Alice and Bob's nemesis, decides to take a few of the people Bob cares about in an effort to break his resolve. He chooses two completely different people to stand in for Charlie and Denise, since he figures that Bob would really notice if they weren't there. He's right.

'''Basic Trope''': The protagonist has friends at the start of the story that are never seen or mentioned again as the story continues.

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

* '''Played For Laughs:''' At Bob's homecoming, all of his hometown acquaintances are there, including an excited Charlie and Denise. After greeting everyone else, he greets them as if he's never seen them before. Charlie, Denise, and Bob's mother chastise him for forgetting his longtime friends.

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

* '''Averted''': Bob is still friends with Charlie and Denise. That part o f his life never gets thrown aside, whether he decides it or ''they'' keep pushing themselves back into his life.

* '''Played for Drama:''' Wen the narrative sees the friendship from [[ADayInTheLimelight Charlie and Denise's perspective]] instead of Bob's, we see that they feel used as friends and even a little rrsentful, seeing that their friend Bob stopped hanging with them and joined with bigger and better people without so much as a goodbye.

* '''PlayedForLaughs''' At Bob's homecoming, all of his hometown acquaintances are there, including an excited Charlie and Denise. After greeting everyone else, he greets them as if he's never seen them before. Charlie, Denise, and Bob's mother chastise him for forgetting his longtime friends.

-->'''Bob:''' Not really... There wasn't anybody around I could really be myself around, I wouldn't call them friends.\\
-->'''Charlie and Denise:''' (out of nowhere, comedically and angrily) You wouldn't WHAT?!