History PlayingWith / TheChosenOne

* '''Straight''': Bob is the one who has to defeat Emperor Evulz.
* '''Exaggerated''': Nobody can even touch Emperor Evulz except Bob.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob has a slight advantage when fighting Emperor Evulz.

** [[ScrewDestiny Bob tries to reject the prophecy...]]
** Bob tries to do as the prophecy foretells, only for him to [[ThePoorlyChosenOne fail spectacularly at it]].
** There is no prophecy, it turns out to be an unproven superstition. Bob may not even get to defeat Evulz.

** TheChosenMany treat Bob as 'first among equals' for whatever reason. And out of all these people, Bob is the one who defeats Evulz in the end.

** [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Bob]] [[TookALevelInBadass later manages to end up defeating Evulz anyway]].
** Events happen in such a peculiar way that Bob winds up defeating Evulz, which may mean they're more than just coincidence.

** Bob is the chosen one... the one chosen to close the toilet seat, that is.
** Bob is fated to accidentally defeat Evulz through a hilariously convoluted chain of events.

** The show's MythArc revolves around whether or not Bob is the chosen one. Sometimes it seems like he is, sometimes there's evidence of other people being the right person, sometimes it seems like there's no need for a Chosen One... And so on, and so forth.
** Bob was part of a list of possible candidates to be the chosen one, all of them were competent enough to defeat Evulz. At the moment of the truth, Bob got selected just by pure luck.

** "Well I can't defeat Emperor Evulz anyway. Bob is the one supposed to do it."

* '''Invoked''': Bob is labelled as the chosen one to motivate him into becoming a better person both morally and in combat, with the added bonus that Emperor Evulz focuses more on him than other threats.
* '''Exploited''': Emperor Evulz doesn't bother fighting seriously anyone but Bob, as he's the only true menace to him.
* '''Defied''': [[ScrewDestiny Bob hates being the chosen one, instead he tries to live a normal life.]]

** "Bob isn't pulling around his weight, yet I can tell he has potential."
** "Why don't we make Bob think he's the chosen one? He'll probably work harder then."

* '''Implied''': They aren't entirely sure why Bob succeeded when others who were stronger, smarter, and more determined failed. But nobody else had as much success wielding [[InfinityPlusOneSword the Sword of Light]].

** [[ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne The pressure of being the Chosen One drives Bob into depression.]]
** Or instead of {{angst}}ing about it, the prophecy goes to Bob's head, and it greatly inflates his ego, much to everyone's annoyance.

** Bob gets all of the super-special training and magical blessings, sets out to strike down Emperor Evulz, and is promptly struck dead by a random freak accident through no fault of his own.

** Bob then notices it's having this effect, and takes steps to tone it down. After all, even though he is destined to save the world, he doesn't want to be lonely.

* '''Played for Laughs''': Due to being the chosen one, Bob thinks he's invincible and ends up getting his [censored] handed to him in many different and hilarious ways.
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob, knowing he's "the Chosen One," grows to expect so much of himself so soon that he grows to hate himself when he realizes he doesn't have HardWorkHardlyWorks on his side.

** [[TheChosenZero The Chosen One doesn't seem to be the best candidate.]]

** And then he surprises everyone either by being [[BunnyEarsLawyer more competent than he first appears]] or by managing to rise to the occasion. After all, there had to be a reason he was chosen over all the others.

** While there may only be one bearer of the title of Chosen One anybody may be appointed to it after his death. There were several other chosen ones who [[HeroicSacrifice ultimately]] [[CurbStompBattle died]] [[LastStand heroically or]][[DirtyCoward otherwise]].

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

** Bob was part of a list of possible candidates to be the chosen one, all of them were competent enough to defeat Evulz. Bob just got selected by pure luck.

* '''Zig Zagged''': The show's MythArc revolves around whether or not Bob is the chosen one. Sometimes it seems like he is, sometimes there's evidence of other people being the right person, sometimes it seems like there's no need for a Chosen One... And so on, and so forth.
Bob was part of a list of possible candidates to be the chosen one, all of them were competent enough to defeat Evulz. Bob just got selected by pure luck.

** There was no chosen one.[[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie The prophecy was made up.]]

** ...But then it turns out that the prophecy was really referring to anyone and [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie anyone could be the chosen one of they believe.]]