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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is Austrian, and a Orthodox Christian in a cast consisting of mainly German, Protestant Christian characters.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is Austrian, and a an Orthodox Christian in a cast consisting of mainly German, Protestant Christian characters.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character belongs to two or more minority groups.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character who belongs to two or more multiple minority groups.groups while the rest of the cast is of majorities.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character belongs to two or more minority groups

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'''Basic Trope''': A character belongs to two or more minority groupsgroups.
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** Bob is a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot a 1/4 ninja, 1/4 pirate, 1/4 robot and 1/4 zombie]], all of which are oppressed minorities in the world he's living in.

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** Bob is a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot a 1/4 ninja, 1/4 pirate, 1/4 robot zombie and 1/4 zombie]], robot]], all of which are oppressed minorities in the world he's living in.
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** Bob is a [[a 1/4 ninja, 1/4 pirate, 1/4 robot and 1/4 zombie NinjaPirateRobotZombie]], all of which are oppressed minorities in the world he's living in.

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** Bob is a [[a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot a 1/4 ninja, 1/4 pirate, 1/4 robot and 1/4 zombie NinjaPirateRobotZombie]], zombie]], all of which are oppressed minorities in the world he's living in.

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* '''Parodied''': Bob is 1/2 black, 2/3 Asian, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, an ExtremeOmnisexual, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the only guy in his class who watches anime.]]

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Bob is 1/2 black, 2/3 Asian, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, an ExtremeOmnisexual, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the only guy in his class who watches anime.]]]]
** Bob is a [[a 1/4 ninja, 1/4 pirate, 1/4 robot and 1/4 zombie NinjaPirateRobotZombie]], all of which are oppressed minorities in the world he's living in.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is Austrian, and a Orthodox Christian in a cast consisting of mainly German, Catholic Christian characters.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is Austrian, and a Orthodox Christian in a cast consisting of mainly German, Catholic Protestant Christian characters.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is austrian, and a Orthodox Christian in a cast consisting of mainly german, Catholic Christian characters.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is austrian, Austrian, and a Orthodox Christian in a cast consisting of mainly german, German, Catholic Christian characters.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is half-black, half-Hispanic, Buhdist, amputee, cyborg, Wiccan, bisexual and has AmbiguousGender.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is half-black, half-Hispanic, Buhdist, Sikh, amputee, cyborg, Wiccan, bisexual and has AmbiguousGender.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is slavic, and a Orthodox Christian in a cast consisting of mainly european, Catholic Christian characters.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is slavic, austrian, and a Orthodox Christian in a cast consisting of mainly european, german, Catholic Christian characters.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is half-black, half-white and a Orthodox Christian in a cast consisting of mainly white, Catholic Christian characters.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is half-black, half-white slavic, and a Orthodox Christian in a cast consisting of mainly white, european, Catholic Christian characters.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is half-black, half-white and a Catholic Christian in a cast consisting of mainly white, Protestant Christian characters.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is half-black, half-white and a Catholic Orthodox Christian in a cast consisting of mainly white, Protestant Catholic Christian characters.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is half-black, half-Hispanic, Buhdist, amputee, cyborg, Wiccan and bisexual.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is half-black, half-Hispanic, Buhdist, amputee, cyborg, Wiccan Wiccan, bisexual and bisexual.has AmbiguousGender.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is half-black, half-Asian, Muslim, amputee, deaf, Wiccan, bisexual and not a human.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is half-black, half-Asian, Muslim, half-Hispanic, Buhdist, amputee, deaf, Wiccan, bisexual cyborg, Wiccan and not a human.bisexual.
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* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"I'm a black, gay Muslim! I'm like the side character in movies the creators add to fill a quota!"
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is half-black, half-Asian, Muslim, amputee, deaf, Wiccan, and bisexual.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is half-black, half-Asian, Muslim, amputee, deaf, Wiccan, bisexual and bisexual.not a human.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob isn't a member of any minority group of the story's setting at all.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob isn't a member of any minority group of the story's setting at all.all (e.g. a WhiteMaleLead in a story set in Europe or America).
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is half-black, half-Asian, Muslim, amputee, and deaf.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is half-black, half-Asian, Muslim, amputee, deaf, Wiccan, and deaf.bisexual.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Ah, Bob, the only black gay Muslim in town."



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

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* '''Conversed''': ???"Wow, that character belongs to so many minority groups it's like the creators were trying to fill a quota."
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* '''Straight''': In a cast consisting mainly of atheist, heterosexual, white men, the TokenMinority, Bob, is black and Muslim.

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* '''Straight''': In a cast consisting mainly of atheist, heterosexual, white men, the TokenMinority, Bob, is black black, gay, and Muslim.

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* '''Deconstructed''':
** Bob lives in a city where black people and Muslims hate each other. He doesn't fit in with either group because he also belongs to the other.
** Bob has to deal with twice as much discrimination as someone who only belongs to one minority group.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Bob reminds the black people and Muslims of his city that they're NotSoDifferent and teaches them to get along.
** Despite dealing with double the discrimination, Bob finds there are upsides of being both black and Muslim, like getting more scholarships, to balance things out.



%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is half-black, half-Asian, Muslim, homosexual, and deaf.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is half-black, half-Asian, Muslim, homosexual, amputee, and deaf.
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* '''Straight''': In a cast consisting mainly of Christian, heterosexual, white men, the TokenMinority, Bob, is black and Muslim.

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* '''Straight''': In a cast consisting mainly of Christian, atheist, heterosexual, white men, the TokenMinority, Bob, is black and Muslim.



* '''Subverted''': Bob later converts from Islam to Christianity...

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* '''Subverted''': Bob later converts from Islam to Christianity...drops his religion...
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* '''Parodied''': Bob is 1/2 black, 2/3 Asian, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, homosexual, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the only guy in his class who watches anime.]]

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* '''Parodied''': Bob is 1/2 black, 2/3 Asian, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, homosexual, an ExtremeOmnisexual, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the only guy in his class who watches anime.]]
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob, who's black, starts out practicing Islam, but later converts to Christianity. Later he comes out about being gay and learns that he's part Asian. As the cast becomes more diverse, Bob is no longer a minority in any of these groups alone, but he is the only cast member to be both biracial and homosexual.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob, who's black, starts out practicing Islam, but later converts to Christianity. Later he comes out about being gay and learns that he's part Asian. As the cast becomes more diverse, Bob is no longer a minority in any of these groups alone, but he is the only cast member character to be both biracial and homosexual.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob, who's black, starts out practicing Islam, but later converts to Christianity. Later he comes out about being gay and learns that he's part Asian. As the cast becomes more diversified, Bob is no longer a minority in any of these groups alone, but he is the only cast member to be both biracial and homosexual.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob, who's black, starts out practicing Islam, but later converts to Christianity. Later he comes out about being gay and learns that he's part Asian. As the cast becomes more diversified, diverse, Bob is no longer a minority in any of these groups alone, but he is the only cast member to be both biracial and homosexual.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Black, who's black, starts out practicing Islam, but later converts to Christianity. Later he comes out about being gay and learns that he's part Asian. As the cast becomes more diversified, Bob is no longer a minority in any of these groups alone, but he is the only cast member to be both biracial and homosexual.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Black, Bob, who's black, starts out practicing Islam, but later converts to Christianity. Later he comes out about being gay and learns that he's part Asian. As the cast becomes more diversified, Bob is no longer a minority in any of these groups alone, but he is the only cast member to be both biracial and homosexual.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character belongs to two or more minority groups
* '''Straight''': In a cast consisting mainly of Christian, heterosexual, white men, the TokenMinority, Bob, is black and Muslim.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is half-black, half-Asian, Muslim, homosexual, and deaf.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is half-black, half-white and a Catholic Christian in a cast consisting of mainly white, Protestant Christian characters.
* '''Justified''': Islam is a popular religion in Africa and among African-descendants, so it's not odd that Bob would be a Muslim.
* '''Inverted''': Bob isn't a member of any minority group of the story's setting at all.
* '''Subverted''': Bob later converts from Islam to Christianity...
* '''Double Subverted''': ..and then comes out about being gay.
* '''Parodied''': Bob is 1/2 black, 2/3 Asian, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, homosexual, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the only guy in his class who watches anime.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': Black, who's black, starts out practicing Islam, but later converts to Christianity. Later he comes out about being gay and learns that he's part Asian. As the cast becomes more diversified, Bob is no longer a minority in any of these groups alone, but he is the only cast member to be both biracial and homosexual.
* '''Averted''': Bob belongs to only one minority group
* '''Enforced''': The creators of the story design Bob to further diversify the cast and show that people can belong to more than one minority group.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Bob converts to Islam largely because it's a minority religion where he lives.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': When asked by his Muslim friend if he would like to convert to Islam, Bob gives a swift and stern "No" in response.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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