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* '''Enforced''': "The audience needs to know Bob is incompetent. Tell wardrobe his suit should not fit him properly."

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* '''Enforced''': "The "Our only remaining suit doesn't fit Bob properly. The audience needs to will know Bob is incompetent. Tell wardrobe his suit should not fit him properly.better that he's incompetent anyway."
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* '''Exaggerated''': After one drink, Bob's suit has a massive brown stain down the front of it [[NeverLiveItDown for the rest of the series]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': After one drink, Bob's suit has a massive brown stain down the front of it [[NeverLiveItDown [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten for the rest of the series]].

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* '''Straight''': Bob's suit is too big for him, symbolizing the fact he's in over his head in his new job.

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Bob's suit is too big for him, symbolizing the fact he's in over his head in his new job.job.
** Bob is overdressed for his job, representing the fact [[YouWereTryingTooHard he's trying too hard]] and coming off as unnatural to his coworkers.



* '''Inverted''': Bob is overdressed for his job, representing the fact [[YouWereTryingTooHard he's trying too hard]] and coming off as unnatural to his coworkers.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob is overdressed for his job, Bob's suit always looks impeccable on him and he has a well-groomed beard, representing the fact [[YouWereTryingTooHard he's trying too hard]] his eye for details and coming off as unnatural to his coworkers.manliness.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob is overdressed for his job, representing the fact [[YouWereTryingTooHard he's trying too hard]] and coming off an unnatural to his coworkers.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob is overdressed for his job, representing the fact [[YouWereTryingTooHard he's trying too hard]] and coming off an as unnatural to his coworkers.



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

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* '''Defied''': ???Bob hires a stylist and a tailor to make sure his suits fit properly.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob has one tiny, blink-and-you'll-miss-it brown spot on his collar representing the fact he is a raging alcoholic.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob has one tiny, blink-and-you'll-miss-it brown spot on his collar representing the fact he is a raging alcoholic.representing his hidden alcoholism.
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* '''Exaggerated''': After one drink, Bob's suit has a massive brown stain down the front of it for the rest of the series.

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* '''Exaggerated''': After one drink, Bob's suit has a massive brown stain down the front of it [[NeverLiveItDown for the rest of the series.series]].



* '''Inverted''': Bob is overdressed for his job, representing the fact he's trying too hard and coming off an unnatural to his coworkers.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob is overdressed for his job, representing the fact [[YouWereTryingTooHard he's trying too hard hard]] and coming off an unnatural to his coworkers.



* '''Parodied''': Bob's suit is expressive and changes size to fit his mood. When he feels confident it fits him well, but when his confidence is shaken it begins hanging on him like a burlap sack.

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* '''Parodied''': Bob's [[ExpressiveShirt suit is expressive expressive]] and changes size to fit his mood. When he feels confident it fits him well, but when his confidence is shaken it begins hanging on him like a burlap sack.
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* '''Defied''': Biggs's first day on the job ends when TheDragon injuries him so badly he's paralyzed for life.

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* '''Defied''': Biggs's first day on the job ends when TheDragon injuries him so badly he's paralyzed for life.???

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'''Basic Trope''': A flaw in a character's wardrobe demonstrates their character flaw.
* '''Straight''': Bob's suit is too big for him, symbolizing the fact he's in over his head in his new job.
* '''Exaggerated''': After one drink, Bob's suit has a massive brown stain down the front of it for the rest of the series.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob has one tiny, blink-and-you'll-miss-it brown spot on his collar representing the fact he is a raging alcoholic.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob was promoted from rank-and-file employee to vice president of the company overnight. He didn't have time to go shopping and threw on a hand-me-down suit.
** All that drinking increases the odds Bob would get booze stains on his clothing.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is overdressed for his job, representing the fact he's trying too hard and coming off an unnatural to his coworkers.
* '''Subverted''': Bob's suit is too big, but it's a legitimate mistake my the show's wardrobe department and not a statement of Bob's character...
* '''Double Subverted''': ...Until it's revealed later in the season he's been promoted to a job he's not ready to handle.
* '''Parodied''': Bob's suit is expressive and changes size to fit his mood. When he feels confident it fits him well, but when his confidence is shaken it begins hanging on him like a burlap sack.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob's suits vary in whether or not they fit him well from episode to episode. Sometimes it reflects his confidence and competence and other times it does not.
* '''Averted''': The way Bob's suits fit in no way reflect upon his characterization.
* '''Enforced''': "The audience needs to know Bob is incompetent. Tell wardrobe his suit should not fit him properly."
* '''Lampshaded''': "How about you come back when you fit in your daddy's suit, kid?"
* '''Invoked''': Bob works at a company that issues uniforms, and he's issues an ill-fitting uniform by a subversive employee unhappy to be working under him.
* '''Exploited''': Bob's deliberately wears an oversized suit to show people that he's a common man with humble origins and flaws like everyone else.
* '''Defied''': Biggs's first day on the job ends when TheDragon injuries him so badly he's paralyzed for life.
* '''Discussed''': "You ever notice how everyone on television is dressed perfectly unless they need to tell you something is really off about a character?"
* '''Conversed''': "Oh yeah... Vice President Bob, the little guy playing dress up. Also his suit doesn't fit well."
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* '''Reconstructed''': ???
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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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