Basic Trope: A character doesn't fit in a fairly upright family.
- Straight: Alex is a part of a family who are part of an organization of heroes. He's the only member of the family who doesn't care about being a hero, gets into a lot of trouble, and keeps his distance from his family.
- Exaggerated: Alex is the only member of the family who is a dangerous supervillain.
- Downplayed: Alex is the only Anti-Hero in his family.
- Justified:
- Alex doesn't agree with the ideals and standards of his family.
- Alex doesn't want anything to do with heroism and would rather follow his own interests.
- Inverted: Alex is the only good person in a family of evil villains bent on taking over the world.
- Subverted:
- It seems like Alex is a villain, but he's just a Well-Intentioned Extremist. When his "evil plan" works, it helps more people than it hurts...
- Alex's family turn out to be not so nice themselves.
- Double Subverted:
- ...or so it seems. Alex was evil the whole time and his plan took a few days after activation to ruin the world.
- His family may not be good people, but even they find Alex's actions disgusting.
- Parodied:
- Alex is the only member of his family who doesn't like chocolate ice cream. Hating chocolate ice cream is treated like a crime by his family.
- Visual Pun: Alex is also a literal black sheep.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: Alex is upright like his family.
- Enforced: "We need to introduce the villain, but the show's focused on just this family! I know! We should make a family member evil. How about Alex?"
- Lampshaded: "Remind me why is Alex still a part of the family."
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: The Big Bad Bob decides to abduct Alex and recruit him into his team of villains.
- Defied: When Alex was a baby, his family members made sure to teach him how to be a hero, and kept him away from negative influences.
- Discussed: "Mom? Why isn't Alex a superhero, like the rest of us?"
- Conversed: ???
- Implied: Alex is the only member of his family who isn't shown doing good deeds.
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