Basic Trope: A character expresses a desire to go back home when they're in distress.
- Straight: When Ben is kidnapped by Emperor Evulz, he starts pleading that he wants to go home.
- Exaggerated:
- Ben says that he wants to go home every time something bad happens to him.
- Ben is already at home, but he still says he wants to go home anyway.
- Downplayed: Ben is in a boring situation, and says that he would rather be at home.
- Justified:
- Ben wants to be in a place where he's safe again - home is often a place for this.
- Before being kidnapped, Ben said something to his family that he regrets saying, and now he wants to go back home and apologize.
- Inverted: Something bad happens to Ben at his own home, and he starts pleading that he doesn't want to be at home anymore.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted:
- Ben is never in any distressing situation.
- When Ben is kidnapped, he never says anything about wanting to go back home.
- Enforced: "We need to show how scared Ben feels when he's kidnapped, let's show him begging to go back home."
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: "Home?... Screw that... I'm not gonna go home, I'm gonna finish the job right here, right now!"
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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