Basic Trope: A reporter heads right into danger for the purposes of getting good footage for a news report.
- Straight: Robert Reporter hears that a big storm is coming, and actively seeks it out in order to film it.
- Exaggerated: The storm in question is a massive, EF5-rated tornado that Robert is nowhere near, but he still actively seeks it out in order to film it for the report anyway.
- Downplayed: Robert stands outside in a thunderstorm with fairly large hail just to get footage.
- Justified:
- Robert is Too Dumb to Live.
- Alternatively, he's very bold.
- Robert is a very bold dumbass.
- He's that desperate for a scoop.
- It is a very important scoop and Robert has the choice of either stand back and keep it quiet (and lots of people will be hurt) or report it (and he will be hurt). Robert refuses to allow the former to happen.
- Inverted: Robert refuses to go near a perfectly safe location because he doesn't feel like it'd be good enough footage.
- Subverted: Although Robert seems to be trying to get closer to the storm, he's actually trying to avoid it by getting inside.
- Double Subverted: Still, he does have a good view of the storm, so why not film it?
- Parodied: Robert decides to watch someone else's live recording of the storm and provide commentary from a safe location, constantly bragging about how brave he is.
- Zig-Zagged: Robert will chase some dangerous headlines if the reward seems worth it while avoiding other jobs if they seem too dangerous.
- Averted: No reporters actively seek out danger for the purpose of getting footage.
- Enforced: An Establishing Character Moment for Robert, in which the writers define Robert's coolness by his willingness to get into the thick of danger.
- Lampshaded: "Why do you keep chasing this story? Are you trying to get yourself killed?"
- Invoked: Someone informs Robert that he should get closer to dangerous events in order to film them.
- Exploited: Robert gets captured by Crimelord Charlie when he gets too deep into danger. He then uses him as a hostage to threaten Robert's love interest, Lina.
- Defied: Robert sees the big storm, and his camera crew suggests getting closer to film it. Robert immediately decides to get away from the storm.
- Discussed: "You know, rushing after dangerous stories doesn't necessarily make your character look cool. It often makes said character look really rash and overconfident in your abilities."
- Conversed: "Does Robert really think heading right into a storm is a good idea?!"
- Implied: Robert limps back into his news station, wounded but holding up his camera with a grin saying "I got the scoop of the century."
- Deconstructed: Robert ends up hurt and/or killed as a result of going headfirst into danger.
- Reconstructed: So Lina decides to pick up his progress and finish the investigative journalism so that his sacrifice was not in vain.
- Played For Laughs: Robert is willing to risk life and limb (and his friends'), plus jail time and having to spend his life savings paying fines, to get a picture of one of Queen Elizabeth's corgis pissing on a cheap rug.
- Played For Drama:
- Robert is the only person in the correct place and time to report on the storm moving towards that orphanage in the suburb where the tornado warning systems have completely died. He doesn't makes it out alive but everybody in the orphanage was able to evacuate in time thanks to them picking up his transmission, and Robert is thus remembered as a hero.
- Robert's obsession with getting the big scoop come hell or high water is so bad that the other characters believe Robert somehow developed a death wish.
- Robert and his obsession for getting the big scoop has made him an enemy of Amazing Girl, even if there is no vitriol at all, because she tries her absolute damnedest to keep her secrets under wraps (knowing perfectly well what happens when villains get personal information) but there is no way in hell Robert will leave them alone.
- Played For Horror: Robert has no problem whatsoever manufacturing the "big scoop" by hook, crook, and murder.
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