Basic Trope: Someone is afraid of something that they shouldn't normally be afraid of.
- Straight: Sam is a herpetologist, but she's afraid of reptiles.
- Exaggerated:
- Sam is the world-class expert of herpetology, but she's so scared of reptiles that she Faints in Shock whenever she even sees one.
- All of the characters have fears that go against some aspect of who they are.
- Sam is a reptile, but is still afraid of them.
- Downplayed: Sam knows a lot about reptiles, but she's a little nervous when she's actually around them.
- Justified:
- Sam mostly studies reptiles that are harmless, so it's understandable that she'd be afraid of a more dangerous reptile.
- Sam became a herpetologist to learn more about reptiles and possibly convince her to get over her fear.
- Sam has had bad experiences with dangerous reptiles, and she's afraid of them for that reason.
- Sam has only recently started working as a herpetologist and isn't really used to working with live reptiles.
- Inverted: ???
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: Sam runs away screaming at the very mention of reptiles, but she's somehow the leading expert in herpetology anyway.
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Sam's fears aren't particularly ironic to who she is.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Sam has been afraid of reptiles for much of her life, so she decides to learn more about them in order to understand her fear.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "How did Sam in that one show become a herpetologist if she's so scared of reptiles?"
I need to go back to Ironic Fear, now! I'm terrified of Playing With pages!
