Basic Trope: A character is often scared or neurotic.
- Straight: Carlos gets scared easily, always expects the worst outcome, and is prone to Heroic BSODs.
- Exaggerated: Carlos is completely pantophobic.
- Downplayed: Carlos is only afraid of a few things.
- Justified: Carlos has an anxiety disorder.
- Subverted: Carlos is perfectly capable of controlling his fears.
- Double Subverted: Carlos panics after something happens that he didn't expect.
- Inverted: Carlos is never scared of anything.
- Parodied: Carlos skips town after finding a spider in his house.
- Averted: Carlos isn't particularly panicky.
- Defied: Alice and Bob remove anything that might scare Carlos.
- Zig-Zagged: Carlos's fear is very inconsistent.
- Enforced: The writers wanted to make Carlos relatable to people with anxiety disorders.
- Lampshaded: "Can someone turn on some calming ambiance? Carlos is coming."
- Discussed:Alice "Carlos always shows an unhealthy amount of fear."Bob "Maybe we should get him a therapist."Alice "If he can go through a therapy meeting without a panic attack."
- Invoked: A childhood trauma caused by Emperor Evulz caused Carlos to become the Nervous Wreck he is today.
- Exploited: Emperor Evulz fills his lair with things that Carlos is afraid of.
- Played For Laughs: Carlos's fears cause him to be the butt of the joke.
- Played For Drama: Carlos falls into depression, because his fears prevent him from living a happy life.
- Played For Horror: Carlos kills everyone around him out of paranoia that they'll kill him first.
- Implied: Alice and Bob don't take Carlos on their adventures, because they think it will scare him.
- Deconstructed: Carlos's fears prevent him from properly interacting with his peers. He becomes lonely and jaded as a result.
- Reconstructed: Once everyone learns of Carlos's situation, they sympathize with him.
