Basic Trope: There's always one person (or a group of people) who sees the popular hero as just a guy.
- Straight: Amazing Girl is beloved by everyone for her heroic deeds, but Bob only sees her just a person.
- Exaggerated: No matter how many good deeds Amazing Girl does, her friends and family not only see her as a normal person, but also treat her like a low-life, even after she saves their sorry lives.
- Downplayed: Bob is impressed with Amazing Girl's feats, but isn't as enthusiastic about it like the rest of the citizens.
- Justified:
- Bob thinks that popularity isn't important.
- Bob believes that Amazing Girl (and other superheroes in general) do good deeds to gain popularity, not because it's the right thing to do.
- Bob hates Amazing Girl for doing something to him that was out of her control and holds it against her to this very day.
- Bob is Amazing Girl's husband. They love each other, but he knows her well enough that he doesn't outright idolize her.
- Bob is Amazing Girl's close friend who cares about her for who she is, not because of her fame.
- Amazing Girl wouldn't be here without Bob's training, and he feels that she still has a long way to go.
- Inverted: Amazing Girl is despised by the public, but Bob worships her for her noble deeds.
- Subverted: Amazing Girl turns out to be a Small Name, Big Ego. Bob doesn't respect her because no one else does.
- Double Subverted: Eventually Amazing Girl becomes everything she said she was, winning the public's approval but not Bob's.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: Amazing Girl is beloved by everyone, even by her friends and family.
- Enforced: The author wants to demonstrate that not everyone will see you as a celebrity.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Early in her career, Amazing Girl asks her old friend Bob to remember her as a person, not a superhero, to keep her grounded and down-to-Earth.
- Exploited: Bob writes a searing tell-all about Amazing Girl.
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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