Basic Trope: A character has only one friend.
- Straight: Bob is Alice's only friend.
- Exaggerated: Several characters have exactly one friend each.
- Downplayed: Alice has a few acquaintances, but Bob is her only close friend.
- Justified:
- Alice is a Shrinking Violet.
- Alice is a jerkass with No Social Skills, and Bob is the only person she met so far that can tolerate her abrasive behavior and idiosyncrasies.
- Alice is a Cloudcuckoolander, and Bob is a social expert who helps her to manage.
- Alice and Bob are both misfits.
- Inverted:
- Alice is friends with everyone in town except Bob.
- Alice's only enemy is Bob.
- Subverted:
- Alice makes a new friend: Claire.
- Bob is a False Friend.
- Double Subverted: Claire is Put on a Bus shortly after her debut.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig Zagged: Bob is Alice's only friend. And enemy.
- Averted: Every character has at least two friends, or none at all.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: "Why don't you have any other friends, Alice?" "I don't know."
- Invoked: Alice chooses to isolate herself from everyone else, only opening up to Bob.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Bob helps Alice to make other friends.
- Discussed: "What? You thought Bob was my only friend? I'm not that isolated!"
- Conversed: ???
- Implied: Alice is a very minor character, but is never shown with anyone besides Bob.
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