Basic Trope: A character bullies others out of pressure from their peers.
- Straight: Bob is a member of The Cool Kids led by Alice, and he bullies the other kids, including Kyle, though he doesn't enjoy it.
- Exaggerated: Just about every single student have been pressured by Alice to bully Kyle.
- Downplayed: Bob is pressured by Alice to ruthlessly tease Kyle.
- Justified: Bob wants to avoid getting bullied by the Cool Kids.
- Inverted: Alice and his friends pressure Bob into ending his bullying of Kyle.
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- Averted: Bob bullies others without any pressure from his peers.
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- Defied: Alice pressures Bob into punching a nerd. Bob response:Bob: "Go and do your own dirty work! I'm not going to punch another student just so you can have more blind followers!"
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- Deconstructed: Bob's guilt eats him up inside the more he bullies others.
- When retribution comes to the bullies, Bob's guilt at his own actions drives him to apologize in tears. However, his victims coldly rebuke him just as harshly as they did for the others, pointing out that if he truly were sorry, he would have stopped or tried to do better, and that he's just as bad as the others, and should never be forgiven. This drives Bob into absolute despair and misery, feeling like he's lost any chance to fix his mistake.
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