Follow TV Tropes

Following

Playing With / Prince Charming Wannabe

Go To

Basic Trope: A Brat who thinks he is Prince Charming but is far from it.

  • Straight: Bob fantasizes that he is Prince Charming to Alice, but he keeps refusing to even give her a smidge of respect.
  • Exaggerated: Bob drugs Alice, takes her away from her one true love, and many times has Alice said she wants nothing to do with him, Bob still thinks that Alice will love him.
  • Downplayed: Bob is somewhat decent towards Alice however his flaws outweigh his strengths.
  • Justified: Bob was taught how to woo women from his mysiognist father.
  • Inverted: Bob, who has a comically low self-esteem, thinks himself as Prince Charmless, if not an outright dirt-poor peasant, even though he's practically the most respectful person out there.
  • Gender Inverted: Alice thinks that Bob will sweep her up and onto a life in his shining mansion, Alice is too much of a Spoiled Brat for Bob to want anything with her.
  • Subverted: Bob is revealed to be a decent guy and the reasons for his bad behavior early on is because he wasn't infatuated with Alice yet.
  • Double Subverted: ...Only to reveal himself as a Jerk with a Heart of Jerk
  • Parodied: Bob does so many things that will obviously no one would want to deal with, he still thinks he can win Alice's heart .
  • Zig Zagged: Bob acts like a jerk to Alice only to reveal that he is actually decent, only to reveal his true colors and then use a love potion on Alice, than the potion wears off...
  • Enforced: "What can be a potential false romantic lead?" "How about a guy who thinks he is Prince Charming?!"
  • Lampshaded: "Oh Bob, I will gladly to be swept off my feet to then dunk you head first into a pool of acid"
  • Invoked: Bob's Father viewed his son as a disgrace and taught him all the wrong ways to woo women.
  • Exploited: Charles a actual Prince, uses Only Sane by Comparison to win Alice's heart.
  • Defied: Bob tries to act decent towards Alice
  • Discussed: "I wouldn't want to marry Bob, however I think Bob is convinced that I will marry him."
  • Deconstructed: Because of Bob's behavior many women are told to go astray from him, Bob then realizes that if he wants to win a women's heart then hw will have to start acting decently

You know troper, I think it's best you focus on other things, like me.

Top