Out-of-Character is Serious Business/Playing With

Basic Trope: When a character acts out of character, it is Serious Business.
 * Straight: When Angelo makes one too many rude remarks, the calm and stoic Bob loses his temper and yells at him, shocking Angelo and everyone else watching.
 * Exaggerated: Bob goes Ax Crazy and tears Angelo's head off.
 * Downplayed: Bob simply looks annoyed and parries Angelo's remark with the same rudeness.
 * Justified: Angelo's remark had just hit one of Bob's Berserk Buttons.
 * Inverted: Bob hadn't been himself all day and one of Angelo's comments snapped Bob back to his old self.
 * Subverted: Bob looks like he's about to snap, but then he calms down and pointedly ignores Angelo.
 * Double Subverted: But then Angelo makes yet another remark that causes Bob to turn around and punch him in the jaw.
 * Parodied: ???
 * Zig Zagged: ???
 * Averted: Bob does not go OOC and calmly tells Angelo to shut up.
 * Enforced: ???
 * Lampshaded: ???
 * Invoked: ???
 * Exploited: ???
 * Defied: Bob uses some kind of mantra or breathing tricks to keep from having these kind of moments.
 * Discussed: ???
 * Conversed: ???

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