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'''[[Idiot Hero|The Hero]]:''' Is always the optimistic, bright character the adventure centers around. While he/she may be eccentric, they usually have the LEAST amount of strange quirks. (Compared to the rest of the cast) It'll usually be based on how overly-observational and genre savvy they are, and how their perspective and reactions to things lights up the rest of the story. The most sensible and down-to-earth character.
'''[[Cloudcuckoolander|The Incompetent:]]:''' The idealistic dumb character who, even in a genre of inept characters, takes the cake for not having any common sense at all. They may quite often however be the hardest to try at things, putting their effort and idealism over all else. Much humor comes out of their [[Wrong Genre Savvy|general misunderstanding]] of things and interactions with others. They'll always (or at least try) be on good terms with the hero, and will often find themselves the victims of the amoral's ploys. These characters are almost always the ones [[Spanner in
'''[[Deadpan Snarker|The Snark:]]''' This character will take the role of the reluctant side-character in the story. They will rarely be in it by choice, or if so always in it for something less than the main goal. When the Hero makes observations, they will be the first to sarcastically mock it. May or may nor overlap with the Amoral.
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== Film ==
* The entire movie ''[[
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* The webcomic ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|8-Bit Theater]]''. It ruthlessly parodies the game which it's based on (loosely Final Fantasy) and the character dysfunction makes it a wonder that they were able to get through the comic at all. And the characters are pretty keen on the elements of their world, to the point where one of them can disable himself by ''forgetting to update his stat sheet.''
** Said character exists in an [[RPG Mechanics Verse]]. The problem is that no one else does.
* [[MS Paint Adventures]]' comics [[
** An in-universe subversion exists, with the gaming of Sgrub. The trolls all have violent, dysfunctional, conflicting personalities and should never have been able to complete their session except through plot. (Although one of the characters disagrees with this.) But through the forceful insistence of [[Jerkass Woobie|Karkat Vantas]], they manage to come together and beat the game. Almost.
* ''[[Darths and Droids]]'' is a partial example. Like the ''Spaceballs'' example above, it reimagines the Star Wars movies, but as though their respective plots were made up on the spot in a role-playing game (though some of the stories are completely different). Consequently, there's a TON of lampshading, [[Shout-Out|shout-outs]], and generally commenting how certain events make absolutely no sense.
== Web Original ==
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
* The [http://themetalbox.com/downloads/Bob%20Muffin.pdf legend of Bob Mcmuffin] is a rather silly tale of a group of adventures from diffent time periods who all team up to defeat the evil super-villain, Mr. Roboto. It gets pretty crazy.
== Western Animation ==
* The show ''[[
== Real Life ==
* A rather interesting meta example might be the community of [[Image Boards|4chan]] and all they've accomplished. The board is full of trolls, vigilantes, and all sorts of divided, diverse people. Despite this, when they work together (or at least find common ground), they can accomplish quite a lot. This includes but isn't limited to, [[wikipedia:Project Chanology|fighting Scientology]], [[wikipedia:WikiLeaks|combating censorship]], making political statements, [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Part of the humor comes in them putting out their own egocentric image, having people believe that image, and then acting according to people's perceptions of them, therefore creating a sort of fictional anonymous internet persona they can adore to. And then scrutinizing and exploiting that persona for their own amusement.
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