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* [[Accentuate the Negative]] |
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* [[A Mind Is a Terrible Thing |
* [[A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read]] |
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* [[Anti-Hero]] |
* [[Anti-Hero]] |
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** [[Nineties Anti-Hero]] |
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* [[Do Unto Others Before They Do Unto Us]] |
* [[Do Unto Others Before They Do Unto Us]] |
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* [[Evil Feels Good]] |
* [[Evil Feels Good]] |
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* [[The Farmer and |
* [[The Farmer and the Viper]] |
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* [[Feet of Clay]] |
* [[Feet of Clay]] |
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* [[Good Is Dumb]] |
* [[Good Is Dumb]] |
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* [[Grumpy Bear]] (Used almost exclusively in idealistic works) |
* [[Grumpy Bear]] (Used almost exclusively in idealistic works) |
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* [[Happy Ending Override]] |
* [[Happy Ending Override]] |
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* [[Hates the Job, Loves |
* [[Hates the Job, Loves the Limelight]] |
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* [[Hobbes Was Right]] |
* [[Hobbes Was Right]] |
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* [[Hope Is Scary]] (Played straight mostly by cynical characters in idealistic worlds; invoked by cynical characters in cynical worlds.) |
* [[Hope Is Scary]] (Played straight mostly by cynical characters in idealistic worlds; invoked by cynical characters in cynical worlds.) |
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* [[In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves]] |
* [[In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves]] |
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* [[It Gets Easier]] |
* [[It Gets Easier]] |
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* [[It Sucks to Be |
* [[It Sucks to Be the Chosen One]] |
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* [[Jade-Colored Glasses]] |
* [[Jade-Colored Glasses]] |
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* [[Kill the Poor]] |
* [[Kill the Poor]] |
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A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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We have done with Hope and Honour, we are lost to Love and Truth, —Rudyard Kipling, "Gentleman-Rankers"
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A few clues as to which end of the Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism you are -- or the characters think they are.
Contrast Idealism Tropes.
Tropes
- Accentuate the Negative
- A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read
- Anti-Hero
- At Least I Admit It
- The Barnum
- Being Good Sucks
- Beware the Superman
- Black and Gray Morality
- Cosmic Horror Story
- Crapsack World
- The Cynic
- Cynical Mentor
- Darker and Edgier
- Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy (Caused by excess cynicism)
- Deus Angst Machina
- Do Unto Others Before They Do Unto Us
- Evil Feels Good
- The Farmer and the Viper
- Feet of Clay
- Good Is Dumb
- Good Is Old-Fashioned
- Graying Morality
- Growing Up Sucks
- Grumpy Bear (Used almost exclusively in idealistic works)
- Happy Ending Override
- Hates the Job, Loves the Limelight
- Hobbes Was Right
- Hope Is Scary (Played straight mostly by cynical characters in idealistic worlds; invoked by cynical characters in cynical worlds.)
- Humanity Is Insane
- Humans Are Morons
- Humans Are the Real Monsters
- Humans Kill Wantonly
- In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves
- It Gets Easier
- It Sucks to Be the Chosen One
- Jade-Colored Glasses
- Kill the Poor
- Knight in Sour Armor
- Love Makes You Crazy
- Love Makes You Dumb
- Love Makes You Evil
- Merchandise-Driven
- Might Makes Right
- New Era Speech
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
- Not Your Problem
- Post-Peak Oil
- The Promised Land (Also an idealism trope as well.)
- Sarcastic Clapping
- Senseless Sacrifice
- Shoot the Dog
- Silly Rabbit Cynicism Is for Losers
- Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids
- Silly Rabbit, Romance Is for Kids
- Sour Supporter
- True Art Is Angsty
- Yank the Dog's Chain