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'''Basic Trope''': A minor character that the audience takes a shine to.
'''Basic Trope''': A minor character that the audience takes a shine to.
* '''Straight''': On ''Generic Workcom'', Scott is a minor co-worker of the leads, a nerdy [[White Collar Worker]] with a love of science fiction books. The audience loves Scott, and is vocal about this. Most reviews of the show mention him, and fan mail is plentiful. The producer finally notices, and rewards Scott's actor with [[A Day in The Limelight]] episode in the third season, and more frequent lines, including his own [[Running Gag]].
* '''Straight''': On ''Generic Workcom'', Scott is a minor co-worker of the leads, a nerdy [[White Collar Worker]] with a love of science fiction books. The audience loves Scott, and is vocal about this. Most reviews of the show mention him, and fan mail is plentiful. The producer finally notices, and rewards Scott's actor with [[A Day in the Limelight]] episode in the third season, and more frequent lines, including his own [[Running Gag]].
* '''Exaggerated''':
* '''Exaggerated''':
** As [[The Hero]] and [[The Lancer]] walk down the castle hall arguing in ''[[Loads and Loads of Characters|Cast of Thousands:]] [[The Movie]]'', they pass a guard with a craggy face and an unusually lop-sided ear. The guard is only on-screen for seconds, and has no lines or actions, but the viewers find themselves fascinated by [[Fan Nickname|"Lop-Ear"]]. He undergoes [[Memetic Mutation]], speculation on Lop-Ear's backstory is rife, and there are entire epic fanfics devoted to Lop-Ear as the main character. One of these is second in popularity only to the best fanfic slashing the hero and lancer. The director catches wind of Lop-Ear's popularity, and rehires the extra who played him for ''Cast of Thousands 2''. Lop-Ear has evidently gotten a promotion, as he has a fancier guard uniform, and appears in more scenes. He still doesn't talk, though. The director says he's saving that for a possible Lop-Ear spinoff.
** As [[The Hero]] and [[The Lancer]] walk down the castle hall arguing in ''[[Loads and Loads of Characters|Cast of Thousands:]] [[The Movie]]'', they pass a guard with a craggy face and an unusually lop-sided ear. The guard is only on-screen for seconds, and has no lines or actions, but the viewers find themselves fascinated by [[Fan Nickname|"Lop-Ear"]]. He undergoes [[Memetic Mutation]], speculation on Lop-Ear's backstory is rife, and there are entire epic fanfics devoted to Lop-Ear as the main character. One of these is second in popularity only to the best fanfic slashing the hero and lancer. The director catches wind of Lop-Ear's popularity, and rehires the extra who played him for ''Cast of Thousands 2''. Lop-Ear has evidently gotten a promotion, as he has a fancier guard uniform, and appears in more scenes. He still doesn't talk, though. The director says he's saving that for a possible Lop-Ear spinoff.
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** [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|"So, basically, the hero is]] '''this guy'''. [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|I think it's time we faced that fact."]]
** [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|"So, basically, the hero is]] '''this guy'''. [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|I think it's time we faced that fact."]]
* '''Deconstructed''': It's revealed that Scott lives for the brief moments where he's acknowledged, and otherwise lives an unfulfilled, unexciting, lonely life, in constant envy of the protagonists and their far more interesting existence.
* '''Deconstructed''': It's revealed that Scott lives for the brief moments where he's acknowledged, and otherwise lives an unfulfilled, unexciting, lonely life, in constant envy of the protagonists and their far more interesting existence.
* '''Reconstructed''': ... then he gets [[A Day in The Limelight]] and decides that maybe that kind of life is just fine.
* '''Reconstructed''': ... then he gets [[A Day in the Limelight]] and decides that maybe that kind of life is just fine.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Scott's popularity varies from episode to episode, depending on the writer; sometimes he steals the entire forty minutes, but other times he's incredibly annoying and misplaced. The audience goes between loving and hating him as a result.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Scott's popularity varies from episode to episode, depending on the writer; sometimes he steals the entire forty minutes, but other times he's incredibly annoying and misplaced. The audience goes between loving and hating him as a result.
* '''Averted''': No characters stand out to the audience more than their roles would normally do.
* '''Averted''': No characters stand out to the audience more than their roles would normally do.
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