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'''Basic Trope''': A convention often seen in [[Karma Meter]]-based games where Evil consists of doing lots of tiny, petty annoying acts.
* '''Straight''': In ''Fangblade'', [[Designated Hero|Spyke]] can be played as a decent, straightforward [[The Hero|hero]] or a rude, obxonious [[Jerkass]], with the former giving him lots of 'good' points and the latter lots of 'evil' points.
* '''Exaggerated''': ''Fangblade'' has two entirely different paths depending on the player's choices. Spyke can either be [[The Chosen One]] [[The Messiah|who saves the world while setting a perfect example for all]], or a [[
* '''Justified''': In ''Fangblade'', the Ultimate Evil is a [[Trickster Archetype]] who thrives on Chaos, while the [[Designated Hero|Designated]] [[Big Good]] is a [[Knight Templar]]: two [[Jerkass Gods]] vying over a [[Crapsack World]].
* '''Inverted''': ''Reputation'' casts you as Lord [[Draco in Leather Pants|Draco]], son of the high-ranked House Godwin of [[The Empire]]. You can follow in your daddy's footsteps as an [[Affably Evil]] loyalist, or become a rude [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized|revolutionary]] fighting to overturn the evil empire.
* '''Subverted''': Player Bob makes Spyke kick a puppy, but he doesn't gain any evil points for it.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...because it was [[Kick the Son of A Bitch|a werewolf puppy.]] Kicking a normal puppy still gets evil points.
* '''Parodied''': The big actions you can take over the course of the game -- like saving a burning orphanage or being the one who set it on fire in the first place -- have absolutely ''no'' effect on Spyke's [[Karma Meter]]. Instead, it's decided entirely by petty acts like whether you avoid swearing or [[Cluster F
* '''Deconstructed''': Spyke quickly discovers that he [[Can't Get Away With Nuthin']]: no matter [[All of the Other Reindeer|how rudely others treat him for]] [[Half
* '''Reconstructed''': This whole situation turns out to be a game-wide [[Secret Test of Character]]: in the end, Spyke discovers that the Gods' personalities are determined by what their worshippers believe, and he can [[Taking a Third Option|Take A Third Option]] of changing how the gods are viewed, rewriting their personalities to something that better suits his sensibilities.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
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