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* '''Straight''': Jack sees Jill embracing a man and, although a reasonable and good-tempered man, storms out without hearing he is her long-lost brother.
* '''Exaggerated''': Jack sneaks into the castle to steal the [[MacGuffin]] even though the king is a [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] and Jack needs it to save the kingdom.
* '''Justified''': Jack (and possibly everyone else) has a monstrously huge personality flaw or two (or gazillion of them) that affects the ability to think straight, eg. being a thrill-seeker, a hopeless romantic, paranoid, easy-going, any personality trait taken beyond extreme.
* '''Inverted''': Jack, normally [[The Fool]], can deduce everyone's motives at a glance because the plot needs it.
* '''Subverted''': Jack and his friends [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee|work out, in detail, a plan of action]] that sounds as if it will be the major action of the story. However, his [[Evil Overlord List|five-year-old adviser]] is one of those present at this planning session, and comes up with a simpler and better plan.
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