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Motivations are the reasons characters do anything. It brings them to action and directs their choices. These are not WHAT characters do, such as [[Saving the World]] or [[Take Over the World]], but WHY they do it, such as [[For Great Justice]] or [[For the Evulz]]. See the [[Goals and Objectives Index]] for what characters are trying to accomplish. |
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* [[Abstract Apotheosis]]: Characters become their motivation in a metaphorical sense through purity of action |
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* [[Because Destiny Says So]]: Characters want to fulfill a prophecy. |
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* [[Because You Were Nice to Me]]: One character is loyal to another due to a single kind act. |
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* [[Career-Building Blunder]]: When an early mistake provides the motivation for a character |
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* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: Character is compelled to help everyone, all the time. |
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* [[Concepts Are Cheap]]: Characters have vague one word motivations that could really mean anything. |
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* [[Debt Detester]]: Character repays debts as soon as possible so as to not owe others. |
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* [[Desperately Looking for A Purpose In Life]]: A character on a journey to find a meaningful place in the world. |
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* [[Despotism Justifies the Means]]: Bad guys who want only power and will do anything to achieve it |
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* [[Dismotivation]]: Characters try hard to achieve nothing. |
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* [[Driven By Envy]]: A character is [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|motivated by envy]]. |
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* [[Dystopia Justifies the Means]]: Bad guys whose goal is to create a nightmarish [[Crapsack World]]. |
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* [[Failure Knight]]: A character failed to protect someone once, and is determined not to fail again. |
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* [[Family Honor]]: A character wants to live up to their family name, and bring credit to their family. |
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* [[Food As Bribe]]: Some people will do anything for food. |
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* [[For Great Justice]]: Good guys fight so that [[Justice Will Prevail]]. |
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* [[For Happiness]]: A character wants to spread joy and cheer. |
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* [[For Science!]]: A character wants to make scientific discoveries with no real practical purposes. |
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* [[For the Evulz]]: Bad guys do evil because they love evil. |
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* [[For the Funnyz]]: A character makes a joke, usually against their own self-interest, because they love jokes. |
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* [[The Four Loves]]: A character searches for love, in any form. |
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* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Something in a villain's past causes them to act the way they do, often parental abuse. |
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* [[Goal in Life]]: A character's main motivation through life. |
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* [[Hidden Agenda Villain]]: They ''have'' a motive, but we're not sure what it is. |
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* [[Home Sweet Home]]: A character is just trying to settle things so they can stay home. |
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* [[Honor Before Reason]]: A character only wants to do the right thing above all else. |
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* [[Humble Goal]]: A character wants to do or have something that happens to be simple. |
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* [[I Just Want to Be Badass]]: A character wants to be strong. |
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* [[I Just Want to Be Beautiful]]: A character wants to remain or become beautiful. |
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* [[I Just Want to Be Free]]: A character wants freedom from some sort of bondage. |
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* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: A character living an abnormal life wants to live a life without excitement. |
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* [[I Just Want to Be Special]]: A character living a mundane life wants to be more exciting. |
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* [[I Just Want to Be You]]: A character wants to be literally the person they envy. |
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* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: A character or a person who wants friends. |
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* [[In Harm's Way]]: Characters want excitement and danger in their lives. |
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* [[I Owe You My Life]]: A character feels indebted to someone who saved their life. |
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* [[It Amused Me]]: A character who acts purely for their own entertainment. |
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* [[It Is Beyond Saving]]: A character or group of characters wants a society destroyed and/or abandoned under the impression that it is beyond saving. |
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* [[It's Personal]]: A character does something for a personal reason. |
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* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: A character wants the person they love to be happy, even at the risk of their own happiness. |
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* [[I Want to Be A Real Man]]: A character wants to be masculine or prove his masculinity. |
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* [[I Will Find You]]: A character wants to find a lost or kidnapped loved one, whatever the cost. |
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* [[I Will Protect Her]]: A person has their entire motivation built around protecting a vulnerable person (usually a girl). |
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* [[MacGuffin]]: It doesn't matter what it does, but all the characters want it. |
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* [[Motive Decay]]: A character has a great motivation, but forgets it eventually. |
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** [[The Dark Side Will Make You Forget]]: A character who uses evil means to accomplish a good goal loses sight of the goal over time. |
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* [[Never Be Hurt Again]]: A character seeks to ensure that no one will ever hurt or take advantage of them again, usually by becoming a [[Badass]]. |
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* [[New Years Resolution]]: A character tries to use the promise of a New Year to create motivation. |
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* [[Only in It For The Money]]: A character does something heroic only for the money. |
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* [[Pinocchio Syndrome]]: A character wants to be a real human. |
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* [[Revenge]]: A character wants another character to pay for what he's done. |
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* [[Rich Boredom]]: A character wants to need to do something. |
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* [[Screw Destiny]]: Characters want to go against a prophecy and prove it wrong. |
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* [[Seven Deadly Sins]] |
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** [[Greed]]: Characters just want more. |
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** [[Lust]]: Characters just want sex. |
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** [[Envy]]: Characters want what other people have. |
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** [[Pride]]: Characters want other characters to recognize how great they are. |
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* [[Seven Heavenly Virtues]]: A character wants to do good. |
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* [[Theres No Place Like Home]]: A character wants to go home again. |
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* [[To Create a Playground For Evil]]: A character wants to make the world a more evil place. |
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* [[They Called Me Mad]]: A character is motivated by the mockery he's received in the past. |
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* [[Undying Loyalty]] : A character is motivated by desire to help someone or something they care about. |
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* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: Characters, usually bad guys, who wish to create a better world but will go to extreme lengths to achieve it. |
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* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: A character with noble goals but goes about achieving them ruthlessly. |
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{{reflist}} |
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[[Category:Characterization Tropes]] |
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[[Category:index]] |
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