Tragic Hero/Playing With

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Basic Trope: A character's Fatal Flaw leads to his inevitable downfall.

• Straight: Bob is incredibly arrogant, and this eventually plays a role in his death.
• Exaggerated: Bob's Fatal Flaw leads to him failing at nearly everything he ever tries.
• Justified: Up until this point, everyone has put Bob on a pedestal, leading to his arrogance.
• Inverted: Karma Houdini
• Subverted: Bob's arrogance is all an act, and he truly is well aware of his flaws.
  • Bob learns to overcome his arrogance, and so manages to avoid his downfall.
• Double Subverted: ...but he becomes the mask and truly does develop arrogance that leads to his downfall.
  • Bob learns to overcome his arrogance, but he still falls anyway; as a result of a different flaw from his previous one.
• Parodied: Bob dies a horrible and bloody death...because he can't play Cribbage.
• Deconstructed: Bob's downfall also affects those who depended on him, causing a chain reaction.
• Reconstructed:
• Zig Zagged:
• Averted: Bob isn't perfect, but he has no big major failings.
  • Bob has a flaw, but it doesn't cause his downfall.
• Enforced:
• Lampshaded:
• Invoked:
• Exploited:
• Defied:
• Discussed:
• Conversed: