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- Basic Trope: A black character with a Hair-Trigger Temper
- Played Straight: Bob flies into a berserker rage
- Exaggerated: Bob is always complaining about something or attacking someone, at least Once an Episode.
- Inverted:
- Bob is the Mighty Whitey with a Hair-Trigger Temper
- Bob is black, but he is the Nice Guy of the group and as serene as Buddha.
- Alice is a Sassy Black Woman
- The Angry Black Woman
- Justified:
- Bob (or a member of his family or True Companions) has been dealt some injustice
- Bob is a Malcolm Xerox or similar archetype, and the injustice is historical oppression of black people
- Bob is a Nineties Anti-Hero
- Subverted: Most of the time, Bob is well-mannered and kind.
- Bob isn't so much angry as passionate. He doesn't want to stir up old conflicts, but rather to stimulate black pride by reminding them of what they've accomplished, what they've overcome and what they've contributed to society. All he wants from his white neighbours is for them to be aware of what blacks have contributed.
- Double Subverted:
- But attack his friends and learn the hard way why it's a good idea to Beware the Nice Ones.
- Bob is a Stepford Smiler
- Deconstructed:
- Reconstructed:
- Parodied: Someone says "Hi" and Bob attacks them.
- Averted:
- Bob is nice and serene
- No black characters in this particular work
- Enforced:
- Invoked: Someone makes a racist comment around Bob.
- Defied: Bob decides to just let it go
- Discussed:
- Conversed:
- Played For Laughs: Bob is always like this.
- Played For Drama: Bob has legitimate reasons to be angry or upset.