Took a Level In Kindness/Playing With

Basic Trope: Character becomes nicer over time.
 * Straight: Bob used to be a Jerkass, but now he's a pretty nice guy
 * Exaggerated: Bob goes from being a Complete Monster to The Messiah
 * Justified: A big part of Bob's Character Development over the course of the series is learning to trust other people after his Dark and Troubled Past.
 * Bob becomes friends with Charlie, whose attitude slowly rubs off on Bob.
 * Inverted: Took a Level In Jerkass.
 * Subverted: It turns out Bob hasn't gotten any nicer; he was only pretending to be nice.
 * Bob always was nice, he just didn't know how to show it.
 * Double Subverted: ...But then then he discovers that Good Feels Good, and decides to be nicer to everyone.
 * Parodied: ???
 * Deconstructed: Bob tries to be a nicer person, but can't manage to pull it off because nobody will forgive him for being a jerk in the past.
 * Alternately, Bob tries to be better person, only to discover that Humans Are Bastards, and trying to be nice makes him vulnerable.
 * Reconstructed: However, despite all his problems Bob persists in trying to be a better person, and eventually succeeds.
 * Zig Zagged: Bob alternates between Took a Level In Kindness and Took a Level In Jerkass on a regular basis.
 * Averted: Bob never becomes less of a Jerkass.
 * Enforced: Circumstances outside of his control force Bob to be nicer than he usually is.
 * Lampshaded: "Bob has gotten a lot nicer lately, hasn't he?"
 * Invoked: Bob declares that he's going to start being nicer to people.
 * Defied: People keep expecting Bob to turn nicer eventually, but he never does.
 * Discussed: "You know Bob, you've been acting a lot nicer lately."
 * Conversed: ???
 * Played For Laughs: ???
 * Played For Drama: ???

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