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'''Basic Trope''': Anonymity/invisibility corrupts.
* '''Straight''': When Bob goes to the Internet, the anonymity causes him to be a [[Jerkass]] [[Troll]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Anonymity causes someone to instantly become a [[Sociopath|Sociopathic]] [[Complete Monster]].
* '''[[Up to Eleven]]''': Anonymity instantly causes someone to become an [[Ultimate Evil]] [[Eldritch Abomination]].
* '''Downplayed''': Anonymity causes someone to become a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]].
* '''Justified''': In the real world, if you constantly become a Jerkass it becomes a permanent [[Never Live It Down]] that can ruin your reputation forever, thus acting as a [[Restraining Bolt]]. Having low visibility and no identity thus allow for people to express their repressed aggression without the social consequences.
* '''Inverted''': Anonymous people are the nicest folks you can hang around with while the named ones are the narcissistic jerkasses.
* '''Subverted''': At first glance, the anonymous people seem to be jerkasses, but it is revealed that they are the good guys compared to the real [[Big Bad]] of the Internet.....
* '''Double Subverted''': And after defeating the Big Bad, they ask "[[And Then What?]]", making them go back to trolling.
* '''Parodied''': [[Stealth Parody|Stealth Trolling]] [[It Amused Me|as a joke.]]
* '''Deconstructed''':
** The obscene amounts of hate crimes on the Internet [[There Should Be a Law|causes the government to intervene]] and implement a [[Big Brother Is Watching]] system.
** An Anonymous person acts like a complete bastard to some random person on the internet, and mocking them further for getting upset. They later discover that person was someone they cared about in real life, [[What Have I Done|causing them to realize the unfortunate consequences of their actions.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': The anonymous folks respond to the Big Brother over the Internet by becoming ''even more stealthy''. 
* '''Zig Zagged''': Anonymous people have [[Blue and Orange Morality]].
* '''Averted''': There is no Anonymous.
* '''Enforced''': The author wants to show what humanity would really be like if there wasn't a Big Brother to keep them in line.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Just because you have no name, you already act retarded?"
* '''Invoked''': 
* '''Defied''': When Bob goes to the Internet, he takes precaution to restrain his behaviour and be polite to anyone.
* '''Discussed''': "We must be cautious when we go to the Internet. You wouldn't want it if your life is damaged forever by unseen forces just because you poked this guy."
* '''Conversed''':

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