Boomerang Bigot/Playing With

Basic Trope: A character is hostile against members of a group that he's a member of.

Straight: Bob the Troper thinks Tropers are horrible people. He harasses other Tropers he meets, and badmouths them to others.
Exaggerated: Bob the Troper starts a genocidal campaign against Tropers.
Downplayed: Bob the Troper is slightly disdainful towards Tropers.
Justified:
- Bob is really ashamed that he's a Troper and doesn't want to be one. This is how he copes.
- Bob is a Dark Elf, so he knows first-hand about how much of a jerk they are.
Inverted: Bob isn't a Troper... but he wants nothing more than to be one.
Subverted: Disparaging Tropers is an In-Joke among Tropers, so they take Bob's rants in stride.
Double Subverted: Bob really does hate Tropers, but lets them believe his harsh insults are just part of the In-Joke.
Parodied: It's painfully obvious that Bob is a Troper from the get-go. He rails against Tropers while wearing a Troper Badge.
Deconstructed: Bob's hatred of Tropers while being a Troper himself causes him a great deal of anguish and mental conflict. He eventually commits suicide to cope.
Reconstructed: Bob finds a way to reconcile to his hatred of Tropers with his identity. Either he stops being a Troper, or gets over his hatred of them.
Zig Zagged:
- It's never made expressly clear whether or not Bob's supposed bigotry is an in-joke among Tropers or not.
- Alternatively, it's never made expressly clear whether or not Bob is a Troper, despite obviously hating them.
Averted:
- Bob isn't a Troper. He just hates them.
- Bob doesn't hate Tropers.
Enforced: "So, OK, get this - this guy hates a group he's a part of. Whatever they're paying me, it isn't enough!"
Lampshaded: "Wait, what the hell, dude? Aren't you a troper yourself?"
Invoked: "Stupid Tropers. I hate them so much. I'm gonna become one to infiltrate them."
Defied: "You know, railing against a group I'm a part of might not be the best course of action. Maybe I'll just chill out and look at things in perspective."
Discussed: "Oh wow, it's just like something out of Law and Order."
Conversed: "(sigh) Great, another one of those 'guy in the group hates members of that group' plotlines."

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