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To someone who has had a rough life, even the simple things are a big deal. The Woobie, the Butt Monkey, the Chew Toy, and other downtrodden characters tend to know better than to take them for granted. Compare with Humble Goal, where gaining a Mundane Luxury is a major motivation for a character. Contrast with the Spoiled Brat, who is so used to luxury that normal living standards are like poverty to them. Examples of Mundane Luxury include:

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  • To someone who has had a rough life, even the simple things are a big deal. The Woobie, the Butt Monkey, the Chew Toy, and other downtrodden characters tend to know better than to take them for granted. Compare with Humble Goal, where gaining a Mundane Luxury is a major motivation for a character. Contrast with the Spoiled Brat, who is so used to luxury that normal living standards are like poverty to them. Examples of Mundane Luxury include:
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  • To someone who has had a rough life, even the simple things are a big deal. The Woobie, the Butt Monkey, the Chew Toy, and other downtrodden characters tend to know better than to take them for granted. In fact, when presented with simple kindnesses and conveniences, these characters will be completely overjoyed. The things that are utterly mundane to most people will feel like the most extravagant of luxuries to them. Our potato chips are their caviar. They react to simple fare from the local Burger Fool as if it were a five-star restaurant. And a simple shower will feel like a day at a fancy spa to them. This trope is different from a Sense Freak, but there is some overlap. A Sense Freak gets their appreciation for mundane sensations from Bizarre Alien Biology, or the loss thereof upon assuming human form. Mundane Luxury comes not from a character experiencing such things differently than normal humans do, but from not having had a chance to experience them at all, and it's not just physical senations either. But the most important distinction is what the character's love of the mundane says about them. Sense Freak is used to establish characters as otherworldly and supernatural, while Mundane Luxury portrays them as downtrodden, illustrating the poor living conditions a character has suffered under, serving as an object lesson in appreciating what you have. Compare with Humble Goal, where gaining a Mundane Luxury is a major motivation for a character. Contrast with the Spoiled Brat, who is so used to luxury that normal living standards are like poverty to them. Examples of Mundane Luxury include:
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