Basic Trope: Everyone thinks Bob is The Hero, but his reputation is grossly inflated. * Straight: Bob gets public credit for heroic deeds he never actually performed. * Exaggerated: Bob is a Dirty Coward who ran away from every battle he's been in, but everyone thinks he's the biggest hero in the army. * Justified: Bob is set up as a public hero by the government/media despite his lack of qualifications in order to give the public an inspirational role model. * Inverted: Bob is a Hero with Bad Publicity who constantly performs heroic deeds while getting absolutely no public acknowledgment for them. * Subverted: * Bob is every bit the hero that his reputation would suggest. * Alternately, Bob starts off as a Fake Ultimate Hero, but ultimately grows into a true hero