Encouraging Role Play The Table Dragon

In which we talk about encouraging passive, unengaged, or otherwise minimal-effort gamers to get a little deeper into character, narrative, and roleplaying.  Plus the usual tangents and related bits.
- The 'problem' and what it means
- Passive players
- Pushing the player's buttons
- Setting the expectations
- Giving cues, planting seeds
- Using the alpha player
- Don't be adversarial as a GM
- Look for opportunities
- Pay off the risk / make it worth it
- Extension of self vs independent characters
- Character evolution
- In Sum