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* '''Played for Horror''': Junior's prank accidentally gets someone killed,

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* '''Played for Horror''': Junior's prank accidentally gets someone killed,killed, and dad is horrified,
[[BlackComedy ...because he hadn't taught him yet how to hide a body, so now seems like a good time.]]
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* '''Enforced''': Dad is actually attempting to show Junior [[GreyAndGrayMorality how what's deemed as right and wrong can be subjective.]] [[EducationPapa Remember when he seemed disappointed how his otherwise good grades weren't perfect?]] [[AnAesop Same thing.]]

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* '''Enforced''': Dad is actually attempting to show Junior [[GreyAndGrayMorality how what's deemed as right and wrong can be subjective.]] [[EducationPapa Remember when he seemed disappointed how his otherwise good grades weren't perfect?]] [[AnAesop [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped Same thing.]]
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* '''Enforced''': Dad is actually attempting to show Junior [[GreyAndGrayMorality how what's deemed as right and wrong can be subjective.]] [[EducationPapa Remember when he seem disappointed how his otherwise good grades weren't perfect?]] [[AnAesop Same thing.]]

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* '''Enforced''': Dad is actually attempting to show Junior [[GreyAndGrayMorality how what's deemed as right and wrong can be subjective.]] [[EducationPapa Remember when he seem seemed disappointed how his otherwise good grades weren't perfect?]] [[AnAesop Same thing.]]

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%% * '''Enforced''': ???

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%% * '''Enforced''': ???Dad is actually attempting to show Junior [[GreyAndGrayMorality how what's deemed as right and wrong can be subjective.]] [[EducationPapa Remember when he seem disappointed how his otherwise good grades weren't perfect?]] [[AnAesop Same thing.]]



* '''Played for Horror''': Junior's prank accidentally gets someone killed,



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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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Cleanup.


* '''Exploited''': Dad doesn't punish Junior so Junior won't tattle on him when ''he'' does something wrong, like [[YourCheatingHeart goes to bed with the babysitter]]...

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* '''Exploited''': Dad doesn't punish Junior so Junior won't tattle on him when ''he'' does something wrong, like [[YourCheatingHeart goes to bed with the babysitter]]...babysitter...
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** Junior made an A on the test, and is expecting kudos. Instead, his dad grounds him for some reason (maybe Junior cheated, [[EducationPapa or his dad wanted an A+]]).

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** Junior made an A on the test, and is expecting kudos. Instead, his dad grounds him for some reason (maybe Junior cheated, [[EducationPapa or his dad dad]] [[TheBGrade wanted an A+]]).
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** Junior made an A on the test, and is expecting kudos. Instead, his dad grounds him for some reason (maybe Junior cheated).

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** Junior made an A on the test, and is expecting kudos. Instead, his dad grounds him for some reason (maybe Junior cheated).cheated, [[EducationPapa or his dad wanted an A+]]).
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%% * '''Parodied''':

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%% * '''Parodied''':'''Parodied''': After getting in trouble in school for his prank, Junior is worried how they'll tell his mom, who will tell his dad, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking who will ask if it went well]].

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* '''Straight''': Junior pulled a prank at school, and is expecting his dad to punish him, only to reveal that Dad is quite impressed and isn't mad at all.

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* '''Straight''': Junior pulled a prank at school, and is expecting his dad to punish him, him. His dad reprimands him in front of others, only to reveal in private that Dad he is quite impressed and isn't mad at all.



* '''Subverted''': "That prank was impressive, son, but you're still going to get punished. No TV for a week."
* '''Double Subverted''': "That is, you can't use this new 72-inch flatscreen TV I just bought you for a week..."
* '''Parodied''': "[[OhCrap Oh]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck dear god]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what have I done?!]] [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Now the teacher will tell the principal, then the principal will tell mom, then mom will tell dad,]] ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and dad will ask if it went well!]]''"
* '''Zig Zagged''': (Continued from Double Subverted) "I thought I'd try to even things out by having you wait just a little longer. Does that sound fair? Because after that, it's all yours."

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* '''Subverted''': "That Dad starts reprimanding his son, then tells him the prank was impressive, son, but you're he's still going to get punished. No TV for a week."
punished.
* '''Double Subverted''': "That is, you can't use Dad starts reprimanding his son for his lab prank, then tells him the prank was impressive, but he's still going to get punished. When Junior sighs, Dad tells him he's kidding. No punishment for this new 72-inch flatscreen TV I just bought you for a week..."
awesome prank.
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* '''Parodied''': "[[OhCrap Oh]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck dear god]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what have I done?!]] [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Now the teacher will tell the principal, then the principal will tell mom, then mom will tell dad,]] ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and dad will ask if it went well!]]''"
'''Parodied''':
* '''Zig Zagged''': (Continued from Double Subverted) "I thought I'd try Dad starts reprimanding his son for his lab prank, then tells him the prank was quite impressive. Junior jokes about it, but Dad tells him he's still going to even things out by having you wait just get punished because it was dangerous. When Junior sighs, Dad tells him he's kidding. Later Mom asks what Junior's punishment is. Dad says no TV for a little longer. Does that sound fair? Because after that, it's all yours."week, and it sticks. But later Dad doubles Junior's allowance and advises him on other awesome pranks.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???Mom thinks Junior's lab prank was hilarious. "Honey, act like you're mad in front of his teacher, but later we'll tell him how awesome his prank was."



* '''Defied''': "Son, your prank is truly hilarious, but I still have to punish you."
* '''Discussed''': (Can be continued from Defied) "I was only expecting to get in trouble, not hear that even ''you'' liked it."
* '''Conversed''': "Yeah right. If I did that, my dad wouldn't give me a high five, he'd ground me until the cows came home!"
* '''Implied''': Junior and Dad go into his room; a few minutes later, they walk out and Junior wipes some sweat off his brow.

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* '''Defied''': "Son, Mom recognises that Dad is actually impressed with Junior's lab prank. She makes sure that Dad knows just ''how'' dangerous it was and she makes sure he does not praise Junior at all.
* '''Discussed''': "Were
your prank is truly hilarious, but I still have parents mad at your brother? The whole school almost blew up." -- "Nah, they only chewed him out in front of Mr Bob. But my Dad actually advises him how to punish you.pull other pranks next time."
* '''Discussed''': (Can be continued from Defied) "I was only expecting to get in trouble, not hear that even ''you'' liked it."
* '''Conversed''': "Yeah right. If I did that, my dad wouldn't give me a high five, he'd ground me until the cows came home!"
"Hahaha, this kid has such cool parents. Pity it only happens in movies."
* '''Implied''': Junior and Dad go into his room; a few minutes later, they walk out and Junior wipes some sweat off his brow.actually smiles.
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* '''Parodied''': "[[OhCrap Oh]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck dear god]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what have I done?!]] [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Now the teacher will tell the principal, then the principal will tell mom, then mom will tell dad,]] ''[[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy and dad will ask if it went well!]]''"

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* '''Parodied''': "[[OhCrap Oh]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck dear god]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what have I done?!]] [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Now the teacher will tell the principal, then the principal will tell mom, then mom will tell dad,]] ''[[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and dad will ask if it went well!]]''"
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'''Played For Laughs''': Junior ends up wrecking his neighbors' house, but his dad hates them so much that he's joyfully proud.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Junior ends up wrecking his neighbors' house, but his dad hates them so much that he's joyfully proud.
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'''Played For Laughs''': Junior ends up wrecking his neighbors' house, but his dad hates them so much that he's joyfully proud.
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* '''Parodied''': "[[OhCrap Oh]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck dear god]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what have I done?!]] [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Now the teacher will tell the principal, then principal will tell mom, then mom will tell dad,]] ''[[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy and dad will ask if it went well!]]''"

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* '''Parodied''': "[[OhCrap Oh]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck dear god]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what have I done?!]] [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Now the teacher will tell the principal, then the principal will tell mom, then mom will tell dad,]] ''[[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy and dad will ask if it went well!]]''"
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* '''Parodied''': "[[OhCrap Oh]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck dear god]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what have I done?!]] [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Now the teacher will tell the principal, principal will tell mom, and mom will tell dad,]] ''[[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy and dad will ask if it went well!]]''"

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* '''Parodied''': "[[OhCrap Oh]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck dear god]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what have I done?!]] [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Now the teacher will tell the principal, then principal will tell mom, and then mom will tell dad,]] ''[[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy and dad will ask if it went well!]]''"
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* '''Parodied''': "[[OhCrap Oh]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck dear god]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what have I done?!}] [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Now the teacher will tell the principal, principal will tell mom, and mom will tell dad,]] ''[[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy and dad will ask me how it went!]]''"

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* '''Parodied''': "[[OhCrap Oh]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck dear god]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what have I done?!}] done?!]] [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Now the teacher will tell the principal, principal will tell mom, and mom will tell dad,]] ''[[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy and dad will ask me how if it went!]]''"went well!]]''"
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* '''Parodied''': "[[OhCrap Oh]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck dear god]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what have I done]]?! [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Now the teacher will tell the principal, principal will tell mom, and mom will tell dad,]] ''[[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy and dad will then ask how it went]]!''"

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* '''Parodied''': "[[OhCrap Oh]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck dear god]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what have I done]]?! done?!}] [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Now the teacher will tell the principal, principal will tell mom, and mom will tell dad,]] ''[[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy and dad will then ask me how it went]]!''"went!]]''"
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* '''Parodied''': "[[OhCrap Aw]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck man]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what have I done]]?! [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Now the principal will tell mom, and mom will tell dad, and dad will ask if it went well]]!

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* '''Parodied''': "[[OhCrap Aw]] Oh]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck man]], dear god]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what have I done]]?! [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Now the teacher will tell the principal, principal will tell mom, and mom will tell dad, dad,]] ''[[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy and dad will then ask if how it went well]]!went]]!''"
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* '''Parodied''': "Aw man, [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy now the principal will tell mom, and mom will tell dad, and dad will ask 'so how did it go?!']]"

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* '''Parodied''': "Aw man, "[[OhCrap Aw]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck man]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what have I done]]?! [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy now Now the principal will tell mom, and mom will tell dad, and dad will ask 'so how did if it go?!']]"went well]]!
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** Junior pulled a prank at school and is expecting his normally cool dad to give him a high five. Instead, he gets grounded. Part of it being that Dad [[DoWrongRight actually thought it was pretty lame]].

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** Junior pulled a prank at school and is expecting his normally cool dad to give him a high five. Instead, he gets grounded. Part of it being that Dad [[DoWrongRight actually thought it was pretty lame]].lame]] [[DudeNotFunny and in bad taste]].
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** Junior pulled a prank at school and is expecting his normally cool dad to give him a high five. Instead, he gets grounded. Part of it being that Dad [[DoWrongRight thought it was a lame prank anyway]].

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** Junior pulled a prank at school and is expecting his normally cool dad to give him a high five. Instead, he gets grounded. Part of it being that Dad [[DoWrongRight actually thought it was a lame prank anyway]].pretty lame]].
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???"Aw man, [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy now the principal will tell mom, and mom will tell dad, and dad will ask 'so how did it go?!']]"
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** Junior pulled a prank at school and is expecting his normally cool dad to give him a high five. Instead, he gets grounded.

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** Junior pulled a prank at school and is expecting his normally cool dad to give him a high five. Instead, he gets grounded. Part of it being that Dad [[DoWrongRight thought it was a lame prank anyway]].
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* '''Zig Zagged''': (Continued from Double Subverted) "I thought I'd try to even things out by having you wait just a little longer. Does that sound fair?"

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* '''Zig Zagged''': (Continued from Double Subverted) "I thought I'd try to even things out by having you wait just a little longer. Does that sound fair?"fair? Because after that, it's all yours."
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???(Continued from Double Subverted) "I thought I'd try to even things out by having you wait just a little longer. Does that sound fair?"
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* '''Discussed''': (Can be continued from Defied) "I was expecting to just get in trouble, not hear that even ''you'' thought it was funny."

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* '''Discussed''': (Can be continued from Defied) "I was only expecting to just get in trouble, not hear that even ''you'' thought it was funny.liked it."
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* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???(Can be continued from Defied) "I was expecting to just get in trouble, not hear that even ''you'' thought it was funny."
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** Junior made an A on the test, and is expecting kudos. Instead, his dad grounds him for some reason.

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** Junior made an A on the test, and is expecting kudos. Instead, his dad grounds him for some reason.reason (maybe Junior cheated).
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** Junior pulled a prank at school and is expecting his CoolDad to give him a high five. Instead, he gets grounded.

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** Junior pulled a prank at school and is expecting his CoolDad normally cool dad to give him a high five. Instead, he gets grounded.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character expects an authority figure to punish them for something they did, but they're actually impressed.
* '''Straight''': Junior pulled a prank at school, and is expecting his dad to punish him, only to reveal that Dad is quite impressed and isn't mad at all.
* '''Exaggerated''': Junior blows up the school in a chemistry accident; Dad triples his allowance instead of getting mad.
* '''Downplayed''': Dad's still kinda pissed at what Junior did, but he also seems somewhat impressed.
* '''Justified''': The thing Junior did wasn't ''that'' bad, and the method he used was fairly ingenious.
* '''Inverted''':
** Junior pulled a prank at school and is expecting his CoolDad to give him a high five. Instead, he gets grounded.
** Junior made an A on the test, and is expecting kudos. Instead, his dad grounds him for some reason.
* '''Subverted''': "That prank was impressive, son, but you're still going to get punished. No TV for a week."
* '''Double Subverted''': "That is, you can't use this new 72-inch flatscreen TV I just bought you for a week..."
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Dad punishes him and doesn't seem impressed by the prank.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "Whew! I thought you were gonna read me the riot act!"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Dad doesn't punish Junior so Junior won't tattle on him when ''he'' does something wrong, like [[YourCheatingHeart goes to bed with the babysitter]]...
* '''Defied''': "Son, your prank is truly hilarious, but I still have to punish you."
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Yeah right. If I did that, my dad wouldn't give me a high five, he'd ground me until the cows came home!"
* '''Implied''': Junior and Dad go into his room; a few minutes later, they walk out and Junior wipes some sweat off his brow.
* '''Deconstructed''': Because Junior is never punished, he's never really given a strong sense of what's right and what's wrong, so he becomes a criminal when he grows up.
* '''Reconstructed''': Junior is still mature enough to know what's wrong, and to know that he should have been punished, so he ends up OK.
* '''Played For Drama''': Dad thinks Junior's prank was hilarious; Mom disagrees, so they fight about it.
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