History PlayingWith / ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping

** Bob did buy a better gift, but their two-year-old son Billy just smashed it to pieces, leaving him with just enough time and dough for something from the convenience store.

* '''Discussed''': "It's nine o' clock on Christmas Eve, and the only place open is the Gas-and-Go. With my luck, the one person I forgot to shop for is probably going to remind me to pick up a present just about now. I wonder who it could be?"

* '''Inverted''': Bob goes to a high-end department store and picks out a necklace Alice had her eye on, even though there's no special occasion. And he does this ''every day''.

* '''Inverted''': Bob goes to a high-end department store and picks out a necklace Alice had her eye on, even though there's no special occasion.

* '''Parodied''': Bob buys a thoughtless gift for a total stranger.

* '''Enforced''': IdiotPlot

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* '''Justified''': Bob forgot about their anniversary, and left shopping until the very last minute as a result. It doesn't help that Alice is hard to buy for.

** Same as above, except that Alice just quit smoking a month ago, ''and'' her father died of emphysema last week. [[SarcasmMode Nice going, Bob.]]

* '''Reconstructed''': Alice is disappointing by the gift, but thinks it's ActuallyPrettyFunny. Getting gifts at convenience stores becomes an inside joke, which actually strengthens the couple.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob goes to the convenience store, but does put in enough effort to pick something Alice would like. For example, if Alice likes candy, Bob could pick out an assortment of candy bars.

* '''Invoked''': Bob catches sight of the calendar and notices that it's his and Alice's anniversary...and he has no gift for her!

* '''Straight''': Bob [[ForgottenAnniversary forgets his and Alice's wedding anniversary]]. When he finally does [[OhCrap remember]], he drives to the nearest convenience store and picks out a pack of cigarettes and a gift bow. Alice has never smoked in her life.

* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob goes to the convenience store, but does put in enough effort to pick something Alice can actually use.
** The presents at Alice's birthday party range from extremely well-thought-out to generic to useless and wildly inappropriate, depending on when the shopper remembered.

** Bob gets Alice a gift certificate at the store.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Discussed''': "It's nine o' clock on Christmas Eve, and the only place open is the Gas-and-Go. What you wanna bet I'm going to be reminded to pick up a present just about now?"

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and Bob had a fight later on, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

* '''Played For Drama''': The thoughtless gift causes a big fight, and the possible end to the marriage unless Bob makes things right fast.

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Straight''': Bob [[ForgottenAnniversary forgets his and Alice's wedding anniversary]]. When he finally does [[OhCrap remember]], he drives to the nearest convenience store and picks out a pack of cigarettes and a gift bow.

** Did we mention that Alice just quit smoking a month ago?
** Or, even better, her father died last week from emphysema. [[SarcasmMode Nice going, Bob.]]
* '''Downplayed''': Bob goes to the convenience store, but does put in enough effort to pick something Alice can actually use.
* '''Justified''': Bob forgot, left shopping until the very last minute, and it doesn't help that Alice is hard to buy for.

** Alice receives a weird gift from Bob and suspects that he remembered the anniversary at the last moment, but it actually is a prelude to Bob becoming a CloudCuckoolander out of age.

** The gift certificate is to a fast-food restaurant, and Alice doesn't eat fast-food.

* '''Parodied''': The thoughtless gift results in a ToiletSeatDivorce.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The presents at Alice's birthday party range from extremely well-thought-out to generic to useless and wildly inappropriate, depending on when the shopper remembered.
* '''Averted''': Bob gets Alice something he knows she'd like.

* '''Lampshaded''':

** "I know people say that's 'it's the thought that counts', but COME ON Bob! An expired bag of potato chips!? There isn't EVEN any THOUGHT on that!"

* '''Exploited''': The convenience stores know people look in them for gifts so they stock things people will like to get, like gift cards, chocolate and [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals stuffed animals.]] TruthInTelevision.
* '''Defied''': Bob doesn't put off shopping until the last minute, and pays attention so he can get a meaningful gift.
* '''Discussed''': "It's nine o' clock on Christmas Eve, and the only place open is the Gas-and-Go. what you wanna bet I'm going to be reminded to pick up a present just about now?"

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

* '''Subverted''': Bob gets Alice a gift certificate at the store.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Basic Trope''': Last minute, useless, thoughtless gifts.
* '''Played Straight''': Bob [[ForgottenAnniversary forgets his and Alice's wedding anniversary]]. When he finally does [[OhCrap remember]], he drives to the nearest convenience store and picks out a pack of cigarettes and a gift bow.
* '''Exaggerated''': Did we mention that Alice just quit smoking a month ago?

* '''Inverted''': Bob goes to a high-end department store and picks out a necklace Alice had her eye on, even though there's no special occasion.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and Bob had a fight later on, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.
* '''Reconstructed''':

* '''Lampshaded''': "What should I get her...? I know! Dental floss! Everyone loves dental floss!"

* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob gives Alice the lawn gnome from their front lawn.
* '''Played For Drama''': The thoughtless gift causes a big fight, and the possible end to the marriage unless Bob makes things right fast.

** Or, even better, her father died last week from emphysema. [[SarcasmMode Nice goin, Bob.]]

* '''Double Subverted''': The gift certificate is to a fast-food restaurant, and Alice doesn't eat fast-food.

* '''Inverted''': Bob goes to a high-end department store and picks out a necklace Alice had her eye on.

* '''Deconstructed''':