History PlayingWith / GodwinsLaw

** Bob compares his opponent to a fictitious dictator, albeit one with [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi like qualities]].

** The discussion is about a country or regime which ''can'' be seriously compared to UsefulNotes/NaziGermany (e.g. [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Stalinist Russia]]).

** The forum members are anti-Semites, and among such a community a common meme is that someone insults his opponent by comparing him to Jews (or else a Hitler comparison is positive).

** At length Bob cites "a certain European with a toothbrush mustache," but he's actually thinking of Creator/CharlieChaplin.
** Bob loses his temper during a forum discussion and compares his opponents to Stalin.

** …so Bob cites somebody [[EvenEvilHasStandards whose actions and words even they consider vile.]]

* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob frequently posts online in situations where Hitler would be an obvious comparison, but always manages to find another historical figure who did something roughly similar: Pol Pot, Karl Marx, Franco, what have you. He becomes a [[AscendedFanboy famous historical lecturer]], known as "the man who killed Godwin," and is invited on TV talk shows to discuss the Nazis and/or Israel, but turns these down because he's "very busy planning a reunion." Near the end of the work we see Bob shaving his full mustache, but we don't get a look at his face again until he walks into a German restaurant and shakes hands with several elderly German gentlemen. "Herr Goering, Herr Himmler. JOSEF! Liebschen! It's been so long!" And as he embraces a short frail old man, the POV turns around and we see that [[TomatoSurprise he IS Hitler]].

** Alternatively, the forum has a rule where if an argument or debate results in someone (e.g. Bob) comparing the opposition to Hitler, the argument ends instantaneously, and the offending party loses.
* '''Discussed''': "Look, Bob, playing the Hitler card doesn't make you cool or witty, it just shows that you're out of arguments. I mean, I don't have a singular testicle, invaded Poland, or employed ridiculous inventions to turn the tide of any war."

** Bob actually is a Nazi. Whenever Alice gives her criticisms of the idea of [[UnusualEuphemism “ethnic displacement,”]] Bob accuses her of this trope. Alice and Bob’s friends agree with him, so Bob works harder to convert them into like minded white supremicists.

* '''Intended Audience Reaction''': The show is aimed directly at [[InternetJerk people who abuse this law regularly]] in an attempt to make them shape up.

* '''Discussed''': "Look, Bob, playing the Hitler card doesn't make you cool or witty, it just shows that you're out of arguments."

** Bob compares his opponent to another historical figure generally considered an {{Acceptable Target|s}}, albeit one who was less awful than Hitler and could be more fairly compared to his opponent.

* '''Implied''': Every time somebody who hasn't already ticked him off on the forum does so, Bob says he or she has "replaced ''that man'' as history's greatest villain."

* '''Intended Audience Reaction''': The show is aimed directly at [[{{GIFT}} people who abuse this law regularly]] in an attempt to make them shape up.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob compares his opponent to another historical figure generally considered an {{Acceptable Target|s}}, albeit one who was less awful than Hitler and could be more fairly compared to his opponent.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob compares his opponent to another historical figure generally considered an {{Acceptable Target|s}}, albeit one who was less awful than Hitler, and could be more fairly compared to his opponent.

** The forum discussion is about Germany during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, so such references are appropriate.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob frequently posts online in situations where Hitler would be an obvious comparison, but always manages to find another historical figure who did something roughly similar: Pol Pot, Karl Marx, Franco, what have you. He becomes a [[AscendedFanboy famous historical lecturer]], known as "the man who killed Godwin," and is invited on TV talk shows to discuss the Nazis and/or Israel, but turns these down because he's "very busy planning a reunion." Near the end of the work we see Bob shaving his full mustache, but we don't get a look at his face again until he walks into a German restaurant and shakes hands with several elderly German gentlemen. "Herr Goering, Herr Himmler. JOSEF! Liebschen! It's been so long!" And as he embraces a short frail old man, the POV turns around and we see that he [[TomatoSurprise IS Hitler]].

** Bob continues to make Hitler and Nazi references in various forums, which gets the attention of the FBI, who quickly add Bob to their list of suspected terrorists and arrest him.
** Alternatively, Bob becomes so infamous that he is actually recognized in real life and fired from his job.

* '''Intended Audience Reaction''': The show is aimed directly at [[{{GIFT}} people who abuse this law on a regular basis]] in an attempt to make them shape up.

** The discussion is about a country or regime which ''can'' be seriously compared to Nazi Germany (e.g. Stalinist Russia).
** Bob has spent his life fighting Nazis, and is a bit too zealous, if anything.

** "Do you know who else was a Nazi? Oskar Schindler!"

** …So Bob cites somebody [[EvenEvilHasStandards whose actions and words even they consider vile.]]

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob frequently posts online in situations where Hitler would be an obvious comparison, but always manages to find another historical figure who did something roughly similar: Pol Pot, Karl Marx, Franco, what have you. He becomes a [[AscendedFanboy famous historical lecturer]], known as "the man who killed Godwin," and is invited on TV talk shows to discuss the Nazis and/or Israel, but turns these down because he's "very busy planning a reunion." Near the end of the work we see Bob shaving his full mustache, but we don't get a look at his face again until he walks into a German restaurant and shakes hands with several elderly German gentlemen. "Herr Goering, Herr Himmler. JOSEF! Liebschen! It's been so long!" And as he embraces a short frail old man, the POV turns around and we see that he [[TomatoInTheMirror IS Hitler]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob frequently posts online in situations where Hitler would be an obvious comparison, but always manages to find another historical figure who did something roughly similar: Pol Pot, Karl Marx, Subotai, what have you. He becomes a [[AscendedFanboy famous historical lecturer]], known as "the man who killed Godwin," and is invited on TV talk shows to discuss the Nazis and/or Israel, but turns these down because he's "very busy planning a reunion." Near the end of the work we see Bob shaving his full mustache, but we don't get a look at his face again until he walks into a German restaurant and shakes hands with several elderly German gentlemen. "Herr Goering, Herr Himmler. JOSEF! Liebschen! It's been so long!" And as he embraces a short frail old man, the POV turns around and we see that he [[TomatoInTheMirror IS Hitler]].

* '''Downplayed''': Bob compares his opponent to another historical figure generally considered an {{Acceptable Target|s}}, albeit one whose misdeeds were at least one of the following relative to Hitler's: fewer, less infamous, or [[FelonyMisdemeanor less heinous]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob frequently posts online in situations where Hitler would be an obvious comparison, but always manages to find another historical figure who did something roughly similar: Pol Pot, Karl Marx, Subotai, what have you. He becomes a [[AscendedFanboy famous historical lecturer]], known as "the man who killed Godwin," and is invited on TV talk shows to discuss the Nazis and/or Israel, but turns these down because he's "very busy planning a reunion." Near the end of the work we see Bob shaving his full mustache, but we don't get a look at his face again until he walks into a German restaurant and shakes hands with several elderly German gentlemen. "Herr Goering, Herr Himmler. JOSEF! Liebschen! It's been so long!" And as he embraces a short frail old man, the POV turns around and we see that he IS Hitler.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob frequently posts online in situations where Hitler would be an obvious comparison, but always manages to find another historical figure who did something roughly similar: Pol Pot, UsefulNotes/JosefStalin, Subotai, what have you. He becomes a [[AscendedFanboy famous historical lecturer]], known as "the man who killed Godwin," and is invited on TV talk shows to discuss the Nazis and/or Israel, but turns these down because he's "very busy planning a reunion." Near the end of the work we see Bob shaving his full mustache, but we don't get a look at his face again until he walks into a German restaurant and shakes hands with several elderly German gentlemen. "Herr Goering, Herr Himmler. JOSEF! Liebschen! It's been so long!" And as he embraces a short frail old man, the POV turns around and we see that he IS Hitler.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob compares his opponent to another historical figure generally considered an {{Acceptable Target|s}}, albeit one whose crimes were fewer, less infamous, and/or less JustForFun/{{egregious}} than Hitler's.

** The discussion is about a country or regime which actually can be seriously compared to Nazi Germany (e.g. Stalinist Russia).

* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob's Hitler references are [[AdolfHitlarious just so funny]] that nobody dares complain.
** Bob calls ''Neo-Nazis'' [[ShapedLikeItself Nazis.]]

** When Bob makes his Hitler reference, huge sirens go off through his computer speakers and the screen begins to flash red warning messages, [[ExplosiveInstrumentation and then explodes]].

* '''Implied''': Every time somebody who hasn't already ticked him off on the forum does so, Bob says s/he has "replaced ''that man'' as history's greatest villain."

** Bob spawns a colossal flame war.

* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob's Hitler references depict him in [[AdolfHitlarious such a humorous light]] that nobody dares complain.
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???