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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob summons a demon to do his bidding, but the demon was just about to get laid.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob summons a demon to do his bidding, but the demon was busy reading a book.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Bob summons a demon to do his bidding, but the demon was just about to get laid.
** A RunningGag is Bob summoning demons and other magical beings when they're in the middle of doing something.
* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Bob summons a demon to do his bidding, but the demon was busy reading a book.book.
** The demon has just enough time to quickly finish what he's doing before he gets summoned, but he still finds it inconvenient.



* '''Enforced''': Demons may only be summoned when they are "off duty" because TheDevil wants his plans not to be interrupted, so they'll always be doing something personal.

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* '''Enforced''': Demons may only "Given that a demon can be summoned when they are "off duty" because TheDevil wants his plans not to at any time, it would make sense (and/or [[RuleOfFunny would just be interrupted, so they'll always be doing funny]]) if we had a scene where the demon gets summoned while he's in the middle of taking a shower or something personal.else inconvenient."



* '''Invoked''': Bob intentionally summons the demon when he knows that the demon is busy. Because Bob is just a {{jerk|Ass}}.
* '''Exploited''': Emperor Evulz gives Bob time to summon a demon, knowing that the demon will turn up unprepared and disoriented. When Bob is busy staring at the demon, Evulz attacks them.
* '''Defied''': Bob makes an arrangement with the demon about the time when it's appropriate to summon him without extra disturbing.

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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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Bob intentionally summons the demon when he knows that the demon is busy. Because Bob is just a {{jerk|Ass}}.
** Demons may only be summoned when they are "off duty" because TheDevil wants his plans not to be interrupted, so they'll always be doing something personal.
* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
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Emperor Evulz gives Bob time to summon a demon, knowing that the demon will turn up unprepared and disoriented. When Bob is busy staring at the demon, Evulz attacks them.
** Bob knows what time the demon will be taking a shower, so to cause a distraction (whether it's {{fanservice}} or FanDisservice related) he summons the demon right then.
* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Bob makes an arrangement with the demon about the time when it's appropriate to summon him without extra disturbing.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob summons a demon while he was brushing his teeth, however the demon is ''always'' brushing his teeth (twenty mouths have a lot of upkeep), '''but''' the demon is still annoyed because he was in the middle of a [[HornyDevils hot date.]]

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob summons a demon while he was brushing his teeth, however the demon is ''always'' brushing his teeth (twenty mouths have a lot of upkeep), '''but''' the demon is still annoyed because he was in the middle of a [[HornyDevils hot date.]]
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** A demon is about to attack Bob, so he teleports it away from him.

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* The demon shunts the summon onto an underling.


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** The demon shunts the summon onto an underling.
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* The demon shunts the summon onto an underling.
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** Bob's summon comes at a particularly convenient time for the demon, such as pulling him out of a particularly dull meeting.
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Emperor Evulz gives Bob time to summon a demon, knowing that the demon will turn up unprepared and disoriented. When Bob is busy staring at the demon, Evulz attacks them.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob summons a demon to do his bidding, but the demon was busy reading a book.
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** Bob and Carol is teleported to Alice, who is in the middle of a shower.

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** Bob and Carol is are teleported to Alice, who is in the middle of a shower.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob is brushing his teeth, while a demon comes up behind him and banishes him to {{Hell}}.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Bob is brushing his teeth, while a demon comes up behind him and banishes him to {{Hell}}.{{Hell}}.
** Bob and Carol is teleported to Alice, who is in the middle of a shower.

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* '''Averted''': The demon is summoned and is perfectly ready to serve Bob.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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The demon is summoned and is perfectly ready to serve Bob.
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** The summon comes at a time that is actually convenient for the demon, such as during a situation it wants to get out of ASAP.

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



* '''Deconstructed''':
** The demon is angry that he got summoned during the middle of brushing his teeth and kills Bob.
** The demon can hardly go a night without being summoned, and is perpetually sleep-deprived as a result.
* '''Reconstructed''': As the demon's being summoned, Bob notices the toothbrush in the demon's mouth and remembers that demons don't like being summoned during their morning routine, so sets it up so it looks like Alice, the show's ButtMonkey summoned him.



* '''Lampshaded''': [[AC: Every time I brush my teeth, there's a sacrifice at the Circle...]]
* '''Invoked''': Bob intentionally summons the demon when he knows that the demon is busy. Because Bob is just a [[JerkAss jerk]].

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* '''Lampshaded''': [[AC: Every "Every time I brush my teeth, there's a sacrifice at the Circle...]]
"]]
* '''Invoked''': Bob intentionally summons the demon when he knows that the demon is busy. Because Bob is just a [[JerkAss jerk]].{{jerk|Ass}}.
* '''Exploited''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''':
** The demon is angry that he got summoned during the middle of brushing his teeth and kills Bob.
** The demon can hardly go a night without being summoned, and is perpetually sleep-deprived as a result.
* '''Reconstructed''': As the demon's being summoned, Bob notices the toothbrush in the demon's mouth and remembers that demons don't like being summoned during their morning routine, so sets it up so it looks like Alice, the show's ButtMonkey summoned him.



* '''Played For Drama''': Unbeknownst to the heroes, Alice was trying to stop the BigBad from stealing an important PlotCoupon. When they transported her to their present location, they prevented Alice from stopping him, and the BigBad manages to take the PlotCoupon, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero gaining a huge advantage over the heroes]].

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* '''Played For Drama''': Unbeknownst to the heroes, Alice was trying to stop the BigBad from stealing an important PlotCoupon. When they transported her to their present location, they prevented Alice from stopping him, and the BigBad manages to take the PlotCoupon, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero gaining a huge advantage over the heroes]]. \n



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

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* '''Subverted''': We see the demon brushing his teeth in the Otherworld, notices he's about to be summoned and quickly puts his toothbrush back on the sink.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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We see the demon brushing his teeth in the Otherworld, notices he's about to be summoned and quickly puts his toothbrush back on the sink.



* '''Deconstructed''': The demon is angry that he got summoned during the middle of brushing his teeth and kills Bob.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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The demon is angry that he got summoned during the middle of brushing his teeth and kills Bob.
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** The demon doesn't see why being summoned while brushing his teeth would be any more inconvenient than anything else.


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** The demon can hardly go a night without being summoned, and is perpetually sleep-deprived as a result.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob is brushing his teeth, while a demon comes up behind him and banishes him to {{Hell}}

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* '''Inverted''': Bob is brushing his teeth, while a demon comes up behind him and banishes him to {{Hell}}{{Hell}}.



* '''Double Subverted''': The demon had forgotten that he had just come out of the shower, so as he's summoned he only has a bathtowel wrapped around him.

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** The time when Bob summons the demon and when the demon is whisked off from the Otherworld are different thanks to complex TimeTravel [[AWizardDidIt magic]] made to avoid such inconveniences.
* '''Double Subverted''': The demon had forgotten that he had just come out of the shower, so as he's summoned summoned, he only has a bathtowel bath towel wrapped around him.



* '''Played For Drama''': Unbeknownst to the heroes, Alice was trying to stop the BigBad from stealing an important PlotCoupon. When they transported her to their present location, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero they prevented Alice from stopping him, and the BigBad manages to take the PlotCoupon, gaining a huge advantage over the heroes]].

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* '''Played For Drama''': Unbeknownst to the heroes, Alice was trying to stop the BigBad from stealing an important PlotCoupon. When they transported her to their present location, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero they prevented Alice from stopping him, and the BigBad manages to take the PlotCoupon, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero gaining a huge advantage over the heroes]].
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Bob summons a demon while he was brushing his teeth, however the demon is ''always'' brushing his teeth (twenty mouths have a lot of upkeep), '''but''' the demon is still annoyed because he was in the middle of a [[HornyDevils hot date.]]



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

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* '''Enforced''': ???Demons may only be summoned when they are "off duty" because TheDevil wants his plans not to be interrupted, so they'll always be doing something personal.



* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"It must suck to be a Demon, you're always getting bossed around by mortals and never get to keep your dignity when summoned."
* '''Conversed''': ???
"I know it's funny, but I have a hard time believing demons in this setting do mundane and personal things and have no control over how or when they're summoned."
* '''Played For Laughs''': ???Part of the curse of demon hood includes being summoned doing something embarrassing.



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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob summons a demon to do his bidding, but the demon was [[CoitusInterruptus just about to get laid]] .

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob summons a demon to do his bidding, but the demon was [[CoitusInterruptus just about to get laid]] .laid.
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???A montage shows that the demon only ''ever'' gets summoned while in the middle of another activity and avoids doing anything but sitting around as a result.
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* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???
Bob intentionally summons the demon when he knows that the demon is busy. Because Bob is just a [[JerkAss jerk]].
* '''Defied''': ???Bob makes an arrangement with the demon about the time when it's appropriate to summon him without extra disturbing.
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* '''Straight''': ???
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Straight''': ???
Bob summons a demon to do his bidding, but the demon in question was in the middle of brushing his teeth.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
Bob summons a demon to do his bidding, but the demon was [[CoitusInterruptus just about to get laid]] .
* '''Justified''': ???
Demons dislike being summoned and have ways of preventing it, so they must be summoned while their attention is elsewhere.
* '''Inverted''': ???
Bob is brushing his teeth, while a demon comes up behind him and banishes him to {{Hell}}
* '''Subverted''': ???
We see the demon brushing his teeth in the Otherworld, notices he's about to be summoned and quickly puts his toothbrush back on the sink.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???The demon had forgotten that he had just come out of the shower, so as he's summoned he only has a bathtowel wrapped around him.



* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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* '''Deconstructed''': ???
The demon is angry that he got summoned during the middle of brushing his teeth and kills Bob.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???As the demon's being summoned, Bob notices the toothbrush in the demon's mouth and remembers that demons don't like being summoned during their morning routine, so sets it up so it looks like Alice, the show's ButtMonkey summoned him.



* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???The demon is summoned and is perfectly ready to serve Bob.



* '''Lampshaded''': [[AC: Every time I get in the bath, there's a sacrifice at the Circle...]]

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* '''Lampshaded''': [[AC: Every time I get in the bath, brush my teeth, there's a sacrifice at the Circle...]]
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* '''Lampshaded''': [[ac: Every time I get in the bath, there's a sacrifice at the Circle...]]

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* '''Lampshaded''': [[ac: [[AC: Every time I get in the bath, there's a sacrifice at the Circle...]]
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???[[ac: Every time I get in the bath, there's a sacrifice at the Circle...]]

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