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* '''Parodied''': Anytime anything bad happens to Bob, no matter when it is or what it is, somebody throws him a birthday party.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Anytime anything bad happens to Bob, no matter when it is or what it is, somebody throws him a birthday party.party.
** BirthdaySuitSurpriseParty
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob flunks Organic Chemistry, then returns to his dorm to find his four best friends with a cake and a couple balloons.



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

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???On his birthday, Bob discovers that the cute girl he had a crush on [[TheMole is actually working for the]] BigBad, and ends up losing an important PlotCoupon to the BigBad. When he returns home, he's upset to discover that his family isn't there, thinking they've forgot his birthday. Then his friends show up in a limo to take him out to dinner and a concert to celebrate his birthday. During his birthday celebration, his conversation with his best friend reveals that the PlotCoupon is rigged to lead him to the BigBad and the cute girl was actually a DoubleAgent who's really on Bob's side and feigning her loyalties to the BigBad. Then the BigBad shows up, gets drunk, starts a fight, and ruins Bob's whole birthday. He slinks home to find that his family was hiding behind the sofa the whole time, and they would have thrown him a ''second'' IronicBirthday party, but they're just cranky now.

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



* '''Deconstructed''': Having to keep up the facade of happiness puts Bob under intense emotional strain
* '''Reconstructed''': The knowledge that his family and friends still love him enough to throw a party for him and remember his birthday helps Bob climb out of a depression cause by his defeat.



* '''Enforced''': "We need to juxtapose Bob's defeat with a happy scene, have his family throw him a party!"

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* '''Enforced''': "We need to juxtapose Bob's defeat with a happy scene, have his family throw him a party!" party!"



* '''Defied''': Bob's friend Alice knows that Bob [[HeroicBSOD isn't in the mood for a birthday party after what has happened]], and takes Bob back to her house, telling him he can stay there overnight and then contacts the people that are waiting for him at his house to let them know what is going on.

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* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Bob's friend Alice knows that Bob [[HeroicBSOD isn't in the mood for a birthday party after what has happened]], and takes Bob back to her house, telling him he can stay there overnight and then contacts the people that are waiting for him at his house to let them know what is going on.



* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
'''Deconstructed''': Having to keep up the facade of happiness puts Bob under intense emotional strain
* '''Played For Drama''': ???'''Reconstructed''': The knowledge that his family and friends still love him enough to throw a party for him and remember his birthday helps Bob climb out of a depression cause by his defeat.



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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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* '''Averted''': Nothing bad happens

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Nothing bad happens



*** It's not Bob's birthday

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*** ** It's not Bob's birthday
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'''Basic Trope''': A character returns home to find someone holding a suprise birthday party for him/her after something bad has happened to him/her.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character returns home to find someone holding a suprise surprise birthday party for him/her after something bad has happened to him/her.



** The party was planned in advance, so Bob knew it was comming

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** The party was planned in advance, so Bob knew it was commingcoming



* '''Invoked''': TheMole hears about the surprise party his friends are planning, and she offers to keep him away from his house while they are setting up the party. [[BitchInSheepsClothing She]] plans on using this oppurtunity to steal the PlotCoupon and ruin his birthday at the same time ForTheEvulz.

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* '''Invoked''': TheMole hears about the surprise party his friends are planning, and she offers to keep him away from his house while they are setting up the party. [[BitchInSheepsClothing She]] plans on using this oppurtunity opportunity to steal the PlotCoupon and ruin his birthday at the same time ForTheEvulz.
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* '''Exaggerated''': With all his friends dead, all his {{Maguffin}}s taken and his life in tatters after a shocking defeat by the BigBad Bob arrives home to find his parents yelling "Surprise!" and throwing the world's greatest party.

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* '''Exaggerated''': With all his friends dead, all his {{Maguffin}}s {{MacGuffin}}s taken and his life in tatters after a shocking defeat by the BigBad Bob arrives home to find his parents yelling "Surprise!" and throwing the world's greatest party.

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???
With all his friends dead, all his {{Maguffin}}s taken and his life in tatters after a shocking defeat by the BigBad Bob arrives home to find his parents yelling "Surprise!" and throwing the world's greatest party.
* '''Justified''': ???
It's Bob's birthday and he took a stupid risk the day before.
* '''Inverted''': ???
Bob enjoys his surprise party, THEN bad things happen
* '''Subverted''': ???
Bad things happen to Bob, he walks home, and then finds out that everyone forgot his birthday
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
Subverted''': ...but it turns out they were only pretending to forget.
* '''Parodied''': ???
Anytime anything bad happens to Bob, no matter when it is or what it is, somebody throws him a birthday party.
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
Having to keep up the facade of happiness puts Bob under intense emotional strain
* '''Reconstructed''': ???The knowledge that his family and friends still love him enough to throw a party for him and remember his birthday helps Bob climb out of a depression cause by his defeat.



* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???
Nothing bad happens
** The party was planned in advance, so Bob knew it was comming
*** It's not Bob's birthday
* '''Enforced''': ???
"We need to juxtapose Bob's defeat with a happy scene, have his family throw him a party!"
* '''Lampshaded''': ???"It figures that I'd be defeated on my birthday, and now I've gotta go to that party."
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* '''Invoked''': TheMole hears about the surprise party his friends are planning, and she offers to keep him away his house while they are setting up the party. [[BitchInSheepsClothing She]] plans on using this oppurtunity to steal the PlotCoupon and ruin his birthday at the same time ForTheEvulz.

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* '''Invoked''': TheMole hears about the surprise party his friends are planning, and she offers to keep him away from his house while they are setting up the party. [[BitchInSheepsClothing She]] plans on using this oppurtunity to steal the PlotCoupon and ruin his birthday at the same time ForTheEvulz.
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'''Basic Trope''':

* '''Straight''': ???

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'''Basic Trope''':

Trope''': A character returns home to find someone holding a suprise birthday party for him/her after something bad has happened to him/her.

* '''Straight''': ???On his birthday, Bob discovers that the cute girl he had a crush on [[TheMole is actually working for the]] BigBad, and ends up losing an important PlotCoupon to the BigBad. When he returns home, he's greeted with a surprise party.
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* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???
TheMole hears about the surprise party his friends are planning, and she offers to keep him away his house while they are setting up the party. [[BitchInSheepsClothing She]] plans on using this oppurtunity to steal the PlotCoupon and ruin his birthday at the same time ForTheEvulz.
* '''Defied''': ??? Bob's friend Alice knows that Bob [[HeroicBSOD isn't in the mood for a birthday party after what has happened]], and takes Bob back to her house, telling him he can stay there overnight and then contacts the people that are waiting for him at his house to let them know what is going on.



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'''Basic Trope''': A character returns home to find someone holding a suprise birthday party for him/her after something bad has happened to him/her.

* '''Straight''': On his birthday, Bob discovers that the cute girl he had a crush on [[TheMole is actually working for the]] BigBad, and ends up losing an important PlotCoupon to the BigBad. When he returns home, he's greeted with a surprise party.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character returns home to find someone holding a suprise birthday party for him/her after something bad has happened to him/her.

Trope''':

* '''Straight''': On his birthday, Bob discovers that the cute girl he had a crush on [[TheMole is actually working for the]] BigBad, and ends up losing an important PlotCoupon to the BigBad. When he returns home, he's greeted with a surprise party.???



* '''Invoked''': TheMole hears about the surprise party his friends are planning, and she offers to keep him away his house while they are setting up the party. [[BitchInSheepsClothing She]] plans on using this oppurtunity to steal the PlotCoupon and ruin his birthday at the same time ForTheEvulz.
* '''Defied''': Bob's friend Alice knows that Bob [[HeroicBSOD isn't in the mood for a birthday party after what has happened]], and takes Bob back to her house, telling him he can stay there overnight and then contacts the people that are waiting for him at his house to let them know what is going on.

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* '''Invoked''': TheMole hears about the surprise party his friends are planning, and she offers to keep him away his house while they are setting up the party. [[BitchInSheepsClothing She]] plans on using this oppurtunity to steal the PlotCoupon and ruin his birthday at the same time ForTheEvulz.
???
* '''Defied''': Bob's friend Alice knows that Bob [[HeroicBSOD isn't in the mood for a birthday party after what has happened]], and takes Bob back to her house, telling him he can stay there overnight and then contacts the people that are waiting for him at his house to let them know what is going on. ???



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

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* '''Invoked''': ??? TheMole hears about the surprise party his friends are planning, and she offers to keep him away his house while they are setting up the party. [[BitchInSheepsClothing She]] plans on using this oppurtunity to steal the PlotCoupon and ruin his birthday at the same time ForTheEvulz.
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* '''Straight''': On his birthday, Bob discovers that the cute girl he had a crush on is actually working for the BigBad, and ends up losing an important PlotCoupon to the BigBad. When he returns home, he's greeted with a surprise party.

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* '''Straight''': On his birthday, Bob discovers that the cute girl he had a crush on [[TheMole is actually working for the the]] BigBad, and ends up losing an important PlotCoupon to the BigBad. When he returns home, he's greeted with a surprise party.
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* '''Straight''': On his birthday, Bob discovers that the cute girl he had a crush on is actually working for the BigBad, and ends up losing an important PlotCoupon to the BigBad. When he returns home, he's greeted with a suprise party.

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* '''Straight''': On his birthday, Bob discovers that the cute girl he had a crush on is actually working for the BigBad, and ends up losing an important PlotCoupon to the BigBad. When he returns home, he's greeted with a suprise surprise party.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character returns home to find someone holding a suprise birthday party for him after having something bad happen to him/her.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character returns home to find someone holding a suprise birthday party for him him/her after having something bad happen has happened to him/her.

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