History PlayingWith / LiteralGenie

** Bob very carefully and deliberately words his wish so that it ''can't'' be taken any way other than what he wants.

** The genie has been imprisoned for centuries and only recently let out. Why ''should'' he know all the intricacies of modern slang and the English language?

* '''Downplayed''': Bob wishes to be attractive. The genie understands that he means ''to humans'', but since he never specified any particular group of humans he wanted to be attractive to, he attracts them all equally. Even the ones whose attention he ''really'' [[AbhorrentAdmirer wouldn't want]].

* '''Implied''': A man known to be insecure about his genitals gets a genie. We don't see what his wishes were, but later he is seen in the company of a 12-inch-tall man playing a tiny piano.[[note]]A 12-inch pianist.[[/note]]

** Bob wishes he was Franchise/{{Superman}}. Since "Super" literally means "above," Bob is permanently placed in the highest place on Earth possible -– the exosphere.

'''Basic Trope''': Wish-granting entities always give you EXACTLY what you ask for, based on the direct wording of the wish, but don't take into account what you ''meant''.

** Bob wishes he was Superman. Since "Super" literally means "above," Bob is permanently placed in the highest place on Earth possible– the exosphere.

** He's a mild JackassGenie - He figures if he does his job poorly enough, people will stop asking him for wishes.

** BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor - in which Bob's wish is interpreted and granted with no problem, but he ends up regretting it nonetheless.

* '''Double Subverted''': Bob's wish is granted literally, making him look like an idiot or a jerk. He invokes the trope to prove that the spirit of the wish was really different, and everyone is fine with him. Only, he ''really'' just wanted the literal effect... but couldn't admit. For example, he asked for "a romance with a hot piece of ass", which leads to a disconcerting experience with a donkey steak. He protests the wrong use of terms, but actually it was what he really wanted the whole time.

** Bob asks that his wishes are applied according to the spirit of his agreements and not the word. [[LiteralMinded The genie then summons the spirit of his agreement and asks it what Bob means by that.]] Nonplussed, the spirit [[DopeSlap slaps the genie over the head. ]]
** Bob, being GenreSavvy, knows that genies tend to screw up. He tells the genie to [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor go fuck itself.]] [[ScrewYourself 12 traumatizing minutes later]], Bob starts begging the genie to [[BrainBleach remove his memory of the last few minutes...]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': It first appears that the wish has been granted literally, but then it turns out that it was not granted at all... but wait, not being noticed was the intention of the original wisher.
* '''Averted''': The wish is granted, but it takes into account the intention behind the wish rather than just the exact wording.
* '''Enforced''': "There's not much of a plot if the main characters always get all of their wishes granted the way they wanted!"

* '''Invoked''': The genie is a StealthMentor who grants Bob's wishes literally in order to get him to think about what he wants before he wishes for it.
* '''Exploited''': The villain makes sure the heroes have access to one of these genies, profiting off the havoc that occurs when the genie misinterprets the wish.
* '''Defied''':

** "First wish: I wish you to take into account the ''spirit'', including any and all confusing idioms, metaphors or similies, in addition to the ''letter'' of each wish."

* '''Discussed''': "Any real person would be smart enough to not leave such obvious loopholes..."

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** "BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor!"

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's wish is "I dunno, do something. Surprise me." The genie snaps his fingers and nothing happens- the genie did indeed do something, and Bob was surprised that his wish wasn't granted.

** "I know what you said, [[BenevolentGenie but I think this is what you really meant]]"

** Bob wishes he was Superman. Since "Super" means "above," Bob is permanently placed in the highest place on Earth possible– the exosphere.

* '''Parodied''': The genie ''wants'' to be a BenevolentGenie, but everyone's wishes are so vague that he keeps misunderstanding them and falling into this trope.

* '''Enforced''': "There's not much of a plot if the main characters get all of their wishes granted!"