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** Alan is annoyed at Carol but wouldn't dare criticise her to face - so he gets Bob to say such instead, who has fewer reservations then such.

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** Alan is annoyed at Carol and wants her to know but wouldn't dare criticise her to face - so he gets convinces Bob to say share such instead, feelings as well, who has fewer reservations then such.
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** Alan is annoyed at Carol but wouldn't dare criticise her to face - so he gets Bob to say such instead.

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** Alan is annoyed at Carol but wouldn't dare criticise her to face - so he gets Bob to say such instead.instead, who has fewer reservations then such.

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** Bob is TooDumbToLive.



* '''Parodied:''' Bob continues to rant even though all of his friends are giving him awkward/worried stares. Bob doesn't get the hint.

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Bob continues to rant even though all of his friends are giving him awkward/worried stares. Bob doesn't get the hint.


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** Carol is shocked, not by what Bob just said but how she got into the room in the first place. [[SpeakOfTheDevil Saying anything bad about Carol will summon her]].
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** The conversation was overheard by Danielle, who is a friend of Carol's and would tell on Bob.


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** After Alan's shocked expression Bob nervously looks behind himself and Carol is not there. Alan was just shocked that Bob would talk badly about Carol period.


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** After not spotting Carol, Bob continues his rant until Carol shows up for real.
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* '''Basic Trope:''' A character rants about (or otherwise insults) another character, with said character being present, often without their knowledge.

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* '''Basic Trope:''' A character rants about (or otherwise insults) another character, with said character being present, often without their knowledge.

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* '''Subverted:''' Carol is deaf, and thus has no idea what Bob said.

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Carol is deaf, and thus has no idea what Bob said.



* '''Double Subverted:''' However, she is extremely skilled at lip-reading.

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However, she is extremely skilled at lip-reading.
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** Alan is annoyed at Carol but - so he gets Bob to say such inatead.

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** Alan is annoyed at Carol but wouldn't dare criticise her to face - so he gets Bob to say such inatead.instead.

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* '''Invoked:''' Bob goes on a rant knowing very well that his target is there, to rile them up.

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Bob goes on a rant knowing very well that his target is there, to rile them up.up.
** Alan is annoyed at Carol but - so he gets Bob to say such inatead.
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* Bob realizes that Carol is behind him, and decides to further insult her by saying how predictable she is.
* Bob is trying to find Carol, so starts insulting her, then turns around to see Carol behind him.

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* ** Bob realizes that Carol is behind him, and decides to further insult her by saying how predictable she is.
* ** Bob is trying to find Carol, so starts insulting her, then turns around to see Carol behind him.

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* '''Exploited:''' Bob realizes that Carol is behind him, and decides to further insult her by saying how predictable she is.

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Bob realizes that Carol is behind him, and decides to further insult her by saying how predictable she is.is.
* Bob is trying to find Carol, so starts insulting her, then turns around to see Carol behind him.
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** BillingualBackfire

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** BillingualBackfireBilingualBackfire
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** Bob is speaking in a different language.


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** BillingualBackfire
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Kind of wanted to make the return link a joke about the trope but wasn't sure how to phrase it. A simple link it is.

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--> I just can't fucking stand her! She's so anno- Oh, hi Carol!
--> *Carol gives him a DeathGlare
--> Bob: [[OhCrap Uh oh...]]
* '''Invoked:''' Bob goes on a rant knowing very well that his target is there, to rile them up.

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--> -->Bob: I just can't fucking stand her! She's so anno- Oh, hi Carol!
--> *Carol -->*Carol gives him a DeathGlare
--> Bob:
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-->Bob:
[[OhCrap Uh oh...]]
* '''Invoked:''' Bob goes on a rant knowing very well that his target is there, to rile them up.



* '''Defied:''' Bob's friend(s) immediately warn him to shut the hell up.

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Bob's friend(s) immediately warn him to shut the hell up. up.
** Bob is about to start ranting but stops himself out of awareness of the trope, and settles with getting his anger out of his system non-verbally.



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-->Bob: Ugh, where did Carol go this time?\\
Alice: Worst case scenario you could try trashtalking her. That always seems to get people like her out of hiding.
* '''Conversed:''' "Oh for crying out loud... Bob has SuperHearing, shouldn't he have noticed her entering the room?!"



* '''Played For Laughs:''' Bob's facial expression slowly turns more and more worried, and [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand he starts talking more slowly]] [[OhCrap as he realizes how screwed he is.]]
** Alternatively, he [[ICanExplain tries to explain to Carol]], and [[DiggingYourselfDeeper makes it even worse for himself.]]
* '''Played For Drama:'''
** Carol is known as a NiceGirl, and [[BewareTheNiceOnes her rant against Bob implies that he's really done it this time.]]
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Bob's facial expression slowly turns more and more worried, and [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand he starts talking more slowly]] [[OhCrap as he realizes how screwed he is.]]
** Alternatively, he Bob [[ICanExplain tries to explain to Carol]], and [[DiggingYourselfDeeper makes it even worse for himself.]]
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Drama:''' Carol is known as a NiceGirl, and [[BewareTheNiceOnes her rant against Bob implies that he's really done it this time.]]
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** Bob is ranting loudly enough to get Carol's attention and won't stop long enough for her or Alan to get a word in edgewise.

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* '''Downplayed:''' Bob says something about Carol that can be [[ThatCameOutWrong interpreted very badly.]] Since Carol and Bob aren't exactly friendly with each other, Carol becomes somewhat offended.

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Bob says something about Carol that can be [[ThatCameOutWrong interpreted very badly.]] Since Carol and Bob aren't exactly friendly with each other, Carol becomes somewhat offended.



* '''Justified:''' Bob is TooDumbToLive.

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Bob is TooDumbToLive.



* '''Inverted:''' Bob talks to Alan about how Carol is an amazing human being, but she immediately walks out.

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Bob talks to Alan about how Carol is an amazing human being, but she immediately walks out. out.
** Bob actually hopes Carol will hear his furious rant about her, but she is nowhere in sight.



* '''Played For Drama:''' Carol is known as a NiceGirl, and [[BewareTheNiceOnes her rant against Bob implies that he's really done it this time.]]

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* '''Played For Drama:''' Drama:'''
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Carol is known as a NiceGirl, and [[BewareTheNiceOnes her rant against Bob implies that he's really done it this time.]] ]]
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* '''Played For Horror:''' Carol is so utterly offended, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown she gets physical with Bob.]]

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* '''Played For Horror:''' Carol is so utterly offended, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown she gets physical with Bob.]]]]
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* '''Exploited:''' Bob realizes that Carol is behind him, and decide to further insult her by saying how predictable she is.

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* '''Exploited:''' Bob realizes that Carol is behind him, and decide decides to further insult her by saying how predictable she is.
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* '''Exploited:'' Bob realizes that Carol is behind him, and decide to further insult her by saying how predictable she is.

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* '''Exploited:'' '''Exploited:''' Bob realizes that Carol is behind him, and decide to further insult her by saying how predictable she is.
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* '''Exploited:''' '''Exploited:'' Bob realizes that Carol is behind him, and decide to further insult her by saying how predictable she is.
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* '''Basic Trope:''' A character rants about (or otherwise insults) another character, with said character being present, often without their knowledge.
* '''Straight:''' Bob is ranting to Alan about how Carol has an extremely obnoxious voice. Carol turns out to be standing right behind Bob, and slaps him.
* '''Exaggerated:''' Bob goes on a [[OverlyLongGag looooooooong rant]] to Alan about how Carol is a failure at life who should have been aborted while ''staring at Carol the whole time.''
* '''Downplayed:''' Bob says something about Carol that can be [[ThatCameOutWrong interpreted very badly.]] Since Carol and Bob aren't exactly friendly with each other, Carol becomes somewhat offended.
** Carol doesn't hear it all, but she hears enough to know that Bob is insulting him. She just doesn't know what he was talking about.
* '''Justified:''' Bob is TooDumbToLive.
** Carol doesn't want to interrupt, instead waiting for Bob to realize that she's standing right there, making it even more awkward.
* '''Inverted:''' Bob talks to Alan about how Carol is an amazing human being, but she immediately walks out.
* '''Subverted:''' Carol is deaf, and thus has no idea what Bob said.
* '''Double Subverted:''' However, she is extremely skilled at lip-reading.
* '''Parodied:''' Bob continues to rant even though all of his friends are giving him awkward/worried stares. Bob doesn't get the hint.
** Bob eventually notices Carol, and politely greets her like nothing happened. When that doesn't work, he tries to play it off with a JustJokingJustification. Carol promptly beats the shit out of him.
* '''Zig-Zagged''' Carol is actually deaf, but is very skilled at lip-reading, however, she wasn't really paying attention.
* '''Averted:''' Bob does not complain about Carol, or if he does, he makes damn sure that she's nowhere in sight.
* '''Enforced:''' The writers know that [[TheScrappy everyone hates Bob,]] so they add a rather awkward moment where he [[LaserGuidedKarma gets what's coming to him.]]
* '''Lampshaded:'''
--> I just can't fucking stand her! She's so anno- Oh, hi Carol!
--> *Carol gives him a DeathGlare
--> Bob: [[OhCrap Uh oh...]]
* '''Invoked:''' Bob goes on a rant knowing very well that his target is there, to rile them up.
* '''Exploited:'''
* '''Defied:''' Bob's friend(s) immediately warn him to shut the hell up.
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* '''Deconstructed:''' Rather than being offended, Carol is deeply hurt and runs away crying. Meanwhile, Bob's friend all angrily storm out to comfort Carol, while Bob [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone slowly comes to the realization that he just lost all of his friends in a timespan of less than 30 seconds.]]
* '''Reconstruced:''' Bob profusely apologizes, complete with an ApologyGift. He eventually earns Carol's forgiveness, and wins his friends back.
* '''Played For Laughs:''' Bob's facial expression slowly turns more and more worried, and [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand he starts talking more slowly]] [[OhCrap as he realizes how screwed he is.]]
** Alternatively, he [[ICanExplain tries to explain to Carol]], and [[DiggingYourselfDeeper makes it even worse for himself.]]
* '''Played For Drama:''' Carol is known as a NiceGirl, and [[BewareTheNiceOnes her rant against Bob implies that he's really done it this time.]]
* '''Played For Horror:''' Carol is so utterly offended, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown she gets physical with Bob.]]

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