History PlayingWith / SpitTake

* '''Downplayed''': Upon hearing that his father was a feared serial killer, Bob dribbles out a few drops of his drink, but manages to swallow most of it.

** Upon hearing his father has a gray hair, Bob sprays out his drink. Alternately, Bob spews drink out of his mouth, his nose, his ears and [[EyeScream his eyes]].

* '''Justified''': TruthInTelevision, and a staple of physical comedy.

* '''Parodied''': Bob's spit take hits everyone in the room, staining their very nice clothes. Alternatively, he takes a drink just for this purpose, after hearing the news.

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

%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

** Upon hearing his father has a gray hair, Bob sprays out his drink. Alternately, Bob spews drink out of his mouth, his nose, and [[EyeScream his eyes]].

* '''Defied''': "I need to tell you something that might upset you..." "Wait, let me put this cup down."

** Bob doesn’t just spit out his drink, but also [[BloodyHorror his bodily liquids.]]
** The SpitTake [[OverlyLongGag lasts for]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzQLvbrr9lI several minutes...]] or [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z291ikShb8w several hours]].

* '''Double Subverted''': ...until the last fact is mention, which either makes the whole thing much more important, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking or would seem like the least shocking part of it]].
* '''Parodied''': Bob's spit take hits everyone in the room, staining their very nice clothes. Alternately, he takes a drink just for this purpose, after hearing the news.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Something shocking is said to an entire group of characters drinking. Some react with a spit-take, some take a sharp swallow, some do neither.

* '''Lampshaded''': "I should have waited until you swallowed that drink... this was a new coat."
* '''Invoked''': "Wait, wait, let him get a sip of that before you tell him... it'll be hilarious!"

** Bob doesn’t just spit out his drink, but also [[BloodyHorror bodily]] [[Amusing Injuries liquids.]]

* '''Downplayed''': Upon hearing that his father was a feared serial killer, Bob chokes on his drink, but manages to swallow.

* '''Exploited''': ???

%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

** Bob, upon hearing something shocking, takes a deep swig of whatever he was drinking.

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

* '''Straight''': Upon hearing that his father was a feared demonic prince, a character spews out the coffee he was drinking.

** Upon hearing his father has a gray hair, a character sprays out his drink. Alternately, the character spews drink out of his mouth, his nose, and [[EyeScream his eyes]].
** A character, upon being shocked, starts spitting his drink. Even though he wasn't drinking anything.
** The character does a spit take involving more of the liquid than has actually been imbibed.

** Upon hearing his father was a feared demonic prince, a character nearly chokes to death on his coffee.
** A character, upon hearing something shocking, takes a deep swig of whatever he was drinking.
* '''Subverted''': A character is drinking coffee when someone tells him something extraordinary. He starts to react, then calmly continues drinking.

* '''Parodied''': The character's spit take hits everyone in the room, staining their very nice clothes. Alternately, the character takes a drink just for this purpose, after hearing the news.

* '''Averted''': A character receiving shocking news while taking a drink does not spit any of it out.

* '''Deconstructed''': The character's indiscretion earns him a DeathGlare from everyone who was in the line of fire, and the conversation is derailed for a few minutes as he cleans up after himself.

** Ihe character does a spit take involving more of the liquid than has actually been imbibed.

* '''Exaggerated''': Upon hearing his father has a gray hair, a character sprays out his drink. Alternately, the character spews drink out of his mouth, his nose, and [[EyeScream his eyes]].

** Alternately, the character does a spit take involving more of the liquid than has actually been imbibed.

* '''Inverted''': Upon hearing his father was a feared demonic prince, a character nearly chokes to death on his coffee.

* '''Deconstructed''': The character's indiscretion earns him a DeathGlare from everyone who was in the line of fire, and the conversation is derailed for a few minutes as he cleans up after himself.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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** Alternately, the character does a spit take involving more of the liquid than has actually been imbibed (typically an animated trope, and generally carefully coloured to avoid the impression of a WaterfallPuke).

* '''Double Subverted''': ...until the last fact is mention, which either makes the whole thing much more important, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking or would seem like the least shocking part of it]].

(spits out drink)You went back to SpitTake?

** A character, upon hearing something shocking, starts to suck in a lot of his/her drink.
* '''Subverted''': A character is drinking coffee when someone tells him something extraordinary. He calmly continues drinking.

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

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': A character's reactions to extraordinary events do not include spewing food or drink anywhere, even if they were eating or drinking.

* '''Defied''': "I need to tell you something... you might want to put that cup down."