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** The author is using a NoodleIncident for UnspokenPlanGuarantee.

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** The author is using a NoodleIncident for UnspokenPlanGuarantee.to make [[UnspokenPlanGuarantee the unspoken plan]] less blatant.

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* '''Enforced''': The author is a codebreaker and thinks this kind of indirect communication is cool.

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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The author is a codebreaker and thinks this kind of indirect communication is cool. cool.
** The author is using a NoodleIncident for UnspokenPlanGuarantee.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character mentions their shared past to another to communicate a plan.
* '''Straight''': Dracone has a gun to Bob's head as Bob talks to Alice over the phone. Bob mentions it's been a while since he called her Aunt Eva. Alice's Aunt Eva runs the local magic shop, and they've used her name multiple times to refer to plans involving [[SmokeOut smoke screen exits.]]
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob never communicates a plan without referencing their shared past.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Bob can't take a chance on his captor finding out about the plan.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': While being held captive, Bob talks to Alice about how it's been a while since he called her Aunt Eva...but her name has no significance with regard to plans; he was just talking.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...However, then he mentions the phenomenal magic show she hosted a few weeks ago, which was to remind Alice of the tricks Aunt Eva taught her and give her ideas how to spring him.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': The author is a codebreaker and thinks this kind of indirect communication is cool.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Dracone, who's holding Bob captive, doesn't allow him to communicate with Alice at all.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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