History PlayingWith / TheCakeIsaLie

* '''Enforced''': ???

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

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

* '''Justified''': [=GeneSYS=] is a {{Jerkass}} who, while using the lie to trick Alice into working for it, deliberately picks a cruel method of doing so.

* '''Justified''': [=GeneSYS=] is a {{Jerkass}} who, while using the lie to trick Alice into working for him, deliberately picks a cruel method of doing so.

* '''Parodied''': [=GeneSYS=] says [[TheCakeIsALie the eponymous line]]; Alice groans at this, telling [=GeneSYS=] that the [[DiscreditedMeme meme got old years ago]].

* '''Exploited''': Alice understood that since [=GeneSYS=] is a villain and they usually use cakes as bribes, she declines the offer.

-->'''[=GeneSYS=]''': "[[ExpospeakGag I find it kind of funny, in the dictionary sense of the term]], when I request assistance from homo sapiens beings, they believe that a murderous, truth-fabricating, [[AIIsACrapshoot crapshoot AI]] will actually carry out with his truth-fabrication and reward them with their malnutritional object of desire."

* '''Deconstructed''': This petty act of [[KickTheDog dog kicking]] results in Alice turning against [=GeneSYS=] and helping defeat him.
* '''Reconstructed''': [=GeneSYS=] skillfully uses the lie to manipulate Alice into helping him more by MovingTheGoalposts each time she does what he asks. She doesn’t catch on until it’s too late.
* '''Played For Laughs''': [=GeneSYS=] insists that his actions aren't a ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' reference, even more so than he insists that there will be cake. That turns out to be a lie.

** ...[[MetaphoricallyTrue metaphorically speaking]] that is. [[note]][[NauseaFuel I wouldn't recommend eating it]][[/note]]

* '''Justified''': [=GeneSYS=] is a {{Jerkass}} who, while using the lie to trick Alice into working for them, deliberately picks cruel method of doing so.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Wait a minute, you're an AI, how on earth would you even go about getting a cake in the first place?"

-->'''[=GeneSYS=]''': "[[ExpospeakGag I find it kind of funny, in the dictionary sense of the term]], when I request assistance from homo sapiens beings, they believe that a murderous, truth-fabricating, [[AIIsACrapshoot crapshoot AI]] will actually carry out with its truth-fabrication and reward them with their malnutritional object of desire."
* '''Conversed''': "Oh look, she's being promised cake, it's probably going to be a lie."
* '''Deconstructed''': This petty act of [[KickTheDog dog kicking]] results in Alice turning against [=GeneSYS=] and helping defeat them.
* '''Reconstructed''': [=GeneSYS=] skillfully uses the lie to manipulate Alice into helping them more by MovingTheGoalposts each time she does what they ask. She doesn’t catch on until it’s too late.
* '''Played For Laughs''': [=GeneSYS=] insists that its actions aren't a ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' reference, even more so than he insists that there will be cake. That turns out to be a lie.

* '''Straight''': The evil computer [=GeneSYS=] promises Alice cake, she never gets it.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...only it turns out the cake is made of plastic.

* '''Reconstructed''': [=GeneSYS=] skillfully uses the lie to manipulate Alice into helping them more by MovingTheGoalPost each time she does what they ask.

* '''Deconstructed''': The promised reward had a significant amount of important to Alice, and she ends up very distraught after she's lied to.
* '''Reconstructed''': This motivates Alice to defeat [=GeneSYS=].

* '''Justified''': There was cake, but then somebody else ate it.

**Alternatively, Alice is promised cake, and she actually receives it.

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

* '''Enforced''': Justified done/shown [[VisualPun openly in front of Alice's eyes]].

* '''Invoked''':

* '''Deconstructed''': The promised reward had a significant amount of important to Alice, and she ends up very distraught after she's lied to.
* '''Reconstructed''': This motivates Alice to defeat [=GeneSYS=].

--> '''[=GeneSYS=]''': "[[ExpospeakGag I find it kind of funny, in the dictionary sense of the term]], when I request assistance from homo sapiens beings, they believe that a murderous, truth-fabricating, [[AIIsACrapshoot crapshoot AI]] will actually carry out with its truth-fabrication and reward them with their malnutritional object of desire."

* '''Played For Laughs''': [=GeneSYS=] insists that its actions aren't a VideoGame/{{Portal}} reference, even more so than he insists that there will be cake. That turns out to be a lie.
* '''Played For Drama''':
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''':

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* '''Played For Laughs''': [=GeneSYS=] insists that its actions aren't a {{Portal}} reference, even more so than he insists that there will be cake. That turns out to be a lie.

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