History PlayingWith / TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich

* '''Straight''': AliceAndBob are in a restaurant. Bob's delicious sandwich arrives, and then the plot demands that they leave.
* '''Exaggerated''':

** Bob spends a lot of time perusing the menu and ordering a full 3-course meal at a fancy restaurant. He leaves before he can eat anything.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob orders small fries, but has to run out when he's only had a few.

** Bob has an eating disorder, and hides it by making arrangements to eat in public and being called away "unexpectedly".
** The interruption was really important.
* '''Inverted''':
** The sandwich sprouts legs and forgets Bob to go on an adventure in a shocking BigLippedAlligatorMoment... or turns out to be a MacGuffin that Alice and Bob cannot ever forget.

** The characters have their plot relevant conversation over plates of untouched food. Eventually, Bob smiles and says "Anyway, enough business. Our food is getting cold here!" They tuck in, and the camera cuts away.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob orders a sandwich, but some plot happens outside and he runs out before the sandwich is given to him. The plot is quickly resolved, though, so he walks back in and gets his sandwich. As he sits down, Alice walks in, and the two have an extended conversation, without Bob ever touching his sandwich. Finally, the conversation dies down. Bob is about to take a bite out of his sandwich, until more plot happens outside. Alice and Bob run out, but Bob takes his sandwich with him. Later that evening, he walks into his house, plops a paper bag on the table and sits down -- he's still got it with him. He takes a bite... "Goddamnit, I said no mayo."

** Charlie, the diner's owner sees Bob running out and comments "Again? Must be something important." and orders his staff to preserve it for when he returns.

-->'''Bob:''' "Whenever we go into one of those places, I end up without my money or my sandwich!"\\
'''Alice:''' "Eat faster."

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is visibly angry during the next scenes because he's hungry and was taken away from his food that was right in front of him (that he also had to pay for).
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice (who interrupted Bob earlier) invites Bob to lunch and offers to pay for it after they finish this particular deal.
* '''Intended Audience Reaction''': There is a theme of ConspicuousConsumption and the wastefulness of middle-class culture running through the work. If you watch closely, whenever they leave the restaurant you can see the waiter in the background clearing away their untouched food with a disgusted expression on his face.

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** Bob orders an expensive 3-course meal at a fancy restaurant and leaves before he can eat anything.

* '''Straight''': {{Alice and Bob}} are in a restaurant. Bob's delicious sandwich arrives, and then the plot demands that they leave.

** The sandwich sprouts legs and forgets Bob to go on an adventure in a shocking {{BLAM}}... or turns out to be a MacGuffin that Alice and Bob cannot ever forget.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': There is a theme of ConspicuousConsumption and the wastefulness of middle-class culture running through the work. If you watch closely, whenever they leave the restaurant you can see the waiter in the background clearing away their untouched food with a disgusted expression on his face.

* '''Exaggerated''': There is a RunningGag that every time Bob is handed an item of food, he's called away urgently and throws it in the trash.

** Bob and Alice randomly turn away from the plot for a moment, to grab a sandwich.

* '''Averted''': Bob orders the sandwich, and eats it. Plot does not occur to interfere, or kindly waits until he is finished eating.
* '''Enforced''':
** "We need to do an episode about proper diet! Have Bob choose between a sandwich and his destiny!"
** "Let's have Bob order his TrademarkFavoriteFood, then rush away without eating it to show just how important dealing with this new situation is to him."
** Enforced + Averted = The writer shows off the TrademarkFavouriteFood of each character with an eating scene.

** Bob ForgetsToEat and/or is an anorexic.

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

* '''Exaggerated''':
** As Alice and Bob walk out the door, [[FelonyMisdemeanor the camera zooms in on the sandwich and sad music plays as Bob walks out in the background]].
** Bob starves to death, since plot-related events take him away every time he tries to eat.

** Bob is very forgetful and/or an anorexic.

** When the food arrives, you never see the characters eating, but it turns out there was a cut during the eating.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Bob grabs the sandwich as he's leaving, only to have it stolen as he walks out the door.
** ...and then the thief trips and smashes the sandwich.
* '''Parodied''': Bob orders his sandwich, and as he takes a bite of it several people storm the room to bombard him with plot. He insists "I'm not going to give up my delicious sandwich!" and storms through all of them.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob orders a sandwich, but some plot happens outside and he runs out before the sandwich is given to him. The plot is quickly resolved, though, so he walks back in and gets his sandwich. As he sits down, Alice walks in, and the two have an extended conversation, without Bob ever touching his sandwich. Finally, the conversation dies down. Bob is about to take a bite out of his sandwich, until more plot happens outside. Alice and Bob run out, but Bob takes his sandwich with him...
* '''Averted''':
** Bob does not order a sandwich.
** Bob orders the sandwich, and eats it. Plot does not occur to interfere, or kindly waits until he is finished eating.

** Bob staples the sandwich to his clothing so he doesn't leave it behind.
** Sword in one hand, shield in the other. Sandwich in his mouth.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob purchases a sandwich at a diner in the hopes that something interesting will happen to him, forcing him to leave it behind. However, nothing ever does.
* '''Reconstructed''': Something DOES happen to Bob.

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* '''Justified''': Bob is very forgetful and/or an anorexic.
** Or The interruption was really important.

-->'''Alice:''' "Eat faster."

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

'''Alice:''' "Eat faster."

*** When the food arrives, you never see the characters eating, but it turns out there was a cut during the eating.

* '''Exaggerated''': As Alice and Bob walk out the door, [[FelonyMisdemeanor the camera zooms in on the sandwich and sad music plays as Bob walks out in the background]].
** Bob starves to death, since plot-related events take him away every time he tries to eat.

* '''Inverted''': The sandwich sprouts legs and forgets Bob to go on an adventure in a shocking {{BLAM}}... or turns out to be a MacGuffin that Alice and Bob cannot ever forget.

* '''Subverted''': Bob turns around and grabs the sandwich as he's leaving.

* '''Double Subverted''': Bob grabs the sandwich as he's leaving, only to have it stolen as he walks out the door.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob purchases a sandwich at a diner in the hopes that something interesting will happen to him, forcing him to leave it behind. However, nothing ever does.
* '''Reconstructed''': Something DOES happen to Bob.

* '''Averted''': Bob does not order a sandwich.

* '''Enforced''': "We need to do an episode about proper diet! Have Bob choose between a sandwich and his destiny!"

* '''Enforced and Averted''': The writer shows off the TrademarkFavouriteFood of each character with an eating scene.
* '''Lampshaded''': "It's not like I'm going to be forced to drop everything to go on some epic quest." Bob bites into sandwich, and epic quest ensues.
** Charlie, the diner's owner sees Bob running out and comments "Again? Must be something important." and orders his staff to preserve it for when he returns.

* '''Defied''': Bob staples the sandwich to his clothing so he doesn't leave it behind.

* '''Discussed''':
-->'''Bob:''' "Whenever we go into one of those places, I end up without my money or my sandwich!"
-->'''Alice:''' "Eat faster."

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* '''Exaggerated''': As Alice and Bob walk out the door, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous the camera zooms in on the sandwich and sad music plays as Bob walks out in the background]].

* '''Invoked''': "Something happens when I buy a sandwich. I am bored, so I purchase a sandwich."

** Charlie runs in to get Bob to deal with a situation, only to get a reply of, "I'M EATING. Do you mind?"

* '''Exaggerated''': As Alice and Bob walk out the door, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome the camera zooms in on the sandwich and sad music plays as Bob walks out in the background]].

** Bob orders the sandwich, and eats it. Plot does not occur to interfere.