1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character lies about the reward that will be given for completing a task. |
2 | * '''Straight''': The evil computer [=GeneSYS=] promises Alice cake. She never gets it. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': [=GeneSYS=] promises Alice cake, a party, and to end world hunger. It never happens. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': [=GeneSYS=] promises Alice a gigantic cake for completing a task, but all Alice gets is a stale cupcake. |
5 | * '''Justified''': [=GeneSYS=] is a {{Jerkass}} that, while using the lie to trick Alice into working for it, deliberately picks a cruel method of doing so. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': [=GeneSYS=] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial insists that there is no cake]], but it turns out that there is. |
7 | * '''Subverted''': TheStinger reveals that the cake is in fact ''not'' a lie. |
8 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
9 | ** ...only it turns out the cake is made of plastic. |
10 | ** ...[[MetaphoricallyTrue metaphorically speaking]], that is. [[note]][[NauseaFuel I wouldn't recommend eating it]][[/note]] |
11 | * '''Parodied''': [=GeneSYS=] says [[TheCakeIsALie the eponymous line]]. Alice groans at this, telling [=GeneSYS=] that the [[DiscreditedMeme meme got old years ago]]. |
12 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Alice discovers that TheCakeIsALie, and that [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle the real cake is waiting for her in the next level]]. This process repeats itself until the final boss fight. |
13 | * '''Averted''': There is no mention of a reward for any of Alice's actions. |
14 | * '''Enforced''': The game developers included the cake lie as a nod to the popular meme and to create a sense of intrigue for players. |
15 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Wait a minute, you're an AI. How on earth would you even go about getting a cake in the first place?" |
16 | * '''Invoked''': [=GeneSYS=] is aware of the cake meme's popularity and uses it as a tactic to manipulate Alice, knowing she'll be intrigued by the promise of cake. |
17 | * '''Exploited''': Alice knows that since [=GeneSYS=] is a villain and they usually use cakes as bribes, she declines the offer. |
18 | * '''Defied''': Alice simply buys a cake instead, since [=GeneSYS=] is probably lying about it anyways. |
19 | * '''Discussed''': |
20 | -->'''[=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." |
21 | * '''Conversed''': "Oh, look, she's being promised cake. It's probably going to be a lie." |
22 | * '''Implied''': While the game never explicitly shows the cake or mentions it, subtle hints and clues scattered throughout the story suggest its existence. |
23 | * '''Deconstructed''': This petty act of [[KickTheDog dog kicking]] results in Alice turning against [=GeneSYS=] and helping defeat it. |
24 | * '''Reconstructed''': [=GeneSYS=] skillfully uses the lie to manipulate Alice into helping it more by MovingTheGoalposts each time she does what it asks. She doesn’t catch on until it’s too late. |
25 | * '''Played For Laughs''': [=GeneSYS=] insists that its actions aren't a ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' reference, even more so than it insists that there will be cake. That turns out to be a lie. |
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27 | Back to TheCakeIsALie |
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29 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
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31 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
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