1 | '''Basic Trope''': A friend (''soi-disant'') or neighbor drops in a lot. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice shows up unannounced at Bob's house all the time. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Alice cuts a hole in the wall between their apartments. |
5 | ** Every episode, a different character drops into Bob's house. The character isn't always human. |
6 | ** The characters all visit one another regularly, without ever asking permission beforehand. |
7 | ** Alice moves in with Bob uninvited. |
8 | ** There is a constant stream of people coming in and out of Bob's house. |
9 | * '''Downplayed''': Alice only shows up unannounced every so often. |
10 | * '''Justified''': |
11 | ** Alice's stuff is at Bob's place, with his permission. |
12 | ** Alice subleases a room of Bob's. |
13 | * '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob both live in an apartment, but Alice and her possessions are nowhere to be seen most of the time. |
14 | * '''Subverted''': Alice was planning on stopping by, but she became ill. |
15 | * '''Double Subverted''': She decides she can come back another day - without asking, of course. |
16 | * '''Parodied''': ??? |
17 | * '''Zig Zagged''': ??? |
18 | * '''Averted''': No one visits anyone else without first being invited. |
19 | * '''Enforced''': Alice is an important member of the cast and, for plot reasons, needs some way to keep up to date with events. |
20 | * '''Lampshaded''': |
21 | ** "Any chance you could knock next time?" |
22 | ** "Alice, don't you have your own place?" |
23 | * '''Invoked''': Bob's door is left wide open. |
24 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
25 | * '''Defied''': |
26 | ** Alice calls first. |
27 | ** Bob locks the door. |
28 | * '''Discussed''': "Thank you for not sneaking into my house earlier. A door that was accidentally left open is not an implicit invitation." |
29 | * '''Conversed''': "Why does Alice keep coming to Bob's place uninvited? She should know it's against the law!" |
30 | * '''Deconstructed''': Bob calls the police, and Alice is arrested for trespassing. |
31 | * '''Reconstructed''': Alice is a TricksterGod who simply warps her way out of any trouble she gets into for dropping in. |
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36 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
37 | %% |
38 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
39 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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