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1	'''Basic Trope''': A retort comes to mind too late.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob says, "Virtue isn't weakness." Emperor Evulz spends a whole week thinking of a good answer, coming back with "And vice isn't strength!" to a very confused Bob.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Bob yells a quip at Emperor Evulz, who takes an entire year to come up with a retort.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Bob yells a quip at Emperor Evulz. Emperor Evulz doesn't think of a retort for half an hour.
5	* '''Inverted''': Bob opens his mouth to yell a quip at Emperor Evulz, but Evulz has been using a mind-reading device and snaps out the retort before Bob can get a word in edgewise.
6	* '''Justified''': Not only did Bob fling a KirkSummation at Emperor Evulz, but he also landed a head blow, making him dizzy, dazed, and confused.
7	* '''Subverted''': Bob says, "Virtue isn't weakness." Evulz pauses...then smirks and says, "And vice isn't strength, Bob?" without missing a beat.
8	* '''Double Subverted''': Bob fires back with another quip, and this time Evulz can't come up with a retort for a week.
9	* '''Parodied''': Bob and Evulz exchange quips so good that the two often take ''decades'' to come up with retorts.
10	* '''Zigzagged''': Whether a retort comes early, late, or right on time varies throughout the work.
11	* '''Averted''': The characters don't tend to fight with words.
12	* '''Lampshaded''':
13	-->'''Emperor Evulz''': Curses! Why is it I can never think of an answer while I'm facing him?
14	* '''Enforced''': RuleOfFunny.
15	* '''Invoked''': While he's talking, Bob throws some kind of potion that slows down thinking at his adversary.
16	* '''Exploited''': While Emperor Evulz is still groping for words, Bob gets on a roll and sways the populace.
17	* '''Defied''':
18	** Emperor Evulz comes up with a book of retorts for every occasion and memorizes it.
19	** Evulz' [[TheBrute most fearsome, powerful warrior]] and TheRival to Bob, Clay, ''always'' comes back with a quip within seconds, and tells Evulz about these comebacks so that Evulz won't make a dolt out of himself a week later.
20	* '''Discussed''': ???
21	* '''Conversed''': ???
22	* '''Implied''': The emperor's DarkMistress Lady Rubliss is watching his confrontation with Bob.
23	-->'''Lady Rubliss''': Another week-long search for repartee.
24	----
25	ComebackTomorrow, and I'll have a blistering retort for you!

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