1 | '''Basic Trope''': A plot point is resolved, only to be [[ResetButton unresolved]], and re-resolved, often repeatedly. |
2 | * '''Straight''': AliceAndBob ''finally'' resolve their UnresolvedSexualTension, only to fall victim to SexChangesEverything and have a bad breakup. Some time later, they [[SexWithTheEx sleep together]] and decide that they should give it another try, which they do. Next season, they break up again. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': AliceAndBob break up and get back together OnceAnEpisode. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': AliceAndBob break up, then sometime later [[SexWithTheEx have a one-night stand]]. |
5 | * '''Justified''': AliceAndBob have feelings for one another (and possibly [[DestructiveRomance a creepy co-dependency]]) that they just can't shake. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': |
7 | ** After cycling through an on-again-off-again relationship all season (or even just resolving BelligerentSexualTension), AliceAndBob either get together for good or break up for good. |
8 | ** Alternatively, AliceAndBob's [[DestructiveRomance troubled relationship]] doesn't ''end'', but [[TheMasochismTango is drawn out for all it's worth]], even though it would be much easier to [[JustEatGilligan end it for good.]] |
9 | * '''Subverted''': |
10 | ** AliceAndBob go through their romance arc, only to break up and decide they are BetterAsFriends. |
11 | ** Alice [[WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain tells Bob she's moved on, and that he should too.]] |
12 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
13 | ** FriendsWithBenefits, that is, before trying for the RelationshipUpgrade again. |
14 | ** This time around. Several seasons later, however, it's revealed that Alice has had feelings for Bob all this time and gets back together with him. |
15 | * '''Parodied''': There's a BreakingTheFourthWall moment showing the script attached to an actual yo-yo. |
16 | * '''Zig Zagged''': ??? |
17 | * '''Averted''': |
18 | ** AliceAndBob either stay together or stay broken up; the romance arc isn't drawn out any more than necessary. |
19 | ** AliceAndBob never get together in the first place. |
20 | * '''Enforced''': "We want to prevent ShippingBedDeath and keep the audience interested in watching PrimeTimeSoap." |
21 | * '''Lampshaded''': "You'll be back [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall next week]], Alice! Don't kid yourself!" |
22 | * '''Invoked''': Alice and Bob break up, and Bob starts talking with her later about WhatCouldHaveBeen. |
23 | * '''Exploited''': [[HopelessSuitor Charlie]] devises a plan to get them to break up again so he can make his moves on Alice. |
24 | * '''Defied''': Alice tells Bob [[WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain it won't happen]], and/or is dating someone else. |
25 | * '''Discussed''': "AliceAndBob are back together again." |
26 | * '''Conversed''': "OK, everyone place your bets: how long will AliceAndBob last ''this'' time?" |
27 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
28 | ** It breaks the audience's WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief and eventually alienates the audience (not to mention, {{Alice and Bob}}'s friends.) |
29 | ** Also, dancing TheMasochismTango and cycling through an on-again-off-again relationship isn't good for Alice ''or'' Bob. |
30 | * '''Reconstructed''': AliceAndBob work out their issues; they either find a way to make it work in a ''healthy'' way, or break up and never get back together again. |
31 | * '''Played For Laughs''': SlapSlapKiss. |
32 | * '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The on-and-off status is used as a way of showing the couple's lack of maturity. |
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34 | You're not seriously going back to YoYoPlotPoint ''[[HereWeGoAgain again]]'', are you?! |
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36 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
37 | %% |
38 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
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