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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