1 | '''Basic Trope''': Someone tends to take expressions literally. |
2 | * '''Straight''': After Bob tells Alice to "Hit the road", Alice goes out and punches the road. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Alice is a demon, and is told by Bob to "go to Hell" during an argument. The gates of hell open and Alice swan-dives in. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': |
5 | ** After telling Alice "throw that away" she tosses something at a trash can from a distance instead of dropping it in from a shorter distance. |
6 | ** Bob tells Alice to leave him alone, so Alice tells everyone else present to leave the room with her. |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** Alice is a robot, and her AI is not programmed with figures of speech. |
9 | ** Alice is TheDitz. |
10 | ** Alice is an alien. |
11 | ** [[ChildrenAreInnocent Alice is a small child]] who hasn't yet learned about figurative language. |
12 | ** Alice has an intellectual disability and/or is on the autistic spectrum, so she has difficulty understanding figurative language. |
13 | ** [[LanguageBarrier Alice is a foreigner with a poor grasp of English]] and doesn't want to offend a citizen of her host country (by [[YourNormalIsOurTaboo breaking some unknown taboo]]), especially one who sounds angry. |
14 | * '''Inverted''': Alice twists even the most straightforward statements into the most ridiculous metaphorical interpretations, as in: |
15 | -->[[WesternAnimation/RegularShow "Um... That taxi's yellow."\ |
16 | "My taxi is not a coward!"]] |
17 | * '''Subverted''': Alice is told to hit the road; she looks like she's going to hit it, but she just leaves. |
18 | * '''Double Subverted''': However, when she's told to go fly a kite, she does so. |
19 | * '''Parodied''': In a short time frame she "hits the road", "goes kite flying", "chases a wild goose", "shoots a fish in a barrel" and "puts an {{elephant in the living room}}". |
20 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': When Alice is asked to "hit the road", she just walks away. When she is asked to "go fly a kite", she buys a kite and flies it. When someone says "Alice could not hit the broad side of a barn", she punches the barn. She, ''somehow'', misses. |
21 | * '''Averted''': Despite the cast using many ideas, nobody ever takes them literally. |
22 | * '''Enforced''': We need people to know Alice is a RobotGirl. Let's have her punch roads when asked to hit the road. |
23 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Um, OK, but I don't see what I'm accomplishing by doing this..." [''Punch''] |
24 | * '''Invoked''': Alice's parents don't teach her about figurative language. |
25 | * '''Exploited''': Alice becomes a target of mockery for her [[TheRival rival]]. |
26 | * '''Defied''': |
27 | ** Alice downloads a software patch to help her understand figures of speech.[[note]]This would only work if she was, indeed, a robot.[[/note]] |
28 | ** Alice studies more figurative languages to improve her language skills. |
29 | ** Bob avoids using figurative language around Alice because he knows that she won't understand what he means; instead of telling her to "hit the road", he tells her to leave. |
30 | ** Alice asks "What do you mean by that?" instead of going out and literally punching the road. |
31 | * '''Discussed''': |
32 | -->'''Bob''': You have got to stop punching roads, Alice. |
33 | -->'''Alice''': Then stop telling me to. |
34 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
35 | * '''Deconstructed''': Alice's literal-mindedness annoys others, preventing her from socializing with potential friends. This results in her becoming lonely and eventually [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Not to mention her fist hurts.]] |
36 | * '''Reconstructed''': Alice meets several other literal-minded people who decide to [[StartMyOwn start their own community]] where they can be as literal as they like. |
37 | * '''Implied''': AliceAndBob are at a bar, and Bob asks for a Dry Martini. Alice stares at the drink in confusion, surprised that it is a liquid. |
38 | * '''Played for Laughs''': |
39 | ** Bob and Alice have the next exchange... |
40 | --->'''Bob''': Well I will be a monkey's uncle. |
41 | --->'''Alice''': You should talk to your brother about his taste in women. |
42 | ** "You crack me up." "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry." |
43 | * '''Played for Drama''': Alice is nearly hit by a car while she is hitting the road. |
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