Line #5 PlayingWith/ChandlersLaw

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1	'''Basic Trope''': Breaking a lull in the plot with a spontaneously chaotic event.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob are at a fancy but uneventful party when [[NamedAfterSomebodyFamous Chandler]] breaks down the door, brandishing a gun.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Chandler showing up wielding a gun is a OncePerEpisode occurrence, determined to stop even the slightest quiet time in the plot.
4	* '''Downplayed''': The fancy party is interrupted by Daniel suddenly proposing to Alice, who was more interested in Bob than him, causing more down-to-earth drama.
5	* '''Justified''': Chandler understands the value of the element of surprise.
6	* '''Subverted''': Chandler busts down the party door with a gun, saying "THIS IS A STICKUP! I'M GOING TO STEAL ALL OF THAT DELICIOUS CAKE!" and everybody laughs it off.
7	* '''Double Subverted''': ...And then Eliza storms in, starting a real stickup.
8	* '''Parodied''': Chandler, Eliza, Frederick, Gracie, Harold, and Irene all bust into a room from a different angle, guns a-blazing, each trying to individually hold up the place.
9	* '''Zig-Zagged''': ?
10	* '''Averted''': There are no surprise bursts of drama in the plot.
11	* '''Enforced''': "People will get bored if there's nothing exciting happening!"
12	* '''Lampshaded''': "Wow, Chandler, how original. Bursting through the door like it's a movie."
13	* '''Invoked''': Chandler is an AttentionWhore and wants to be make a name for himself in the criminal underworld by having a dramatic heist.
14	* '''Exploited''': ?
15	* '''Defied''': A GenreSavvy character tries to prevent a trope from happening.
16	* '''Discussed''': "You know, I heard that in improv comedy circles, they really don't like it when you pretend to bust down the door with a gun..."
17	* '''Conversed''': "I love the novels of Creator/RaymondChandler, but he does tend to overuse the trope of people randomly pulling out guns for drama..."
18	* '''Implied''': ?
19	* '''Deconstructed''': This is Chandler's MO and he's so infamous for it that he gets captured by party goers expecting something dramatic to happen during a quiet moment.
20	* '''Reconstructed''': ?
21	* '''Played for Laughs''': Chandler breaks down the door wielding a banana like a gun.
22	* '''Played for Drama''': Chandler's gunplay at the once-pleasant party turns into a bloodbath.

Context PlayingWith / ChandlersLaw