1 | '''Basic Trope''': Objects which are conspicuously held together with duct tape. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Bob seals a leak around a pipe with duct tape. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Most of the items in Bob's house are held together with duct tape. |
5 | ** Bob's '''SPACESHIP''' is held together with duct tape. And it works. |
6 | ** Bob's spaceship is ''made of'' duct tape. |
7 | * '''Downplayed''': Bob seals a cardboard box with duct tape. |
8 | * '''Justified''': |
9 | ** Bob is lazy. |
10 | ** Bob [[DoomItYourself doesn't have much handyman's skill]] and [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer the only tool he really has is duct tape]]. |
11 | ** The situation needs a temporary quick-fix, as there's no time to do an actual repair--or else, the materials for a more permanent fix aren't readily available. |
12 | ** Duct tape is very useful, and if it isn't involved with water then duct tape can be a VERY good fix for cracks or broken parts. It may just be better to work over the item with duct tape than to try something else. |
13 | ** Bob is using military-grade duct tape. |
14 | * '''Inverted''': |
15 | ** Bob patches a strip of duct tape with a pipe. |
16 | ** Bob never uses duct tape, even when it would be the best solution. |
17 | * '''Subverted''': |
18 | ** Bob notices the leaky pipe and considers using duct tape... but then sets out to fix it properly. |
19 | ** Bob considers using duct tape... but ends up calling the plumber, who comes over right away. |
20 | ** Bob tries to use duct tape, but it doesn't hold together. |
21 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
22 | ** Tomorrow. Today, he's much too busy, so he takes 5 seconds and wraps a length of duct tape over it. |
23 | ** Who then uses duct tape to fix the pipe and charges Bob an arm and a leg. |
24 | * '''Parodied''': |
25 | ** The house, Bob's clothes, in fact pretty much everything in town is held together with (or outright ''made of'') duct tape. |
26 | ** Bob has amazing duct-tape's superpowers that allow him to repair anything to perfect condition by just using it! |
27 | ** ''Duck'' Tape For Everything. |
28 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Duct Tape works wonders sometimes, but other times it fails miserably. |
29 | * '''Averted''': |
30 | ** All repairs are done using something other than duct tape, except where duct tape is appropriate. |
31 | ** No repairs are shown. |
32 | * '''Enforced''': RuleOfFunny |
33 | * '''Lampshaded''': "If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If it ''is'' broke, just put some duct tape on it!" |
34 | * '''Invoked''': Alice asks Bob to fix the leaky pipe, but Bob just wants to watch the game on TV. So he wraps tape around the pipe and calls it good. |
35 | * '''Exploited''': |
36 | ** The BigBad is GenreSavvy, and knows that Bob will use tape, so he sends in a slew of his {{Mooks}} who eat duct tape. |
37 | ** One person has [[AbsurdPhobia a fear of duct tape]], so another person calls Bob to scare him. |
38 | * '''Defied''': |
39 | ** Bob feels that this job is a little too big of a fix for duct tape and does ''actual'' repairs. |
40 | ** Bob calls the plumber. |
41 | * '''Discussed''': "Duct tape fixes everything!" |
42 | * '''Conversed''': "The duct tape gag? Writers must like that one." |
43 | * '''Implied''': Bob is TheGhost, and he is mentioned doing that. |
44 | * '''Deconstructed''': Duct tape is meant to be a temporary solution. A few days later, everything falls apart again. |
45 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
46 | ** It's only used for getting it to the shop for proper repairs. |
47 | ** But somehow, it holds together for hours, days, weeks, months, years, and Bob has more time to do things he wants to do. |
48 | * '''Played for Laughs''': |
49 | ** It's part of a DoomItYourself project of some sort. |
50 | ** A hostage is duct taped to a chair. |
51 | ** Bob calls the plumber, who fixes the leak with duct tape and charges Bob an arm and a leg for the "repair." |
52 | -->"Three hundred dollars?! For a tape job?! I coulda done that myself practically for free!" |
53 | * '''Played for Drama''': Someone is seriously injured due to the duct tape's misuse. |
54 | * '''Played for Horror''': Bob accidentally puts duct tape on a person. He rips the tape off, resulting in {{Gorn}} and {{Squick}}. |
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