1 | '''Basic Trope''': Someone tries to explain something to someone from another culture, only for them to reveal they already have it. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Bob from Tropopolis tries to impress Alice the Tropevillian with his PDA. She explains they already have them. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Bob demonstrates each and every gadget in his pockets in turn. Alice is able to show him her own (or something better) each time. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Alice has a PDA that's at least a decade old. |
5 | * '''Justified''': While rural, Tropeville is hardly backwater. Bob's patronizing attitude was bound to humiliate him eventually. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': |
7 | ** Alice shows Bob her horse and cart. He's amazed at the technology that must allow Tropeville to harness the power of animals to do their bidding. |
8 | ** Bob complains to Alice about the ludicrous amounts [=PDA’s=] cost these days, only to be surprised that Tropeville doesn’t have them. |
9 | * '''Subverted''': It turns out that Alice doesn't have a PDA, she just wanted to impress the city folk. |
10 | * '''Double Subverted''': ...after all, all she has is this oversized "[=iPad=]" thing she just bought. |
11 | * '''Parodied''': |
12 | ** Bob tries to describe a wheel to Alice to secure some transport. Alice points out that the ''planes'' in the airport behind him have them. |
13 | ** Alice is StarfishAlien without hands. When Bob show her a pair of gloves, Alice reveals hers, despite the fact that her race clearly have no use for them. |
14 | * '''Zig Zagged''': ...but every time he visits somewhere new there's a different level of technology available. |
15 | * '''Averted''': Bob doesn't show off any of his gadgets. He makes use of them when he needs them but his possessions are never contrasted with what Alice is used to seeing. |
16 | * '''Enforced''': An [[ExecutiveMeddling executive]] came from a small town and was always being patronised by visitors from larger settlements so he [[WriterOnBoard insists that Bob be embarrassed in this way]]. |
17 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Did you really think a village in a developed nation wouldn't have access to the same technology as anywhere else?" |
18 | * '''Invoked''': ??? |
19 | * '''Exploited''': Bob the ConArtist pretends to assume that the people of Troperville wouldn't have seen any of his gadgets to keep up a naive businessman persona. |
20 | * '''Defied''': Alice asks Bob if he has anything cool and he states that he doesn't have anything from Tropopolis that wouldn't be available in Tropeville. |
21 | * '''Discussed''': "Is this the part where you try and wow me with some piece of Apple produced crap and I pull out what the tech geeks are using?" |
22 | * '''Conversed''': "He's been showing them his PDA for five minutes. Just have them pull out their own [=PDAs=] already!" |
23 | * '''Deconstructed''': Bob's patronizing attitude means that Alice and other residents of Tropeville can't stand him. |
24 | * '''Reconstructed''': This experience humbles Bob and he mends his ways. |
25 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Bob is TheRival and makes a big show of demonstrating his superior technology to Alice. When he's moved on [[TheHero Claire]] rolls her eyes, chats with Alice for a bit and asks for her email address and mobile number. |
26 | * '''Played For Drama''': Bob's patronizing attitude makes it hard for him to integrate with the townsfolk, making them [[UntrustingCommunity distrustful]] of him. |
27 | * '''Implied''': Alice seems notably unimpressed by Bob's PDA, but it's not clear why. |
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