1 | '''Basic Trope''': A list of 3 or more things ends on the weakest point. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice is listing off a number of reasons not to date Bob. It goes as follows: "He drinks a lot, he's a philanderer, and he leaves the toilet seat up." |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** "He's killed every girlfriend he's had, he sells heroin to children, and his haircut makes his ears look big." |
5 | ** "He's sentenced to jail for life imprisonment because of mass murder, but he escaped, he's on the FBI top ten most wanted list, and he wears a silly hat." |
6 | ** "He wants to bring the EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, [[YouKilledMyFather he killed my father]] and he peed in public." |
7 | ** "He decapitated everyone he sees in his path, he kidnapped 100 children, and he leaves his pants down at the toilet." |
8 | ** "He tortured his family, he left them behind in his basement to leave them to starve, and he got an F on his math test." |
9 | ** "He committed arson on his grandparents' home, he murdered his children and he harasses people who disagree with his opinions on Twitter." |
10 | ** "He massacred an entire elementary school, he killed the president and he cut in line during lunch." |
11 | ** "He destroyed multiple solar systems, he inflicted the population of an entire planet into a FateWorseThanDeath, he raped thousands of women and he crossed the road on a red light once." |
12 | ** "He bombed every single country on Earth, he enslaved several ''galaxies'' to do everything for him, and [[TakeThat he sells NFTs.]]" |
13 | ** "He drinks a lot, he's a philanderer, he drives recklessly, he has literal skeletons in his closet, he was a member of the Nazi Party back in 1930, he framed several innocent people for being groomers, he caused Chernobyl, he assassinated a competent political figure, he sunk the Titanic, he’s a serial rapist...", and the list goes on for hundreds of items before concluding with "...and he occasionally forgets to like your posts on the internet." |
14 | ** ArsonMurderAndLifesaving: "He drinks a lot, he's a philanderer... But he once saved a kid from being murdered." |
15 | * '''Downplayed''': |
16 | ** "He doesn't say 'please' or 'thank you', he snaps at people for every slight, and he only eats his pasta with marinara sauce." |
17 | ** "He never says 'sorry', He uses several slurs, and he leaves the toilet seat up." |
18 | ** "He scolds me, he never cleans his room by himself and he often eats Hawaiian pizza" |
19 | ** The least ends with an item that is still negative, but less than the other ones "You are charged with: War crimes, high treason, and armed robbery." |
20 | ** The things on the list aren't entirely ''disturbing'', but the last thing definitely doesn't fit in with the rest: [[CordonBleughChef Our flavors of ice cream are liver, spinach, fermented fish,]] {{garlic|IsAbhorrent}}, and vanilla. |
21 | * '''Justified''': |
22 | ** [[NoodleIncident For some twisted reason]], leaving the toilet seat up is really the worst crime in Alice's book. |
23 | ** Alice is listing the reasons by order of priority, and the next-to-last item is notably worse than the last. |
24 | ** Alice listed leaving the toilet seat up last, but that doesn't mean she thinks it's the worst. |
25 | ** Alice is an alien with BlueAndOrangeMorality, and in her society leaving the toilet seat up is a serious crime. |
26 | ** Alice is legally obligated to list every single one of Bob's crimes, no matter how petty. She lists the least heinous last because it's a LongList and by then the people listening wouldn't be paying attention. |
27 | ** The "and he wears a silly hat" wasn't a crime but distinguished Bob from the other escaped mass murders on the FBI's most-wanted list. It sounds trivial but it answers the question of "which one" quickly for those who don't recognize Bob's generic name. |
28 | ** The lamest item on the list is SeriousBusiness to Alice (otherwise she would have left it alone, like the thirty thousand times Bob forgot to wash his hands). |
29 | ** The lame crime at the end of the list is also a serious crime (maybe or maybe not because of SeriousBusiness, LoonyLaws, FelonyMisdemeanor or something similar) but there is [[ICantBelieveImSayingThis no dodging the part that it sounds stupid as hell if said aloud]]. |
30 | ** "He tortured a family, he left them behind in the basement to leave them to starve, and drank a glass of milk from the fridge. Said glass of milk has his fingerprints on it." |
31 | ** Alice brings up toilet seat as an example of how he [[EvilIsPetty casually disregards the needs of anybody but himself in even the smallest of things]]. |
32 | * '''Inverted''': |
33 | ** BreadEggsMilkSquick |
34 | ** Alice lists reasons why Bob is awesome, saying "He saves lives, he collects for charitable causes, he makes great pasta, and he wears a great hat!" |
35 | ** The weakest point is mentioned first. |
36 | * '''Subverted''': |
37 | ** "He drinks a lot, he's a philanderer, and he leaves the toilet seat up... then he beat his last girlfriend with said toilet seat." |
38 | ** The toilet seat is secretly a device that activates a killer blade if it's been set up for too long, which would kill any unsuspecting person going to the toilet. |
39 | ** There's more than one "Jaywalking" point. |
40 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
41 | ** "...''And'' his haircut makes his ears look big!" |
42 | ** "...and he eats lots of junk food with neither exercise nor healthier food! totally neglects himself, and he always wears that silly hat." |
43 | ** If anybody asks about that particular toilet being the reason Alice is listing "leaves the seat up" amongst Bob's crimes, Alice makes clear that she means a regular toilet. |
44 | ** ...which themselves have ''their own'' "Jaywalking" point. |
45 | * '''Parodied''': Carol and Diane are listening as Alice lists off her reasons. [[LawOfDisproportionateResponse They react with casual indifference to the allegations that he drinks a lot and cheats, but react with incredible shock when they find out he leaves the toilet seat up]]. |
46 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': "[[DepravedBisexual ...and he also beat his last boyfriend.]] ''And'' he has a silly haircut! ''And'' I think he does heroin! ''And''..." |
47 | * '''Averted''': "He drinks a lot, he's a philanderer, and [[KickTheDog he kicks dogs around in the street.]]" |
48 | * '''Enforced''': |
49 | ** "Well, we're almost out of comedy gags... wait! We haven't used the BaitAndSwitch list yet!" |
50 | ** "It's a lighthearted show, we can't have this list of horrible things without something to break the tension." |
51 | * '''Lampshaded''': |
52 | ** "[[SkewedPriorities Wow, you really don't have your priorities in order]]." |
53 | ** "[[SarcasmMode Nice to see your priorities are in order, Alice]]." |
54 | * '''Invoked''': "So, Alice, why won't you date Bob again?" |
55 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
56 | * '''Defied''': "I know he leaves the toilet seat up, but in the grand scheme of things, it's not that important." |
57 | * '''Discussed''': "If you want to be truly convincing, be sure to always end on the strongest note. The other way around is just silly." |
58 | * '''Conversed''': "Why did she include that last thing last? That doesn't seem so bad." |
59 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
60 | ** Alice's priorities are so incredibly screwed up that she's unable to see the forest through the trees... |
61 | ** JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife |
62 | * '''Reconstructed''': Alice is just being humorous, and people realize that. |
63 | * '''Played for Drama''': Bob mentions jaywalking when listing his own crimes, which shows that he doesn't see any difference between murder and jaywalking. |
64 | * '''Played for Horror''': Alice is a violent KnightTemplar who would behead Bob [[AllCrimesAreEqual either]] because he jaywalked or because he shot his neighbor. She still lists Bob's crimes in order of alleged least priority because there is something about Bob going "wait a second, you're gonna kill me because I ''jaywalked''?" that makes the act more sweet for her. |
65 | * '''Untwisted''': "He drinks a lot, he's a philanderer, and he kicks dogs around in the street. By which I mean hot dogs." |
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67 | First, you must cross a mountain, then you must cross a river, then you must go back to the main page. Then you must fly around the world, then you must [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife browse TV tropes,]] and then you must kill your pet cat and sacrifice it, then go outside and soak up some rays, [[OverlyLongGag and then you must go to Mars.]] Make sure to take a Mars bar with you, too, and a knife. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and also, can you wash the dishes once you're done?]] |
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69 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
70 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
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