1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character asks a question expecting a no or a vague/complicated answer, but instead gets a yes. |
2 | * '''Straight''': |
3 | -->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone lives to serve you?\ |
4 | '''Emperor Evulz''': [[ItsAllAboutMe Yes]]. |
5 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
6 | -->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone besides yourself is just pond scum that you can do what ever you want to do with?\ |
7 | '''Emperor Evulz''': Yes, Isn't it obvious? |
8 | * '''Downplayed''': |
9 | -->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone lives to serve you?\ |
10 | '''Emperor Evulz''': …it is a bit more complex that. But let's keep it simple and say: [[ItsAllAboutMe Yes]]. |
11 | * '''Justified''': To Evulz, the answer to the question is so obvious it seems pointless to ask in the first place. |
12 | * '''Inverted''': |
13 | ** [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder A person asks a rhetorical question and gets an answer they didn't expect]]. |
14 | ** A person asks a question expecting a yes or a vague answer, but instead get a rather blunt no. |
15 | ** A person asks a question, excepting a simple yes or no, get a vague answer instead. |
16 | * '''Subverted''': |
17 | -->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone lives to serve you?\ |
18 | '''Emperor Evulz''': Yes! Well… [[EvenEvilHasStandards no of course not!]] |
19 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
20 | -->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone lives to serve you?\ |
21 | '''Emperor Evulz''': Yes! Well… no of course not! Some people ''die'' to serve me. |
22 | * '''Parodied''': |
23 | -->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone lives to serve you?\ |
24 | '''Emperor Evulz''': [[SarcasmMode Hmm, let me think about]]--yes. |
25 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': |
26 | -->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone lives to serve you?\ |
27 | '''Emperor Evulz''': Yes… wait, no… wait, that means it's a yes… but then what about… |
28 | * '''Averted''': |
29 | -->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone lives to serve you?\ |
30 | '''Emperor Evulz''': No, just my EliteMooks. |
31 | * '''Enforced''': The writer wanted to {{establish|ingCharacterMoment}} Emperor Evulz as a DeadpanSnarker, and this was the quickest and most potent way to do it. |
32 | * '''Lampshaded''': "You really don't care about your people? I should have expected something from a Tyrant like you!" |
33 | * '''Invoked''': ??? |
34 | * '''Exploited''': |
35 | ** Someone tries to get the conversation on tape to show how little Emperor Evulz cares for their followers. |
36 | ** Bob previously set the MacGuffin's self-destruct activation code to "Yes". |
37 | * '''Defied''': |
38 | -->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone lives to serve you?\ |
39 | '''Emperor Evulz''': Of course not! What do you think I am, [[EvenEvilHasStandards some kind of monster?!]] |
40 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
41 | * '''Conversed''': "I really expected Evulz to simply say 'yes'--a villain like him wouldn't care about his people." |
42 | ---- |
43 | -->"Do you think this link leads back to BluntYes?"\ |
44 | "Yes." |
45 | ---- |
46 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
47 | %%* '''Deconstructed:''' ??? |
48 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
49 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
50 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
51 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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