Line #50 PlayingWith/BluntYes


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."
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46	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
47	%%* '''Deconstructed:''' ???
48	%%* '''Implied''': ???
49	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
50	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
51	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

Context PlayingWith / BluntYes