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1	'''Basic Trope''': A character given to wry, sarcastic, or excessively dry humor, usually in the form of snide commentary or an occasional aside.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice, Brave Bob's loyal girlfriend, continually makes witty and ironic comments on what he does, using gentle and usually affectionate sarcasm.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Alice speaks only in snarky commentary on Bob, on the universe, on passing cars, on what she had for breakfast that morning...
5	** [[WorldOfSnark Everyone is sarcastic and snarky]]... [[SilentSnarker even those who can't or won't speak]]!
6	** TheSnarkKnight
7	* '''Downplayed''':
8	** Alice's dry remarks are few and far between.
9	** Alice only snarks at people who are [[SnarkToSnarkCombat willing to snark back at her]].
10	* '''Justified''':
11	** Alice has a very dry wit, and [[IdiotHero Bob's moronic antics]] give her plenty of opportunities to display it.
12	** Alice is [[BritishHumour British]].
13	* '''Inverted''':
14	** Alice is SarcasmBlind.
15	** Alice CannotConveySarcasm.
16	** Alternatively: [[NiceGirl Alice]] is unrelentingly sincere 24/7.
17	* '''Subverted''': Alice makes a witty comment... then can't keep from laughing at her own joke.
18	* '''Double Subverted''':
19	** She was actually laughing at someone else.
20	** [[HaHaHaNo Alice's raucous laughter ends up being another piece of sarcasm as well.]]
21	* '''Parodied''': The character sprays acerbic wit all over everything - we do mean everything - and everyone ''loves'' it because it's funny.
22	* '''Zig Zagged''': Sometimes they snark, sometimes they don't.
23	* '''Averted''': Characters mean what they say most of the time.
24	* '''Enforced''':
25	** "This is a show [[SurroundedByIdiots full of idiots]], [[OnlySaneMan and one smart, annoyed person]]".
26	** "This character's kind of a jerk, so let's reinforce that image".
27	** "...This is a show about making fun of people. Apparently, you were expecting ''Series/SesameStreet''".
28	** This kind of comedy and all related tropes (such as CasualDangerDialogue) have become the new hotness in heroic characterization (TruthInTelevision with the spikes in TheEighties and TheNewTens post-''Film/TheAvengers2012'') so the writers are following the leader.
29	* '''Lampshaded''': "[[HypocriticalHumor Ooh, yay. Another dipshit that thinks he's Mike]] and this is ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''."
30	* '''Invoked''': "I want to be the sort of person who always has something witty to say".
31	* '''Exploited''': ???
32	* '''Defied''':
33	** "I should be sincere so people don't think I'm a {{Jerkass}}".
34	** ''[[NoNonsenseNemesis Jane]] smacks Alice to stun her, shoves her against a wall and puts a gun in her mouth before [[DramaticGunCock thumbing back the hammer]]'' "[[TranquilFury I believe]] [[ImpliedDeathThreat this]] makes perfectly clear my ''[[OffingTheMouth very]]'' low tolerance for people talking bullshit, don't you think?"
35	** "I don't see anything useful in talking constantly like I was in a Creator/JossWhedon script, so I won't. By the way, [[TakeThat look up that jerk's story on Wikipedia]] -- do ''you'' wanna sound like something ''he'' wrote?"
36	** "Jokes are only funny when people know, at some point, that you're joking. You keep talking like that and [[CannotConveySarcasm people are going to think]] you actually ''[[PoesLaw mean]]'' that garbage."
37	* '''Discussed''': "Alice always has something snarky to say".
38	* '''Conversed''': "There's always someone on a show like that to snark at the antics of [[SurroundedByIdiots everyone around her]]".
39	* '''Deconstructed''':
40	** Alice being an asshole drives everyone else away from them, and she feels the burn.
41	** [[OffingTheMouth Bob puts a bullet through Alice's head from her latest quip]].
42	** [[CassandraTruth No one can ever tell]] whether Alice is being snarky or sincere because she uses the same tone of voice for both, leading to [[PoorCommunicationKills serious misunderstandings.]]
43	** [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Jim]] is SarcasmBlind and it leads to quite a lot of tragedy between him and Alice.
44	** Using this type of voice, language and mannerisms when trying to [[JerkassHasAPoint make a point]] unfortunately places her in "too much {{Jerkass}}, not enough of a point" territory. [[AnAesop The lesson here]] being "there is a time and place for satire”, and Alice learns it the hard way.
45	* '''Reconstructed''':
46	** Alice don't care that they're driving everyone away, or thrive on it.
47	** Alice is a KnightInSourArmor; their fundamental decency keeps their friendships intact despite the barbed quips.
48	** Bob pulls a gun out on Alice, who shoots him dead with her concealed gun and lets out [[BondOneLiner one last quip over his dead body]].
49	** Alice uses her snarky reputation to pass genuine, sensitive information off [[SarcasticConfession as another of her quips.]]
50	** Alice [[InvertedTrope decides]] to [[JerkassToOne never be sarcastic to Jim]], knowing that she has literally all of the other fish in the sea to be rude to.
51	** Again, there is a time and a place for satire. When Alice decides reserve her snark to little moments that break the ice spread throughout her exposition instead of sneering through the whole damned thing, the point she tries to bring is better accepted.
52	* '''Played For Humor''': Alice is the comedy sidekick and GenreSavvy OnlySaneMan of the ensemble, constantly pointing out the suicidal stupidity of everybody else's GenreBlindness (which may or may not be [[ContractualGenreBlindness contractually obligated]], for further humor).
53	* '''Played For Drama''':
54	** [[StepfordSnarker Alice is hiding a deep inner hurt]], and uses sarcasm because she's afraid to get close to people after her grandmother died.
55	** Alice's girlfriend Janet, the ActionSurvivor part of the ActionDuo, finally [[RageBreakingPoint has had it]] after one quip too many from Alice (maybe [[BondOneLiner said after killing one goon too many]]): "Would it kill ya to [[BigShutUp CUT IT OUT]] with the [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]] INSULTS already!?" Alice’s answer will either be an explanation of how she is a SadClown, a deadpan response that [[PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure will make Janet swear they are through (for a while)]] and/or [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Alice having a short moment of horrified silence]].
56	* '''Played For Horror''': Alice is TheSociopath and her belligerent, [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor allegedly humorous]] answers to everything are a warning sign nobody picks up on until it's too late.
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62	%%* '''Implied''': ???

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