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1	'''Basic Trope''': During therapy, the patient is lying on a couch like the one in Sigmund Freud's office.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob is talking about his [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] while lying on a fancy couch.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': The therapist he's talking to bears a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed strong resemblance]] to Dr. Freud.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Bob is slouching, but is still mostly upright on the couch.
5	* '''Justified''': The therapist wants his patients to be as comfortable as possible, but still wants his office to look nice.
6	* '''Inverted''': The therapist is lying on the couch telling his problems to Bob.
7	* '''Subverted''': Bob is lying on a couch in a furniture store, crying ManlyTears and talking about his overbearing mother.
8	* '''Double Subverted''': The furniture store in question doubles as a psychiatrist's office, and the sales associate is also a fully-certified psychiatrist.
9	* '''Parodied''': Bob is complaining because the couch is on top of him.
10	* '''Zig Zagged''': Dr. Freud redecorates his office a few times.
11	** There is a couch and a few chairs. Some patients sit on the couch or one of the chairs, some lie in it, and the ShellShockedVeteran who lost his legs in TheGreatOffscreenWar stays in his wheelchair.
12	* '''Averted''':
13	** Bob does not lie on such a couch during therapy, but sits in a regular chair.
14	** Bob does not go to therapy.
15	* '''Enforced''': AllPsychologyIsFreudian.
16	* '''Lampshaded''': Bob points out that he's always lying on the couch during his therapy sessions and likens it to characters in therapy treatment from movies.
17	* '''Invoked''':
18	** Bob goes to the psychiatrist's office, and is told to lie on the couch.
19	** When offered eitheir a couch or chair, Bob goes with the couch.
20	* '''Exploited''': TheShrink has placed the couch in his office as a [[SelfDeprecation self-deprecating]] joke to help put the patient more at ease.
21	* '''Defied''': The office in question has no couch, and the psychiatrist does not believe in Freudian psychology, preferring more modern and accepted theories instead.
22	* '''Discussed''': Alice and Bob talk about their friend Cecil who is a therapist. Rumour has it that Cecil's patients have to lie on a couch.
23	* '''Conversed''': "Have you ever noticed that if there is a psychologist who treats people in fiction, the patients will always lie on a couch? What's up with that? Is Freud still so popular?"
24	* '''Played For Laughs''':
25	** Bob is whining about something trivial on the couch, such as dropping an ice cream cone.
26	** Bob gets a little too comfortable and starts falling asleep.
27	* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is upset over something serious, like being molested by a PedophilePriest during childhood.
28	* '''Played For Horror''': Bob is crying over something horrifying, like his cousin in DemonicPossession.
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