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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