Line #22 PlayingWith/HeartbreakAndIceCream


1	'''Basic Trope''': A heartbroken character binges on ice cream, [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible or any other sweets]].
2	* '''Straight''':
3	** Alice just got dumped by Bob, and spends the next couple of evenings eating [[BlandNameProduct Ken and Sherry's]] ice cream out of the carton, while watching sappy movies and sobbing.
4	** Bob just got dumped by Alice, and spends the next couple of evenings alone in a corner, eating Ken and Sherry's ice cream out of the carton while sulking.
5	* '''Exaggerated''':
6	** AliceAndBob broke up six months ago, and only dated for about three weeks.
7	** Alice's self-pity party goes on for several weeks, and she gains 30 lbs.
8	** Alice gathers with several women who are also sad (either because they also got dumped, they feel sorry for Alice, or any other reason) and they have a sob session like this [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything that mirrors]] DrowningMySorrows.
9	* '''Downplayed''':
10	** Alice eats a candy bar, while shedding a {{single tear}}.
11	** Alice gets lightly scolded for turning up to work late. She buys herself some ice cream at lunch.
12	* '''Justified''':
13	** Indulging in sweets gives Alice {{comfort\|Food}}.
14	** Alice and Bob both have a SweetTooth, so ice cream would cheer them up.
15	** Alice is a recovered alcoholic and drowns her sorrows in a slightly healthier way.
16	* '''Inverted''':
17	** Alice spends the evening drinking [[LadyDrunk disturbing quantities of alcohol]].
18	** Rather than indulging in unhealthy habits, Alice becomes a gym rat following the breakup.
19	** Alice is quite happy about how her relationship with Bob is turning up, so to celebrate she decides to eat some ice-cream along with him.
20	** Alice usually loves ice cream, but when she's sad about being dumped by Bob, [[TooUnhappyToBeHungry she doesn't want any]].
21	* '''Subverted''':
22	** Alice, who is known for eating ice cream when sad, dumps Bob, and seems to be pretty quick to move on (even hastily burning all his gifts to her in a BreakupBonfire).
23	** There is no ice cream to be had in Alice's apartment.
24	** Alice and Bob break up, and in the next scene Alice is seen eating from a giant tub of ice cream. Her friends think she is heartbroken and try to console her, but it turns out that Bob was just an AnimalWrongsGroup vegan activist who forbade her from eating ice cream and now she is making up for lost time.
25	* '''Double Subverted''':
26	** But then she finds something of particular sentimental value from the relationship that really tugs on her heartstrings, and she rummages through the freezer.
27	** Alice buys ice cream, even though it's 1 AM.
28	** But it's chocolate ice cream, which she never eats unless she's sad, since her strict mother raised her to believe chocolate was a vice.
29	* '''Parodied''':
30	** Alice gets DrunkOnMilk. The person working behind the counter at the ice cream parlor (or the driver of the BadHumorTruck) tells her, "I think you've had enough."
31	---> '''Alice''': IllTellYouWhenIveHadEnough
32	** Alice and several other women hold up their ice cream tubs and sing a DrunkenSong.
33	* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice and Bob break up, and Carol follows Alice home to ensure she doesn't fall into this (since she's afraid Alice will eat too much and throw up). Alice assures Carol she's not going to binge on ice cream... because she's lactose intolerant. [[ExactWords She'll use sherbet instead.]] Carol objects, but then Alice gives a long speech about how badly she needs comfort right now, and Carol reluctantly allows her to gorge herself.
34	* '''Averted''': Alice doesn't indulge in food or drink to get over Bob.
35	* '''Enforced''': "We can't have characters drinking in a family-oriented show; we'll let her drown her sorrows in ice cream instead."
36	* '''Lampshaded''': "In order to get over Bob, I'm going to have a menage a trois! With Ken and Sherry!"
37	* '''Invoked''': Alice finds herself feeling bored, lonely, and generally crappy, and tries to find something in her home that will make her feel better at least temporarily.
38	* '''Exploited''':
39	** Ken and Sherry's markets such flavors as Breakup Brownie, Career Slump Caramel Swirl, Funerary Fudge, [[TheGrinch Not So Berry Christmas]], etc.
40	** Brittany sabotages Alice’s relationship with Bob so Alice would pig out on ice cream and she’ll win the beauty contest they’re in.
41	** Brittany gifts poisoned ice cream to Alice, knowing she’s on a diet, and sabotages her relationship with Bob weeks later so she would break the diet.
42	** When she hears that Alice broke up with Bob, Brittany visits her in one of her binges to get free ice cream.
43	* '''Defied''':
44	** Alice decides to do something constructive, like hitting the gym, picking up hobbies, and socializing to get over her breakup with Bob.
45	** After Alice breaks up with Bob, her sister Carol takes the ice cream and sweet foods out of their house so that she wouldn't gain weight.
46	* '''Discussed''': "Poor Alice. She hit the ice cream tub pretty hard after Bob dumped her. In all fairness, he didn't have to be so mean about it."
47	* '''Conversed''': "How come men drown their sorrows in beer or whiskey, [[DoubleStandard and women drown theirs]] in Fudge Brownie Chocolate Swirl?"
48	* '''Implied''':
49	** Alice wasn't mentioned again after the breakup. Few episodes later, she returns having gained a few more pounds.
50	** The next we see of Alice after the breakup, she has ice cream on her face.
51	** Alice is seen looking down in the dumps while she's eating her ice cream, but it's never revealed what happened.
52	* '''Deconstructed''':
53	** Alice gains a ton of weight, and possibly falls into depression.
54	** Alice throws up from eating too much ice cream.
55	* '''Reconstructed''':
56	** See "Defied". Alice gets back on her feet faster...and maybe even into a new and better relationship. And whether she does or not, she feels better about herself...and her overall physical and mental health don't suffer.
57	** Alice gains a ton of weight...and becomes a BigBeautifulWoman. Because of this, it isn't long before she finds someone to replace Bob.
58	** In the future, she still eats ice cream when she's sad, just not so much that she'd feel sick.
59	* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice and Bob break up. Alice goes to Carol for comfort, who immediately pulls out about a freight train's worth of ice cream and sweets.
60	* '''Played For Drama''': Alice and Bob break up, so Alice picks up various comfort foods to cope. These lead to weight gains, which in tandem with the effects of the break-up, leads to self-image problems, causing her to binge more. Carol has to intervene before Alice takes it too far.
61	* '''Played for Horror''': The ice cream is cursed, and when Alice eats it to get over her breakup, she ends up being hit by the curse.
62	* '''Plot Foundation''': She eats an unhealthy amount of the ice cream, which is supposed to clue the audience into just how badly the normally level-headed and reasonable Alice has been hurt. Break-ups are ''painful'', and this is a case of OOCIsSeriousBusiness taken to show Alice isn't well.
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64	[[HeartbreakAndIceCream Have some ice cream; you'll feel better.]]

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