Line #3 PlayingWith/HighClassGlass

Context PlayingWith / HighClassGlass

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1	'''Basic Trope''': Moneyed, sophisticated characters wear monocles.
2	* '''Straight''': Humphrey the NonIdleRich wears a monocle.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Humphrey is a FictionFiveHundred member who wears two monocles, one on each eye. His even wealthier father wears ''three''.
5	** Humphrey is a trillionaire who wears two monocles on top of a pair of glasses.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Humphrey wears pince-nez glasses.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Humphrey's monocle is actually a high-tech appliance that is bulletproof, increases his visual acuity, and is a mobile computer with Wi-Fi connection and stats display. It's so expensive that he is one of few who can afford it.
9	** Humphrey needs vision correction in only one eye.
10	* '''Inverted''': Humphrey's poor servant Helena wears a monocle, and Humphrey does not.
11	* '''Subverted''': People think that Humphrey is rich because of his monocle, but he is actually a middle-class slob.
12	* '''Double Subverted''': Later it is revealed that Humphrey is [[SlummingIt secretly a millionaire]].
13	* '''Parodied''': Only Humphrey ranks highly enough to wear a monocle, and with his riches he hires a task force to punish anyone else who dares to wear one.
14	* '''Zig-Zagged''': Humphrey doesn't wear a monocle despite being a prince, but his father does. Then again, so does his wife, who is a villager ... but his mother doesn't, even though she is a noblewoman.
15	* '''Averted''': Either everyone or nobody wears monocles.
16	* '''Enforced''': "Hey, he doesn't look as elegant as he should ... how about if we add a monocle?"
17	* '''Lampshaded''': "You are so elegant, it's clear why you wear that monocle."
18	* '''Invoked''': No one takes Humphrey seriously, so he wears a monocle to look like a noble.
19	* '''Exploited''': ???
20	* '''Defied''': "Do you think that just because I'm a noble, I must necessarily wear a monocle?"
21	* '''Discussed''': Humphrey is examining several monocles and discussing their various merits with their sellers.
22	* '''Conversed''': ???
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24	Back to HighClassGlass, if you're rich enough.
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26	%%Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
27	%%* '''Implied''': ???
28	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
29	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
30	%%* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': ???
31	%%* '''Played for Laughs''': ???

Context PlayingWith / HighClassGlass