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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26 | %%Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
27 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
28 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
29 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
30 | %%* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': ??? |
31 | %%* '''Played for Laughs''': ??? |
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