Line #7 PlayingWith/LiteralMinded


1	'''Basic Trope''': Someone tends to take expressions literally.
2	* '''Straight''': After Bob tells Alice to "Hit the road", Alice goes out and punches the road.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is a demon, and is told by Bob to "go to Hell" during an argument. The gates of hell open and Alice swan-dives in.
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** After telling Alice "throw that away" she tosses something at a trash can from a distance instead of dropping it in from a shorter distance.
6	** Bob tells Alice to leave him alone, so Alice tells everyone else present to leave the room with her.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Alice is a robot, and her AI is not programmed with figures of speech.
9	** Alice is TheDitz.
10	** Alice is an alien.
11	** [[ChildrenAreInnocent Alice is a small child]] who hasn't yet learned about figurative language.
12	** Alice has an intellectual disability and/or is on the autistic spectrum, so she has difficulty understanding figurative language.
13	** [[LanguageBarrier Alice is a foreigner with a poor grasp of English]] and doesn't want to offend a citizen of her host country (by [[YourNormalIsOurTaboo breaking some unknown taboo]]), especially one who sounds angry.
14	* '''Inverted''': Alice twists even the most straightforward statements into the most ridiculous metaphorical interpretations, as in:
15	-->[[WesternAnimation/RegularShow "Um... That taxi's yellow."\
16	"My taxi is not a coward!"]]
17	* '''Subverted''': Alice is told to hit the road; she looks like she's going to hit it, but she just leaves.
18	* '''Double Subverted''': However, when she's told to go fly a kite, she does so.
19	* '''Parodied''': In a short time frame she "hits the road", "goes kite flying", "chases a wild goose", "shoots a fish in a barrel" and "puts an {{elephant in the living room}}".
20	* '''Zig-Zagged''': When Alice is asked to "hit the road", she just walks away. When she is asked to "go fly a kite", she buys a kite and flies it. When someone says "Alice could not hit the broad side of a barn", she punches the barn. She, ''somehow'', misses.
21	* '''Averted''': Despite the cast using many ideas, nobody ever takes them literally.
22	* '''Enforced''': We need people to know Alice is a RobotGirl. Let's have her punch roads when asked to hit the road.
23	* '''Lampshaded''': "Um, OK, but I don't see what I'm accomplishing by doing this..." [''Punch'']
24	* '''Invoked''': Alice's parents don't teach her about figurative language.
25	* '''Exploited''': Alice becomes a target of mockery for her [[TheRival rival]].
26	* '''Defied''':
27	** Alice downloads a software patch to help her understand figures of speech.[[note]]This would only work if she was, indeed, a robot.[[/note]]
28	** Alice studies more figurative languages to improve her language skills.
29	** Bob avoids using figurative language around Alice because he knows that she won't understand what he means; instead of telling her to "hit the road", he tells her to leave.
30	** Alice asks "What do you mean by that?" instead of going out and literally punching the road.
31	* '''Discussed''':
32	-->'''Bob''': You have got to stop punching roads, Alice.
33	-->'''Alice''': Then stop telling me to.
34	* '''Conversed''': ???
35	* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's literal-mindedness annoys others, preventing her from socializing with potential friends. This results in her becoming lonely and eventually [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Not to mention her fist hurts.]]
36	* '''Reconstructed''': Alice meets several other literal-minded people who decide to [[StartMyOwn start their own community]] where they can be as literal as they like.
37	* '''Implied''': AliceAndBob are at a bar, and Bob asks for a Dry Martini. Alice stares at the drink in confusion, surprised that it is a liquid.
38	* '''Played for Laughs''':
39	** Bob and Alice have the next exchange...
40	--->'''Bob''': Well I will be a monkey's uncle.
41	--->'''Alice''': You should talk to your brother about his taste in women.
42	** "You crack me up." "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry."
43	* '''Played for Drama''': Alice is nearly hit by a car while she is hitting the road.
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