1 | '''Basic Trope''': Upon hearing something shocking, a person messily spits out what they were drinking. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Upon hearing that his father was a feared demonic prince, Bob spews out the coffee he was drinking. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Upon hearing his father has a gray hair, Bob sprays out his drink. |
5 | ** Bob spews drink out of his mouth, his nose, his ears and [[EyeScream his eyes]]. |
6 | ** Bob, upon being shocked, starts spitting his drink. Even though he wasn't drinking anything. |
7 | ** He does a spit take involving more of the liquid than has actually been imbibed. |
8 | ** Bob doesn’t just spit out his drink, but also [[BloodyHorror his bodily liquids]]. |
9 | ** Bob, upon hearing something shocking, spit-takes loudly and messily [[BringMeMyBrownPants out the other end]]. |
10 | ** The SpitTake [[OverlyLongGag lasts for]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzQLvbrr9lI several minutes...]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqoV5WVoSmY or several hours.]] |
11 | * '''Downplayed''': |
12 | ** Upon hearing that his father was a feared serial killer, Bob dribbles out a few drops of his drink, but manages to swallow most of it. |
13 | ** Bob visibly chokes on his drink but doesn't spill anything. |
14 | ** Bob manages to spit the drink back into his cup. |
15 | ** Bob has a JawDrop reaction in the middle of his drink, causing it to spill out of his mouth and all over his lap. |
16 | * '''Justified''': |
17 | ** TruthInTelevision, and a staple of physical comedy. |
18 | ** Bob spits out his coffee with milk after being told, "YoureDrinkingBreastMilk". |
19 | ** IAteWhat is also happening in this situation. |
20 | * '''Inverted''': |
21 | ** Upon hearing his father was a feared demonic prince, Bob nearly chokes to death on his coffee. |
22 | ** Bob, upon hearing something shocking, [[INeedAFreakingDrink takes a deep swig of whatever he was drinking]]. |
23 | * '''Subverted''': Bob is drinking coffee when someone tells him something extraordinary. He starts to react, then calmly continues drinking. |
24 | * '''Double Subverted''': ... until the last fact is mentioned, which either makes the whole thing much more important, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking or would seem like the least shocking part of it]]. |
25 | * '''Parodied''': |
26 | ** Bob's Spit Take hits everyone in the room, staining their very nice clothes. |
27 | ** After hearing the news, Bob takes a drink just to do a Spit Take. |
28 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': Something shocking is said to an entire group of characters drinking. Some react with a spit-take, some take a sharp swallow, some do neither. |
29 | * '''Averted''': Bob, receiving shocking news while taking a drink, does not spit any of it out. |
30 | * '''Enforced''': "So I told our actor about his bonus, and he did an honest to God spit take! It was hilarious! [[ThrowItIn I say we work it in]]." |
31 | * '''Lampshaded''': "I should have waited until you swallowed that drink... This was a new coat." |
32 | * '''Invoked''': "Wait, wait, let him get a sip of that before you tell him... It'll be hilarious!" |
33 | * '''Exploited''': Someone manages to film the SpitTake and posts it online for a few laughs. |
34 | * '''Defied''': |
35 | ** "I need to tell you something that might upset you..." "Wait, let me put this cup down." |
36 | ** Bob started to spit his wine but managed to stop himself, [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} checked the wine bottle, decided that the wine was too good and expensive to be wasted like that, and forced his drink back down.]] |
37 | * '''Discussed''': "Yeah, I'd say that's the sort of news might cause someone's drink to go flying out their mouths." |
38 | * '''Conversed''': "Funny as it is, I don't think I've ever really seen anyone do a spit take [[ThisIsReality in the real world]]." |
39 | * '''Implied''': Alice goes to tell Bob something and comes back covered in liquid. |
40 | * '''Deconstructed''': Bob's indiscretion earns him a DeathGlare from everyone who was in the line of fire, and the conversation is derailed for a few minutes as he cleans up after himself. |
41 | * '''Reconstructed''': But everyone decides that it was ActuallyPrettyFunny. |
42 | * '''Played For Drama''': Alice knows that Carol is planning to serve Bob [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink drugged coffee]], and goes to warn him. When she gets there, Carol is nearby and he's already taking a sip, so Alice has to try to make up something shocking enough to make Bob spit out the coffee (and then find a way to get rid of the rest of it). |
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44 | (spits out drink) You want to go back to SpitTake!? |
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46 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
47 | %% |
48 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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