1 | '''Basic Trope''': The normally-homebound characters go to an exotic location and have [[HilarityEnsues wacky hijinx]]. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice and Bob take a week-long cruise, visit exotic places, meet colorful characters, and have some fun adventures. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob take a week-long trip to the [[JustForFun/InSpace International Space Station]], [[FirstContact meet a congress of intergalactic aliens]], and are [[TheOnlyOne called upon to save the universe]]. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob take a day trip to the beach and meet a few interesting people. |
5 | * '''Justified''': Alice and Bob are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': After an excess of fun adventures, Alice and Bob go on an uneventful week-long cruise to unwind. |
7 | * '''Subverted''': |
8 | ** Alice and Bob prepare to go on their week-long cruise, but get stuck in traffic and miss the boat. |
9 | ** Looking to avoid odd happenings, Alice and Bob spend the entire cruise in their cabin. |
10 | * '''Double Subverted''': Looking to avoid odd happenings, Alice and Bob spend the entire cruise in their cabin... only for the ship to hit a rock and leave them stranded on a deserted island. |
11 | * '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob get food poisoning, their backed-up toilet floods their cabin, the ship gets hijacked by Somali pirates, and they think it's the ''best vacation ever.'' |
12 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Alice and Bob go on multiple vacations in an episode, spending about half the episode on vacations and the rest at home. |
13 | * '''Averted''': |
14 | ** Alice and Bob steadfastly refuse to leave their home. |
15 | ** Alice and Bob are always WalkingTheEarth and never stay anywhere for more than a few days. |
16 | * '''Enforced''': The new sponsor of ''The Alice and Bob Show'' is a cruise line, and the VacationEpisode is part of a ProductPlacement deal. |
17 | * '''Lampshaded''': "It's amazing how ''really weird'' stuff happens to us whenever we go on a trip." |
18 | * '''Invoked''': Carol secretly sets up Alice and Bob's wacky encounters to make their cruise more memorable. |
19 | * '''Exploited''': Alice writes a book about her adventures and makes a lot of money off of it. |
20 | * '''Defied''': Alice and Bob spend the entire cruise in their cabin. |
21 | * '''Discussed''': "I wonder who we'll meet on our next vacation." |
22 | * '''Conversed''': "Every show we watch seems to have a VacationEpisode." |
23 | * '''Deconstructed''': Instead of the actual vacation, the story focuses more on the hassles of getting tickets and preparing for the vacation. |
24 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
25 | ** The stress of preparing for a vacation convinces Alice and Bob to forgo future vacations and simply enjoy everyday life. |
26 | ** The next episode focuses on the vacation itself. (This episode was simply to make it come less out of left field.) |
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28 | Back to VacationEpisode |
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30 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
31 | %% |
32 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
33 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
34 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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