Line #9 PlayingWith/YoYoPlotPoint


1	'''Basic Trope''': A plot point is resolved, only to be [[ResetButton unresolved]], and re-resolved, often repeatedly.
2	* '''Straight''': AliceAndBob ''finally'' resolve their UnresolvedSexualTension, only to fall victim to SexChangesEverything and have a bad breakup. Some time later, they [[SexWithTheEx sleep together]] and decide that they should give it another try, which they do. Next season, they break up again.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': AliceAndBob break up and get back together OnceAnEpisode.
4	* '''Downplayed''': AliceAndBob break up, then sometime later [[SexWithTheEx have a one-night stand]].
5	* '''Justified''': AliceAndBob have feelings for one another (and possibly [[DestructiveRomance a creepy co-dependency]]) that they just can't shake.
6	* '''Inverted''':
7	** After cycling through an on-again-off-again relationship all season (or even just resolving BelligerentSexualTension), AliceAndBob either get together for good or break up for good.
8	** Alternatively, AliceAndBob's [[DestructiveRomance troubled relationship]] doesn't ''end'', but [[TheMasochismTango is drawn out for all it's worth]], even though it would be much easier to [[JustEatGilligan end it for good.]]
9	* '''Subverted''':
10	** AliceAndBob go through their romance arc, only to break up and decide they are BetterAsFriends.
11	** Alice [[WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain tells Bob she's moved on, and that he should too.]]
12	* '''Double Subverted''':
13	** FriendsWithBenefits, that is, before trying for the RelationshipUpgrade again.
14	** This time around. Several seasons later, however, it's revealed that Alice has had feelings for Bob all this time and gets back together with him.
15	* '''Parodied''': There's a BreakingTheFourthWall moment showing the script attached to an actual yo-yo.
16	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
17	* '''Averted''':
18	** AliceAndBob either stay together or stay broken up; the romance arc isn't drawn out any more than necessary.
19	** AliceAndBob never get together in the first place.
20	* '''Enforced''': "We want to prevent ShippingBedDeath and keep the audience interested in watching PrimeTimeSoap."
21	* '''Lampshaded''': "You'll be back [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall next week]], Alice! Don't kid yourself!"
22	* '''Invoked''': Alice and Bob break up, and Bob starts talking with her later about WhatCouldHaveBeen.
23	* '''Exploited''': [[HopelessSuitor Charlie]] devises a plan to get them to break up again so he can make his moves on Alice.
24	* '''Defied''': Alice tells Bob [[WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain it won't happen]], and/or is dating someone else.
25	* '''Discussed''': "AliceAndBob are back together again."
26	* '''Conversed''': "OK, everyone place your bets: how long will AliceAndBob last ''this'' time?"
27	* '''Deconstructed''':
28	** It breaks the audience's WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief and eventually alienates the audience (not to mention, {{Alice and Bob}}'s friends.)
29	** Also, dancing TheMasochismTango and cycling through an on-again-off-again relationship isn't good for Alice ''or'' Bob.
30	* '''Reconstructed''': AliceAndBob work out their issues; they either find a way to make it work in a ''healthy'' way, or break up and never get back together again.
31	* '''Played For Laughs''': SlapSlapKiss.
32	* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The on-and-off status is used as a way of showing the couple's lack of maturity.
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34	You're not seriously going back to YoYoPlotPoint ''[[HereWeGoAgain again]]'', are you?!
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36	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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38	%%* '''Implied''': ???
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