'''Basic Trope''': A character asks a question expecting a no or a vague/complicated answer, but instead gets a yes.
* '''Straight''':
-->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone lives to serve you?\\
'''Emperor Evulz''': [[ItsAllAboutMe Yes]].
* '''Exaggerated''':
-->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone besides yourself is just pond scum that you can do what ever you want to do with?\\
'''Emperor Evulz''': Yes, Isn't it obvious?
* '''Downplayed''':
-->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone lives to serve you?\\
'''Emperor Evulz''': …it is a bit more complex that. But let's keep it simple and say: [[ItsAllAboutMe Yes]].
* '''Justified''': To Evulz, the answer to the question is so obvious it seems pointless to ask in the first place.
* '''Inverted''':
** [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder A person asks a rhetorical question and gets an answer they didn't expect]].
** A person asks a question expecting a yes or a vague answer, but instead get a rather blunt no.
** A person asks a question, excepting a simple yes or no, get a vague answer instead.
* '''Subverted''':
-->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone lives to serve you?\\
'''Emperor Evulz''': Yes! Well… [[EvenEvilHasStandards no of course not!]]
* '''Double Subverted''':
-->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone lives to serve you?\\
'''Emperor Evulz''': Yes! Well… no of course not! Some people ''die'' to serve me.
* '''Parodied''':
-->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone lives to serve you?\\
'''Emperor Evulz''': [[SarcasmMode Hmm, let me think about]]--yes.
* '''Zig-Zagged''':
-->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone lives to serve you?\\
'''Emperor Evulz''': Yes… wait, no… wait, that means it's a yes… but then what about…
* '''Averted''':
-->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone lives to serve you?\\
'''Emperor Evulz''': No, just my EliteMooks.
* '''Enforced''': The writer wanted to {{establish|ingCharacterMoment}} Emperor Evulz as a DeadpanSnarker, and this was the quickest and most potent way to do it.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You really don't care about your people? I should have expected something from a Tyrant like you!"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''':
** Someone tries to get the conversation on tape to show how little Emperor Evulz cares for their followers.
** Bob previously set the MacGuffin's self-destruct activation code to "Yes".
* '''Defied''':
-->'''Alice''': Do you think that everyone lives to serve you?\\
'''Emperor Evulz''': Of course not! What do you think I am, [[EvenEvilHasStandards some kind of monster?!]]
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "I really expected Evulz to simply say 'yes'--a villain like him wouldn't care about his people."
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-->"Do you think this link leads back to BluntYes?"\\
"Yes."
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???