'''Basic Trope''': The character misses the bus.
* '''Straight''': Bob misses his bus to school.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob desperately runs for the bus, but misses it anyways.
** Bob arrives on time. He still somehow manages to miss the bus.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob misses his regular bus, hangs around for the next one due five minutes later, and arrives a bit late.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob slept in.
** The buses (or bus drivers) in Bob's area are notoriously unreliable, frequently arriving at the wrong/unexpected times.
* '''Inverted''': Bob waits for the bus, but gets tired of it and leaves the stop. Cue the bus coming.
* '''Subverted''': Bob runs for the bus, sees it starting to move, but then driver Charly notices Bob and stops to let him in.
* '''Double Subverted''': Charly's just mocking Bob and slams the door into his face.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob succeeds in catching the bus.
* '''Enforced''': "I need a reason for bob to be late. Hey, what about him missing the bus?"
* '''Lampshaded''': "I'll miss the bus. For sure."
* '''Invoked''': Bob doesn't want to go to school and walks deliberately slow, so he'll miss the bus.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Bob gets up extra early so that he doesn't miss the bus.
* '''Discussed''': "Why does Bob always miss his bus?" "No idea. Meanwhile he should the time it arrives."
* '''Conversed''': ???
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Back to MissedTheBus... Oh wait, the bus there is already leaving! Damn.
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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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