'''Basic Trope''': Character doesn't realize when sarcasm is being used.
* '''Straight''': [[CheerfulChild Miki]] tells [[DeadpanSnarker Natalie]] some bad news. Natalie responds with a deeply sarcastic "That's just great..." Miki, confused, asks "Why?"
* '''Exaggerated''': Miki doesn't recognize when ''anyone'' is using sarcasm, no matter how nasty their tone.
* '''Downplayed''': Miki only understands sarcasm if the speaker make its painfully obvious.
* '''Justified''':
** Miki is still [[ChildrenAreInnocent young and innocent]], and doesn't understand why someone wouldn't just say whatever they actually mean.
** Miki is from a radically different culture, where sarcasm isn't recognized or she is still getting used to the language and does not gets the tones other people's voices make when they are saying something sarcastic.
** Anything that could justify LiteralMinded, such as Miki being a robot.
* '''Inverted''':
** Miki assumes many things said sincerely are sarcastic.
** CannotConveySarcasm
* '''Subverted''':
** Miki recognizes the sarcasm, but pretends not to understand it because people's reactions to having their sarcasm taken seriously is funny.
** Miki does understand sarcasm, but doesn't respond to it in such a way that would suggest she understood it.
** Miki is normally able to understand sarcasm, it's just that this time she doesn't see what she is saying as bad news, and doesn't know why Natalie would react sarcastically.
* '''Double Subverted''': But she frequently misses sarcasm anyways; she only claims to ignore it for laughs to hide this fact.
* '''Parodied''': Natalie says something she thinks is ridiculous in a sarcastic tone of voice. Miki knows it's actually true and thinks Natalie has figured out her secret.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Miki ''does'' recognize when Natalie is being sarcastic, but only sometimes. There are times where she takes what Natalie says literally, or responds with sarcasm herself. Sometimes, she deliberately pretends that she doesn't understand just to get on Natalie's nerves (or if ''she'' is the subject of sarcasm, which would overlap with InsultBackfire).
* '''Averted''': Miki understands sarcasm as well as you would expect.
* '''Enforced''': "We need Miki to be the odd girl in the group. How about we create an inability to understand sarcasm?"
* '''Lampshaded''': "You're using a rather strange tone, and saying things that are clearly false. Why?"
* '''Invoked''': Miki's mother raised her not to understand sarcasm because she didn't want to deal with a snippy BrattyHalfPint.
* '''Exploited''': Natalie makes a SarcasticConfession to Miki.
* '''Defied''': Miki's mother taught her to at least be able to recognize sarcasm, even though she also taught her that it's not very nice.
* '''Discussed''': "Don't you think Miki's inability to understand sarcasm is a bit... annoying?"
* '''Conversed''': "You'd think that after a while Miki would be able to tell that Natalie's not being ''serious'' when she uses that tone..."
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Miki's inability to pick up on sarcasm creates a gulf between her and her friends, who decide that it's proof that she's "stupid" and treat her like a complete idiot.
** Miki eventually begins to realize that Natalie is sarcastic and when Natalie says something [[SincerityMode sincere for once]], Miki angrily rejects it, and tells her straight to her face that she doesn't want anything to do with a low-down jerk who treats those who don't understand sarcasm with less worth. Despite Natalie trying to explain to Miki she wasn't being sarcastic this time, Miki refuses to listen and cuts ties with her, leaving Natalie shocked.
** Bill, the biggest DeadpanSnarker of the cast, is a SadClown who uses [[StepfordSnarker snark to conceal depression on the level of "borderline suicidal"]]. And then he runs into Miki and his one method to stay sane is destroyed. And if he had another solution, any other solution, to his damned depression that was not snark or [[DrivenToSuicide the wrong end of a .45]], he would have used it a long time ago. The result is an increase in his stress and feelings of worthlessness as he is forced to triple-check his speech around Miki to make sure he won't say something that she will react to in a way that will lead to disaster.
* '''Reconstructed''': Though Natalie finds it annoying that Miki doesn't recognize sarcasm, she also thinks it's rather cute, and tries to preserve her innocence by scaling down the sarcasm around her.
* '''Played For Drama''': Miki and Natalie's DoomedHometown is being attacked. During a lull in the fighting, Miki asks Natalie "Is it safe yet?" Natalie responds acidly "Oh, yeah, ''totally'' safe." Miki then [[TooDumbToLive scampers off to go find their other friends, who were outside defending their village]]; Natalie is forced to chase after her to try and keep her from getting herself killed.
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