Basic Trope: A generic American town.
- Straight: The Alice and Bob Show takes place in The United States in a relatively small town with no notable features.
- Exaggerated:
- The characters never leave this town, even when they go on vacation.
- The town is so generic it isn't even known what state it is in!
- The town's population is only in the double digits.
- Downplayed:
- It is a small American town, but it's got a few unique features that stop it from being too generic.
- The main characters live in a small American town but they travel a lot.
- The characters live in a small outer suburb of a much larger city that they frequently visit.
- Justified: America is a big place and has a lot of small towns.
- Inverted:
- The show involves small, generic towns in every country but America.
- The show takes place in a very unique American town.
- Big Applesauce
- The show takes place in Sitka (the largest American city by area).
- Subverted:
- The town eventually develops more unique characteristics.
- The town is on the US-Canada border.
- While you may be excused for thinking they are saying that the village lies in America they are actually saying that the village is America, Limburg, Netherlands
. Place names can be sneaky like that.
- Double Subverted: Characters try to liven up the town but it goes back to being generic.
- Parodied: The town's name is "Plainville" and is famous for being "The Most Generic Town in America".
- Zigzagged:
- Everybody has a different accent, so it's unclear what country the show is set in.
- Sometimes the town seems more or less generic than other times, Depending on the Writer.
- Averted:
- The show is not set in America.
- The show is set in America, but not in a generic town.
- Enforced: "All our actors are American, so we need to set this show in America so that nobody will think their accents sound weird." "Where in America?" "I dunno, just a generic town."
- Lampshaded: "Welcome to Boringtown, USA!"
- Invoked: The citizens decide to refrain from making their town too notable.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: The citizens try to make their town stand out.
- Discussed: "Before I moved to New York, I used to live in this nondescript town in Idaho."
- Conversed: "So the show's set in America, in this generic town..."
- Implied: Despite little being revealed about the town, many of the backgrounds and dialogue imply that it's nothing interesting.
- Deconstructed: The residents get depressed about how they're all so generic.
- Reconstructed: They differentiate themselves from one another and cheer up.
- Played for Laughs: They're so generic, they all look the same, and they all say the same things, all the time.
- Played for Drama: ???
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