Basic Trope: Some loud noise blocks out most of a conversation.
- Straight: A jackhammer interrupts a large portion of Bobby's conversation.
- Exaggerated:
- A jackhammer interrupts the entire conversation.
- Fifty jackhammers interrupt the conversation. At that point, the only way to even know that there's even a conversation at all is by reading the conversing people's lips!
- Downplayed:
- The jackhammer interrupts a tiny bit of the conversation or at least the important part.
- The jackhammer is suprisingly quiet, and if you listen closely, you can clearly make out the conversation.
- Justified: Construction is being done on the building they're in, so loud noises are to be expected.
- Inverted: Everyone is talking over the jackhammer. In fact, the jackhammer can't even be heard!
- Subverted:
- The jackhammer interrupts the conversation, but everyone waits for it to finish before starting again.
- The jackhammer interrupts the conversation, but Frank decides to let them finish first.
- Double Subverted: Halfway through the conversation, Frank decides to activate the jackhammer again because he's just a jerk.
- Parodied:
- A musical quartet of jackhammers interrupted the conversation.
- The jackhammer turns on at its own will, and usually at the worst time.
- Averted: Jackhammers cease to exist.
- Enforced: Rule of Funny.
- Implied: Bobby talks about trying to mention something earlier, but being drowned out by a jackhammer.
- Played for Laughs: The jackhammer interrupts Bobby because Bobby kicked its ancient ancestor, back when it was a rock.
- Lampshaded: Bobby is interrupted by a jackhammer, and then says "Why the hell does a jackhammer ALWAYS go off when I speak?" Possibly while being interrupted by a jackhammer again.
- Invoked: Bobby doesn't want to hear something, so he grabs the nearest jackhammer and goes to town.
- Defied: Bobby destroys the jackhammer before continuing on.
- Exploited:
- The jackhammer distracts Alice, and Bobby uses that distraction to defeat her.
- The jackhammers are being used to cover up some information that man was not meant to know.
- Discussed: Bobby and Alice mention that there's been a lot of jackhammer noises lately for no reason.
- Conversed: "Y'know, why are they even talking in a construction site? They won't even be able to hear each other because of the noise."
And now, ba- [LOUD JACKHAMMER NOISES HERE] -ed Conversation.
