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Basic Trope: A (usually drunk or high) character puts a lampshade on their head.

  • Straight: Bob gets drunk at a party and puts a lampshade on his head, to the amusement of other guests.
  • Exaggerated:
    • Bob wears said lampshade home from the party.
    • Bob wears several lampshades on his head.
    • Bob is not only wearing a lampshade, but has a light bulb in his mouth.
    • Bob has an entire lamp on his head.
  • Downplayed: Bob holds the lampshade over his raised hand but doesn't put it on his head.
  • Justified:
    • Bob drunkenly mistakes the lamp for a hat rack.
    • It's a costume party, and Bob forgot his costume, so he grabs the lampshade and hopes nobody notices he didn't come in with it.
    • Or the theme is furniture and home appliances and he is dressed as the lamp.note 
  • Inverted:
    • Bob crouches on top of the lampshade while drunk.
    • Bob puts a lampshade on his head, but isn't drunk or high at all.
  • Subverted: Bob drunkenly reaches for a lampshade but then puts it down.
  • Double Subverted: But as he stumbles home, he puts a traffic cone on his head.
  • Parodied:
  • Zig-Zagged: Bob puts the lampshade on his head and takes it off at apparently random moments.
  • Averted: Bob doesn't put anything on his head.
  • Enforced: Rule of Funny
  • Lampshaded:
    • "That was some party last night!"
    • "Bob, stop wearing our housewares..."
  • Invoked: Bob has had too many drinks at the party and eyes a lamp.
  • Exploited: Bob is Playing Drunk and puts a lampshade on his head to help sell it.
  • Defied: Bob doesn't drink at the party, knowing he'll make a fool of himself if he does.
  • Discussed: "I swear, he does this at every party."
  • Conversed: "Yeah. It's amusing and embarrassing at the same time."
  • Deconstructed: This behavior could cause embarrassment for Bob or others. Also, Bob could get hurt as he cannot see where he's going. Plus it stops being funny after some time.
  • Reconstructed: Bob doesn't get hurt and everyone is amused (not embarrassed) by Bob's behavior.
  • Implied:
    • A house that's in a mess after a party has had all its lampshades removed.
    • The morning after the party Bob gets a call telling him that he forgot his hat. Bob then wonders "so what was I wearing on my head?"
  • Played for Laughs: Bob's dialogue while wearing the lampshade has a humorous echoing effect.
  • Played for Drama: Bob's behavior embarrasses his wife, gets him fired, or otherwise comes back to haunt him.

Get that lampshade off yer friggin' head, ya goofball!

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