Basic Trope: Someone nearly suffers a Groin Attack, but doesn't. Usually Played for Laughs.
- Straight: An object goes flying and nearly hits Bob in the crotch, but he gets out of the way just in time, causing him to remark that it's a good thing he moved.
- Exaggerated:
- Bob nearly getting hit in the crotch is a Running Gag.
- Bob is nanoseconds from the object hitting him.
- Downplayed:
- Bob manages to get out of the way of the object hitting him very quickly, but does still remark that it was a fairly close call.
- Bob's crotch guard protected him from a blow below the belt, if he was hit harder it would have failed.
- Justified: Bob could tell that the object would hurt if it hit him in the crotch, and is relieved that it didn't.
- Inverted: Bob somehow suffers a Groin Attack from an object that came out of nowhere.
- Subverted: It's revealed that Bob actually did get hit in the crotch.
- Double Subverted: But not that hard - he still expresses relief that he wasn't hurt that badly.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted:
- Groin Attack
- Nobody ever has anything threaten to hit them in the crotch anyway.
- Enforced: "Characters getting hit in the balls is a common comedy staple, but we shouldn't show anyone actually getting hit in the balls. Maybe we can just have it nearly happen."
- Lampshaded: "Whew, that was close!"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: The person that threw the object at Bob makes sure he won't be able to dodge it.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "Oh, good thing Bob moved out of the way. That looks like it would've hurt if it hit him."
- Played for Laughs: Bob complains about his favorite pair of paints being ruined.
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