Basic Trope: Ducks are funny.
- Straight: David the Duck is the main comic relief of the story.
- Exaggerated:
- Everything that David does is funny.
- There are multiple ducks seen in the work, and they're all funny.
- Downplayed:
- David is a rather humorous character, but not necessarily the main comic relief.
- There aren't any actual ducks, but there are a few jokes about them.
- Justified: David is a comedian with a good sense of humor.
- Inverted:
- Ducks are portrayed as scary.
- David is a very serious duck who Cannot Tell a Joke or do anything humorous.
- Subverted: David turns out to have been Evil All Along.
- Double Subverted: Despite being evil, David is a Laughably Evil villain who still manages to be hilarious even while committing terrible crimes.
- Parodied: A duck does stand-up comedy.
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted:
- There are no ducks in the work.
- Ducks aren't portrayed as funny in any regard.
- Enforced:
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "I wonder why ducks are often portrayed as hilarious."
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