Basic Trope: An application is denied.
- Straight: Alice's immigration papers are denied by Bob.
- Exaggerated:
- Bob rejects Alice's papers 10 times.
- All papers are rejected by Bob.
- Downplayed: Bob marks Alice's paper with a "review pending" stamp.
- Justified:
- Alice is a terrorist.
- Alice's paper is poorly-written or lacks key features.
- Subverted: Bob stamps "Approved" on Alice's immigration papers.
- Double Subverted: He then shreds them.
- Inverted: See Subverted.
- Parodied: Bob stamps Denied on a check.
- Averted:
- Alice does not file an immigration paper.
- Immigration is not discussed.
- Defied: See Subverted.
- Zig-Zagged: Bob denies Alice's paper. Alice then tries a different country, where Carl approves her paper.
- Enforced: The creators are anti-immigration.
- Lampshaded: "Your credentials seem off, Alice."
- Discussed: "So, ya gonna deny me or something?"
- Conversed: "You see that part where Bob denied Alice?"
- Invoked: "Breaking news: Terrorist Alice Troper found on the run."
- Exploited: Bob is being paid by Emperor Evilz to send Alice back.
- Played for laughs: Alice's paper details her career as a clown as the most significant factor of her life, and Bob denies it.
- Played for drama: Alice's paper is denied for personal reasons.
- Played for horror: Alice is being targeted by the Mafia back home; her paper being rejected forces her back where she can be found by the Mafia.
- Implied: Alice leaves the country in one episode. The next episode, she is back home crying.
- Deconstructed: Alice's home country is a dictatorship that imprisons her for trying to escape.
- Reconstructed: Alice is released from prison and tries to escape again.
- [The original trope- has been Denied!-
