I see the Awesomeness.
VampireBuddha
Calendar enthusiast
from Ireland
(Wise, aged troper)
Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
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#4: Apr 7th 2011 at 3:19:18 PM
Support.
Rhymes with "Protracted."
Zyffyr
from Portland, Oregon
Since: Apr, 2010
Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#5: Apr 7th 2011 at 3:21:11 PM
That seems to be a reasonable course of action.
johnnye
Since: Jan, 2001
#6: Apr 17th 2011 at 2:27:08 PM
Moved 'em, clarified the descriptions. Doesn't leave many actual examples...
Total posts: 6
The trope is about lawyers being obstructive in Perp Sweating scenes ("Did you kill that guy?" "Dont Answer That!"). Then it describes a "comedic version" wherein someone tries to avert a Rhetorical Question Blunder with the titular phrase ("Do I look like an idiot? ...er, don't answer that")
It isn't a "comedic version" - there's no relation other than the phrasing. I suggest moving all the examples of the latter to Rhetorical Question Blunder and adding a Do Not Confuse note to the description.
edited 7th Apr '11 2:04:56 PM by johnnye