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* '''Logical Extreme''': Bob's accidental reveal sets off a chain reaction, causing a series of catastrophic events that threaten the entire world.
* '''Lampshaded''': Alice sarcastically comments, "Oh, thanks for the accidental reveal, Bob. I guess you couldn't have planned that any better if you tried."
* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob accidentally reveals the secret while doing a ridiculous dance routine, causing everyone to burst into laughter instead of taking it seriously.
* '''Played for Drama''': The accidental reveal occurs during a tense confrontation between Bob and Alice, leading to an emotional and intense scene as the truth comes to light.
* '''Played for Horror''': The accidental reveal happens in a dark, eerie setting, with ominous music and chilling visuals, intensifying the impact and creating a sense of dread.
* '''Implied''': The camera cuts away just as Bob is about to reveal the secret, leaving it to the audience's imagination to fill in the details.
* '''Unparodied''': Despite the comedic tone of the story, Bob's accidental reveal is treated seriously and has significant consequences for the characters and the plot.
* '''Untwisted''': The audience expects Bob to accidentally reveal the secret, but he manages to keep it to himself, surprising everyone.
* '''Explored''': The accidental reveal becomes a major plot point, leading to a deep exploration of the consequences and fallout resulting from the revelation.



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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob accidentaly reveals his dark secret to Alice. She tells the government, who treat him like a villain and give a good price for his head. He is endlessly hunted for the rest of his days.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob accidentaly accidentally reveals his dark secret to Alice. She tells the government, who treat him like a villain and give a good price for his head. He is endlessly hunted for the rest of his days.
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* '''Averted''': Bob discusses the geopolitical causes and consequences of terrorism, without pointing that he's a terrorist himself.

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* '''Averted''': Bob discusses the geopolitical causes and consequences of terrorism, without pointing out that he's a terrorist himself.



* '''Lampshaded''': A third character points Bob that Alice did not know the secret he has just revealed.

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* '''Lampshaded''': A third character points out to Bob that Alice did not know the secret he has just revealed.



%%* '''Deconstructed''': Bob accidentaly reveals his dark secret to Alice. She tells the government, who treat him like a villain and give a good price for his head. He is endlessly hunted for the rest of his days.
%%* '''Reconstructed''':
%%** With Bob gone, the city will be much safer.
%%** Bob is now much more careful with his secrets.
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

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%%* '''Deconstructed''': Bob accidentaly reveals his dark secret to Alice. She tells the government, who treat him like a villain and give a good price for his head. He is endlessly hunted for the rest of his days.
%%* '''Reconstructed''':
%%** With Bob gone, the city will be much safer.
%%** Bob is now much more careful with his secrets.
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** Bob knows Alice suspects him, so "accidently" blurts out incorrect information, providing a false lead.
* '''Exploited''': EngineeredPublicConfession

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* '''Exploited''':
** EngineeredPublicConfession
** Bob knows Alice suspects him, so "accidently" he "accidentally" blurts out incorrect information, providing a false lead.
* '''Exploited''': EngineeredPublicConfession
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** Bob knows Alice suspects him, so "accidently" blurts out incorrect information, providing a false lead.
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* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???
Jacob is usually a bad liar, and when he is placed under a spell that causes him to blurt out things randomly everyone assumes that he's spilling secrets when none of it is true.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Bob accidentally lets a secret slip to Alice, and then hurriedly tries to cover up or laugh it off as a joke, only for Alice to reveal that she already knew, and fill Bob in on some things even he didn't know about. However, the police officer eavesdropping on their conversation hadn't been in the loop, and takes it down as evidence.



* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"This Bob guy is pretty arrogant, right? Since we can't hold him without evidence, I'll just say we're letting him go because we know there's no way he's smart enough to have pulled it off, and I bet he'll spill."
* '''Conversed''': ???"Now, this probably wouldn't work in real life, but since TV villains are hotheads we can just script Alice to trick Bob into admitting he did it, and end the episode after that."
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* '''Parodied''': Every time somebody talks to Bob, he ends up accidentally revealing that he is a terrorist to whoever is talking to him, even to people who just want to tell him "Hi!".
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob reveals several secrets to Alice, some of them accidentally while others intentionally. Turns out Alice already knew about some of those secrets because she accidentally reveals to Bob that she has been stalking him. [[OhCrap Whoops...]]

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* '''Parodied''': Every time somebody talks to Bob, he ends up accidentally revealing that he is a terrorist to whoever is talking to him, even to people who just want to tell him "Hi!".
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob reveals several secrets to Alice, some of them accidentally while others intentionally. Turns out Alice already knew about some of those secrets because she accidentally reveals to Bob that she has been stalking him. [[OhCrap Whoops...]]???
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob reveals several secrets to Alice, some of them accidentally while others intentionally. Turns out Alice already knew about some of those secrets because she accidentally reveals to Bob that she has been stalking him.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob reveals several secrets to Alice, some of them accidentally while others intentionally. Turns out Alice already knew about some of those secrets because she accidentally reveals to Bob that she has been stalking him. [[OhCrap Whoops...]]
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* '''Zig Zagged''': There's a big secret Bob really wants to tell Alice, but he ends up accidentally revealing that he is a terrorist instead. [[HilarityEnsues The ensuing hilarity]] prevents Bob from revealing the original big secret.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': There's a big secret Bob really wants reveals several secrets to tell Alice, but he ends up some of them accidentally revealing while others intentionally. Turns out Alice already knew about some of those secrets because she accidentally reveals to Bob that he is a terrorist instead. [[HilarityEnsues The ensuing hilarity]] prevents Bob from revealing the original big secret.she has been stalking him.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???There's a big secret Bob really wants to tell Alice, but he ends up accidentally revealing that he is a terrorist instead. [[HilarityEnsues The ensuing hilarity]] prevents Bob from revealing the original big secret.
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* '''Parodied''': Every time somebody talks to Bob, he ends up accidentally revealing a secret to whoever is talking to him, even to people who just want to tell him "Hi!".

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* '''Parodied''': Every time somebody talks to Bob, he ends up accidentally revealing that he is a secret terrorist to whoever is talking to him, even to people who just want to tell him "Hi!".
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* '''Parodied''': Every time somebody talks to Bob, he ends up accidentally revealing a secret to whoever was talking to him, even to people who were just greeting him with a "Hi!".

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* '''Parodied''': Every time somebody talks to Bob, he ends up accidentally revealing a secret to whoever was is talking to him, even to people who were just greeting want to tell him with a "Hi!".
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* '''Parodied''': Every time somebody talks to Bob, he ends up accidentally revealing a secret to whoever was talking to him, even people who were just greeting him with a "Hi!".

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* '''Parodied''': Every time somebody talks to Bob, he ends up accidentally revealing a secret to whoever was talking to him, even to people who were just greeting him with a "Hi!".
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* '''Parodied''': Every time somebody talks to Bob, he ends up accidentally revealing a secret to whoever was talking to him, even people who were just greeting him with a "Hi".

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* '''Parodied''': Every time somebody talks to Bob, he ends up accidentally revealing a secret to whoever was talking to him, even people who were just greeting him with a "Hi"."Hi!".
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* '''Parodied''': Bob accidentally reveals a secret every time somebody talks to him, even to people who just wanted to greet him with a "Hi".

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* '''Parodied''': Bob accidentally reveals a secret every Every time somebody talks to Bob, he ends up accidentally revealing a secret to whoever was talking to him, even to people who were just wanted to greet greeting him with a "Hi".
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* '''Parodied''': Bob accidentally reveals a secret every time somebody talks to him, even people who just wanted to greet him with a "Hi".

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* '''Parodied''': Bob accidentally reveals a secret every time somebody talks to him, even to people who just wanted to greet him with a "Hi".
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* '''Parodied''': Bob can't go through a conversation without accidentally revealing some secret to whoever he's talking to, even if the conversation is something short and simple like a greeting.

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* '''Parodied''': Bob can't go through a conversation without accidentally revealing some reveals a secret every time somebody talks to whoever he's talking to, him, even if the conversation is something short and simple like people who just wanted to greet him with a greeting."Hi".
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Bob can't go through a conversation without accidentally revealing some secret to whoever he's talking to, even if the conversation is something short and simple like a greeting.
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* '''Invoked''': Alice knows Bob is hiding something, so she manipulates the conversation in a way that makes it easier for Bob to slip up and reveal his secret.

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* '''Invoked''': Alice knows Bob is hiding something, so she manipulates leads the conversation in a way that makes it easier for Bob to slip up and reveal his secret.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob mentions by accident something that hints the secret, but not an actual full reveal,

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob mentions by accident something that hints the secret, but not an actual full reveal, reveal.
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** Bob reveals the secret, but Alice [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint dramatically]] or [[ComicallyMissingThePoint comically]] misses the point and does not realize that she has heard a reveal.

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** Bob reveals the secret, but Alice [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint dramatically]] {{dramatically|MissingThePoint}} or [[ComicallyMissingThePoint comically]] {{comically|MissingThePoint}} misses the point and does not realize that she has heard a reveal.

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* '''Subverted''': Bob is a terrorist, and he's talking to Alice, who does not know that. "I love to kill people... in the new Counter-Strike mod!"

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted'''
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Bob is a terrorist, and he's talking to Alice, who does not know that. "I love to kill people... in the new Counter-Strike mod!"mod!"
** Bob reveals the secret, but Alice takes it as a CassandraTruth.
** Bob reveals the secret, but Alice [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint dramatically]] or [[ComicallyMissingThePoint comically]] misses the point and does not realize that she has heard a reveal.

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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ??? Alice knows Bob is hiding something, so she manipulates the conversation in a way that makes it easier for Bob to slip up and reveal his secret.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob accidentaly reveals his dark secret to Alice. She tells the government, who treat him like a villain and give a good price for his head. He is endlessly hunted for the rest of his days.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** With Bob gone, the city will be much safer.
** Bob is now much more careful with his secrets.

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%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
Bob accidentaly reveals his dark secret to Alice. She tells the government, who treat him like a villain and give a good price for his head. He is endlessly hunted for the rest of his days.
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???'''Reconstructed''':
%%** With Bob gone, the city will be much safer.
%%** Bob is now much more careful with his secrets.
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* '''Exaggerated''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': ??? Bob tells Alice every of his 50 secrets up front, in a single sentence. He has no idea that he even hinted at them.
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'''Basic Trope''': There is a big secret. TheReveal is provided by accident.
* '''Straight''':
** Bob reveals the secret to Alice because he lost his self-control and talked without thinking
** Bob casually mentions Alice the secret, without knowing that she did not know it yet.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': Bob mentions by accident something that hints the secret, but not an actual full reveal,
* '''Justified''':
** We see Bob in detail in the circumstances that led him to a state where he may talk without thinking, such as getting drunk
** The misunderstanding that led Bob to think that Alice was aware of the secret, when she was not, is explained before the reveal.
* '''Inverted''': Bob wants to tell Alice the big secret, but gets lost in small talk and never manages to do so.
* '''Subverted''': Bob is a terrorist, and he's talking to Alice, who does not know that. "I love to kill people... in the new Counter-Strike mod!"
* '''Double Subverted''': Bob is a terrorist, and he's talking to Alice, who does not know that. "I love to kill people... in the new Counter-Strike mod! But enough of games, give me the bazooka from my closet. That IRS building will not destroy itself!"
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob discusses the geopolitical causes and consequences of terrorism, without pointing that he's a terrorist himself.
* '''Enforced''': The work is nearing its end. The secret '''must''' be revealed.
* '''Lampshaded''': A third character points Bob that Alice did not know the secret he has just revealed.
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': EngineeredPublicConfession
* '''Defied''': A third character realizes that Bob is about to tell Alice the secret, and derails the conversation to another safer topic.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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