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* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out that he GaveUpTooSoon -- under the Brussels sprouts, there are cupcakes.

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* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out that he GaveUpTooSoon -- GaveUpTooSoon, under the Brussels sprouts, there are cupcakes.is another box with cupcakes in it.
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'''Basic Trope''': Hiding something by disguising it as something unappealing.
* '''Straight''': Mary is tired of [[LostFoodGrievance Spencer eating her cupcakes]], so she hides them in a box labeled "Brussels Sprouts", [[DoesNotLikeSpam a food that Spencer hates]].
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Every time Mary wants to hide something, she labels it as something unappealing.
** Mary labels the box as something ''extremely'' disgusting, complete with several "Do Not Open" warnings, just to get people to stay away from it.
* '''Downplayed''': Mary just disguises the box by labeling it as something mundane that she thinks Spencer is unlikely to go looking for.
* '''Justified''': Mary doesn't know how to get Spencer to stop eating her food, so she feels that this is her only option.
* '''Inverted''': Mary puts something unappealing in a box, and then entices Spencer to open it by claiming that there are cupcakes inside.
* '''Subverted''': Spencer opens the box labeled "Brussels Sprouts", thinking that Mary is probably hiding something else in there. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The box actually just contains Brussels sprouts]].
* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out that he GaveUpTooSoon -- under the Brussels sprouts, there are cupcakes.
* '''Parodied''': Mary labels the box as "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Not Cupcakes]]", and Spencer falls for it.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Mary doesn't hide anything by claiming it's unappealing/uninteresting.
* '''Enforced''': There's a RunningGag about Spencer stealing Mary's cupcakes, and her trying to prevent him from doing so -- this episode's variation on the gag is her trying to hide the cupcakes in some way.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "I bet there's actually something else besides Brussels sprouts in that box."
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Spencer ends up throwing away the box.
** Spencer searches the box ''because'' he's so curious about what's actually in there.
** Caleb, [[OnlyOneWhoLikesSpam who actually likes Brussels sprouts]], steals the box.
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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