History PlayingWith / DoWrongRight

* '''Enforced''': "It's an old joke, but [[RuleOfFunny it's still funny]], so we put it in."

'''Basic Trope''': Someone scolded [[ComicallyMissingThePoint not for maliciousness]], [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint but for incompetence]].

'''Basic Trope''': Someone scolded not for maliciousness, but for incompetence.
* '''Straight''': Bob tries to rob an old lady, and Alice reprimands him for not wearing a mask.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob tries to destroy the entire world, by deceiving various global superpowers into declaring war via {{False Flag Operation}}s. Alice gives him a ReasonYouSuckSpeech about how many ways the attacks can be traced back to him.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob tries to steal a cookie from the jar, and Alice tells him to use a different step ladder.
** [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Bob]] insults [[CampGay Charlie]] by calling him the [[PrecisionFStrike homophobic f-word]]. [[PoliticallyCorrectVillain Alice]] scolds Bob for calling Charlie a slur, not because she's disgusted at Bob for being homophobic, but because she wants Bob to be more clever with his insults.

** Alice has to constantly put up with stupid criminals.
** The way Bob is doing his misdeed is [[LethallyStupid so unworkably stupid]] that Alice feels she needs to prevent an accidental suicide (or murder, or both) over whatever the heck Bob is doing.

** Bob tries to help an old lady cross the street, and Alice demonstrates a better way for support hold on to her.

* '''Subverted''': And then arrests him.
* '''Double Subverted''': But actually takes him to her house for training.
* '''Parodied''': Alice takes Bob to a school for the evil and gives him a series of lectures on how to Do Wrong, Right.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice reprimands him for not wearing a mask, but also for being horrible, but also other flaws in the plan, which don't matter anyway because it's a horrible thing to do. [[AndThatsTerrible Though doing it wrong just adds insult to injury]].

* '''Enforced''': "It's an old joke, but it's still funny, so we put it in."

* '''Played For Laughs''':

** Bob actually feels the need to lampshade this out of his outrageous and [[SkewedPriorities skewed]] it looks: "Really? [[RadishCure You're forcing me to risk getting lung cancer]] and you're going to lecture me about how the ([[CensoredForComedy whatever insult is funnier]]) I am holding my cigarette? [[WhatTheHellHero Are you actually listening to what you're saying]]?"
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is a serial killer who Alice tracks down, leading to a climatic encounter where Bob almost kills her in pitch darkness, only for her to shoot him dead when he makes a sound. [[BondOneLiner Alice then says that Bob should've been more quiet]].
* '''Played For Horror''': Bob gets [[DisproportionateRetribution more than a little upset]] for the alleged pity Alice showed him, so he kills her for it alongside redoing his crime either "the wrong way" or "the right way" Alice showed him, [[EvilIsPetty whatever way he feels is more insulting to the poor dead woman]].

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob gets arrested for the actual crime, ''and'' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking for not doing it correctly]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice reprimands him for not wearing a mask, but also for being horrible, but also other flaws in the plan, which don't matter anyway because it's a horrible thing to do. [[AndThatsTerrible Though doing it wrong just adds insult to injury.]]

* '''Reconstructed''': Alice tracks down Bob, and understands that what he said on television was to discredit her, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim but it would have been better if he had killed her soon after instead of giving her the opportunity to go after him]]. [[HonorBeforeReason Bob agrees that he could have, but]] [[FairPlayVillain he decided to play fair]] [[WorthyOpponent in order to get a real challenge out of her.]]

** Bob tries to rob an old lady, and Alice arrests him for it, but ''Bob'' [[IronicEcho reprimands Alice]] [[OverlyLongGag for not wearing a mask]], since other criminals she may have previously caught could break loose, recognize her face, and pursue revenge. [[SincerityMode Not that he would do that]], [[CouldSayItBut but it is something pretty common for criminals to do.]]

** [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Bob]] insults [[CampGay Charlie]] by calling him the homophobic f-word. Alice scolds Bob for calling Charlie a slur, not because she's disgusted at Bob for being homophobic, but because she wants Bob to be more clever with his insults.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob tries to steal a cookie from the jar, and Alice tells him to use a different step ladder.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob tries to destroy the entire world, bu deceiving various global superpowers into declaring war via {{False Flag Operation}}s. Alice gives him a ReasonYouSuckSpeech about how many ways the attacks can be traced back to him.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob tries to destroy the entire world, bu deceiving various global superpowers into declaring war via FalseFlagOperations. Alice gives him a ReasonYouSuckSpeech about how many ways the attacks can be traced back to him.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob tries to destroy the entire world, and Alice reprimands him for not wearing a mask.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob tries to steal a cookie from the jar, and Alice [[RuleOfThree reprimands him for]] [[OverlyLongGag not wearing a mask]].

** Bob tries to help an old lady cross the street, and Alice [[NonSequitur reprimands him for not wearing a mask]].

Back to DoWrongRight. No, not like that! If you're going to [[TvTropesWillRuinYourLife ruin your life]], at least do it right!

** Bob tries to rob an old lady, and Alice arrests him for it, but ''Bob'' [[IronicEcho reprimands Alice]] [[OverlyLongGag for not wearing a mask]], since other criminals she may have previously caught could break loose, recognize her face, and pursue revenge. [[CouldSayItBut Not that he would do that, but it is something pretty common for criminals to do.]]

** Bob tries to rob an old lady, and Alice arrests him for it, but ''Bob'' [[IronicEcho reprimands Alice]] [[OverlyLongGag for not wearing a mask]], since other criminals she may have previously caught could break loose, recognize her face, and pursue revenge. [[ICouldSayItBut Not that he would do that, but it is something pretty common for criminals to do.]]

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice reprimands him for not wearing a mask, but also for being horrible, but also other flass in the plan, which don't matter anyway because it's a horrible thing to do.

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

** Bob, [[BigBad Alice]]'s second-in-command, tries to help an old lady cross the street, and Alice fires him for being better at good than bad.

* '''Justified''': Alice is Bob's (eeeeevil) mentor.

** Bob tries to help an old lady cross the street, and Alice congratulated him not because it's a nice thing to do, but because he picked great walking boots for the job.
** Bob, [[BigBad Alice]]'s second-in-command tries to help an old lady cross the street, and Alice fires him for being better at good than bad.

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

* '''Inverted''': Bob tries to help an old lady cross the street, and Alice [[NonSequitur reprimands him for not wearing a mask]].

* '''Defied''': Alice thinks about saying it as a joke, but decides against it.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob tries to steal a cookie from the jar, and Alice [[RuleOfThree reprimands him for not wearing a mask]].

* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob gets arrested for the actual crime, ''and'' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking for not doing it correctly.''

%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Averted''': Alice arrests Bob.