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* '''Straight''': Alice tells a sexual joke, but Bob doesn't get the meaning of it.

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* '''Straight''': Alice tells a sexual joke, sees Bob making homemade whipped cream, says Bob can "whip [her] cream any time", but Bob doesn't get the meaning of it.it and thinks Alice actually has her own supply of cream.



* '''Subverted''': Bob eventually gets the joke.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Carol doesn't.

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* '''Subverted''': Bob eventually [[DelayedReaction eventually]] gets the joke.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Carol doesn't.when Bob explains the situation to Carol, she never does.



* '''Enforced''': It's to show dirty jokes are not always easy to get.

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* '''Enforced''': It's to show dirty jokes are not always easy to get.get, providing teachable moments in a style usually reserved for kids' shows to adults.



* '''Exploited''': Seeing as Bob never gets dirty jokes, he uses this trait to prove himself dignified.

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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
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Seeing as Bob never gets dirty jokes, he uses this trait to prove himself dignified.
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** Bob "fails" to understand Alice's Double Entendres specifically to annoy her.
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** Alternatively, Bob is ObfuscatingStupidity in order to ignore Alice's joke, despite knowing the real meaning.

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** Alice uses Bob's failure to get [[DoubleEntendre Double Entendres]] to deceive him or make him look stupid.



%%* '''Played for Drama''': ???

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%%* * '''Played for Drama''': ???Alice tries to explain something without saying anything "dirty", and Bob takes her literally. Misunderstandings ensue, getting everyone in trouble.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice gives up dirty jokes.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice is too lusty to give up dirty jokes.

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* %%* '''Deconstructed''': Alice gives up dirty jokes.
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'''Reconstructed''': Alice is too lusty to give up dirty jokes.???

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''Basic Trope''': A DoubleEntendre is taken literally.

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''Basic '''Basic Trope''': A DoubleEntendre is taken literally.



* '''Inverted''': ThatCameOutWrong or HehHehYouSaidX.

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* '''Inverted''': ThatCameOutWrong or '''Inverted''':
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HehHehYouSaidX.



* '''Implied''': Bob posts Alice's joke on TheInternet with the question "How is this dirty?"



* '''Implied''': Bob posts Alice's joke on TheInternet with the question "How is this dirty?"
* '''Played for Laughs''': ???
* '''Played for Drama''': ???

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* '''Implied''': Bob posts Alice's joke on TheInternet with the question "How is this dirty?"
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%%* '''Played for Laughs''': ???
* %%* '''Played for Drama''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ThatCamrOutWrong or HehHehYouSaidX.

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* '''Inverted''': ThatCamrOutWrong ThatCameOutWrong or HehHehYouSaidX.
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''Basic Trope''': A DoubleEntendre is taken literally.
* '''Straight''': Alice tells a sexual joke, but Bob doesn't get the meaning of it.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice tells an obviously sexual joke, but Bob is clueless.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is not meaning to be dirty, but she has a ThatCameOutWrong moment, and giggles. Bob says "What's so funny?"
* '''Justified''': Alice is much lustier than Bob, or Bob is LiteralMinded.
* '''Inverted''': ThatCamrOutWrong or HehHehYouSaidX.
* '''Subverted''': Bob eventually gets the joke.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Carol doesn't.
* '''Parodied''': Alice is the only person in the setting who gets dirty jokes.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some of Alice's friends get the joke, but some don't, or Bob understands some dirty jokes but not others.
* '''Averted''': There is no innuendo, or everyone gets sexual jokes.
* '''Enforced''': It's to show dirty jokes are not always easy to get.
* '''Lampshaded''': "I made a dirty joke... did you get it?"
* '''Invoked''': Alice is testing Bob's mind to see how dirty it is.
* '''Exploited''': Seeing as Bob never gets dirty jokes, he uses this trait to prove himself dignified.
* '''Defied''': Bob learns the meanings of all dirty jokes.
* '''Discussed''': "Nobody ever seems to get my dirty jokes."
* '''Conversed''': "That character is like me. I never get dirty jokes either."
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice gives up dirty jokes.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice is too lusty to give up dirty jokes.
* '''Implied''': Bob posts Alice's joke on TheInternet with the question "How is this dirty?"
* '''Played for Laughs''': ???
* '''Played for Drama''': ???

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