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* '''Zig Zagged''': The wine she bought is cheap and her guests enjoyed it anyway, but the next time she goes to buy some she learns the brand is discontinued or getting pulled from the shelves and is now incredibly expensive.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': The wine she bought is cheap and her guests enjoyed it anyway, but the next time she goes to buy some she learns the brand is discontinued or getting pulled from the shelves and is now incredibly expensive. Next time she brings some good vintage, because it’s the less pricey option of the two.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???The wine she bought is cheap and her guests enjoyed it anyway, but the next time she goes to buy some she learns the brand is discontinued or getting pulled from the shelves and is now incredibly expensive.



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

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* '''Discussed''': ???“Everyone knows you start with the expensive stuff, you just wait till everyone’s drunk before breaking out the boxed wines. It’s all the same if anyone asks, of course.”

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* '''Parodied''': Somehow, Alice's guests manage to confuse ''plain water'' with expensive wine.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Somehow, Alice's guests manage to confuse ''plain water'' with expensive wine.wine.
** [[VisualPun Expensive glass of manure.]]
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** [[JustGotOutOfJail Alice]] made it herself [[{{Squick}} in her spare bathroom's toilet]], using a recipe she perfected while in {{Prison}} for [[MattressTagGag ripping the tag off her mattress.]] The recipe involves cheap fruit juices, old fruit, ketchup, and moldy bread.

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* '''Averted''':
** There is no wine InUniverse.
** The price, or value, or flavor of the wine is not discussed in detail.

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* '''Averted''':
** There is no wine InUniverse.
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'''Averted''': The price, or value, or flavor of the wine is not discussed in detail.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice is a winemaker, and she's showing off her product to expert judges at a contest.
* '''Double Subverted''': They are stunned to learn that her product comes in a gallon box, and is available for $5.

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* '''Subverted''': Bob accuses Alice is a winemaker, and she's showing of passing off her product cheap wine as a fine brand, but he turns out to expert judges at be a contest.pretenious hack that doesn't really know his wine.
* '''Double Subverted''': They are stunned Bob may not be the connoisseur he claims to learn that her product comes in a gallon box, and is available for $5. be, but even he can see through Alice's claims.

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* '''Basic Trope''': People can't tell the difference between cheap wine and expensive wine.

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* '''Basic Trope''': People can't tell the difference between cheap wine and expensive wine.



* '''Exaggerated''': Alice reveals that it's boxed wine she bought in bulk, and that it's not even a ''red'' wine, but a white wine with food coloring added.

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Alice reveals that it's boxed wine she bought in bulk, and that it's not even a ''red'' wine, but a white wine with food coloring added. added.
** Alice reveals that it's cheap juice.
** Alice fools professional wine tasters into believing her crappy wine is actually really expensive.



* '''Justified''': Alice's party guests know almost nothing about wine themselves.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Alice's party guests know almost nothing about wine themselves.



* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Somehow, Alice's guests manage to confuse ''plain water'' with expensive wine.



* '''Averted''': There is no wine InUniverse.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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There is no wine InUniverse.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The show is sponsored by a company that makes cheap wine.



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

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* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': Alice is known to be somewhat stingy, but everyone seems to love the wine she serves.
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%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
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*'''Basic Trope''': People can't tell the difference between cheap wine and expensive wine.
*'''Straight''': Alice serves a red wine at her wine-and-cheese party that everyone loves. When her friend Betty asks her what kind it is, Alice reveals that it's a red blend that cost her less than $10.
*'''Exaggerated''': Alice reveals that it's boxed wine she bought in bulk, and that it's not even a ''red'' wine, but a white wine with food coloring added.
*'''Downplayed''': Alice is able to pass off a lesser-known brand of wine as a more famous brand that costs twice as much.
*'''Justified''': Alice's party guests know almost nothing about wine themselves.
** The type of bottle or the label on the bottle fools people into thinking it's an expensive wine.
** Alice's guests are already drunk.
*'''Inverted''': Alice serves an expensive wine that everyone thinks is cheap.
*'''Subverted''': Alice is a winemaker, and she's showing off her product to expert judges at a contest.
*'''Double Subverted''': They are stunned to learn that her product comes in a gallon box, and is available for $5.
*'''Parodied''': ???
*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': There is no wine InUniverse.
** The price, or value, or flavor of the wine is not discussed in detail.
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''': "You mean to tell me this came from a box?! But it's so good!"
*'''Invoked''': Alice runs out of her favorite red at her party, but doesn't want to upset her guests. She then spots some boxed wine which she usually enjoys by herself in the evenings.
*'''Exploited''': The venue where AliceAndBob are having their wedding brings out the cheaper wines and beers, and lower-shelf liquors, as the reception goes on, when guests are too drunk to care. Naturally, they charge full price (either to AliceAndBob, or if it's a cash bar, to their guests.)
*'''Defied''': Alice is CrazyPrepared for her party, and keeps plenty of the good stuff on hand.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???

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