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* '''Enforced''': ???[[ExecutiveMeddling Executives]] feel audiences will buy a [[AllMenArePerverts male character]] sneakily looking at explicit photos, but a woman who's fine with such content and gives him no reason to hide it is [[AllWomenArePrudes just too implausible]].
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* '''Implied''': ???The scene starts in mid-conversation. We don't hear what Bob said just before, but Alice replies, "Yes, I'm sure all the pictures of naked women have ''[[SarcasmMode absolutely nothing]]'' to do with your choice of reading material."
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** "Oh, it's a new month. Time to renew my subscription to ''Hot Chicks'' magazine...for the articles, of course."
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob's reading a book known to have a sex scene in it. Alice accuses him of [[JustHereForGodzilla just reading it for that scene]], but he denies it.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob's reading a book known to have a pretty steamy sex scene in it. Alice accuses him of [[JustHereForGodzilla just reading it for that scene]], but he denies it.
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* '''Invoked''': Bob gets that particular magazine precisely because it has legitimate articles he can use as an excuse.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character is caught indulging in something raunchy and claims an innocent reason for it.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character is caught indulging in something raunchy and claims it's for an innocent reason for it.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "That clichéd excuse is NotHelpingYourCase, Bob."
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* '''Lampshaded''': "That clichéd clichéd excuse is NotHelpingYourCase, Bob."
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'''Basic Trope''': A character is caught indulging in something raunchy and claims an innocent reason for it.
* '''Straight''': Alice sees Bob reading an adult magazine. Bob insists he only reads it for the written articles.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown Caught With His Pants Down]] and ''still'' says he's only reading it for the articles.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob's reading a book known to have a sex scene in it. Alice accuses him of [[JustHereForGodzilla just reading it for that scene]], but he denies it.
* '''Justified''': Bob is afraid that Alice knowing about the magazine will affect their relationship.
* '''Inverted''': Alice sees Bob looking at a completely innocent work. He claims he only has it for the {{Fanservice}}.
* '''Subverted''': Bob is telling the truth and one of the articles ''really is'' the reason he has it.
* '''Double Subverted''': The article itself is explicit.
* '''Parodied:''' Bob is caught being a Peeping Tom. He says [[ChewbaccaDefense he's just doing it for the articles]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob claims it's for the articles and shows the page he's on to prove himself, but the other page happens to have an explicit full-page image. He covers it up and says that's not what he's looking at. It turns out the article in question is highly erotic. He then tries to say it wasn't ''that part'' he was interested in. She thinks his argument is [[PullTheThread getting weaker and weaker]], but he proves that he's telling the truth by pointing out a piece of vital, plot-relevant information in a specific quote. Then when Alice looks away, he starts eagerly flipping through the rest of the magazine. Then he stops on a specific page and begins to [[SoundingItOut read aloud]] an article about botany. Which turns him on.
* '''Averted''': Bob doesn't try to defend himself.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "That clichéd excuse is NotHelpingYourCase, Bob."
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Defied''': "Look, I've got to be honest here..."
* '''Exploited''': Alice calls his bluff by telling him to read the page he's on right now.
* '''Implied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "Men will never admit they're perverts, Carol. You catch him with one of those dirty magazines, they'll say they're just reading the articles..."
* '''Conversed''': "Let me guess, you're reading it for the articles?"
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* '''Straight''': Alice sees Bob reading an adult magazine. Bob insists he only reads it for the written articles.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown Caught With His Pants Down]] and ''still'' says he's only reading it for the articles.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob's reading a book known to have a sex scene in it. Alice accuses him of [[JustHereForGodzilla just reading it for that scene]], but he denies it.
* '''Justified''': Bob is afraid that Alice knowing about the magazine will affect their relationship.
* '''Inverted''': Alice sees Bob looking at a completely innocent work. He claims he only has it for the {{Fanservice}}.
* '''Subverted''': Bob is telling the truth and one of the articles ''really is'' the reason he has it.
* '''Double Subverted''': The article itself is explicit.
* '''Parodied:''' Bob is caught being a Peeping Tom. He says [[ChewbaccaDefense he's just doing it for the articles]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob claims it's for the articles and shows the page he's on to prove himself, but the other page happens to have an explicit full-page image. He covers it up and says that's not what he's looking at. It turns out the article in question is highly erotic. He then tries to say it wasn't ''that part'' he was interested in. She thinks his argument is [[PullTheThread getting weaker and weaker]], but he proves that he's telling the truth by pointing out a piece of vital, plot-relevant information in a specific quote. Then when Alice looks away, he starts eagerly flipping through the rest of the magazine. Then he stops on a specific page and begins to [[SoundingItOut read aloud]] an article about botany. Which turns him on.
* '''Averted''': Bob doesn't try to defend himself.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "That clichéd excuse is NotHelpingYourCase, Bob."
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Defied''': "Look, I've got to be honest here..."
* '''Exploited''': Alice calls his bluff by telling him to read the page he's on right now.
* '''Implied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "Men will never admit they're perverts, Carol. You catch him with one of those dirty magazines, they'll say they're just reading the articles..."
* '''Conversed''': "Let me guess, you're reading it for the articles?"
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