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* '''Double Subverted''':

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* '''Double Subverted''':Subverted''': Then Bob smells the frosting and notices it is plastic explosives.



* '''Invoked''': Bob is in prison, and Alice wants to help him get out.
* '''Exploited''': The guards made it as part of a plot to further incriminate Bob, and justify prolonged incarceration.

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* '''Invoked''': Bob is in prison, and Alice wants to help him get out.
* '''Exploited''':
The guards made it as part of a plot to further incriminate Bob, and justify prolonged incarceration.incarceration.
* '''Exploited''': Bob's cellmate {{blackmail}}s his way into the escape plot.

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* '''Subverted''':
** Alice brings Bob a cake, but there's nothing inside except, well, [[ShapedLikeItself cake]] and a buttercream/chocolate ganache/jam/etc. filling.
** The guards confiscate the cake.
** Alice brings nothing with her. Bob remarks, "IWasToldThereWouldBeCake"
** Bob receives a cake in the mail from Alice, but it's just cake.
** Bob receives a card with a picture of a piece of birthday cake on it for his birthday.
** Alice mails herself in the cake, [[JumpingOutOfACake to pop out for a conjugal visit]].
** The cake is actually poisoned- Alice is really trying to kill Bob to hide some incriminating information.
** See exploited.

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* '''Subverted''':
** Alice brings
'''Subverted''': Bob a searches the cake, but there's nothing inside except, well, [[ShapedLikeItself cake]] and a buttercream/chocolate ganache/jam/etc. filling.
** The guards confiscate the cake.
** Alice brings nothing with her. Bob remarks, "IWasToldThereWouldBeCake"
** Bob receives a cake in the mail from Alice, but it's just cake.
** Bob receives a card with a picture of a piece of birthday cake on it for his birthday.
** Alice mails herself in the cake, [[JumpingOutOfACake to pop out for a conjugal visit]].
** The cake is actually poisoned- Alice is really trying to kill Bob to hide some incriminating information.
** See exploited.
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** She has the hacksaw concealed in her purse, her clothing, {{Hammerspace}}, etc., which she then gives to Bob.
** Alice gives him a pocketknife from her purse.
** Alice slips him a little bag or envelope with a cake decal on it.
** But a few days later, he receives a book in the mail that turns out to be a BookSafe containing a hacksaw.
** The card contains a veiled message or a map that will help him escape.
** After she pops out of the cake and has sex with Bob, Alice helps him to escape.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob sends Alice a cake with a SinisterShiv inside from prison, either because (for whatever reason(s)) she needs one, or as a threat to her.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Bob sends Alice a cake with a SinisterShiv inside from prison, either because (for whatever reason(s)) she needs one, or as a threat to her. her.
** Alice manages to give Bob an unconcealed gun while he's in prison, inside of which she hid a churro.
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** See exploited.
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???The guards made it as part of a plot to further incriminate Bob, and justify prolonged incarceration.

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** The cake is actually poisoned- Alice is really trying to kill Bob to hide some incriminating information.



** Bob is held in a CardboardBoxPrison so ridiculously easy to break out of that the hacksaw wasn't even needed.

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** Bob is held in a CardboardBoxPrison CardboardPrison so ridiculously easy to break out of that the hacksaw wasn't even needed.needed.
** Alice goes through the trouble of making Bob a birthday cake containing a hacksaw. Instead of using the hacksaw, Bob uses the box it was carried in to escape.
** Bob misinterprets Alice's gesture as a simple act of kindness and immediately starts cutting pieces to offer the guards and other inmates, accidentally exposing the charade or leaving Alice to quickly find a way to keep it from being noticed.
** Bob [[ComicallyMissingThePoint fails to recognize that Alice is trying to break him out]] and instead starts berating Alice for "accidentally" leaving sharp objects in food and endangering those who are going to eat it.
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** Alice sends Bob a chainsaw... in a cupcake.
** Alice manages to bake ''an entire arsenal'' into the cake.


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** Alice brings the cake in only to find out Bob has already escaped.
** Alice goes through the trouble of baking a cake with a hacksaw in it and brings it to the prison... just as Bob's being released, making the entire charade pointless.
** Bob is held in a CardboardBoxPrison so ridiculously easy to break out of that the hacksaw wasn't even needed.
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** Alice brings a cake to the prison, but it's for Bob's cellmate, Charlie.



** Charlie uses the hacksaw inside to get himself ''and'' Bob out.
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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???"Alice is Bob's best friend, so it would be unusual if she didn't do anything to help him break out."

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* '''Defied''': Alice knows that the cake will be confiscated, and that doing this could get ''her'' in trouble, so she doesn't send Bob a cake with a hacksaw.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Alice knows that the cake will be confiscated, and that doing this could get ''her'' in trouble, so she doesn't send Bob a cake with a hacksaw. hacksaw.
** The prison or jail doesn't allow inmates to receive gifts. If they do, all gifts are passed through radiographic inspection.
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** The cake has an obvious hacksaw sticking out of it, and [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy the guards don't even bat an eye]]!

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* '''Basic Trope''': An item needed to escape from {{Prison}} is concealed inside of a cake, a loaf of bread, etc.

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* '''Basic Trope''': An item needed to escape from {{Prison}} is concealed inside of a cake, a loaf of bread, etc.
etc.



* '''Exaggerated''': Alice sends her hacksaw cake to Bob in the mail.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Alice sends her hacksaw cake to Bob in the mail.



* '''Subverted''': Alice brings Bob a cake, but there's nothing inside except, well, [[ShapedLikeItself cake]] and a buttercream/chocolate ganache/jam/etc. filling.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Alice brings Bob a cake, but there's nothing inside except, well, [[ShapedLikeItself cake]] and a buttercream/chocolate ganache/jam/etc. filling.



* '''Double Subverted''': She has the hacksaw concealed in her purse, her clothing, {{Hammerspace}}, etc., which she then gives to Bob.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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She has the hacksaw concealed in her purse, her clothing, {{Hammerspace}}, etc., which she then gives to Bob.



* '''Parodied''': Bob injures himself on the cake.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Bob injures himself on the cake.



* '''Averted''': Alice doesn't bring anything with her to the prison or mail him anything out of the ordinary.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Alice doesn't bring anything with her to the prison or mail him anything out of the ordinary.



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

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* '''Conversed''': ???
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice bakes a bobby pin into a cupcake, so Bob can [[HairpinLockpick use it to pick locks]].
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** Alice brings a cake to the prison, but it's for Bob's cellmate, Charlie.


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** Charlie uses the hacksaw inside to get himself ''and'' Bob out.
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** Alice mails herself in the cake, [[JumpingOutOfACake to pop out for a conjugal visit]].


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** After she pops out of the cake and has sex with Bob, Alice helps him to escape.
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*'''Basic Trope''': An item needed to escape from {{Prison}} is concealed inside of a cake, a loaf of bread, etc.

*'''Straight''': Alice goes to see Bob in prison. She brings a cake that has a hacksaw concealed inside of it, which he later uses to escape.
*'''Exaggerated''': Alice sends her hacksaw cake to Bob in the mail.
** Alice bakes cakes with hacksaws for ''all'' the inmates.
*'''Downplayed''': ???
*'''Justified''': Alice wants to help Bob escape, but knows she can't give him the appropriate NoodleImplements openly.
*'''Inverted''': Bob sends Alice a cake with a SinisterShiv inside from prison, either because (for whatever reason(s)) she needs one, or as a threat to her.
*'''Subverted''': Alice brings Bob a cake, but there's nothing inside except, well, [[ShapedLikeItself cake]] and a buttercream/chocolate ganache/jam/etc. filling.
** The guards confiscate the cake.
** Alice brings nothing with her. Bob remarks, "IWasToldThereWouldBeCake"
** Bob receives a cake in the mail from Alice, but it's just cake.
** Bob receives a card with a picture of a piece of birthday cake on it for his birthday.
*'''Double Subverted''': She has the hacksaw concealed in her purse, her clothing, {{Hammerspace}}, etc., which she then gives to Bob.
** Alice gives him a pocketknife from her purse.
** Alice slips him a little bag or envelope with a cake decal on it.
** But a few days later, he receives a book in the mail that turns out to be a BookSafe containing a hacksaw.
** The card contains a veiled message or a map that will help him escape.
*'''Parodied''': Bob injures himself on the cake.
** The guards confiscate the cake to enjoy for themselves in the breakroom, and use the hacksaw they've pulled out to cut the cake.
** Bob pulls out a string of scarves, a deck of cards, and a live rabbit before pulling out the hacksaw.
** Alice winds up jailed herself for bringing the cake.
** Alice brings a fully-assembled wedding cake, complete with CakeToppers. No one blinks.
** Alice runs a bakery, or visits one on the way to see Bob, that specializes in these sort of cakes.
*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': Alice doesn't bring anything with her to the prison or mail him anything out of the ordinary.
** Alice doesn't visit Bob in prison, and doesn't send him anything in the mail, either.
** Bob isn't in prison.
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''': "Hi, Honey! I brought you [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre something that should cheer you up!]]"
*'''Invoked''': Bob is in prison, and Alice wants to help him get out.
*'''Exploited''': ???
*'''Defied''': Alice knows that the cake will be confiscated, and that doing this could get ''her'' in trouble, so she doesn't send Bob a cake with a hacksaw.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???

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