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** Bob makes a pun. The whole universe groans.
** Bob makes a pun. Alice [[DisproportionateRetribution kills Bob and his entire family and ancestry]] in retaliation.

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** Bob makes a pun. The whole universe groans.
Alice ends her friendship with him.
** Bob makes a pun. Alice [[DisproportionateRetribution kills Bob and his entire family and ancestry]] punches him in retaliation.the face]].
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** Bob makes a pun. Bob then feels so ashamed [[DrivenToSuicide he jumps off a cliff.]]

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** Bob makes a pun. Bob then feels so ashamed that [[DrivenToSuicide he jumps off a cliff.]]
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** Bob makes a pun. Bob then feels so ashamed [[DrivenToSuicide he jumps off a cliff.]]

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**Bob makes a pun. Alice [[DisproportionateRetribution kills Bob and his entire family and ancestry]] in retaliation.



* '''Defied:''' ???

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* '''Defied:''' ???Bob avoids making puns, knowing this will make Alice madder and madder with each one.
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* '''Parodied:''' ???

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* '''Parodied:''' ???The pun is so bad that [[BreakingTheFourthWall a character calls out the writer(s) for making them say that.]]

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* '''Exaggerated:''' Bob makes a pun. [[DestinationDefenestration Alice proceeds to throw him out the nearest window.]]

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Bob makes a pun. [[DestinationDefenestration Alice proceeds to throw him out the nearest window.]]]]
** Bob makes a pun. The whole universe groans.
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What happens when people look at wordplay on crutches? They give a LamePunReaction. Eh? Tough crowd.

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What happens when people look at do you call wordplay on crutches? They give a LamePunReaction. A lame pun! Eh? Tough crowd.Eh? Oh, come on guys, what's with the LamePunReaction...
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** Bob makes a pun. Alice laughs.

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** Bob makes a pun. Alice finds the pun genuinely funny and laughs.
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* '''Defied:''' Bob makes a pun. Alice almost groans, but decides

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* '''Defied:''' Bob makes a pun. Alice almost groans, but decides ???
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** Bob makes a pun. Alice doesn't like it, but instead of reacting in an exaggerated manner, she merely shrugs and says "eh, I didn't like it that much."

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** Bob makes a pun. Alice doesn't like it, but instead of reacting in an exaggerated manner, she merely react, and when prompted by Bob for a reaction, simply shrugs and says "eh, I didn't like it that much."
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'''Basic Trope:''' Someone makes a pun and the characters who hear it are annoyed by it.
*'''Straight:''' Bob makes a pun. Alice groans.
*'''Exaggerated:''' Bob makes a pun. [[DestinationDefenestration Alice proceeds to throw him out the nearest window.]]
*'''Downplayed:''' Bob makes a pun. Alice cringes slightly, but nothing more.
*'''Justified:''' Alice has been previously established to be a humorless and easily annoyed person that doesn't like jokes in general, but especially puns.
*'''Inverted:''' Bob makes a pun. Alice admits that that was one of the best puns she has ever heard.
*'''Subverted:''' Bob makes a pun. Alice starts booing him, but then begins to laugh despite herself.
*'''Double Subverted:''' Alice recomposes herself and says "okay, but that was still terrible."
*'''Parodied:''' ???
*'''Zig-Zagged:''' Bob makes a pun. Alice starts booing, but then she starts laughing, but then she starts to throw punches at Bob even as she continues to laugh. After Bob dodges her fists for long enough, Alice recomposes herself, saying "okay, I admit I found that a little funny. But that's on me, it was still a bad pun and I would not recommend making that pun to anyone else."
*'''Averted:'''
** Bob makes a pun. Alice laughs.
** Bob makes a pun. Alice doesn't like it, but instead of reacting in an exaggerated manner, she merely shrugs and says "eh, I didn't like it that much."
*'''Lampshaded:''' ???
*'''Invoked:''' ???
*'''Exploited:''' ???
*'''Defied:''' Bob makes a pun. Alice almost groans, but decides
*'''Discussed:''' ???
*'''Conversed:''' "Isn't it kinda weird that in TV shows the characters react so strongly to what're just mediocre puns?"
*'''Implied:''' Bob makes a pun to Alice. The story immediately jumps to a later scene with Bob and Charlie. Charlie asks him where Alice went, and Bob says "I don't want to talk about it."
*'''Deconstructed:''' Bob takes Alice's reaction more seriously than she intended, and stops making jokes around her. As Alice actually did appreciate Bob's sense of humor, this saddens her.
*'''Reconstructed:''' Alice reassures Bob that her exaggerated reactions are simply her way of appreciating Bob's puns. They return to their regular dynamic.
*'''Played for Laughs:''' ???
*'''Played for Drama:''' ???
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What happens when people look at wordplay on crutches? They give a LamePunReaction. Eh? Tough crowd.
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