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* '''Straight''': Alice walks in on Bob and thinks he's masturbating due to seeing him from the back making a lot of grunting noises, but [[InnocentInnuendo there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for what he's doing]] - he's just building a model.

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* '''Straight''': Alice walks in on Bob and thinks he's masturbating due to seeing him from the back making a lot of grunting noises, noises in a fairly dark room, but [[InnocentInnuendo there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for what he's doing]] - he's just building trying to undo a model.stubborn double-knot in his shoelaces.
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A Date With Rosie Palms is no longer a trope


'''Basic Trope''': Someone falsely believes that someone else is on ADateWithRosiePalms.
* '''Straight''': Alice walks in on Bob and thinks he's on ADateWithRosiePalms due to seeing him from the back making a lot of grunting noises, but [[InnocentInnuendo there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for what he's doing]] - he's just building a model.

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'''Basic Trope''': Someone falsely believes that someone else is on ADateWithRosiePalms.
masturbating.
* '''Straight''': Alice walks in on Bob and thinks he's on ADateWithRosiePalms masturbating due to seeing him from the back making a lot of grunting noises, but [[InnocentInnuendo there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for what he's doing]] - he's just building a model.



** Everyone is somehow led to believe that Bob was on ADateWithRosiePalms.

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** Everyone is somehow led to believe that Bob was on ADateWithRosiePalms.masturbating.



* '''Inverted''': Alice assumes that Bob was just building a model or something similar, but he actually was on ADateWithRosiePalms.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice assumes that Bob was just building a model or something similar, but he actually was on ADateWithRosiePalms.masturbating.



* '''Averted''': Nobody is falsely believed to be on ADateWithRosiePalms.

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* '''Averted''': Nobody is falsely believed to be on ADateWithRosiePalms.masturbating.



* '''Invoked''': Claire wants to cause discord between Bob and Alice, and she tells Alice he his having ADateWithRosiePalms in her house in hopes she'll get mad at him about this and reject his explanation.

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* '''Invoked''': Claire wants to cause discord between Bob and Alice, and she tells Alice he his having ADateWithRosiePalms he's masturbating in her house in hopes she'll get mad at him about this and reject his explanation.
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** In cases such as the second "exaggerated" example: Alice was told that masturbating is "touching yourself", and assumed it applied to [[ExactWords any instance of someone touching any body part for any reason]].

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** In cases such as the second "exaggerated" example: Alice was told that masturbating is "touching yourself", and assumed [[LiteralMinded assumed]] it applied to [[ExactWords any instance of someone touching any body part for any reason]].



** Bob worries Alice might do this if she listens in, but she realizes he's building a model without him saying.

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** Bob worries Alice might do this get the wrong idea if she listens in, but she realizes he's building a model without him saying.



* '''Double Subverted''': Bob mutters, "stupid pop-ups" and closes the tab to reveal instructions for building models.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Bob Bob mutters, "stupid pop-ups" and closes the tab to reveal instructions for building models.



* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???Alice speculates on what Bob is doing, sometimes thinking he's jacking off and sometimes thinking he's doing other things.



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

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"Crud! If she hears me, she'll think I'm jacking off!"
* '''Conversed''': ???"Why do fictional characters always assume that everyone who is grunting must be jacking off?"
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* '''Double Subverted''': Bob mutters, "stupid pop-ups" and closes the tab to reveal instructions for building modeks.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Bob mutters, "stupid pop-ups" and closes the tab to reveal instructions for building modeks.models.



* '''Averted''': Nobody is falsely believed to be on ADateWithRosiePalms

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* '''Averted''': Nobody is falsely believed to be on ADateWithRosiePalmsADateWithRosiePalms.

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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
'''Subverted''':
** Bob worries Alice might do this if she listens in, but she realizes he's building a model without him saying.
** Alice accepts that Bob was building a model and leaves. He then sighs in relief and opens up a porn tab.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Bob mutters, "stupid pop-ups" and closes the tab to reveal instructions for building modeks.



* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???Claire wants to cause discord between Bob and Alice, and she tells Alice he his having ADateWithRosiePalms in her house in hopes she'll get mad at him about this and reject his explanation.
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone falsely believes that someone else is on ADateWithRosiePalms.
* '''Straight''': Alice walks in on Bob and thinks he's on ADateWithRosiePalms due to seeing him from the back making a lot of grunting noises, but [[InnocentInnuendo there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for what he's doing]] - he's just building a model.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Everyone is somehow led to believe that Bob was on ADateWithRosiePalms.
** Bob was only scratching his back when Alice came to that conclusion.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is believed to be watching porn, but it's actually just a brief suggestive scene in the movie he's watching.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice has [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown caught Bob with his pants down]] in the past.
** In cases such as the second "exaggerated" example: Alice was told that masturbating is "touching yourself", and assumed it applied to [[ExactWords any instance of someone touching any body part for any reason]].
* '''Inverted''': Alice assumes that Bob was just building a model or something similar, but he actually was on ADateWithRosiePalms.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Nobody is falsely believed to be on ADateWithRosiePalms
* '''Enforced''': To add some CringeComedy.
* '''Lampshaded''': "I thought you were- nevermind."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Bob outright tells Alice that there's a completely logical explanation for what he was doing before she can make any assumptions.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': Bob makes an offhand comment about something along the lines of "touching himself" (which MakesSenseInContext), and Alice appears confused.
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%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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