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* '''Straight''': When [[ThePrankster Alice]] pranks Bob, he says "Was it you, Alice", but Alice just whistles.

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* '''Straight''': When [[ThePrankster Alice]] pranks Bob, he says "Was it you, Alice", but Alice?" Alice just whistles.
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* '''Defied''': Alice, possibly due to GenreSavviness, refuses to whistle when she's guilty of something.

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* '''Defied''': Alice, possibly due to GenreSavviness, refuses to whistle when she's guilty of something.

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* '''Played for Drama''': ???
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'''Basic Trope''': Characters trying to prove themselves innocent by whistling.
* '''Straight''': When [[ThePrankster Alice]] pranks Bob, he says "Was it you, Alice", but Alice just whistles.
* '''Exaggerated''': All characters whistle whenever they try to say "I didn't do it"
* '''Downplayed''': Alice whistles a single note.
* '''Justified''': Alice is native to a realm where whistling is considered a sign of sincerity/innocence.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice tries to ''own up'' via whistling.
** Alice was whistling, but stops whistling when Bob asks "Was it you?"
* '''Subverted''': It turns out Alice didn't do it and she was whistling just because.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Alice elaborately whistles "Ode to Joy".
* '''Zigzagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Alice does not whistle to "prove" she's innocent.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Whistling does not equal innocence, Alice."
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Carol says "And when trying to look innocent, whistle".
* '''Exploited''': Bob tries to tell who did it by who's whistling.
* '''Defied''': Alice, possibly due to GenreSavviness, refuses to whistle when she's guilty of something.
* '''Discussed''': "Why does Alice seem to think whistling means she's innocent?"
* '''Conversed''': "I wonder why characters seem to think whistling = innocence"
* '''Implied''': Alice is a comic book character and musical notes are seen coming from her, however, it is unknown if she's whistling or humming.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob knows Alice did it; her whistling gave her away.
* '''Reconstructed''': He doesn't ''quite'' know she did it as Alice whistles a lot anyway.
* '''Played for Laughs''': CringeComedy.
* '''Played for Drama''': ???
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