History PlayingWith / ToiletSeatDivorce

** The toilet seat issue is just one issue in Alice and Bob's unhappy marriage, which they fight about constantly. The toilet seat's position on that day was the proverbial last straw.

** Alice has SuperOCD; Bob leaving the toilet seat up without any consideration for her condition is actually affecting her mental health. Meanwhile, her constant insistence on putting the toilet seat down to deal with her anxiety over it is causing considerable friction with Bob.

** Alice divorces Bob for [[UpToEleven "breathing without permission".]]

** [[DomesticAbuse Bob threatens Alice with a switchblade, beats her silly]], and drinks until he blacks out, [[LoveMartyr but she just ignores it for the sake of love]]...until [[RantInducingSlight he leaves the toilet seat up.]]

** AliceAndBob divorce over something that ''isn't'' trivial (i.e. [[YourCheatingHeart an affair]], DomesticAbuse, an out-of-control gambling problem, etc.)

** [[DomesticAbuse Bob threatens Alice with a switchblade, beats her silly]], and drinks until he blacks out, [[LoveMartyr but she just ignores it for the sake of love]]...until he leaves the toilet seat up.
** Alice divorces Bob for "breathing without permission".

** Alice has SuperOCD; Bob leaving the toilet seat up without any consideration for her condition is actually affecting her mental health. Or, her constant insistence on putting the toilet seat down to deal with her anxiety over it is causing considerable friction with Bob.

** Alice has SuperOCD; Bob leaving the toilet seat up without any consideration for her condition is actually affecting her mental health.

** AliceAndBob ''refuse'' to divorce (perhaps it's true love) despite a series of non-trivial matters: he [[DomesticAbuse abuses her]], she cheats on him, he gambles her money away, and they both drink a lot.

* '''Parodied''': Alice is about to buy a house, but backs out of the deal because the toilet seat was up in the bathroom.

* '''Parodied''': ???

** AliceAndBob get divorced, but it isn't for a trivial reason.

* '''Parodied''': Alice divorces Bob for "breathing without permission".

** The writers want to prevent ShippingBedDeath.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': At first, the reason for Alice and Bob's divorce is left unclear. Three seasons after the divorce, the writers decide to create a [[RuleOfFunny humorous]] back story about it.

* '''Untwisted''': Alice announces to her [[GossipyHens female friends]] that she's leaving Bob. When they ask why, and wonder if there's a good reason, Alice says, "Oh, there's a ''very'' good reason indeed." Cut to an image of the toilet, with its seat in the "up" position.

** AliceAndBob go to marriage counseling, but still end up getting divorced over the toilet seat.

** AliceAndBob avoid a potential divorce by going to marriage counseling.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': At first, the reason for Alice and Bob's divorce is left unclear. Three seasons after the divorce, the writers decide to create a [[RuleOfFunny humorous]] back story about it.

* '''Unparodied''': Alice divorces Bob for "breathing ''garlic breath'' without permission", after he has eaten 20 cloves of raw garlic.

** Alice divorces Bob on the ''wedding day'' because of the toilet seat up.

** Alice ''kills'' Bob over the toilet seat.

** Alice divorces Bob for several trivial reasons: e.g. because he leaves the toilet seat up, drinks her diet Coke without permission, and wears a hat at the dinner table.

* '''Subverted''': Bob leaves the toilet seat up, but Alice files for divorce from Bob because they are [[CharacterDevelopment growing apart]].
* '''Double Subverted''': And all she can see now are his annoying (but trivial) habits, like leaving the toilet seat up.
* '''Parodied''':
** Alice divorces Bob for "breathing without permission".
** [[DomesticAbuse Bob threatens Alice with a switchblade, beats her silly]], and drinks until he blacks out, [[LoveMartyr but she just ignores it for the sake of love]]...until he leaves the toilet seat up.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice keeps changing her story: first, she claims the divorce is because Bob left the toilet seat up, [[WoundedGazelleGambit then claims]] it's because Bob cheated on her, then claims it's because Bob is going bald and getting fat, then claims it's because Bob has gambled away all their savings, then claims it's because Bob threw a red sock in with the whites when he did laundry yesterday, then claims it's because Bob [[DomesticAbuse is abusing her]], then claims it's because Bob got her a tackle box for their anniversary.

** Alice goes into the bathroom and finds the toilet seat standing proudly, just the way Bob left it. She then shakes her head, and drives to the Law Offices of Cloke and Daggar to get a divorce attorney.

* '''Exploited''': Diane places ads for her self-lowering toilet seats in the offices of local wedding planners.

* '''Deconstructed''':
** Alice isn't really divorcing Bob over the toilet seat; she's upset with (and thus divorcing him) because she's unhappy with ''him'', for whatever reason(s). The toilet seat is only one little issue in a sea of bigger ones.
** Alice and Bob's marriage was perfect except for the toilet seat issue, so they regret divorcing.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice keeps changing her story: first, she claims the divorce is because Bob left the toilet seat up, [[WoundedGazelleGambit then claims]] it's because Bob cheated on her, then claims it's because Bob is going bald and getting fat, then claims it's because Bob has gambled away all their savings, then claims it's because Bob threw a red sock in with the whites when he did laundry yesterday, then claims it's because Bob [[DomesticAbuse is abusing her]] , then claims it's because Bob got her a tackle box for their anniversary.