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* '''Discussed''': "Are you sure this is gonna work?" "Yeah, ISawItInAMovie!"

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* '''Discussed''': "Are you sure this is gonna work?" "Yeah, ISawItInAMovie!"I SawItInAMovieOnce!"
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** It works so well that [[WeaksauceWeakness it outright prevents]] a SmellySkunk from using their odor if they're doused in it.

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** It works so well that [[WeaksauceWeakness it outright prevents]] a SmellySkunk from using their odor WeaponizedStench if they're doused in it.
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** It works so well that [[WeaksauceWeakness it can even remove the odor]] from a SmellySkunk.

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** It works so well that [[WeaksauceWeakness it can even remove the odor]] outright prevents]] a SmellySkunk from a SmellySkunk.using their odor if they're doused in it.
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** It works so well that [[WeaksauceWeakness is can even remove the odor]] from a SmellySkunk.

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** It works so well that [[WeaksauceWeakness is it can even remove the odor]] from a SmellySkunk.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's friends also get sprayed by the skunk, and they all get in a bathtub filled with tomato sauce to get rid of it.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Bob's friends also get sprayed by the skunk, and they all get in a bathtub filled with tomato sauce to get rid of it.it.
** It works so well that [[WeaksauceWeakness is can even remove the odor]] from a SmellySkunk.

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* '''Enforced''':
** RuleOfFunny
** CriticalResearchFailure on how to remove skunk smell.

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* '''Enforced''':
** RuleOfFunny
** CriticalResearchFailure on how to remove skunk smell.
'''Enforced''': RuleOfFunny.

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* '''Averted''': No one is sprayed by a skunk.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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No one is sprayed by a skunk.skunk.
** Bob is sprayed by a skunk, but uses a remedy that is known to work in RealLife.
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* '''Subverted''': Bob tries using tomato sauce to remove the smell. RealityEnsues, and it doesn't work.

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* '''Subverted''': Bob tries using tomato sauce to remove the smell. RealityEnsues, SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, and it doesn't work.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character gets sprayed by a skunk, and uses tomato sauce to remove the smell.
* '''Straight''': Bob gets sprayed by a [[SmellySkunk skunk]], and uses tomato sauce to remove it.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's friends also get sprayed by the skunk, and they all get in a bathtub filled with tomato sauce to get rid of it.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob smells somewhat bad after interacting with a skunk, and puts some tomato on it to hide the smell.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob thinks that this is how skunk spray is actually removed.
** The tomato sauce in Bob's universe really can get rid of skunk spray.
* '''Inverted''': For some reason, Bob uses skunk spray to remove the smell of tomato sauce.
* '''Subverted''': Bob tries using tomato sauce to remove the smell. RealityEnsues, and it doesn't work.
* '''Double Subverted''': And then he does it again next time, and it works somehow.
* '''Parodied''':
** A FunnyAnimal skunk has a TrademarkFavoriteFood of tomatoes, as it keeps the bad smells away.
** Or, skunks themselves are repelled by tomatoes.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': No one is sprayed by a skunk.
* '''Enforced''':
** RuleOfFunny
** CriticalResearchFailure on how to remove skunk smell.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, I can't believe that worked!"
* '''Invoked''': Bob bothers a skunk to test the myth of whether or not tomato sauce gets rid of the smell.
* '''Exploited''': Bob wonders what other smells he can remove with tomato sauce.
* '''Defied''':
** Bob is sprayed by a skunk, and looks up the actual treatment for it.
** Bob avoids bothering a skunk he encounters so that it won't spray him.
* '''Discussed''': "Are you sure this is gonna work?" "Yeah, ISawItInAMovie!"
* '''Conversed''': "I wonder why people in fiction think tomato sauce gets rid of skunk smell."
* '''Deconstructed''': The treatment doesn't work - the only thing tomato sauce really does for skunk smell is cover it, although it may wash off some of the chemical components causing the smell.
* '''Reconstructed''': So then Bob tries the [[ShownTheirWork actual treatment for skunk spray]]. (1 quart of hydrogen peroxide, quarter of a cup of baking soda, and 1-2 teaspoons of dish soap)
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%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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