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2	[[caption-width-right:177: They call it 'coffee' because like actual coffee, it'll keep you up all night if it's done right.]]
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4	The meaning under the text. Here's an example from Creator/WoodyAllen's ''Film/AnnieHall''. The subtext is directly under the text, in italic.
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6	->HER: Hi!\
7	''Oh, God, nobody cool says Hi.''\
8	\
9	HIM: Hello!\
10	''I'd love to take her out. I hope my deodorant's working.''\
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12	HER: Nice view.\
13	''He's talking to me! And he'll hate my silly dress.''\
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15	HIM: (Taking a furtive step toward her) Just look at the clouds over there.\
16	''I've got to find out who she is.''\
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18	HER: I'm Leslie ...\
19	''What a stupid name. He'll hate it and hate me.''\
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21	HIM: Neat dress.\
22	''I just love her name.''
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24	The example is about a sexual attraction, but there are tons of other things that it could be about, anything which is not being said out loud about a topic that is present in the context. Note, in particular, that subtext can be (and frequently is) read into a work where none was actually intended by the author.
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27	!!Tropes
28	[[index]]
29	[floatboxright:
30	'''Categories:'''
31	+ InnuendoTropes
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33	* FoeRomanceSubtext: Romantic/sexual subtext between enemies.
34	* HideYourLesbians: Subtextual lesbians.
35	* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Someone constantly states their heterosexuality to rebuff their gay subtext.
36	* HoYay: Unintentional or questionably intentional gay subtext. %%"Subtext" is just "buttsex" rearranged!
37	* HomoeroticSubtext: Intentional gay subtext.
38	* IncestSubtext: Incestuous subtext.
39	* NoYay: Squicky subtext, often of the sexual variety.
40	* QueerFlowers: Certain flowers convey gay subtext.
41	* RealitySubtext: When Real Life issues mirror the production, but don't significantly affect it.
42	* ThreesomeSubtext: Subtext about the possibility of a shared romantic and/or sexual relationship between three characters.
43	[[/index]]
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