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1	'''Basic Trope''': Something isn't clearly subtitled like it should.
2	* '''Straight''': The dialogue is mostly English, but when Alice speaks to Bob in Russian, the subtitles just say, "[SPEAKING RUSSIAN]".
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Everything is subtitled, even the English, with the exception of Alice's Russian, which is outright ignored by the subtitles.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Alice's Russian dialogue is subtitled, but the subtitles are in Russian too.
5	* '''Justified''': The subtitles are being written by an InUniverse character who doesn't speak Russian.
6	* '''Inverted''': Alice's Russian dialogue is subtitled, but most of the dialogue is subtitled as "[SPEAKING ENGLISH]".
7	* '''Subverted''': Initially, Alice's dialogue is just subtitled as "[SPEAKING RUSSIAN]", but eventually the translations come in.
8	* '''Double Subverted''': Then, they go away.
9	* '''Parodied''':
10	** The subtitles look like a translation, but [[TrollingTranslator they're translated wrong.]]
11	** Alice's dialogue is given subtitles, but they are just [[GagSub what her dialogue sounds like to an English speaker.]]
12	* '''Zigzagged''': Whether or not Alice's Russian dialogue is subtitled depends if the listener understands the language or not.
13	* '''Averted''':
14	** Nobody speaks a language other than English.
15	** Alice's Russian dialogue is translated in the subtitles.
16	* '''Enforced''': The writers want the viewers to be just as confused as Bob (who also doesn't speak Russian) in order to relate to him.
17	* '''Lampshaded''': Bob [[NoFourthWall tries to read the subtitles]] to help himself understand Alice, but upon seeing that they just say, "[SPEAKING RUSSIAN]", he shouts, "I know what language she's speaking! I just want to ''understand''!"
18	* '''Invoked''': Alice has MediumAwareness and doesn't want the audience to understand her, so she rubs out the subtitles and replaces them with "[SPEAKING RUSSIAN]".
19	* '''Exploited''': Alice uses her Russian to get away with a StealthInsult to Bob.
20	* '''Defied''': The subtitles are written by an in-universe character who makes sure to translate.
21	* '''Discussed''': "[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall If this was a TV show]] and it was subtitled, would it translate when I speak Russian?"
22	* '''Conversed''': "I was watching this movie and it never subtitled foreign languages. I'm still begging to know what those characters were saying!"
23	* '''Implied''': N/A, subtitles are either there or not.
24	* '''Deconstructed''':
25	* '''Reconstructed''':
26	* '''Played for Laughs''': A joke is written instead of a translation.
27	* '''Played for Drama''':
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