1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character explains the plot to characters who already know it so the audience can understand. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice tells Bob that they're on a quest to recover the MacGuffin, even though they are already several days into said quest. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Alice tells Bob the history of the MacGuffin in the question, how it was stolen, and then that they're on a quest to recover it. |
5 | ** Alice introduces herself to Bob in every episode even though they're childhood friends. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': |
7 | ** Alice reminds Bob that they're on a quest to recover the MacGuffin when she suffers an injury and Bob asks if she wants to go home to recuperate. |
8 | ** Alice only reminds Bob of a few minor facts about the MacGuffin. |
9 | * '''Justified''': |
10 | ** Bob isn't taking the mission seriously, so Alice reminds him of it and how important it is. |
11 | ** Bob is [[TheDitz an idiot]] and needs constant reminders or else he'll never get the details straight. |
12 | ** Alice doesn't care that Bob already knows everything; she just likes hearing the sound of her own voice. |
13 | ** AliceAndBob are on multiple quests, and Alice clarifies that they're fighting BigBad Charlie because he has the MacGuffin, not because he kidnapped Princess Emily. |
14 | ** Bob brought people who weren't given the details of the quest. |
15 | ** Alice has new information about their quest, so she leads off by reminding Bob of what he knows before introducing what he doesn't yet know. |
16 | ** Alice is trying to clue Bob into the fact that something about what they know doesn't add up. |
17 | ** Alice is nervous, and is just babbling obvious facts to relieve it. |
18 | ** Bob recently suffered a severe injury and Alice is making sure he isn't suffering from memory issues. |
19 | ** Alice knows that, and Bob knows that, but ''Charlie'' (who is eavesdropping on the conversation) doesn't know that, and Alice believes he should. |
20 | * '''Inverted''': |
21 | ** Bob doesn't know what the mission is, but Alice refuses to tell him. |
22 | ** Bob doesn't know some information which Alice doesn't want him to know, and just to be on the safe side, she uses a [[LaserGuidedAmnesia memory-erasing gun]] on him. |
23 | ** DramaticIrony |
24 | * '''Subverted''': |
25 | ** Alice is cut off by a gunshot noise. |
26 | ** Despite what Alice thought, Bob ''didn't'' know anything about the [=MacGuffin=]. |
27 | ** Alice ''didn't'' tell Bob about the quest. |
28 | --->'''Bob:''' What do you mean, "We're trying to recover a [=MacGuffin=]"? I thought this was just a vacation! |
29 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
30 | ** When the danger is over, she resumes telling Bob. |
31 | ** Bob heard about the [=MacGuffin=] from somebody else. |
32 | ** Alice ''did'' tell Bob about the quest, but she had forgotten that. |
33 | * '''Parodied''': |
34 | ** Alice tells Bob every little detail about the entire universe. |
35 | ** Alice tells Bob in multiple languages. |
36 | ** Alice tells Bob many things he already knows, but nothing he doesn't already know. |
37 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': Sometimes Alice explains the plot to Bob even though he already knows, but at other times, he doesn’t know. |
38 | * '''Averted''': Alice doesn't tell Bob things he already knows. |
39 | * '''Enforced''': "The characters know, but we need a way for the audience to know." |
40 | * '''Lampshaded''': "I already know this, why are you telling me?" |
41 | * '''Invoked''': The villain, Charlie, slips some truth serum into Alice's coffee. |
42 | * '''Exploited''': Charlie hides in waiting to eavesdrop on Alice and Bob. |
43 | * '''Defied''': Debbie, Alice and Bob’s boss, gives them strict instructions not to talk about the mission in case someone else hears. |
44 | * '''Discussed''': Bob tells Frank how strangely Alice has been acting lately: "I hope she doesn't start every other exchange with me by telling me things I've already learned." |
45 | * '''Conversed:''' "Doesn't it just break your suspension of disbelief when characters tell each other what they already know? Why not just have a caption explaining that information?" |
46 | * '''Implied''': The scene starts with Alice telling Bob, "...and [[TitleDrop as you know]], ''that's'' the mission." |
47 | * '''Deconstructed''': Bob gets annoyed with Alice and takes her reminders of things he already knows as an insult to his intelligence and competence. |
48 | * '''Reconstructed''': In a LeaningOnTheFourthWall moment, Alice says she's explaining it so "other people" can hear, which Bob accepts. |
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52 | %%Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
53 | %%* '''Played for Laughs''': ??? |
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