Line #22 PlayingWith/AsYouKnow


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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