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1	'''Basic Trope''': An argument [[SeinfeldianConversation about nothing important.]]
2	* '''Straight''': AliceAndBob quibble over whether a tomato counts as a vegetable or a fruit.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** The argument includes hurling vicious insults...and chairs.
5	** Or SillyReasonForWar.
6	* '''Downplayed''': SeinfeldianConversation.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Sometimes people have disagreements...and too much free time.
9	** They're practicing for debate club.
10	** Alice and Bob have made [[TheBet a bet]] and the otherwise inconsequential topic is central to determining who wins.
11	* '''Inverted''':
12	** Alice and Bob agree on whether a tomato counts as a vegetable or a fruit.
13	** Alice and Bob argue over something that really ''is'' SeriousBusiness.
14	* '''Subverted''': Eventually, Alice and Bob come to the conclusion that a tomato is ''botanically'' a fruit and ''culinarily'' a vegetable.
15	* '''Double Subverted''': But then Carl interjects with, "But what about rhubarb?"
16	* '''Parodied''': WorldWarIII begins over the issue of whether a tomato counts as a fruit or a vegetable.
17	* '''Zig-Zagged''': Sometimes they argue over dumb stuff, sometimes they don't.
18	* '''Averted''': Alice and Bob have no such arguments.
19	* '''Enforced''': RuleOfFunny
20	* '''Lampshaded''':
21	** "It's a fruit, you idiot!"
22	** "Wow, you guys have way too much free time..."
23	* '''Invoked''': A SeinfeldianConversation about food begins.
24	* '''Exploited''': Charlie asks Alice and Bob "Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?", then waits until they're too busy arguing to notice him swipe Bob's car keys.
25	* '''Defied''':
26	** Alice and Bob change the subject.
27	** [[LogicalLatecomer Jim]]: "I don't care. I'll ''never'' care. And you're going to find more productive items to discuss [[ThreateningMediator if you know what's good for you]]."
28	* '''Discussed''': "So, where do ''you'' stand on the fruit versus vegetable debate?"
29	* '''Conversed''': "This is stupid! Why are we even ''talking'' about this?!"
30	* '''Implied''': [[SingleIssueWonk Bob and Alice]] look askance at each other every time [[BerserkButton tomatoes]] are mentioned.
31	* '''Deconstructed''': They're arguing about something pointless, and insulting each other!
32	* '''Reconstructed''': They agree to disagree and discuss something, you know, ''relevant''.
33	* '''Played for Laughs''': This argument becomes an OverlyLongGag. Cue Flash Forward, showing a very elderly Alice and Bob, still arguing over this.
34	* '''Played for Drama''': The argument gets personal and ruins their heretofore great relationship.
35	* '''Played For Horror''':
36	** The argument reaches a RageBreakingPoint for Alice and [[AccidentalMurder she accidentally kills Bob]] in a way that definitely looks like a premeditated (or least mad-dog) assassination instead of [[IDidntMeanToKillHim manslaughter]].
37	** The Argument Slayer decides they need to die for polluting the world with their nonsensical prattling.
38	* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': Alice and Bob stand in for [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything real people or groups of people]] who started a needless argument that went too far; the author is trying to [[AuthorTract make a point]] that such qualms played on a macro-social level tend to be a net harm.
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42	No, go back to [[CavemenVsAstronautsDebate Astronauts vs. Cavemen Debate]]!

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