1 | '''Basic Trope''': A song or tune that gets stuck in someone's head. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice's song "I Love You, Bob" weasels into Charlie's brain and stays there all morning. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': The whole town whistles the tune to "I Love You, Bob" on a regular basis. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': "I Love You, Bob" is a catchy song and gets into people's heads, but they forget about it after a little while. |
5 | * '''Justified''': Alice studied the key components of songs that become Ear Worms, and wrote a song that [[AllYourPowersCombined incorporates all of them]]. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': ??? |
7 | * '''Subverted''': It looks like someone has Alice's song stuck in their head, but they actually just have a headache. |
8 | * '''Double Subverted''': ...which was caused by listening to "I Love You, Bob" too much. |
9 | * '''Parodied''': |
10 | ** "I Love You, Bob" causes anyone who listens to it to get addicted. People who have it in their heads exhibit symptoms that closely parallel drug addiction. |
11 | ** "I Love You, Bob" is a [[LiteralMetaphor literal worm]] that creeps into the listener's ear and causes mild brain damage. |
12 | * '''Zig Zagged''': ??? |
13 | * '''Averted''': "I Love You, Bob" isn't particularly catchy. |
14 | * '''Enforced''': [[ExecutiveMeddling Alice's sponsors]] wanted her to create a catchy tune they could use in advertisements. |
15 | * '''Lampshaded''': "I Love You, Bob is ''so'' catchy! I can't get it out of my head!" |
16 | * '''Invoked''': ??? |
17 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
18 | * '''Defied''': Alice [[SpringtimeForHitler intentionally tries]] to make "I Love You, Bob" the least catchy song ever. |
19 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
20 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
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22 | Back to EarWorm |
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24 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
25 | %% * '''Implied''': ??? |
26 | %% * '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
27 | %% * '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
28 | %% * '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
29 | %% * '''Played For Drama''': ??? |
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