1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character gets very worked up over a minor insult. |
2 | * '''Straight''': During an argument, Alice calls Bob a "BigStupidDoodooHead". He starts crying and insisting that Alice apologizes. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Bob is so distraught by the insult that he is DrivenToSuicide, or alternatively kills Alice over it. |
5 | ** Alice didn't even ''[[InnocentlyInsensitive intend]]'' to insult Bob at all. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': Bob isn't necessarily that worked up, but does give a rather dramatic "You take that back!" to Alice. |
7 | * '''Justified''': Bob CantTakeCriticism. |
8 | * '''Inverted''': Alice takes directly to all of Bob's flaws and insecurities and very blatantly talks about how everyone hates him and he's going to die alone. He just shrugs it off. |
9 | * '''Subverted''': Bob was acting dramatic to mess with Alice. |
10 | * '''Double Subverted''': ..But he still found it rather offensive. |
11 | * '''Parodied''': ??? |
12 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': ??? |
13 | * '''Averted''': |
14 | ** Nobody reacts strongly to minor insults. |
15 | ** No one gets insulted anyway. |
16 | * '''Enforced''': "We need to give Bob a character flaw.... let's give him a Minor Insult Meltdown!" |
17 | * '''Lampshaded''': ??? |
18 | * '''Invoked''': ??? |
19 | * '''Exploited''': Alice is deliberately insulting Bob to get him to have a MinorInsultMeltdown. |
20 | * '''Defied''': Bob says nothing about it. |
21 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
22 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
23 | ---- |
24 | Back to MinorInsultMeltdown, where you can go apologize to the main trope for calling it that, it seems pretty upset. |
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26 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
27 | %% * '''Implied''': ??? |
28 | %% * '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
29 | %% * '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
30 | %% * '''Played for Laughs''': ??? |
31 | %% * '''Played for Drama''': ??? |
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