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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''': ???
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24Back 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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