1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character finds an everyday object amazing. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice sees a pencil and says, "WOW, a STICK you can WRITE with!" |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Alice sees a pencil and starts worshiping it. Not only that, she starts having a crush on the pencil, planning to marry it. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Alice says, "Fascinating" when she sees the pencil. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** Alice is a FishOutOfTemporalWater. |
7 | ** Alice is an alien. |
8 | ** Alice is TheDitz. |
9 | ** Alice is from another universe where pencils were never invented. |
10 | ** Alice, being a toddler, has never encountered it before. |
11 | * '''Inverted''': |
12 | ** Alice sees a Teleporting Station and [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight walks past it as if she sees teleporters every day]]. |
13 | ** WorthlessYellowRocks |
14 | * '''Subverted''': |
15 | ** Alice sees the pencil and says, "Wow," but it turns out she is talking about something else. |
16 | ** Alice sees the pencil and says, "Wow, I haven't seen a mint Jefferson Graphite since they went belly-up in 1931!". |
17 | ** Alice's amazement at the pencil [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece denotes the work as a pre-1820's (that is prior to mass production) period piece]]. |
18 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
19 | ** Alice sees the pencil and says, "Wow," but it turns out she was talking about something else equally mundane. |
20 | ** Alice said this on 01/01/1932. |
21 | * '''Parodied''': Alice is incredulous that Bob lives in a house. They live next door to each other in very similar houses. |
22 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice says, "Wow," when she sees the pencil, but it turns out she was talking about something else equally mundane, but that particular thing was special, maybe. |
23 | * '''Averted''': Alice isn't amazed by commonplace objects. |
24 | * '''Enforced''': The writers want to show how an alien would react and throw in some comedy. |
25 | * '''Lampshaded''': |
26 | ** "It's just a pencil, y'know!" |
27 | ** "Hey, Carol, Why is Alice so amazed with that pencil?" "I dunno, Bob. It's like she's never seen one before." |
28 | * '''Invoked''': Alice is a cave lady and travels into the present day. |
29 | * '''Exploited''': The BigBad distracts Alice (the one person who [[SpannerInTheWorks poses a meaningful threat to his plans]]) with mundane objects so he can TakeOverTheWorld. |
30 | * '''Defied''': |
31 | ** Alice suppresses her excitement when she sees a pencil for the first time. |
32 | ** Alice is about to gasp in awe when she sees a pencil, but Bob explains to her how basic it is, stopping her. |
33 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
34 | * '''Conversed''': "Ha, ha, she's so excited by that pencil. I've Administrivia/SeenItAMillionTimes in films ... but [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools it's still so funny]]!" |
35 | * '''Implied''': Alice is seen looking amazed at a pencil. |
36 | * '''Played for Laughs''': Alice worships pencils like they are {{God}} and treats erasers like {{Satan}}. |
37 | * '''Played for Drama''': |
38 | ** Alice tries to destroy the pencil as she thinks it's Satan's work, and Bob needs it to write something extra important. |
39 | ** Alice's ongoing amazement at ordinary things is a constant reminder of just how horribly deprived of an upbringing she's had. |
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