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1* '''Basic Trope:''' A word that actually means "no" or "stop" in a context where those words become obsolete.
2* '''Straight:''' Bob is about to [[FriendlyTickleTorture tickle torture]] Alice. Before he begins, he tells her to yell his real name "Robert" if she really wants him to stop.
3* '''Exaggerated:''' Bob tells Alice to yell "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" if she wants him to stop.
4** Bob tells Alice to recite every single U.S President in order if she wants him to stop.
5* '''Downplayed:''' Bob tells Alice to yell "Red" if she wants him to stop.
6* '''Justified:'''
7** Bob needs to know if Alice actually wants it to stop or if it's a panic response.
8** Words like "no","stop" are part of the roleplay so a way to say "stop" when you really mean it is necessary.
9* '''Inverted:''' Bob tells Alice to repeat a word if she wants him to ''begin.''
10* '''Subverted:''' Bob is about to give Alice a safe word, but decides that he'll be able to tell when Alice wants him to stop.
11* '''Double Subverted:''' He ends up taking it too far, necessitating a safe word.
12* '''Parodied:''' Alice is madly in love with Bob, but is too shy to admit it. Bob knows, and makes the safe word "I love you, Bob" just to mess with her.
13** Bob restrains Alice, and tells her to punch him if she wants him to stop.
14* '''Zig-Zagged:''' Sometimes Bob gives Alice a safe-word; it depends on the mood Alice is in.
15* '''Averted:''' Bob does not use a safe word.
16* '''Enforced:'''
17* '''Lampshaded:''' "I'm going to start now. If at any time, you want me to actually quit, just say my real name."
18* '''Invoked:''' N/A (This trope is always intentional)
19* '''Exploited:''' N/A (This is the entire point of the trope)
20* '''Defied:''' "I'm gonna go for as long as I want -- nothing you say will stop me."

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