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1	'''Basic Trope''': A character gets sprayed by a skunk, and uses tomato sauce to remove the smell.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob gets sprayed by a [[SmellySkunk skunk]], and uses tomato sauce to remove it.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob's friends also get sprayed by the skunk, and they all get in a bathtub filled with tomato sauce to get rid of it.
5	** It works so well that [[WeaksauceWeakness it outright prevents]] a SmellySkunk from using their WeaponizedStench if they're doused in it.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Bob smells somewhat bad after interacting with a skunk, and puts some tomato on it to hide the smell.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Bob thinks that this is how skunk spray is actually removed.
9	** The tomato sauce in Bob's universe really can get rid of skunk spray.
10	* '''Inverted''': For some reason, Bob uses skunk spray to remove the smell of tomato sauce.
11	* '''Subverted''': Bob tries using tomato sauce to remove the smell. SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, and it doesn't work.
12	* '''Double Subverted''': And then he does it again next time, and it works somehow.
13	* '''Parodied''':
14	** A FunnyAnimal skunk has a TrademarkFavoriteFood of tomatoes, as it keeps the bad smells away.
15	** Or, skunks themselves are repelled by tomatoes.
16	* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
17	* '''Averted''':
18	** No one is sprayed by a skunk.
19	** Bob is sprayed by a skunk, but uses a remedy that is known to work in RealLife.
20	* '''Enforced''': RuleOfFunny.
21	* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, I can't believe that worked!"
22	* '''Invoked''': Bob bothers a skunk to test the myth of whether or not tomato sauce gets rid of the smell.
23	* '''Exploited''': Bob wonders what other smells he can remove with tomato sauce.
24	* '''Defied''':
25	** Bob is sprayed by a skunk, and looks up the actual treatment for it.
26	** Bob avoids bothering a skunk he encounters so that it won't spray him.
27	* '''Discussed''': "Are you sure this is gonna work?" "Yeah, I SawItInAMovieOnce!"
28	* '''Conversed''': "I wonder why people in fiction think tomato sauce gets rid of skunk smell."
29	* '''Deconstructed''': The treatment doesn't work - the only thing tomato sauce really does for skunk smell is cover it, although it may wash off some of the chemical components causing the smell.
30	* '''Reconstructed''': So then Bob tries the [[ShownTheirWork actual treatment for skunk spray]]. (1 quart of hydrogen peroxide, quarter of a cup of baking soda, and 1-2 teaspoons of dish soap)
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34	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
35	%% * '''Implied''': ???
36	%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
37	%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???

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