1 | '''Basic Trope''': Someone yells out “X this!”, where X is something relevant to the situation, often before attacking someone attempting a speech. |
2 | * '''Straight''': |
3 | ** [[EvilOverlord Emperor Evulz]] makes a speech about how the hero Bob is an ignorant hick, and the latter cuts him off by yelling “IGNORE THIS!” and punching him. |
4 | ** Alice launches an attack, yelling out “Eat this!” |
5 | * '''Exaggerated''': Bob yells out a variant on the trope with every attack he makes… even metaphorical attacks, such as during a debate. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': Emperor Evulz offhandly mentioned how Bob is rude. Right on cue, Bob flips him off from behind and says “[[HypocriticalHumour Rude THIS!]]” |
7 | * '''Justified''': The keyword for activating the weapons on Bob power-armor is, in fact, “This.” |
8 | * '''Inverted''': “DON’T eat this!” |
9 | * '''Subverted''': Emperor Evulz makes his speech, and Bob responds to it with “well, IGNORE... your classist prejudice and fight me!” |
10 | * '''Double Subverted''': Emperor Evulz himself then responds with “Prejudice THIS!” |
11 | * '''Parodied''': Emperor Evulz makes a long speech about [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech how much of a failure Bob is]], only for Bob to perfectly repeat his entire speech, word for word and ending it with "This!" |
12 | ** The term is used as part of an advertising campaign. “Eat THIS! It’s loaded with vitamins and minerals!” |
13 | ** “This” is the legally appointed term for Bob’s right arm. |
14 | ** The term used is way too long to be said without becoming awkward. “Well, Antidisestablishmentarianism THIS!” |
15 | ** Emperor Evulz throws a PrecisionFStrike after Bob scolded him with F words. "[[PrecisionFStrike FUCK THIS!]]" |
16 | ** Emperor Evulz threatens how he'll screw Bob, and Bob retaliated by... "ScrewThisImOuttaHere" |
17 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Both Bob and Emperor Evulz attempt to yell out “dodge this” before unloading their attack, and each time they are [[TalkToTheFist hit in the face by the other]]... Until Alice snipes them both, and says “Argue about THAT!” |
18 | * '''Averted''': |
19 | ** The entire show is silent, so any repartee is left in the minds of the viewers. |
20 | ** Nobody says the line. |
21 | * '''Enforced''': The show is homage to shounen anime and their reliance on this trope. |
22 | * '''Lampshaded''': “I sincerely hope that doesn’t pass for witty repartee where you come from!” |
23 | * '''Invoked''': Bob knows Emperor Evulz hates this line, and does it on purpose in order to distract him and let Alice sabotage his plans. |
24 | * '''Exploited''': Bob yells “[[TemptingFate Dodge this!]]” before unloading his strongest attack. Emperor Evulz [[GenreSavvy knew he would]] [[CallingYourAttacks try it]], proceeds to dodge, and then thanks Bob for the warning. |
25 | ** In a slight variation, Emperor Evulz ends a sentence with the word "enter". Alice scoffs, "Enter, my ass!" She [[ThatCameOutWrong flushes with embarassment]] upon realizing what she said as both Emperor Evulz and her friends laugh. |
26 | * '''Defied''': “You and I are beyond speaking terms, so I’ll skip the indignant yelling about this and just settle for beating on you.” |
27 | * '''Discussed''': "If you want to launch yourself fists-first at me while screaming something like 'Dodge this', now is the time." |
28 | * '''Conversed''': Argue with this, argue with that, damn Bob seems to lead in to hitting people with “BLANK this” a lot! |
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30 | Back to VerbThis THIS! ...Hmmm, doesn't seem to work as well... |
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32 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
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34 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
35 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
36 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
37 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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