Line #21 PlayingWith/VerbThis


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''': ???

Context PlayingWith / VerbThis