- Basic Trope: Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
- Straight: Bob tries to give Alice a foot massage. Shortly after he starts, Alice starts snickering.
- Exaggerated: As soon as Bob touches Alice's feet, she loudly squeals and kicks Bob so hard that he gets a concussion.
- Bob doesn't even have to touch Alice's feet to elicit this reaction.
- Alice has to be physically restrained whenever her feet are massaged.
- Downplayed: Alice is seen grimacing and wincing in an attempt to not laugh.
- Justified: Alice is just that ticklish.
- Bob is actually tickling Alice.
- Alice recently had a pedicure.
- Alice is blindfolded, so she cannot see when Bob is about to touch her.
- Inverted: Bob tries to tickle Alice. She's not ticklish at all, so Bob ends up being Hoist by His Own Petard.
- Subverted: Alice is faking the reaction to make Bob stop.
- Bob realizes Alice is trying to hold her laughter and massages her more gently.
- Double Subverted: The moment Bob touches her toes, she screams.
- This tickles Alice even more.
- Parodied: Alice is a giant monster who is immune to basically everything the heroes use on her. However, when Bob throws a rock out of desperation and it hits her in the foot, she starts laughing hysterically and falls to the ground.
- The Big Bad tries to torture Alice with his Agony Beam. It ends up tickling Alice so badly that the Big Bad is left utterly confused, thinking that Alice is enjoying it.
- Zig Zagged: After seeing that he's accidentally tickling Alice, Bob switches to massaging her neck, which doesn't tickle. He later switches to rubbing her stomach, which does.
- Averted: Bob does not give Alice a foot massage.
- Enforced:
- Lampshaded:Bob: "Jeez, Alice! I'm barely touching you!"Alice: "I'm sorry! I'm too ticklish!"
- Invoked: Bob offers to give Alice a foot massage, knowing that she is incredibly ticklish.
- Exploited: Bob is a closeted foot fetishist and uses this as an excuse to indulge without giving it away.
- Bob gets Alice to admit that she likes being tickled. Friendly Tickle Torture ensues.
- Defied: "Bob, you better not. I will kick you in the face, and not voluntarily."
- Discussed: "I tried to give Alice a foot massage once. I had to stop because she nearly kicked me in the face several times."
- Conversed: "I could definitely relate to Alice during that foot massage scene."
- Deconstructed: Bob ends up seriously injured after Alice accidentally kicks him.
- Reconstructed: Bob and Alice have a heartfelt conversation about Alice's ticklishness, addressing any underlying issues or fears associated with it. They develop a system of communication and trust to ensure a comfortable and enjoyable foot massage experience for both of them.
- Untwisted: Despite the setup and hints that Alice would have an exaggerated reaction, she remains completely calm and unaffected throughout the foot massage.
- Played For Laughs: Bob's face becomes increasingly deformed as Alice repeatedly involuntarily kicks him.
- Played For Drama: Alice has PTSD from being constantly tickle tortured by her abusive ex whenever she pissed him off, and Bob accidentally triggers it.
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