Basic Trope: An episode involving the characters going bowling.
- Straight: The show "Alice and Bob" has an episode titled "Bowling Day", in which the titular characters go bowling for the day.
- Exaggerated: The show is entirely or mostly about bowling.
- Downplayed: There is a prominent scene where Alice and Bob are going bowling, but it doesn't take up the whole episode.
- Justified: Alice and Bob love bowling, and it's a special occasion (for instance, Alice's birthday).
- Subverted: Alice and Bob stop by a bowling alley at one point, but don't actually go inside.
- Double Subverted: Later on, Alice and Bob go back to the bowling alley and spend a considerable amount of time playing there.
- Parodied: The episode starts in a bowling alley, then Bob and Alice only play one game and then leave, the episode continues normally somewhere else.
- Zig Zagged: Some scenes in the episode involve the bowling alley, while some don't.
- Averted: Alice and Bob don't go bowling.
- Enforced:
- The creator of "Alice and Bob" enjoys bowling, and thinks that there should be an episode involving it.
- The bowling alley is one of the few sets whose props are not already in use by another show being recorded simultaneously.
- Lampshaded: "We've been bowling for this entire episode!"
- Invoked:
- Exploited:
- Defied: Alice and Bob enjoy bowling, but they are never seen going bowling.
- Discussed: "Let's go bowling!"
- Conversed: "Why is there always an episode dedicated to bowling in these shows?"
Gutterball again? Oh well, back to Bowling for Ratings, I guess.
