Basic Trope: A Double Entendre is taken literally.
- Straight: Alice sees Bob making homemade whipped cream, says Bob can "whip [her] cream any time", but Bob doesn't get the meaning of it and thinks Alice actually has her own supply of cream.
- Exaggerated: Alice tells an obviously sexual joke, but Bob is clueless.
- Downplayed: Alice is not meaning to be dirty, but she has a That Came Out Wrong moment, and giggles. Bob says "What's so funny?"
- Justified: Alice is much lustier than Bob, or Bob is Literal-Minded.
- Alternatively, Bob is Obfuscating Stupidity in order to ignore Alice's joke, despite knowing the real meaning.
- Inverted:
- Subverted: Bob eventually gets the joke.
- Double Subverted: But when Bob explains the situation to Carol, she never does.
- Parodied: Alice is the only person in the setting who gets dirty jokes.
- Zig Zagged: Some of Alice's friends get the joke, but some don't, or Bob understands some dirty jokes but not others.
- Averted: There is no innuendo, or everyone gets sexual jokes.
- Enforced: It's to show dirty jokes are not always easy to get, providing teachable moments in a style usually reserved for kids' shows to adults.
- Lampshaded: "I made a dirty joke... did you get it?"
- Invoked: Alice is testing Bob's mind to see how dirty it is.
- Exploited:
- Seeing as Bob never gets dirty jokes, he uses this trait to prove himself dignified.
- Alice uses Bob's failure to get Double Entendres to deceive him or make him look stupid.
- Bob "fails" to understand Alice's Double Entendres specifically to annoy her.
- Defied: Bob learns the meanings of all dirty jokes.
- Discussed: "Nobody ever seems to get my dirty jokes."
- Conversed: "That character is like me. I never get dirty jokes either."
- Implied: Bob posts Alice's joke on The Internet with the question "How is this dirty?"
- Played for Drama: Alice tries to explain something without saying anything "dirty", and Bob takes her literally. Misunderstandings ensue, getting everyone in trouble.
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