Basic Trope: Characters trying to prove themselves innocent by whistling.
- Straight: When Alice pranks Bob, he says "Was it you, Alice?" Alice just whistles.
- Exaggerated: All characters whistle whenever they try to say "I didn't do it"
- Downplayed: Alice whistles a single note.
- Justified: Alice is native to a realm where whistling is considered a sign of sincerity/innocence.
- Inverted:
- Alice tries to own up via whistling.
- Alice was whistling, but stops whistling when Bob asks "Was it you?"
- Subverted: It turns out Alice didn't do it and she was whistling just because.
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: Alice elaborately whistles "Ode to Joy".
- Zigzagged: ???
- Averted: Alice does not whistle to "prove" she's innocent.
- Lampshaded: "Whistling does not equal innocence, Alice."
- Enforced: ???
- Invoked: Carol says "And when trying to look innocent, whistle".
- Exploited: Bob tries to tell who did it by who's whistling.
- Defied: Alice, refuses to whistle when she's guilty of something.
- Discussed: "Why does Alice seem to think whistling means she's innocent?"
- Conversed: "I wonder why characters seem to think whistling = innocence"
- Implied: Alice is a comic book character and musical notes are seen coming from her, however, it is unknown if she's whistling or humming.
- Deconstructed: Bob knows Alice did it; her whistling gave her away.
- Reconstructed: He doesn't quite know she did it as Alice whistles a lot anyway.
- Played for Laughs: Cringe Comedy.
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