Basic Trope: A curious character presses a button without restraint, causing massive havoc.
- Straight: Bob sees a Big Red Button, and immediately asks, "What does this button do?" while walking over to press it. It's the self destruct for the base they're in.
- Exaggerated:
- Bob does this to every button he encounters within a second of seeing it.
- Bob says, “Oh, sweet! A button!” before slamming it in with his head.
- The technicians finish installing the button, and five seconds after they're done, Bob presses it.
- Downplayed: Bob asks what the button does, but does not press it.
- Justified: Bob is Curious as a Monkey and really dumb on top of that, so he doesn’t know any better.
- Inverted: Bob paranoidly works to prevent anyone from touching any buttons.
- Subverted:
- Bob presses the button… and nothing happens, much to his disappointment.
- Bob asks the trope sarcastically while pointing at the button but doesn’t actually press it.
- Double Subverted:
- Bob walks outside and finds half the base is destroyed, as a direct result of pressing the button.
- Bob presses it by accident in the process, much to his horror.
- Parodied:
- Bob is unable to comprehend why this may be dangerous and goes up to the button again even after triggering an explosion.
- Alice warns Bob against pressing the button in a manner that makes it the biggest forbidden fruit ever, causing Bob to have a psychotic break.
- The button is "The Crazy Button". It makes something wacky happen.Bob: The button! It calls to us!
- Zig Zagged: It’s sarcastic on Bob’s part: He knows what the button will do, and so does Alice, which is why she is panicking.
- Averted: No buttons are pressed.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded:
- "Why did you do that? It wasn't going to dispense cotton candy!"
- Don't Touch It, You Idiot!
- Invoked: Bob is deliberately trying to sabotage an evil lab, and figures that randomly slamming dangerous looking buttons will work.
- Exploited:
- The button is a trap for the particularly stupid.
- Alice sends Bob to work with a rival, knowing he will unknowingly sabotage him like this.
- Defied:
- The keyboard is genetically locked, to prevent anyone stupid from using it.
- Bob gets up to "What does this bu—" before Alice punches him out to prevent an incident.
- Bob does not push any buttons unless he knows what they do.
- Discussed: "He’s going to wander over to the button and press it like the big dope he is, isn’t he?"
- Conversed: ???
What Does This Button Do?? Oh, it just goes back to the main page. How boring.
