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You've [[Seen It a Million Times]]. Alice has had enough of Bob's crap. She [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|tells him off]], turns on her heel, and marches out of his life for good, announcing "I'm leaving" as she slams the door behind her. A moment later, Bob bellows "'''And Stay Out!''' |
You've [[Seen It a Million Times]]. Alice has had enough of Bob's crap. She [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|tells him off]], turns on her heel, and marches out of his life for good, announcing "I'm leaving" as she slams the door behind her. A moment later, Bob bellows, "'''And Stay Out!'''" |
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This is a [[Stock Phrase]] and the archetypal example of an entire range of behaviors which boil down to attempting -- usually unsuccessfully -- to save face by recasting a negative consequence of one's own actions as a deliberate positive effect, in a kind of [[Xanatos Gambit]]-after-the-fact. Unfortunately, such attempts are often immediately obvious for what they are, and will come across as the lame attempts to look good that they are. This is most frequently used a [[Comedy Trope]], but can have its place in drama as well, where Bob's attempt to save face may involve something more (and/or more ''drastic'') than just yelling at a person who's no longer there. |
This is a [[Stock Phrase]] and the archetypal example of an entire range of behaviors which boil down to attempting -- usually unsuccessfully -- to save face by recasting a negative consequence of one's own actions as a deliberate positive effect, in a kind of [[Xanatos Gambit]]-after-the-fact. Unfortunately, such attempts are often immediately obvious for what they are, and will come across as the lame attempts to look good that they are. This is most frequently used a [[Comedy Trope]], but can have its place in drama as well, where Bob's attempt to save face may involve something more (and/or more ''drastic'') than just yelling at a person who's no longer there. |
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Compare [[Other Stock Phrases|"You Can't Fire Me, I Quit!"]] Contrast [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]], which depending on the context, may prompt an instance of this trope. |
Compare [[Other Stock Phrases|"You Can't Fire Me, I Quit!"]] Contrast [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]], which depending on the context, may prompt an instance of this trope. |
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Not to be confused with another stock phrase, "Get out and stay out!", which lacks the hypocritical context and overtones, and is in fact a genuine case of Bob tossing Alice out on her ass. |
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