Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick/Playing With
Basic Trope: A character is speaking a list, and the last item in the list is darker or more disturbing than the rest.
- Straight: Bob is talking to Alice and says, "I have our date all planned out. We'll go to that fancy Italian restaurant, then we'll watch the fireworks at midnight, then we'll kick the neighborhood puppies down the street."
- Exaggerated: "I'm really excited for my trip to Washington, D.C. I'm gonna see the Washington Monument, visit the Smithsonian, and bomb the White House."
- Downplayed: "Come on! We're going to go get some lunch, play some video games, and go speedboating."
- Justified:
- Inverted: Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
- Subverted: "Let's have lunch, ride our bikes, then kill some prostitutes... in GTA 4!"
- Double Subverted: "Then bomb the Capitol!"
- Parodied: Alice enjoys the date.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted:
- "I'm gonna bomb the White House today!"
- Alternatively, "Hey, I just need to get some gas, pick up the groceries, and make dinner."
- Enforced: "All right, we need to mention the Big Bad's plan, but we still need to make him Affably Evil. Any ideas?"
- Lampshaded: "One of these things just doesn't belong here!"
- Invoked: Bob always throws a disconcerting comment at the end of his lists to throw people off.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Bob always makes the nature of his lists very obvious, with no sudden twists for better or worse.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Played For Laughs: Almost always is.
Hey, we should ride our bikes, go back to Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick, and kill my neighbor!