Cue the Flying Pigs/Playing With

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Basic Trope: Someone says something will happen when pigs fly... and a pig comes flying in.

  • Played Straight: Charles says "Alice and Bob will get together...when pigs fly!" A winged piglet appears as Alice and Bob are walking down the street, holding hands.
  • Exaggerated: An entire herd of winged pigs makes an appearance after that remark.
  • Justified:
    • Charles is Tempting Fate
    • The same mysterious force that causes Alice and Bob to get together causes the pigs to fly, possibly in response to Charles' comment.
  • Inverted:
  • Subverted: Charles makes his comment, and nothing out of the ordinary happens.
  • Double Subverted: But then a football ("pigskin") comes flying through the window.
  • Deconstructed:
  • Reconstructed:
  • Parodied: A honey-glazed ham falls from the ceiling into Charles' hand.
  • Lampshaded: "So...about those pigs, Charles..."
  • Averted: No pigs or pig parts appear when Charles makes his comment.
  • Enforced: Tempting Fate
  • Invoked: Making a comment like Charles' above.
  • Defied: Charles cuts himself off the moment he's about to say the phrase, thinking he's going to be Tempting Fate.

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