Frothy Mugs of Water/Playing With
- Basic Trope: The audience is told that what looks to be an alcoholic beverage is not.
- Played Straight: Bob drinks what looks like a mug of beer, but says plainly that it is root beer.
- Exaggerated: Bob drinks what looks like a mug of beer, but says plainly that it is really dirty tap water.
- Justified:
- Inverted: Bob drinks water with an olive in it, and says it's a martini.
- Subverted:
- The drink is never discussed.
- The drink is from a plastic water bottle.
- Double Subverted:
- And it looks ambiguous enough to be interpreted either as an alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage.
- Another character comments that the "water" smells more like vodka or gin.
- Parodied: Bob drinks "water" from a water bottle, but plainly gets hammered.
- Lampshaded: "That doesn't smell like plain water to me..."
- Averted:
- Alcohol isn't mentioned in any way.
- Characters drink alcohol and nothing is done to censor it.
- Enforced: "Hey, watch what you drink! This is a family show!
- Invoked: Bob is underage, and is trying to sneak vodka to a public event.
- Defied:
- Bob knows he'll get caught, and doesn't try this.
- Or, Bob is so defiant that he just takes a can of beer.
- Discussed: "That doesn't look like tea..."
- Conversed: "It is tea...Long Island Iced Tea!"
- Played For Laughs: See "Parodied" and "Exaggerated"
- Played For Drama:
- Bob gets caught and arrested for underage or public drinking.
- Alice and Bob fight over Bob being a covert alcoholic by drinking non-alcoholic drinks laced with booze.
- Bob has a relapse during his long road to sobriety.