Shout-Out/Playing With

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Basic Trope: A reference to other work.

  • Straight: Charlie makes a reference Work 091 by saying the most well-known quote from that book.
  • Exaggerated:
  • Justified: Charlie is a huge Work 091 fan.
  • Inverted: Take That
  • Subverted: The audience, after some situation, expects Charlie to quote Work 091. Instead, he says an original quote.
  • Double Subverted: After Charlie says the quote, Uma comments "I admire your resistance against temptation to quote Work 091 after what just happened."
  • Deconstructed: Charlie is sued by the creator of Work 091 afterwards.
  • Reconstructed: Charlie isn't sued, but he has to pay royalties.
    • Charlie isn't sued--because the Shout-Out included due credit. The creator of Work 091 appreciates the free publicity.
  • Parodied: ???
  • Zig Zagged: ???
  • Averted: Nothing famous is referenced.
  • Enforced: ???
  • Lampshaded: "And in case you were wondering, that was a reference to Work 091."
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: The creator of Work 091 is also the creator of this work, and has Charlie slip in a reference to boost awareness (and, with luck, sales) of the older work.
  • Defied: "I'm not gonna reference anything!"
  • Discussed: "Now imagine if we would start quoting famous works based on a situation similar to this!"
  • Conversed: "Aren't you gonna mention Work 091?"

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