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[[File:FREUDER.jpg|link=El Goonish Shive|frame|[[Fun with Acronyms|Coffee]] just means COed Fun Fest Evening Extravaganza [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|not anything naughty at all]].]]
'''Subtext''' (sometimes called undertone) is content of a [[:Category:Work|work]] which is not announced explicitly by the characters (or author) but is implicit or becomes something understood by the observer of the work as the production unfolds. It literally means "under the text", just as if it were ideas buried under the text or dialogue of a work.
Subtext is content not included in the spoken dialogue or written word. A character's motivation may be revenge, anger, competitiveness, pride, or lust, but they're not always going to [[Cannot Spit It Out|come right out and say it]]. Much of what the characters truly think is left implicit for the audience to understand. Creators often make use of metaphor, [[Innuendo Tropes|innuendo]], and [[motifs]] to convey subtext.
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Subtropes of Subtext include [[Reality Subtext]], [[Incest Subtext]], [[Homoerotic Subtext]] and probably many other tropes. [[Innuendo]] is a form of subtext that is [[lampshaded]] [[In-Universe]].
Subtext is present in [[Omnipresent Tropes|literally every work of fiction]] ''and'' every human interaction. Only rarely does anyone explain the entire reasons behind their actions—and even if they do a lot of social context will still be implied.
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Only [[lampshaded]], [[In-Universe]], or superlative examples are listed below. ''I think you know why.''
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