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* '''Basic Trope''': [[Exactly What It Says |
* '''Basic Trope''': [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Bathrooms and related bodily functions used as a source of (usually lowbrow) humor |
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* '''Played Straight''': [[Gasshole|Bob]] farts. |
* '''Played Straight''': [[Gasshole|Bob]] farts. |
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob poops in a crowded elevator |
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob poops in a crowded elevator |
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* '''Subverted''': Bob's farting [[Cerebus Retcon|is treated more as a]] [[Moral Event Horizon]] [[Cerebus Retcon|crossover]]. |
* '''Subverted''': Bob's farting [[Cerebus Retcon|is treated more as a]] [[Moral Event Horizon]] [[Cerebus Retcon|crossover]]. |
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* '''Double Subverted''': But then becomes a funny anecdote later on. |
* '''Double Subverted''': But then becomes a funny anecdote later on. |
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* '''Deconstructed''': After age 7 or so (perhaps earlier for girls, who are expected to be [[Women Are Wiser|more polite and refined than their]] [[Spear Counterpart]]), this sort of stuff is seen as immature, rude, and disgusting. |
* '''Deconstructed''': After age 7 or so (perhaps earlier for girls, who are expected to be [[Women Are Wiser|more polite and refined than their]] [[Spear Counterpart]]), this sort of stuff is seen as immature, rude, and disgusting. |
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* '''Reconstructed''': There are times when it's OK to joke about this stuff, and times when it's not. As long as everyone knows which it is... |
* '''Reconstructed''': There are times when it's OK to joke about this stuff, and times when it's not. As long as everyone knows which it is... |
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* '''Parodied''': Bob farts a tune of some sort, and the entire elevator starts singing along, only to keel over from the gas. |
* '''Parodied''': Bob farts a tune of some sort, and the entire elevator starts singing along, only to keel over from the gas. |
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* '''Lampshaded''': [[Sarcasm Mode|Great, just what we need: a fart joke.]] |
* '''Lampshaded''': [[Sarcasm Mode|Great, just what we need: a fart joke.]] |
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* '''Averted''': [[Nobody Poops]], [[Bottomless Bladder]] |
* '''Averted''': [[Nobody Poops]], [[Bottomless Bladder]] |
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* '''Enforced''': [[Rule of Funny]] for a [[Gross |
* '''Enforced''': [[Rule of Funny]] for a [[Gross-Out Show]] |
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* '''Invoked''': Bob farts, and everyone starts laughing at him. |
* '''Invoked''': Bob farts, and everyone starts laughing at him. |
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* '''Defied''': Nobody laughs at bodily functions, and the people who carry out said bodily functions leave the room to do so. |
* '''Defied''': Nobody laughs at bodily functions, and the people who carry out said bodily functions leave the room to do so. |
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* '''Discussed''': Fart jokes: they've been [[ |
* '''Discussed''': Fart jokes: they've been [[Cliché|done to death!]] |
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* '''Conversed''': Maybe so, but [[Tropes Are Not Bad|they're funny!]] |
* '''Conversed''': Maybe so, but [[Tropes Are Not Bad|they're funny!]] |
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Pretty much the whole premise of this trope. |
* '''Played For Laughs''': Pretty much the whole premise of this trope. |
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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob gets a kick out of farting for people's amusement, but it embarrasses and disgusts his girlfriend, [[Love Interest|Alice]]. He must choose between her love or the attention he gets. |
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob gets a kick out of farting for people's amusement, but it embarrasses and disgusts his girlfriend, [[Love Interest|Alice]]. He must choose between her love or the attention he gets. |
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** Alternatively, [[Potty Emergency]] of which [[Potty Failure]] would be a particularly embarrassing result, like say, [[ |
** Alternatively, [[Potty Emergency]] of which [[Potty Failure]] would be a particularly embarrassing result, like say, [[:Category:White Collar Tropes|at work.]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:52, 22 September 2019
- Basic Trope: Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Bathrooms and related bodily functions used as a source of (usually lowbrow) humor
- Played Straight: Bob farts.
- Exaggerated: Bob poops in a crowded elevator
- Inverted: Detectives find a dead woman in the bathroom; the bathroom is there, but the humor is not.
- Subverted: Bob's farting is treated more as a Moral Event Horizon crossover.
- Double Subverted: But then becomes a funny anecdote later on.
- Deconstructed: After age 7 or so (perhaps earlier for girls, who are expected to be more polite and refined than their Spear Counterpart), this sort of stuff is seen as immature, rude, and disgusting.
- Reconstructed: There are times when it's OK to joke about this stuff, and times when it's not. As long as everyone knows which it is...
- Parodied: Bob farts a tune of some sort, and the entire elevator starts singing along, only to keel over from the gas.
- Lampshaded: Great, just what we need: a fart joke.
- Averted: Nobody Poops, Bottomless Bladder
- Enforced: Rule of Funny for a Gross-Out Show
- Invoked: Bob farts, and everyone starts laughing at him.
- Defied: Nobody laughs at bodily functions, and the people who carry out said bodily functions leave the room to do so.
- Discussed: Fart jokes: they've been done to death!
- Conversed: Maybe so, but they're funny!
- Played For Laughs: Pretty much the whole premise of this trope.
- Played For Drama: Bob gets a kick out of farting for people's amusement, but it embarrasses and disgusts his girlfriend, Alice. He must choose between her love or the attention he gets.
- Alternatively, Potty Emergency of which Potty Failure would be a particularly embarrassing result, like say, at work.
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