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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???Alice yells "Oh god!". Barbara answers with "Yes?", but only because she misheard Alice say "Barb" with Alice's distinctive Boston accent rather than "God". Turns out she was lying about that... and she actually thought Alice called her "mom".
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** Bob is a [[EvilIsHammy hammy]] wiseass and is taunting Alice.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???"Thank God my baby is safe." says Alice, and Bob, resident DeadpanSnarker who was the one risking his bacon to save Alice's child, answers with a "you're welcome!".
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone believes that statements such as "oh my god" are directed towards them.
* '''Straight''': Alice yells "Oh my god!", causing Bob to answer "Yes?"
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice yells the names of every major deity, causing Bob to respond "Hey, you only needed to say my name once."
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* '''Justified''':
** Bob has a [[AGodAmI god complex]].
** Bob actually is a god, and didn't realize that statements such as "oh my god" are expressions.
* '''Inverted''': Alice yells "Oh my god!", causing Bob to respond that he's [[TheDevil the opposite]].
* '''Subverted''': Bob answers with "Yes?", but only because he misheard Alice say "Bob" rather than "God".
* '''Double Subverted''': ...Turns out he was lying about that.
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* '''Averted''': Nobody answers to deities' names.
* '''Enforced''':
** Can be an EstablishingCharacterMoment to show how conceited Bob is.
** RuleOfFunny
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