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* '''Straight''': Alice is carrying a wedding cake for Bob and Claire's wedding. She [[FaceplantingIntoFood trips and falls face-first into the cake]].

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* '''Straight''': Alice is carrying a wedding cake for Bob and Claire's wedding. She [[FaceplantingIntoFood trips and falls face-first into the cake]].
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* '''Straight''': Alice is carrying a wedding cake for Bob and Claire's wedding. She slips and the cake [[PieInTheFace falls on her face]].

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* '''Straight''': Alice is carrying a wedding cake for Bob and Claire's wedding. She slips [[FaceplantingIntoFood trips and the cake [[PieInTheFace falls on her face]].face-first into the cake]].



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* '''Inverted''': Alice is riding on a cake. The cake drops Alice while she rides it.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice is riding on a cake. The cake drops flings Alice off ForTheLulz while she rides it.
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* '''Double Subverted''': It flies off the cart.

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* '''Double Subverted''': It flies off the cart.cart and onto Claire. Whoops...
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** [[{{Irony Alice is the least clumsy and least likely to eat the cake]].

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** [[{{Irony [[{{Irony}} Alice is the least clumsy and least likely to eat the cake]].

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'''Basic Trope''': A character is carrying food.
* '''Straight''': Alice is carrying a wedding cake for Bob and Claire's wedding.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is carrying the whole wedding feast.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is carrying a cupcake.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character is carrying food.
If a food item needs to be taken somewhere, expect something to go wrong.
* '''Straight''': Alice is carrying a wedding cake for Bob and Claire's wedding.
wedding. She slips and the cake [[PieInTheFace falls on her face]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is carrying the whole wedding feast.
feast. She somehow manages to cause a ''[[ApocalypseHow/ClassZ Class Z-4]]'' apocalypse.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is carrying a cupcake. It flies out of her hand.



** Alice is the least clumsy and least likely to eat the cake.
** Alice baked the cake.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is riding on a cake.
* '''Subverted''': Alice puts the cake down.
* '''Double Subverted''': She then picks it up.
* '''Averted''': Alice doesn't carry any cakes.

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** [[{{Irony Alice is the least clumsy and least likely to eat the cake.
cake]].
** Alice baked the cake.
cake. And {{God}} decided to mess it up for her.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is riding on a cake.
cake. The cake drops Alice while she rides it.
* '''Subverted''': Alice puts the cake down.
down on a cart for maximum safety.
* '''Double Subverted''': She then picks it up.
It flies off the cart.
* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Alice doesn't carry any cakes.cakes.
** Alice carries a cake and nothing bad happens to it.



* '''Enforced''': The writers need Alice doing something else while the BigBad attacks everyone who's already at the wedding.
* '''Invoked''': Ida recruits Alice to be the Official Cake Carrier.

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* '''Enforced''': The writers need Alice doing something else while the BigBad attacks everyone who's already at the wedding.
RuleOfFunny, plus CringeComedy.
* '''Invoked''': Ida [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Ida]] recruits Alice [[TheKlutz Alice]] to be the Official Cake Carrier.Carrier. Exploited soon follows.



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'''Basic Trope''': A character is carrying a cake.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character is carrying a cake.food.

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* '''Justified''': Alice is the least clumsy and least likely to eat the cake.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Alice is the least clumsy and least likely to eat the cake.
** Alice baked the
cake.
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* '''Zigzagged''': Alice starts off carrying the cake, then she trips and it flies into the air, but she catches it in time, then Diane steals it but Alice gets it back unharmed, then a kid rollerskates towards her but misses her and the cake, then a BigEater tries to eat it but [[HappyEnding she manages to get the cake to the wedding and the cake's still intact.]]

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* '''Zigzagged''': Alice starts off carrying the cake, then she trips and it flies into the air, but she catches it in time, then Diane steals it but Alice gets it back unharmed, then a kid rollerskates towards roller skates toward her but misses her and the cake, then a BigEater tries to eat it but [[HappyEnding she manages to get the cake to the wedding and the cake's still intact.]]



* '''Exploited''': ThePrankster sees this as a pranking oppourtinity.
* '''Defied''': Bob and Claire hire a professional as they don't want a regular person carrying the cake-that's asking for trouble.

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* '''Exploited''': ThePrankster sees this as a pranking oppourtinity.
opportunity.
* '''Defied''': Bob and Claire hire a professional professional, as they don't want a regular person carrying the cake-that's cake—that's just asking for trouble.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Claire is a {{Bridezilla}} who bullies Alice about the way she carries the cake.



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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The writers need Alice doing something else while the BigBad attacks everyone who's already at the wedding.



* '''Defied''': Bob and Claire hire a proffesional as they don't want a regular person carrying the cake-that's asking for trouble.

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* '''Defied''': Bob and Claire hire a proffesional professional as they don't want a regular person carrying the cake-that's asking for trouble.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The cake gets dropped.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice makes sure the cake doesn't get dropped.



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'''Basic Trope''': A character is carrying a cake.
* '''Straight''': Alice is carrying a wedding cake for Bob and Claire's wedding.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is carrying the whole wedding feast.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is carrying a cupcake.
* '''Justified''': Alice is the least clumsy and least likely to eat the cake.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is riding on a cake.
* '''Subverted''': Alice puts the cake down.
* '''Double Subverted''': She then picks it up.
* '''Averted''': Alice doesn't carry any cakes.
* '''Parodied''': Because this is hard in fiction, only TheChosenOne can do it.
* '''Zigzagged''': Alice starts off carrying the cake, then she trips and it flies into the air, but she catches it in time, then Diane steals it but Alice gets it back unharmed, then a kid rollerskates towards her but misses her and the cake, then a BigEater tries to eat it but [[HappyEnding she manages to get the cake to the wedding and the cake's still intact.]]
* '''Lampshaded''': "Am I TemptingFate by carrying this cake and expecting nothing to happen to it?"
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Ida recruits Alice to be the Official Cake Carrier.
* '''Exploited''': ThePrankster sees this as a pranking oppourtinity.
* '''Defied''': Bob and Claire hire a proffesional as they don't want a regular person carrying the cake-that's asking for trouble.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Alice is a fictional character and she's carrying a cake. What's to bet something happens to it?"
* '''Deconstructed''': The cake gets dropped.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice makes sure the cake doesn't get dropped.
* '''Played for Laughs''': CringeComedy.
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