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* '''Straight''': Mary tells Spencer that she was cooking pizza at work when a robber came in. Spencer says, "No way! What kind of pizza was it?"

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* '''Straight''': Mary tells Spencer that she was cooking preparing a pizza at work her pizzeria when a robber came in. Spencer says, "No way! What kind of pizza was it?"
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone is trying to talk, but another character keeps asking for irrelevant details.
* '''Straight''': Mary tells Spencer that she was cooking pizza at work when a robber came in. Spencer says, "No way! What kind of pizza was it?"
* '''Exaggerated''': "What kind of pizza was it?" "Pepperoni." "Where did the pepperoni come from?" "I think it's pork." "Where did the pork come from?" "Pigs." "Where were the pigs raised?..."
* '''Downplayed''': Spencer says "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Shame about the robbery, but that was a waste of a good pizza...]]"
%%* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': Spencer keeps asking for details about the robbery, but Mary only tells him about the pizza she was making.
* '''Subverted''': Spencer had ordered a pizza before the robber came in, but neither Mary nor Spencer knew the other was there. He wants to clarify if he could have been there at that moment.
* '''Double Subverted''': Except he ordered the pizza ''last'' week, and the robbery happened today.
* '''Parodied''': "I was at work when a robber came in!" "No way! What did you have for breakfast three days ago?"
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Spencer repeatedly asks for details. Some are relevant to the story, but others aren't.
* '''Averted''':
** Spencer doesn't ask for details.
** The details Spencer asks for are relevant to the story.
* '''Enforced''': Mary telling Spencer about the robbery is a tense scene. The executives wanted to add some humor to lighten it up.
* '''Lampshaded''': "What kind of pizza was it?" "Well, it was pepperoni-- hey, that's not important!"
* '''Invoked''': Spencer messes with Mary by asking for pointless details.
* '''Exploited''': The idea of a robbery is too much for Spencer to handle, and he doesn't want to hear about it. He tries to derail the story so Mary will lose her train of thought.
* '''Defied''': "What kind of pizza was it?" "That doesn't matter! The robber went and..."
* '''Discussed''': "Who reacts to hearing about a robbery by asking what you were cooking at the time?"
* '''Conversed''': "I like the scene where Spencer asks what kind of pizza Mary was making. It's definitely something he would do."
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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