History PlayingWith / FelonyMisdemeanor

** Bob throws a chocolate wrapper on the ground, which summons a special team with lots of guns, helicopters and a tank from nowhere! They threaten him with the use of lethal force unless he picks it up and deposits it in a proper place.

* '''Played For Horror''': The execution for '''[[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife jaywalking]]''' is a week-long round of torture, culminating with being publically drawn, quartered and decapitated a la ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''. And the audience gets to see '''all''' of it. And this is far from the most brutal death this system unleashes, or the smallest disdemeanor that warrants one.

** Bob arrives home very agitated and tells Alice he set a bus full of [[LittlestCancerPatient little cancer patients]] on fire. Without flinching the slightest bit, Alice faces Bob and casually berates him: "Bob, stop setting little cancer patients on fire, or you can say goodbye to dessert today!"

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* '''Parodied''': Alice gets mad at Bob for breathing.

** Bob arrives home very agitated and tells Alice he set a bus full of [[LittlestCancerPatient little cancer patients]] on fire. Without flinching the slightest bit, Alice faces Bob and tells him: "So what, do you want a medal for that? I don't have time for this nonsense Bob! Come back when you do something genuinely bad, you pussy!"

** Bob jaywalks by accident, and he gets put on death row.

** On finding out that Bob has some unpaid parking tickets, Alice gives Bob something of an earful to pay them. Her reaction is not severe, but because they are only friends, she has no right to yell at him.

* '''Deconstructed''': Because of her overreactions to minor offenses, Alice is branded as a harsh and uptight person.
* '''Reconstructed''': [[ThePowerOfFriendship Bob convinces everyone that Alice is very polite as long as you don't piss her off]], and suddenly [[PowerOfTrust everyone wants to be her friend]].

%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Straight''': Alice finds out about that Bob has some library books he hasn't returned yet. She becomes rather furious about it, and after a long lecture, she forces Bob to return them and pay the fines.

'''Basic Trope''': A reaction to a minor offense is ridiculously exaggerated.
* '''Straight''': Alice finds out about some parking tickets that Bob hasn't paid yet. She becomes rather furious about it, and after a long lecture, she forces Bob to immediately go and pay them.

** On finding out that Bob has some unreturned library books, Alice gives Bob something of an earful to return them. Her reaction is not severe, but because they are only friends, she has no right to yell at him.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is at the park eating peanuts and he throws some shells onto the grass. Upon seeing this, Alice falls on her knees and [[DespairEventHorizon breaks into tears]] as she says [[HumansAreBastards her faith in humanity has been destroyed]].
* '''Downplayed''': On finding out that Bob has some unreturned library books, Alice gives Bob something of an earful to return it, but nothing severe.

* '''Subverted''': "Oh, no! Bob, you threw that soda can on the floor, now the police will come after you!" "What?! Are you serious Alice?!" "Ha ha ha ha! Not at all, just kidding you..."
* '''Double Subverted''': "... In fact, the [[DisproportionateRetribution punishment for littering is death.]] By my own hands!" "Aaaaaaaaargh!"
* '''Parodied''':
** Bob throws a chocolate wrapper on the ground, which summons a special team with lots of guns, helicopters and a tank from nowhere! They threaten him with the use of lethal force unless he picks it up and deposits it in a proper place.
** The reaction is done with such LargeHam dramatics that it crosses into MundaneMadeAwesome.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Not even my mom used to scold me like that... Not even that time when I shaved the house cat!"
* '''Invoked''': Alice was mad at Bob for another reason, so she used this littering instance as an excuse to release her repressed feelings.
* '''Exploited''': Bob is a {{Troll}} and knows she'll overreact to everything, so he does to piss her off.

* '''Deconstructed''': A dystopian society has reached a point where even the minor crimes get punished with extreme violence, leading to the deaths of lots of innocent people and sending everyone into a perpetual state of paranoia and fear.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice overreacts to Bob's careless habits as a way to make him more disciplined and organized. Upon achieving that objective, she drops her act.

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is at the park eating peanuts and he throws some shells onto the grass. Upon seeing this, Alice falls on her knees and [[DespairEventHorizon breaks into tears]] as she says [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters her faith in humanity has been destroyed]].

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is at the park eating peanuts and he throws some shells onto the grass. Upon seeing this, Alice falls on her knees and [[DespairEventHorizon breaks into tears]] as she says [[HumansAreBastards her faith in humanity has been destroyed]].

* '''Justified''': Bob and Alice are a duo of criminals are escaping from justice, so even a minor infraction might attract unwanted attention if they aren't careful.

* '''Deconstructed''': A dystopian society has reached a point where even the minor crimes get punished with extreme violence, leading to the deaths of lots of innocent people and sending everyone into a perpetual state of paranoia and fear.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice overreacts to Bob's careless habits as a way to make him more disciplined and organized. Upon achieving that objective, she drops her act.

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