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* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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* '''Played For Drama''': ???Seeing Bob display such ignorance inspires a viewer to crusade for better public education.

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* '''Invoked''': Somebody tampered to make the questions all about subjects Bob doesn't know well at all.

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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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Somebody tampered to make the questions all about subjects Bob doesn't know well at all.all.
** [[ForTheLulz Bob's entire participation is part of a prank.]]
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** Bob somehow gets the answer right through sheer dumb luck.
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'''Basic Trope''': Ridiculously stupid game show contestants.

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'''Basic Trope''': Ridiculously stupid game show game-show contestants.
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* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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* '''Reconstructed''': ???Bob still becomes a minor celebrity because his answers were funny and people enjoyed watching him on the show.
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* '''Enforced''': The author didn't know the real answer to the questions, so

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* '''Enforced''': The author didn't know the real answer to the questions, so he made up a dumb incorrect answer for Bob to say.
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* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???Bob is a certified genius and the questions are far too easy for him.
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* '''Played For Horror''': Bob is on a DeadlyGame where he gets killed for answering a question wrong.

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* '''Played For Horror''': Bob is on a DeadlyGame where he gets killed for answering a question wrong.wrong.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob gives an incorrect answer that still has some logic behind it.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Bob gives an incorrect answer that still has some logic behind it. it.
** Bob gets most questions correct, except for one he really botches.
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'''Basic Trope''': Ridiculously stupid game show contestants.
* '''Straight''': The host asks Bob what the capital of America is. He guesses, "Antarctica."
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Before the game even starts, Bob can't even answer what his ''name'' is.
** Bob doesn't even realize he's on a game show to begin with.
** Every contestant that ever appeared on the show has given stupid answers.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob gives an incorrect answer that still has some logic behind it.
* '''Justified''':
** The questions are trivia about a subject Bob knows nothing about.
** They ran out of smart contestants and had to pick the dumbest ones instead.
** Bob is under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Role-Inverted''': Bob knows all the answers, but the ''host'' has no idea how to run a game show.
* '''Subverted''':
** Bob's answer turns out to be correct through some InsaneTrollLogic.
** Bob corrects himself before he gets the answer wrong.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** After getting an answer right, Bob immediately blows it on the next question.
** Bob gets the answer right, but breaks some other rule that causes him to lose the game.
* '''Parodied''': A scripted game show exaggerates the typical stupidity of game show contestants for comedic value.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob sometimes has reasonable answers and sometimes has stupid answers.
* '''Averted''': Bob provides reasonable answers to the questions.
* '''Enforced''': The author didn't know the real answer to the questions, so
* '''Lampshaded''': The host remarks on how dumb all the contestants are on his shows.
* '''Invoked''': Somebody tampered to make the questions all about subjects Bob doesn't know well at all.
* '''Exploited''':
** The host prompts Bob to give stupid questions because the audience finds it funnier than when contestants do well.
** The game show is called, "Dumbest People In America" and is drawing attention to the lack of intelligence in the nation.
* '''Defied''': Bob is TheDitz, but studied really hard before going on the game show so he knows all the answers.
* '''Discussed''': "Bob, you're the dumbest contestant I've ever seen on this game."
* '''Conversed''': "These contestants on ''Guess The Answer'' are dumber than a sack of bricks!"
* '''Implied''': We don't see the actual game show, but we see Bob leaving the studio much earlier than expected.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob was too stupid to make any money off the show, but spent hundreds of dollars to get to the studio, leaving him with debilitating debt.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob gives an answer that's so ridiculously incorrect, it's hilarious.
* '''Played For Drama''': ???
* '''Played For Horror''': Bob is on a DeadlyGame where he gets killed for answering a question wrong.

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