History PlayingWith / Gaslighting

** Alice already has a mild problem with misplacing things. Bob taps into this to his make subtle abuse more effective.

** Bob takes Alice to a miniature replica of there house, and when she wakes up, she believes that she has became an enormous giant.

** Carol, Bob's mother, comes for an unexpected visit and sees him shuffling through Alice's wardrobe. She then told Alice what has been happening, and both accuses Bob of abuse. Alice divorces Bob afterwards, and Carol also disowns Bob for not honoring his promise to his mother of being a good husband.

** Bob takes Alice to a miniature replica of there house, and when she wakes up, she belives that she has become an enormous giant.

* '''Parodied''': One day, when Alice is gone, Bob completely rearranges their house. When Alice calls him out on it, he tries to convince her that the house was ''always'' arranged that way.

* '''Parodied''': One day, when Alice is gone, Bob completely rearranges their house. When Alice calls him out on it, he tries to convince her that the house was ''always'' arranged that way.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice has a mental breakdown after weeks or months of psychological abuse, hurting herself and possibly Bob in a panic attack. If she starts realizing that her stuff was re-arranged only when she was out of the house, she starts putting clues together and discovers Bob's antics. He initially denies it, but Alice eventually takes it to court, divorcing Bob and making him pay for damages.

* '''Inverted''': Alice actually has mental problems and constantly places stuff where they don't belong. Bob just quietly puts stuff back in their rightful place.

** Alice is an criminal investigator and Bob is hiding wanted fugitives; Bob decides that if he can cause the investigator to question her mental facilities, then she will get iff his tail.

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

* '''Invoked''': Alice is threatening to divorce Bob, so Bob decides to convince Alice that she's insane to make her believe that he truly cares about getting her help and she's better off staying with him.

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

* '''Double Subverted''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Justified''': Alice already has a mild problem with misplacing things. Bob taps into this to his make subtle abuse more effective.

* '''Parodied''': One day, when Alice is gone, Bob completely rearranges their house. When Alice calls him out on it, he tries to convince her that the house was ''always'' arranged that way.

* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Discussed''': Alice's friend, Carol, advises her, "I'd stay away from Bob, if I were you. I heard that he drove his last girlfriend insane by constantly moving her things, and making her think that she has a failing memory."
* '''Conversed''': Donna remarks, "I hate it when people try to drive someone insane by making them think they are already insane."

* '''Played For Drama''': Almost always is.

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* '''Downplayed''': Every morning, Bob keeps moving Alice's coffee cup around. Alice always chalks it up to not being fully awake, yet.

* '''Justified''': Alice already has a mild problem with misplacing things. Bob taps into this to make subtle abuse more effective.

* '''Deconstructed''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': ???

* '''Inverted''': ???

* '''Justified''': Alice already has a mild problem with misplacing things.

* '''Subverted''': It turns out that Alice has been gaslighting Bob by moving her own items around. Bob is actually moving the items back to their original positions.

* '''Subverted''': ???

* '''Played For Drama''':

Back to {{Gaslighting}}.

* '''Downplayed''': Every morning, Bob keeps moving Alice's coffee cut around. Alice always chalks it up to not being fully awake, yet.