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* '''Justified''': Uncle Bob hasn't seen Alice in years, and thinks she's still interested in whatever she liked back then.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Uncle Bob hasn't seen Alice in years, and thinks she's still interested in whatever she liked back then.
** Bob meant to get Alice the gift a long time ago, but was for some reason unable to obtain it and/or give it to her then.
** Uncle Bob hasn't seen Alice in years, and thinks she's still interested in whatever she liked back then.
** Bob meant to get Alice the gift a long time ago, but was for some reason unable to obtain it and/or give it to her then.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???Uncle Bob gets multiple gifts for Alice. Some of them are things she'd still be interested in, some aren't.
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"Bob, don't you think Alice is a little old for that gift?"
* '''Invoked''':???Bob asks his friends what he should get Alice, who also haven't seen her since she was a kid. They mention an interest she had then, and suggest that she may still be interested in it.
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* '''Discussed''': ???"My uncle got me a toy for my birthday... my ''twenty-first'' birthday."
* '''Played for Laughs''': Uncle Bob buying Alice a gift that she's too old for is treated as CringeComedy.
* '''Played for Drama''':
** Uncle Bob genuinely feels horrible [[MyNewGiftIsLame when Alice doesn't like the gift]], as all he was trying to do was get to know her better.
** Uncle Bob dies, goes missing, or something similar. Alice ends up keeping the gift as a TragicKeepsake.
** The former interest of Alice's is now a UsefulNotes/{{Trigger}} for her. Uncle Bob doesn't know this, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone is guilt-ridden when he finds out that he accidentally brought back such bad memories]].
* '''Played for Drama''':
** Uncle Bob genuinely feels horrible [[MyNewGiftIsLame when Alice doesn't like the gift]], as all he was trying to do was get to know her better.
** Uncle Bob dies, goes missing, or something similar. Alice ends up keeping the gift as a TragicKeepsake.
** The former interest of Alice's is now a UsefulNotes/{{Trigger}} for her. Uncle Bob doesn't know this, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone is guilt-ridden when he finds out that he accidentally brought back such bad memories]].
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'''Basic Trope''': A gift-giver tries to give someone a gift based on outdated interests.
* '''Straight''': Uncle Bob hasn't seen his niece Alice in years. He gives her a stuffed toy as a gift, knowing that Alice loved plush toys as a kid, but Alice is now an adult and has no interest in them.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Uncle Bob gives Alice tons of gifts relating to a FleetingPassionateHobby she once had (or even an interest she only once offhandedly mentioned) every single time he sees her, in a form of OnceDoneNeverForgotten.
** Uncle Bob buys Alice gifts that would be more suitable for infants, since that was the last time he saw her... despite the fact that she's an adult now.
* '''Downplayed''': Uncle Bob buys Alice a stuffed animal as a gift. Alice isn't nearly as interested in them as an adult as she was as a kid, but still appreciates the gift anyway.
* '''Justified''': Uncle Bob hasn't seen Alice in years, and thinks she's still interested in whatever she liked back then.
* '''Inverted''': Uncle Bob buys Alice -- a small child -- a gift that'd be more suitable for someone older than her.
* '''Subverted''':
** Uncle Bob buys toys for his adult niece, Alice... but it turns out that Alice has a child of her own, and the gifts are for her child.
** Uncle Bob buys a stuffed toy for his adult niece, Alice, but she asked for the gift because GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Alice's child is too old for the toys.
** Alice ''does'' still like stuffed animals, but Bob is giving her a kind she's not particularly interested in anymore.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** Uncle Bob gets Alice a gift that's related to her current interests.
** Uncle Bob doesn't get Alice a gift.
* '''Enforced''':
** To add an UnwantedGiftPlot.
** The creators are trying to establish that Uncle Bob is a bit InnocentlyInsensitive and is trying to get to know Alice better after not seeing her in years, so they have him get her a gift that's related to something she's since lost interest in.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Uncle Bob asks Alice and/or her parents what she's interested in now, so that he can give her something that she'd like.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???
* '''Straight''': Uncle Bob hasn't seen his niece Alice in years. He gives her a stuffed toy as a gift, knowing that Alice loved plush toys as a kid, but Alice is now an adult and has no interest in them.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Uncle Bob gives Alice tons of gifts relating to a FleetingPassionateHobby she once had (or even an interest she only once offhandedly mentioned) every single time he sees her, in a form of OnceDoneNeverForgotten.
** Uncle Bob buys Alice gifts that would be more suitable for infants, since that was the last time he saw her... despite the fact that she's an adult now.
* '''Downplayed''': Uncle Bob buys Alice a stuffed animal as a gift. Alice isn't nearly as interested in them as an adult as she was as a kid, but still appreciates the gift anyway.
* '''Justified''': Uncle Bob hasn't seen Alice in years, and thinks she's still interested in whatever she liked back then.
* '''Inverted''': Uncle Bob buys Alice -- a small child -- a gift that'd be more suitable for someone older than her.
* '''Subverted''':
** Uncle Bob buys toys for his adult niece, Alice... but it turns out that Alice has a child of her own, and the gifts are for her child.
** Uncle Bob buys a stuffed toy for his adult niece, Alice, but she asked for the gift because GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Alice's child is too old for the toys.
** Alice ''does'' still like stuffed animals, but Bob is giving her a kind she's not particularly interested in anymore.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** Uncle Bob gets Alice a gift that's related to her current interests.
** Uncle Bob doesn't get Alice a gift.
* '''Enforced''':
** To add an UnwantedGiftPlot.
** The creators are trying to establish that Uncle Bob is a bit InnocentlyInsensitive and is trying to get to know Alice better after not seeing her in years, so they have him get her a gift that's related to something she's since lost interest in.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Uncle Bob asks Alice and/or her parents what she's interested in now, so that he can give her something that she'd like.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
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