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* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone says this kind of thing all the time.
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* '''Exaggerated''': [[NeverheardTHATonebefore Everyone says this kind of thing all the time.]]
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* '''Justified''': Bob was in a bad mood, he and Alice are VitriolicBestBuds, and this line is sometimes TruthInTelevision.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Bob was in a bad mood, he and Alice are VitriolicBestBuds, and this line is sometimesTruthInTelevision.TruthInTelevision.
** Y is one of the legal ways of doing X, while the method offered is highly illegal.
** Bob was in a bad mood, he and Alice are VitriolicBestBuds, and this line is sometimes
** Y is one of the legal ways of doing X, while the method offered is highly illegal.
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'''Basic Trope''': Saying something which basically implies, "You want me to do something that involves X as the main part. But if I wanted X, I would Y instead", often implying Y is the better way to get X.
* '''Straight''': Alice wants Bob to watch a nature show. Bob, who thinks NatureIsBoring, says, "If I wanted to see a bunch of wild animals, I'd go to the zoo."
* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone says this kind of thing all the time.
* '''Downplayed''':
* '''Justified''': Bob was in a bad mood, he and Alice are VitriolicBestBuds, and this line is sometimes TruthInTelevision.
* '''Inverted''': Bob ''agrees'' to watch the nature show by saying, "If I wanted to not see wild animals, what's the point of going to the zoo?"
* '''Subverted''': "If I wanted to see a bunch of wild animals....I'd watch the show. I just don't want to."
* '''Double Subverted''': "On second thoughts, I think I'd just go to the zoo."
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''': Bob tries to make a line like that but gets too bogged up on what he would do if he did indeed want to see a bunch of wild animals.
* '''Averted''': Bob does not say this line.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Bob makes an effort not to say this, or Alice tells him not to.
* '''Discussed''': "Who invented that 'if I wanted X, I would Y' line?"
* '''Conversed''': "Why are characters always being mean when they say that if they wanted X they would Y?"
* '''Implied''':
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''':
* '''Played for Drama''':
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* '''Straight''': Alice wants Bob to watch a nature show. Bob, who thinks NatureIsBoring, says, "If I wanted to see a bunch of wild animals, I'd go to the zoo."
* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone says this kind of thing all the time.
* '''Downplayed''':
* '''Justified''': Bob was in a bad mood, he and Alice are VitriolicBestBuds, and this line is sometimes TruthInTelevision.
* '''Inverted''': Bob ''agrees'' to watch the nature show by saying, "If I wanted to not see wild animals, what's the point of going to the zoo?"
* '''Subverted''': "If I wanted to see a bunch of wild animals....I'd watch the show. I just don't want to."
* '''Double Subverted''': "On second thoughts, I think I'd just go to the zoo."
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''': Bob tries to make a line like that but gets too bogged up on what he would do if he did indeed want to see a bunch of wild animals.
* '''Averted''': Bob does not say this line.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Bob makes an effort not to say this, or Alice tells him not to.
* '''Discussed''': "Who invented that 'if I wanted X, I would Y' line?"
* '''Conversed''': "Why are characters always being mean when they say that if they wanted X they would Y?"
* '''Implied''':
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''':
* '''Played for Drama''':
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