History PlayingWith / InsultBackfire

* '''Inverted''': ComplimentBackfire

** Alice calls Bob cold-blooded who laughs, thinking she is commenting on the temperature of his blood. Then he finds out what she really meant, and is still not offended, but pretends to be so for [[VillainWithGoodPublicity the sake of publicity]].

** Played for Horror defiance: The absurdly gruesome death Alice gives Bob ''is'' the insult - as she explains it later, if she had done anything less bombastic, Bob and his friends and family would have found a way to turn it around to their benefit.

** "'''Do not''' give me that 'thank you' bullshit, you son of a bitch! I'm calling you the most cold-blooded man I've ever seen because you are currently acting like a fucking sociopath, '''not''' because you [[BizarreAlienBiology literally have cold blood]]! [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Or maybe you are too stupid to figure out the context, too?]] You ''are'' so stupid you ''[[LiteralMinded actually]]'' need me to tell it to you, you ''cold-blooded bastard''!"

* '''Inverted''': ComplimentBackfire

** The insult was a word Alice doesn't understand--she just assumes it was a compliment.
** Alice was insulted via SarcasmMode, but is SarcasmBlind.

* '''Double Subverted''':
** Bob's "thanks for nothing" comment was because he was still mad at Alice for something she did earlier. He actually liked being called a weirdo.
** Bob says, "Thanks ... for nothing ... you moron," and Alice genuinely says, "Thank you" back.

** From Exaggerated: Alice gives Bob a whole speech on how he's no good, and he suffers from a VillainousBreakdown.

** "'''Do not''' give me that 'thank you' bullshit, you son of a bitch! I'm calling you the most cold-blooded man I've ever seen because you are currently acting like a fucking sociopath, '''not''' because you [[BizarreAlienBiology literally have cold blood]]! [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Or maybe you are too stupid to figure out the context, too?]] You ''are'' so stupid you ''[[LiteralMinded actually]]'' need me to tell it to you, you ''cold-blooded bastard''?"

* '''Exaggerated''': Alice gives Bob a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech whole speech on how he's no good]] but he thinks it's high praise.

* '''Played for Horror''': After murdering all of her family and is getting ready to kill her, Alice tries to get some victory, no matter how pitiful, from insulting Bob. Bob, with a huge smile on his face, points out the futility of calling a SerialKiller a "weirdo" and kills Alice.

* '''Exploited''': [[ShipperOnDeck Carol]] tells Alice to insult Bob, knowing he'll take it as a compliment.

* '''Played for Horror'': After murdering all of her family and is getting ready to kill her, Alice tries to get some victory, no matter how pitiful, from insulting Bob. Bob, with a huge smile on his face, points out the futility of calling a SerialKiller a "weirdo" and kills Alice.

* '''Played for Horror'': After murdering all of her family and is getting ready to kill her, Alice tries to get some victory, no matter how pitiful, from insulting Bob. Bob, with a huge smile on his face, points out the futility of calling a SerialKiller a "dumbass" and kills Alice.

** ON being called a weirdo, Bob simply shrugs and says, "Yeah, whatever." He's not flattered, but he's not offended either.

* '''Downplayed''': On being called a weirdo, Bob says, "Um, thanks, I guess."

** "'''Do not''' give me that 'thank you' bullshit, you son of a bitch! I'm calling you the most cold-blooded man I've ever seen because you are currently acting like a fucking sociopath, '''not''' because you [[BizarreAlienBiology literally have cold blood]]! [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Or maybe you are too stupid or]] LiteralMinded [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to figure out the context, too?]]"

** Bob seems to be inoffended by Alice's comment, but gets angry when she is out of earshot.

* '''Inverted''': Alice calls Bob astounding, but [[CallingMeALogarithm he thinks she insulted her]].
* '''Subverted''': Alice calls Bob a weirdo and Bob says, "Thanks ... for nothing."

* '''Straight''': Alice calls Bob a weirdo, but Bob says, unironically, "Thank you!".

* '''Justified''': Bob is proud of his eccentricities.

* '''Subverted''': Alice calls Bob a weirdo and Bob says, "Thanks... for nothing."

** Bob says, "Thanks... for nothing... you moron," and Alice genuinely says, "Thank you" back.
* '''Parodied''': Alice, being filthy rich, has a whole entourage of people trying to get into her good graces by insulting her. It sometimes works.
* '''Zigzagged''':

--->'''Alice''': "You're a weirdo!"
--->'''Bob''': "Thanks... for nothing... but, seriously, I like being a weirdo... but you shouldn't call me that... No, actually I don't mind...."

** "'''Do not''' give me that 'thank you' bullshit, you son of a bitch! I'm calling you the most cold-blooded man I've ever seen because you are currently acting like a fucking sociopath, '''not''' because you [[BizarreAlienBiology literally have cold blood]]! [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Or maybe you are too stupid to figure out the context, too?]]"

** Bob is TheSociopath and takes glee in Alice calling him the most vile human being she had ever met, which was his actual goal all along.

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* '''Played for Drama''': ???

* '''Exploited''': [[ShipperOnDeck Carol]] tells [[Main/Tsundere Alice]] to insult Bob, knowing he'll take it as a compliment.

* '''Exploited''': [[ShipperOnDeck Carol]] tells [[Tsundere Alice]] to insult Bob, knowing he'll take it as a compliment.

* '''Enforced''':

* '''Exploited''':

* '''Played for Laughs''':
* '''Played for Drama''':

* '''Defied''': Alice looks for something Bob actually dislikes to insult him with.

* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':

* '''Parodied''':