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Removing potholes to So Bad Its Horrible


** "You know what, I take that back. I'd take the worst flop any day over [[invoked]][[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible this]]."

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** "You know what, I take that back. I'd take the worst flop any day over [[invoked]][[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible this]].this."

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* '''Reconstructed''': Bob clarifies his position: "This is not a movie. A movie implies something made with at least some effort to entertain some audience. This ... ''thing'' does neither."

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Bob clarifies his position: "This is not a movie. A movie implies something made with at least some effort to entertain some audience. This ... ''thing'' does neither.""
** Though, through some expert weaving around words, the insulting person manages to use an insult that both ''has'' power (even if it's overused) and makes the insulting person ''not'' worse than the insulted person.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The comparison isn't very apt. It's hard to tell what Bob means when he says the movie doesn't deserve to be called a movie since, well, it is.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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The comparison isn't very apt. It's hard to tell what Bob means when he says the movie doesn't deserve to be called a movie since, well, it is.is.
** The insult lacks power either because it's overused (all of the awful films in the world cannot be ''the'' "worst film of all time“) or it makes the insulting person look worse than the person being insulted (sure, go ahead and try to say something that gives praise to Adolf Hitler in any way. [[MistakenForRacist See where that leads ya]]).
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** It sounds like a stupid insult if it's said aloud, but it nevertheless accurately (and severely) underlines how much of a monster the insulted person is. Yes, someone who actually manages to completely exterminate approximately 99.9% of the human race (and with it every single ethnicity and creed that are different from the man who performed this atrocity) can be called "worse than Hitler".
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** "This movie is [[SugarWiki/SoCoolItsAwesome such a masterpiece]], it puts the ''Art/MonaLisa'' to shame."

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** "This movie is [[SugarWiki/SoCoolItsAwesome such a masterpiece]], it puts the ''Art/MonaLisa'' ''Art/TheMonaLisa'' to shame."
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** "The best thing I can say about you is you're [[DamnedByFaintPraise not as bad as Hitler.]]"
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** "This movie is [[SugarWiki/SoCoolItsAwesome such a masterpiece]], it puts the ''Mona Lisa'' to shame."

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** "This movie is [[SugarWiki/SoCoolItsAwesome such a masterpiece]], it puts the ''Mona Lisa'' ''Art/MonaLisa'' to shame."

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* '''Parodied''': "This movie is no better than a piece of shit. ...I-I didn't mean it like that, Mr. Piece of Shit! S...sorry..."

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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"This movie is no better than a piece of shit. ...I-I didn't mean it like that, Mr. Piece of Shit! S...sorry...""
** "And I thought [[BrickJoke that movie I saw was a waste of time, but you make me want to watch it again.]]"
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** "Sure, there's a lot more people worse than you, [[BoringInsult but you're nothing memorable]] [[DoWrongRight compared to them]]."

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** "Sure, there's a lot more people worse than you, [[BoringInsult but you're [[BoringInsult nothing memorable]] [[DoWrongRight compared to them]]."

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': "This movie is somewhere between the worst flop ever made, and the worst ''thing'' ever made."

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''':
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"This movie is somewhere between the worst flop ever made, and the worst ''thing'' ever made."
** "Sure, there's a lot more people worse than you, [[BoringInsult but you're nothing memorable]] [[DoWrongRight compared to them]].
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* '''Played for Laughs''': Usually is.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': Usually is.Laughs''':
** The insulted person [[InsultBackfire actually feels pleased]]: "So you're saying that you are willing to declare, under oath, that my movie is ''the'' worst film of all time? Whoo! In your ''face'', Creator/EdWood!"
** The insulted person [[ComicallyMissingThePoint doesn't gets the point]] of the insult: "I… think you're gonna have to explain me a little more how this works."



* '''Played for Horror''': "You give your people a bad name. I hope you die a horrible death." A MisanthropeSupreme says this to underscore their mix of contempt and disregard for human life.

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* '''Played for Horror''': Horror''':
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"You give your people a bad name. I hope you die a horrible death." A MisanthropeSupreme says this to underscore their mix of contempt and disregard for human life.life.
** The insulted person [[RageBreakingPoint really]], and [[OffingTheAnnoyance violently]], showcases they did not liked being called "worse than Hitler/baboons/bacteria/whatever".
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** "Calling you a bad person would make other bad people take it as a compliment" (Compliment To Rocks)

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** "I'd say you're [[TheMillstone worse than]] [[TheLoad useless]], but [[BrokeTheRatingScale there is no noun, image, or adjective to sum up your counter-productivity]]."
** The person lets out a long, exaggerated venemous version of [[PersonAsVerb the person's name]], because they couldn't think of a more worthy insult... before individually apologising to every single body part the person owns as well as the name itself.

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** "I'd say you're [[TheMillstone worse than]] [[TheLoad useless]], but [[BrokeTheRatingScale there is no noun, image, or adjective to sum up your counter-productivity]].for how counterproductive you are]]."
** The person Person A lets out a long, exaggerated venemous venomous version of [[PersonAsVerb the person's Person B's name]], because they couldn't think of a more worthy insult... worthier insult ... before individually apologising to every single body part the person Person B owns as well as the name itself.



* '''Justified''': "[...]the train never ''intended'' to wreck, but here, I'm not so sure..."

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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"[...]the train never ''intended'' to wreck, but here, I'm not so sure..."
** "Every other bad person I've ever known had ''[[EvilVirtues some]]'' [[EvilVirtues redeeming qualities]], but I don't see them in you, based on our period of acquaintance.
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* '''Subverted''': "I could call this movie a flop... [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation so I will!]]"
* '''Double Subverted''': "You know what, I take that back. I'd take the worst flop any day over [[invoked]][[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible this]]."

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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"I could call this movie a flop...flop ... [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation so I will!]]"
** "I could say you're bad, so I will."
* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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"You know what, I take that back. I'd take the worst flop any day over [[invoked]][[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible this]]."
** "I'm sorry. Even the worst person ever to live, [[GodwinsLaw even]] [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] or [[UsefulNotes/JosefStalin Stalin]], would be more tolerable than you.
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* '''Enforced''': The line is a CatchPhrase of the CausticCritic.

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* '''Enforced''': The line is a CatchPhrase of Bob, the CausticCritic.



* '''Implied''': After the critic compares the movie to a filthy porta-potty, he receives an envelope from the Porta-Potty Trade Association.
* '''Deconstructed''': The comparison isn't very apt. It's hard to tell what the reviewer means when he says the movie doesn't deserve to be called a movie since, well, it is.
* '''Reconstructed''': "This is not a movie. A movie implies something made with at least some kind of effort to entertain some audience. This... ''thing'' does neither."

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* '''Implied''': After the critic Bob compares the movie to a filthy porta-potty, he receives an envelope from the Porta-Potty Trade Association.
* '''Deconstructed''': The comparison isn't very apt. It's hard to tell what the reviewer Bob means when he says the movie doesn't deserve to be called a movie since, well, it is.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob clarifies his position: "This is not a movie. A movie implies something made with at least some kind of effort to entertain some audience. This...This ... ''thing'' does neither."


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* '''Played for Horror''': "You give your people a bad name. I hope you die a horrible death." A MisanthropeSupreme says this to underscore their mix of contempt and disregard for human life.
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* '''Parodied''': "I-I didn't mean it like that, Mr. Piece of Shit! S...sorry..."

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* '''Parodied''': "I-I "This movie is no better than a piece of shit. ...I-I didn't mean it like that, Mr. Piece of Shit! S...sorry..."
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** The person lets out a long, exaggerated venemous version of [[PersonAsVerb the person's name]], because they couldn't think of a more worthy insult... before individually apologising to every single body part the person owns as well as the name itself.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character uses a comparison to say that the person involved gives the object of comparison a bad name.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character uses a negative comparison to say that the person involved gives the object of comparison a bad name.



** "I'd call [[SuckinessIsPainful this movie]] a disaster, but I don't want to offend [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust Holocaust]] survivors."

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** "I'd call [[SuckinessIsPainful this movie]] a disaster, but I don't want to offend [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust Holocaust]] survivors.survivors, to say nothing of victims."



* '''Double Subverted''': "You know what, I take that back. I'd take the worst flop any day over [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible this]]."

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* '''Double Subverted''': "You know what, I take that back. I'd take the worst flop any day over [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible [[invoked]][[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible this]]."



* '''Played for Drama''': "You give your people a bad name."

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* '''Played for Drama''': "You give your people a bad name."" A member of an AlwaysChaoticEvil group is the addressee and feels deeply ashamed.

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* '''Straight''': "I'd call this movie a flop, but that would be an insult to the rest of the flops!"
* '''Exaggerated''': "I'd call this movie a disaster, but I don't want to offend Holocaust survivors."
* '''Downplayed''': "This movie is at the absolute bottom of the barrel, right beneath the cracks."

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* '''Straight''': '''Straight''':
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"I'd call this movie a flop, but that would be an insult to the rest of the flops!"
* '''Exaggerated''': ** "I'd call this movie a disaster, say you're useless, but I don't want to offend Holocaust survivors.that would do useless people a disservice."
* '''Downplayed''': '''Exaggerated''':
** "I'd call [[SuckinessIsPainful this movie]] a disaster, but I don't want to offend [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust Holocaust]] survivors."
** "I'd say you're [[TheMillstone worse than]] [[TheLoad useless]], but [[BrokeTheRatingScale there is no noun, image, or adjective to sum up your counter-productivity]]."
* '''Downplayed''':
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"This movie is at the absolute bottom of the barrel, right beneath the cracks."
** "You've displayed the very worst behaviour I have ever encountered from anyone.
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** "This movie is so much of a masterpiece, it puts the Mona Lisa to shame."

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** "This movie is so much of [[SugarWiki/SoCoolItsAwesome such a masterpiece, masterpiece]], it puts the Mona Lisa ''Mona Lisa'' to shame."



* '''Subverted''': "I could call this movie a flop... [[WebVideo/ZeroPunctuation so I will!]]"
* '''Double Subverted''': "You know what, I take that back. I'd take the worst flop any day over this."

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* '''Subverted''': "I could call this movie a flop... [[WebVideo/ZeroPunctuation [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation so I will!]]"
* '''Double Subverted''': "You know what, I take that back. I'd take the worst flop any day over this.[[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible this]]."



* '''Zig Zagged''': "This movie is somewhere between the worst flop ever made, and the worst ''thing'' ever made."
* '''Averted''': "This movie's a flop."
* '''Enforced''': The line is a CatchPhrase of the critic.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': "This movie is somewhere between the worst flop ever made, and the worst ''thing'' ever made."
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"This movie's a flop."
** "You're a bad person."
* '''Enforced''': The line is a CatchPhrase of the critic.CausticCritic.



* '''Played For Laughs''': Usually is.
* '''Played For Drama''': "You give your people a bad name."

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* '''Played For for Laughs''': Usually is.
* '''Played For for Drama''': "You give your people a bad name."
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** "Calling [[IncorruptiblePurePureness you]] an angel would be insulting you."
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* '''Implied''': After the critic says "This movie is a piece of shit," [[LiteralMetaphor a literal turd comments]] "[[IResembleThatRemark Hey!]]"

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* '''Implied''': After the critic says "This compares the movie is to a piece of shit," [[LiteralMetaphor a literal turd comments]] "[[IResembleThatRemark Hey!]]"filthy porta-potty, he receives an envelope from the Porta-Potty Trade Association.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character uses a comparison to say that the person involved gives the object of comparison a bad name.
* '''Straight''': "I'd call this movie a flop, but that would be an insult to the rest of the flops!"
* '''Exaggerated''': "I'd call this movie a disaster, but I don't want to offend Holocaust survivors."
* '''Downplayed''': "This movie is at the absolute bottom of the barrel, right beneath the cracks."
* '''Justified''': "[...]the train never ''intended'' to wreck, but here, I'm not so sure..."
* '''Inverted''':
** "Calling this movie a flop makes all the other flops look better by comparison."
** "This movie is so much of a masterpiece, it puts the Mona Lisa to shame."
* '''Subverted''': "I could call this movie a flop... [[WebVideo/ZeroPunctuation so I will!]]"
* '''Double Subverted''': "You know what, I take that back. I'd take the worst flop any day over this."
* '''Parodied''': "I-I didn't mean it like that, Mr. Piece of Shit! S...sorry..."
* '''Zig Zagged''': "This movie is somewhere between the worst flop ever made, and the worst ''thing'' ever made."
* '''Averted''': "This movie's a flop."
* '''Enforced''': The line is a CatchPhrase of the critic.
* '''Lampshaded''': "And I know that's overused, but if the shoe fits..."
* '''Invoked''': "The question is if this movie is a flop or something worse."
* '''Exploited''': "What's wrong with giving flops a bad name?"
* '''Defied''': "There's a joke here about this movie giving flops a bad name, but it's beneath me."
* '''Discussed''': "On tonight's episode: We debate whether this movie is a flop or worse than a flop!"
* '''Conversed''': "I've heard that line so many times and it never gets old..."
* '''Implied''': After the critic says "This movie is a piece of shit," [[LiteralMetaphor a literal turd comments]] "[[IResembleThatRemark Hey!]]"
* '''Deconstructed''': The comparison isn't very apt. It's hard to tell what the reviewer means when he says the movie doesn't deserve to be called a movie since, well, it is.
* '''Reconstructed''': "This is not a movie. A movie implies something made with at least some kind of effort to entertain some audience. This... ''thing'' does neither."
* '''Played For Laughs''': Usually is.
* '''Played For Drama''': "You give your people a bad name."
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