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* '''Conversed''': "If she's lost the remote, why can't she just go up to the TV and change the channel manually?"

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* '''Conversed''': "If she's lost the remote, why can't she just go up to the TV and change the channel manually?"manually?"
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* '''Implied''': Alice grudgingly uses the buttons on the TV itself.
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** That's the remote to her old TV, which doesn't use her new TV's protocol and thus is useless.
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** In an AlternateUniverse, [[AnimateInanimateObject Bob the remote control]] loses his tiny inanimate human in the couch cushions.

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* '''Straight''': Bob lost the television remote.
->'''Bob''': "Alice! Have you seen the TV remote?"
->'''Alice''': "Did you check check between the cushions?"
->'''Bob''': *finds it there* "Found it, thank you."
->'''Alice''': "You're welcome, dear. 😊"

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* '''Straight''': Bob lost Alice is watching TV, but loses the television remote.
->'''Bob''': "Alice! Have you seen
remote and can't change the TV remote?"
->'''Alice''': "Did you check check between the cushions?"
->'''Bob''': *finds it there* "Found it, thank you."
->'''Alice''': "You're welcome, dear. 😊"
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** Bob has looked everywhere! And he STILL can't find it!"
** Bob NEVER finds the remote, and gives up and orders a new one.
* '''Lampshaded''':
-> '''Alice''': "Found that remote you were looking for, in the fridge!"
-> '''Bob''': "Huh, that's weird. How'd it get there? Did tiny [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] steal it and hide it in the fridge, or something?"
* '''Inverted''': In an AlternateUniverse, [[AnimateInanimateObject Bob the remote control]] loses his tiny inanimate human in the couch cushions.
* '''Defied''': Bob creates a machine to ensure that the remote never goes missing.

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** Bob has looked everywhere! And he STILL can't find it!"
** Bob NEVER finds the remote,
Alice owns multiple televisions, and gives up and orders a new one.
* '''Lampshaded''':
-> '''Alice''': "Found that remote you were looking for, in the fridge!"
-> '''Bob''': "Huh, that's weird. How'd it get there? Did tiny [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] steal it and hide it in the fridge, or something?"
* '''Inverted''': In an AlternateUniverse, [[AnimateInanimateObject Bob the remote control]]
loses his tiny inanimate human in the couch cushions.
remotes for all of them.
** Everyone in Alice's town has lost their TV remotes.
* '''Defied''': Bob creates a machine to ensure '''Downplayed''': Alice knows that the remote never goes missing.is somewhere in her living room, so she has a general idea of where it is.
* '''Justified''': Alice's living room is dirty, and she doesn't take good care of her belongings. Her remote's also very small, so it's understandable that she'd lose it.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice always loses everything, but she can find the TV remote when she needs it.
** Alice has the remote. The TV is lost instead.
* '''Subverted''': Alice thinks she's lost the remote, but it turns out to be right next to her.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** That was the remote for her RC car. The TV remote is still lost.
** The remote's batteries are lost, though, and she needs to look for those.
%%* '''Parodied''': ???
%%* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Nobody in the work owns a television.
%%* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "I've lost the TV remote!"
* '''Invoked''': Bob hides the TV remote somewhere in the house so Alice will have to search for it.
%%* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''':
** Alice buys multiple remotes and makes sure she knows where they are.
** Alice gets a TV that isn't dependent on a remote.
%%* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "If she's lost the remote, why can't she just go up to the TV and change the channel manually?"
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* '''Inverted''': In an AlternateUniverse, [[AnimateInanimateObject Bob the remote control]] loses his tiny inanimate human in the couch cushions.

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* '''Inverted''': In an AlternateUniverse, [[AnimateInanimateObject Bob the remote control]] loses his tiny inanimate human in the couch cushions.cushions.
* '''Defied''': Bob creates a machine to ensure that the remote never goes missing.

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'''Inverted''':
In an AlternateUniverse, [[AnimateInanimateObject Bob the remote control]] loses his tiny inanimate human in the couch cushions.

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'''Inverted''':
* '''Inverted''': In an AlternateUniverse, [[AnimateInanimateObject Bob the remote control]] loses his tiny inanimate human in the couch cushions.
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-> '''Bob''': "Huh, that's weird. How'd it get there? Did tiny [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] steal it and hide it in the fridge, or something?"

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-> '''Bob''': "Huh, that's weird. How'd it get there? Did tiny [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] steal it and hide it in the fridge, or something?"something?"
'''Inverted''':
In an AlternateUniverse, [[AnimateInanimateObject Bob the remote control]] loses his tiny inanimate human in the couch cushions.
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** -->'''Bob''': "I've looked everywhere! And I STILL can't find it!"

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** -->'''Bob''': "I've Bob has looked everywhere! And I he STILL can't find it!"

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** -> '''Bob''': "Alice! Have you seen the TV remote?"
-> '''Alice''': "Did you check check between the cushions?"
-> '''Bob''': *finds it there* "Found it, thank you."
** -> '''Alice''': "Found that remote you were looking for, in the fridge!"
-> '''Bob''': "Huh, that's weird. How'd it get there?"
-> '''Alice''': "You're welcome, dear. 😊"

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** -> '''Bob''': ->'''Bob''': "Alice! Have you seen the TV remote?"
-> '''Alice''': ->'''Alice''': "Did you check check between the cushions?"
-> '''Bob''': ->'''Bob''': *finds it there* "Found it, thank you."
** -> '''Alice''': "Found that remote you were looking for, in the fridge!"
-> '''Bob''': "Huh, that's weird. How'd it get there?"
-> '''Alice''':
->'''Alice''': "You're welcome, dear. 😊"



** ->'''Bob''': "I've looked everywhere! And I STILL can't find it!"

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** ->'''Bob''': -->'''Bob''': "I've looked everywhere! And I STILL can't find it!"



* '''Lampshaded''': "How come remotes are so easy to lose? And when you DO finally find them, it's in a weird spot! Are there tiny [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] hiding it?"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "How come remotes are so easy to lose? And when '''Lampshaded''':
-> '''Alice''': "Found that remote
you DO finally find them, it's were looking for, in a weird spot! Are there the fridge!"
-> '''Bob''': "Huh, that's weird. How'd it get there? Did
tiny [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] hiding it?"steal it and hide it in the fridge, or something?"
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone loses the TV remote.
* '''Straight''': Bob lost the television remote.
** -> '''Bob''': "Alice! Have you seen the TV remote?"
-> '''Alice''': "Did you check check between the cushions?"
-> '''Bob''': *finds it there* "Found it, thank you."
** -> '''Alice''': "Found that remote you were looking for, in the fridge!"
-> '''Bob''': "Huh, that's weird. How'd it get there?"
-> '''Alice''': "You're welcome, dear. 😊"
* '''Exaggerated''':
** ->'''Bob''': "I've looked everywhere! And I STILL can't find it!"
** Bob NEVER finds the remote, and gives up and orders a new one.
* '''Lampshaded''': "How come remotes are so easy to lose? And when you DO finally find them, it's in a weird spot! Are there tiny [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] hiding it?"

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