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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice constantly gets this from the men she deals with at her day job. As a result, Alice deliberately acts cold and bitchy in the vain hope that men won't think she's flirting with them which only serves to make her miserable and fatigued in the long run.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice realizes that she doesn't have to put with infatuated idiots and makes it clear to them that she has no interest in them. Most of them understand and move on with their lives.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice realizes that she doesn't have to put with infatuated idiots and makes it clear to them that she has no interest in them. Most of them understand and move on with their lives.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice constantly gets this from the men she deals with at her day job. As a result, Alice deliberately acts cold and bitchy in the vain hope that men won't think she's flirting with them them, which only serves to make her miserable and fatigued in the long run.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice realizes that she doesn't have to put up with infatuatedidiots idiots, and makes it clear to them that she has no interest in them. Most of them understand and move on with their lives.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice realizes that she doesn't have to put up with infatuated
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* '''Played for Drama''': Bob is a stalker who takes Alice's behavior as flirtatious and later abducts her a la Literature/TheCollector. Things proceed to get, much ''much'' worse for Alice as Bob tries everything in his power to make her love him.
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* '''Played for Drama''': Bob is a stalker who takes Alice's behavior as flirtatious flirtatious, and later abducts her a la Literature/TheCollector. ''Literature/TheCollector''. Things proceed to get, much get much, ''much'' worse for Alice as Bob tries everything in his power to make her love him.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Good Lord, he thinks I was coming onto him! That's so embarrassing!"
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Good Lord, he thinks I was coming onto on to him! That's so embarrassing!"
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* '''Conversed''': "Why was that 'Bob' character so quick to assume Alice was coming onto him?!"
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* '''Conversed''': "Why was that 'Bob' character so quick to assume Alice was coming onto on to him?!"
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* '''Played for Drama''': Bob is a stalker who takes Alice's behavior as flirtatious and later abducts her ala Literature/TheCollector. Things proceed to get, much ''much'' worse for Alice as Bob tries everything in his power to make her love him.
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* '''Played for Drama''': Bob is a stalker who takes Alice's behavior as flirtatious and later abducts her ala a la Literature/TheCollector. Things proceed to get, much ''much'' worse for Alice as Bob tries everything in his power to make her love him.
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* '''Deconstructed''':
'''Deconstructed''': Alice constantly gets this from the men she deals with at her day job. As a result, Alice deliberately acts cold and bitchy in the vain hope that men won't think she's flirting with them which only serves to make her miserable and fatigued in the long run.
*'''Reconstructed''':'''Reconstructed''': Alice realizes that she doesn't have to put with infatuated idiots and makes it clear to them that she has no interest in them. Most of them understand and move on with their lives.
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* '''Played for Drama''':Drama''': Bob is a stalker who takes Alice's behavior as flirtatious and later abducts her ala Literature/TheCollector. Things proceed to get, much ''much'' worse for Alice as Bob tries everything in his power to make her love him.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character mistakenly believes another is flirting with them.
* '''Straight''': Alice compliments Bob on his clothes. He thinks she's calling him attractive and politely rejects her, but she clarifies that she didn't mean it in that way.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob thinks literally ''everything'' Alice says to him is romantic, when she actually hates him.
* '''Downplayed''': AliceAndBob are a married couple, and Alice asks Bob to go to bed. He thinks she's inviting him to have sex, but really she just thinks he needs some sleep.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob has a crush on Alice, so he's more prone to reading her actions and comments as romantic.
** In Bob's culture, complimenting the clothes of someone whose orientation aligns with yours is seen as exclusively romantic.
** Bob has had unwanted attention from women before.
** Alice is known for being flirty.
** Alice has NoSenseOfPersonalSpace and was standing close to Bob when she complimented him.
* '''Inverted''': [[ObliviousToLove Alice is flirting with Bob, but he doesn't realise]].
* '''Subverted''':
** It later turns out that Alice ''did'' mean it romantically, but lied out of shyness.
** It turns out that Bob was just teasing Alice and knew she didn't mean it that way.
* '''Double Subverted''':
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''': Bob assumes Alice was flirting, [[ImpliedLoveInterest but it's unclear whether she was]].
* '''Averted''': Bob never mistakes Alice for flirting.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "Good Lord, he thinks I was coming onto him! That's so embarrassing!"
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Alice decides not to compliment Bob for fear of him thinking she was flirting.
* '''Discussed''': "But what if he thinks I'm flirting with him or something?"
* '''Conversed''': "Why was that 'Bob' character so quick to assume Alice was coming onto him?!"
* '''Implied''': Bob looks embarrassed when Alice compliments him, but Alice doesn't seem like she has chemistry with Bob.
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''': This proves embarrassing for both Alice and Bob, resulting in CringeComedy.
* '''Played for Drama''':
* '''Played for Horror''': Alice is a vampire and wants to bite Bob, but he thinks she's trying to seduce him.
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* '''Straight''': Alice compliments Bob on his clothes. He thinks she's calling him attractive and politely rejects her, but she clarifies that she didn't mean it in that way.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob thinks literally ''everything'' Alice says to him is romantic, when she actually hates him.
* '''Downplayed''': AliceAndBob are a married couple, and Alice asks Bob to go to bed. He thinks she's inviting him to have sex, but really she just thinks he needs some sleep.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob has a crush on Alice, so he's more prone to reading her actions and comments as romantic.
** In Bob's culture, complimenting the clothes of someone whose orientation aligns with yours is seen as exclusively romantic.
** Bob has had unwanted attention from women before.
** Alice is known for being flirty.
** Alice has NoSenseOfPersonalSpace and was standing close to Bob when she complimented him.
* '''Inverted''': [[ObliviousToLove Alice is flirting with Bob, but he doesn't realise]].
* '''Subverted''':
** It later turns out that Alice ''did'' mean it romantically, but lied out of shyness.
** It turns out that Bob was just teasing Alice and knew she didn't mean it that way.
* '''Double Subverted''':
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''': Bob assumes Alice was flirting, [[ImpliedLoveInterest but it's unclear whether she was]].
* '''Averted''': Bob never mistakes Alice for flirting.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "Good Lord, he thinks I was coming onto him! That's so embarrassing!"
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Alice decides not to compliment Bob for fear of him thinking she was flirting.
* '''Discussed''': "But what if he thinks I'm flirting with him or something?"
* '''Conversed''': "Why was that 'Bob' character so quick to assume Alice was coming onto him?!"
* '''Implied''': Bob looks embarrassed when Alice compliments him, but Alice doesn't seem like she has chemistry with Bob.
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''': This proves embarrassing for both Alice and Bob, resulting in CringeComedy.
* '''Played for Drama''':
* '''Played for Horror''': Alice is a vampire and wants to bite Bob, but he thinks she's trying to seduce him.
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