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'''Basic Trope''': Someone mixes up two metaphors.
* '''Straight''': Marty is trying to say "you can't have your cake and eat it too" or "you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs." It comes out as "You can't have your cake without breaking a few eggs!"
* '''Exaggerated''': "When push comes to shove, the mice will play, the cookie crumbles, and a penny saved is a friend indeed!"
* '''Downplayed''': Marty stumbles midway through his sentence, but then stops and says the correct one.
* '''Justified''':
** Marty was thinking of both phrases at once, and it came out wrong.
** Marty isn't a native English speaker.
* '''Inverted''': Marty combines two made-up metaphors and gets one that makes perfect sense.
* '''Subverted''': When Marty says "don't put all your eggs in one basket before they hatch", it seems like a mixup, but it's actually a common phrase in his family.
* '''Double Subverted''': But his family got the phrase wrong in the first place, too; Marty just ''thinks'' it's correct.
* '''Parodied''': Marty runs off many idioms without even considering how they fit together: "Every dog makes lemonade in mysterious ways like a kid in a candy store, except after C!"
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Sometimes Marty gets metaphors right and combines them effortlessly, but other times, they wind up making no sense.
* '''Averted''':
** Marty doesn't use metaphors at all.
** Marty gets his metaphors straight.
* '''Enforced''': "Marty's not very good at English. Let's do a joke where he mixes up two phrases."
* '''Lampshaded''': "What goes up comes around! Hold on, that's not right..."
* '''Invoked''': Marty's friends teach him the wrong metaphors because they find it funny.
* '''Exploited''': Marty's friends are able to distinguish him from an impostor because they know that he can never say idioms straight.
* '''Defied''': Marty carefully recites his phrases in his head to make sure he gets them straight.
* '''Discussed''': "Wait, did he just say 'time heals all wounds when you're having fun'? That can't be right!"
* '''Conversed''': "I always like those jokes where characters mix up phrases."
* '''Played for Drama''': Marty is stumbling over his words because he's giving a speech and he's very nervous.
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You can look a gift MixedMetaphor in the mouth, but you can't make it drink.
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%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
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* '''Straight''': Marty is trying to say "you can't have your cake and eat it too" or "you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs." It comes out as "You can't have your cake without breaking a few eggs!"
* '''Exaggerated''': "When push comes to shove, the mice will play, the cookie crumbles, and a penny saved is a friend indeed!"
* '''Downplayed''': Marty stumbles midway through his sentence, but then stops and says the correct one.
* '''Justified''':
** Marty was thinking of both phrases at once, and it came out wrong.
** Marty isn't a native English speaker.
* '''Inverted''': Marty combines two made-up metaphors and gets one that makes perfect sense.
* '''Subverted''': When Marty says "don't put all your eggs in one basket before they hatch", it seems like a mixup, but it's actually a common phrase in his family.
* '''Double Subverted''': But his family got the phrase wrong in the first place, too; Marty just ''thinks'' it's correct.
* '''Parodied''': Marty runs off many idioms without even considering how they fit together: "Every dog makes lemonade in mysterious ways like a kid in a candy store, except after C!"
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Sometimes Marty gets metaphors right and combines them effortlessly, but other times, they wind up making no sense.
* '''Averted''':
** Marty doesn't use metaphors at all.
** Marty gets his metaphors straight.
* '''Enforced''': "Marty's not very good at English. Let's do a joke where he mixes up two phrases."
* '''Lampshaded''': "What goes up comes around! Hold on, that's not right..."
* '''Invoked''': Marty's friends teach him the wrong metaphors because they find it funny.
* '''Exploited''': Marty's friends are able to distinguish him from an impostor because they know that he can never say idioms straight.
* '''Defied''': Marty carefully recites his phrases in his head to make sure he gets them straight.
* '''Discussed''': "Wait, did he just say 'time heals all wounds when you're having fun'? That can't be right!"
* '''Conversed''': "I always like those jokes where characters mix up phrases."
* '''Played for Drama''': Marty is stumbling over his words because he's giving a speech and he's very nervous.
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You can look a gift MixedMetaphor in the mouth, but you can't make it drink.
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???
