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** Bob introduces a meeting at Trope, Inc. thusly, "Thank you all for coming, gentlemen... and the lovely Alice." Justified as Alice is [[SmurfettePrinciple the sole woman]] [[BreakingTheGlassCeiling sitting on a once all-male board of executives]].

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** Bob introduces a meeting at Trope, Inc. thusly, "Thank you all for coming, gentlemen... and the lovely Alice." Justified as Alice is [[SmurfettePrinciple [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the sole woman]] [[BreakingTheGlassCeiling sitting on a once all-male board of executives]].



** Bob's relationship to Alice is a familial one, which is qualitatively different from friendship.



* '''Enforced''': "Since Bob is my series' [[ButtMonkey punching bag]], I will have Alice verbally exclude or otherwise separate him {{once per episode}}."

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* '''Enforced''': "Since Bob is my series' [[ButtMonkey punching bag]], I will have Alice verbally exclude or otherwise separate him {{once per episode}}.OncePerEpisode."
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** Emphasis by separate mention: "You are all my closest friends. Especially you, Bob."

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** Emphasis by separate mention: "You "Thank you all for coming. I have invited you here because you are all my closest friends. Especially you, Bob.friends... and ''especially you'', Bob. If I weren't a lesbian, you'd be the perfect husband for me."

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* '''Straight''': Alice invites her friends over for dinner. When her guests arrive, she says, "Thank you all for coming. I have invited you here because you are my closest friends... and Bob."

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* '''Straight''': '''Straight''':
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Alice invites her friends over for dinner. When her guests arrive, she says, "Thank you all for coming. I have invited you here because you are my closest friends... and Bob."



** Being unincluded is a ''good'' thing (e.g.: "You lot are nothing but a bunch of scoundrels... and Bob.")
** Alice HatesEveryoneEqually ... all except Bob.

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** Being unincluded excluded is a ''good'' thing (e.g.: "You lot are nothing but a bunch of scoundrels... and Bob.")
** Alice HatesEveryoneEqually ...HatesEveryoneEqually... all except Bob.
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* '''Straight''': Alice invites her friends over for dinner. When her guests arrive, she says, "Thank you all for coming. I have invited you here because you are my closest friends ... and Bob."

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* '''Straight''': Alice invites her friends over for dinner. When her guests arrive, she says, "Thank you all for coming. I have invited you here because you are my closest friends ...friends... and Bob."



** The group is all one gender, except for either Alice or Bob. One person says "He was killed by all the girls... and Bob".

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** The group is all one gender, except for either Alice or Bob. One person says says, "He was killed by all the girls... and Bob".Bob."



** "Sometimes I wonder if I need to get away from those nuisances ... and Bob."

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** "Sometimes I wonder if I need to get away from those nuisances ...nuisances... and Bob."



* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice delivers a nine minute thanking speech with a LongList of people, leaving Bob as a literal afterthought and his addition to the list is a VerbalBackspace after saying that she was done. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Bob is ecstatic that she remembered him]].

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* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice delivers a nine minute nine-minute thanking speech with a LongList of people, leaving Bob as a literal afterthought and his addition to the list is a VerbalBackspace after saying that she was done. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Bob is ecstatic that she remembered him]].

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is only Alice's acquaintance of a few days, while all the others are her TrueCompanions, so his exclusion is understandable.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Bob is only Alice's acquaintance of a few days, while all the others are her TrueCompanions, so his exclusion is understandable.understandable.
** "You are all my closest friends. Yes, even Bob." Bob is technically not excluded, but the phrasing suggests that he ''should'' be.
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** Bob introduces a meeting at Trope, Inc. thusly, "Thank you all for coming, gentlemen... and the lovely Alice." Justified as Alice is [[SmurfettePrinciple the sole woman]] [[BreakingTheGlassCeiling sitting on a once all-male board of executives]].

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