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* '''Exploited''': Bob uses the button as a projectile.

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* '''Exploited''': Bob uses the button as a projectile.projectile weapon.
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'''Basic Trope''': Buttons pop off clothing as a way to show that a character has increased in weight/size.
* '''Straight''':
** Bob tries to put on a shirt that he owned before gaining a large amount of weight, and several of the buttons pop off.
** As Bob turns into a [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent werecat]], [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing the buttons pop off his shirt]].
* '''Exaggerated''':
** All of the buttons go flying off of Bob's shirt.
** [[ClothingDamage The shirt itself is also completely destroyed in the process]].
* '''Downplayed''': Bob increases in size a bit - a button comes loose or pops off, but that's about it.
* '''Justified''': Can be TruthInTelevision.
* '''Inverted''': The buttons fly back ''onto'' Bob's shirt.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** Bob never has any changes in weight/size.
** Bob has MagicPants (or shirts, in this case), so he doesn't have to worry about clothing getting damaged whenever he changes shape.
* '''Enforced''': To give Bob a ShirtlessScene.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hmm... I don't think this shirt fits me anymore."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Bob unbuttons his shirt before shapeshifting (or even takes it off completely) in order to prevent the buttons getting damaged.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played for Laughs''': Buttons go flying and hitting Alice and other bystanders, leading to AmusingInjuries.
* '''Played for Drama''': Someone gets seriously injured after a flying button hits them.
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%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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