Line #2 PlayingWith/CringeComedy


1	'''Basic Trope''': An awkward situation is PlayedForLaughs.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob asks Alice to marry him, in the middle of the halftime show at the Super Bowl. He holds up a sign on the Jumbo-Tron, asking Alice to marry him... and [[GrammarCorrectionGag her name is spelled wrong]].
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Not only that, but Bob isn't wearing pants. ''And'' the ring is a cheap mood ring from a [[BlandNameProduct Slacker-Jax Box]] and when Alice reluctantly puts it on, it ''instantly'' turns black. Carol then arrives with a DNA test and reveals to everyone that Bob and Alice are actually [[SurpriseIncest long-lost siblings]]. As Alice tries to leave, she accidentally snags her dress on the seat and is [[StrippingSnag stripped naked]] on the Jumbo-Tron.
5	** Alternatively, it happened not at the Super Bowl, but at their friends' wedding. The bride and groom are ''not'' impressed, and neither are most of their other wedding guests. And Bob ''still'' misspelled Alice's name, presented a tacky ring, and somehow failed to wear pants.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Bob proposes to Alice, and she says no.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Proposing is really nerve-wracking, especially if the relationship wasn't all that stable, or hasn't been going on for very long. With all that stress, pressure, and anxiety, it's easy to make a mistake.
9	** Bob is proposing for the wrong reasons, or in an inappropriate social situation.
10	** The way in which Bob proposes shows that he's been paying more attention to {{Rom Com}}s than to his girlfriend.
11	** The cringe indicates that Bob's FawltyTowersPlot is starting to collapse.
12	* '''Inverted''': Bob proposes to Alice. Alice isn't wearing pants.
13	* '''Subverted''':
14	** In spite of all that, Alice graciously accepts the proposal.
15	** It's AllJustADream, because Bob is ''super'' nervous about how this is going to go. [[NotWearingPantsDream Fortunately, he's not doing a pantsless proposal at the Super Bowl, but in his own bed, in his pajamas, with Alice sleeping soundly next to him]].
16	** Bob proposes to Alice in the privacy and comfort of their shared apartment.
17	** Bob's Super Bowl proposal goes off without a hitch.
18	** Bob isn't at the Super Bowl. He ''is'' pantsless, but he's at home.
19	** Alice is more than okay with being proposed to at the Super Bowl halftime show. In fact, she's been dreaming about that her whole life.
20	* '''Double Subverted''':
21	** The very next day, she [[ReturningTheWeddingRing returns her engagement ring]] and has the Breakup Talk with Bob, saying that his proposal was ''super'' embarrassing for her, and that she'd been having second thoughts about this relationship for a long time and this awful proposal was the last straw, but she didn't want to humiliate him on national television, even though he did exactly that to her.
22	** Except when Super Bowl Sunday rolls around, and he's ready to do it for real, ''everything'' goes wrong. Alice's name is misspelled, the ring is on backorder and he had to improvise with a cheap plastic ring from the gas station, ''and'' he isn't wearing pants.
23	** During DinnerAndAShow with their... ''interesting'' [[DysfunctionalFamily families]].
24	** Alternatively, he proposed with a diamond ring, when Alice ''repeatedly'' told him that if they ever got engaged, she wanted a sapphire ring, or would rather he put that money towards a down payment on a first home instead. Because of that, Alice says no.
25	** Alice feels very uncomfortable and put-on-the-spot, because she's in a stadium full of football fans, on national television (and ''the'' most-viewed show ''on'' American television to boot!) She would rather he propose in private.
26	** He orders pizza, and comes to the door in an old T-shirt and his embarrassing GoofyPrintUnderwear.
27	** She would rather that Bob wear pants, and would it ''kill'' him to spell her name right on that sign?!
28	* '''Parodied''': ''No one'' in the entire stadium is wearing pants, not even the players, yet somehow Bob is being laughed at for his lack of pants.
29	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
30	* '''Averted''':
31	** Bob doesn't propose to Alice.
32	** Alice ''wants'' to be proposed to on the Jumbo-Tron at the Super Bowl during halftime, and Bob is fully prepared. The proposal goes off without a hitch.
33	* '''Enforced''': RuleOfFunny, LowestCommonDenominator.
34	* '''Lampshaded''':
35	--> '''Bob''': Alice, will you marry me?
36	--> '''Alice''': Uh...is there any particular reason you're not wearing pants? Also, you spelled my name wrong...
37	* '''Invoked''': Bob plans a high-pressure proposal for his girlfriend, without considering how she'd feel about being proposed to at the Super Bowl, and with more than a little, erm, "liquid courage."
38	* '''Exploited''': Bob is playing a mean-spirited April Fools' prank on Alice.
39	* '''Defied''': Bob makes sure he's prepared, he's doing it for the right reasons, he's sober, and he's considered how Alice would like to be proposed to.
40	* '''Discussed''': ???
41	* '''Conversed''': ???
42	* '''Deconstructed''': What some people find as cringingly funny, Bob finds not so much "cringing" as "mind-shatteringly traumatic", and what makes it worse is everybody else thinking he's being a drama queen.
43	----
44	Bcak to CringeComedy %do not fix the typo unless replacing this gag entirely%

Context PlayingWith / CringeComedy