Basic Trope: A character puts a finger underneath their nose to stop themselves sneezing.
- Straight: Harry doesn't want to cause a Sneeze of Doom, so he puts his finger under his nose.
- Exaggerated: Harry holds his finger under his nose, and never has to sneeze again.
- Downplayed: Harry puts his finger under his nose to stop himself sniffing.
- Justified: Truth in Television - there is a pressure point under the nose that stops the sneeze reflex.
- Inverted: Harry sneezes whenever he puts his finger under his nose.
- Subverted: Harry's finger method appears to work- for about three seconds.
- Double Subverted: But it turns out he was doing it wrong. When Jane does it correctly, it works perfectly.
- Parodied: The finger-under-the-nose method is so powerful, it can cure any disease in existence and is the main method doctors use for treating patients.
- Zig Zagged: Harry uses the finger-under-nose method, and it works. When Jane tries it a few minutes later, it doesn’t work. When Jane asks Harry about it, he says it only works on him. Then Meg does it, and it works...
- Averted: Harry doesn’t put his finger under his nose.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Jane tells Harry that putting your finger under your nose is a miracle method to stop yourself from sneezing.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Harry is about to put his finger under his nose to stop himself from sneezing, but Jane yanks his arm away before he can.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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