Basic Trope: Asking an obvious question is responded with a snarky or irritated retort.
- Straight: Sammy asks Paul a ridiculous question. Paul responds by calling Sammy an idiot.
- Exaggerated: Sammy asks Paul a question, Paul erupts with rage and starts beating him up.
- Downplayed: Paul is slightly annoyed with Sammy asking him an obvious question.
- Justified:
- Paul generally doesn't put up with Sammy's tendency to point the obvious.
- Paul is an Insufferable Genius who would get every opportunity to scorn Paul for his lack of intelligence.
- Inverted: Sammy asks Paul an intelligent question, and Paul responds with sarcasm.
- Subverted: Sammy asks a question, Paul responds by giving Sammy a much better answer than expected.
- Double Subverted: Sammy asks a question, Paul responds positively, to which Sammy asks another ridiculous question. An exasperated Paul now shoots Sammy down.
- Parodied: Paul is an over-the-top Deadpan Snarker who responds sarcastically to every question asked, no matter how appropriate the question might be.
- Zig Zagged: Paul can't decide whether to respond sarcastically, or sincerely.
- Averted: Paul doesn't respond sarcastically or angrily.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: "Geez, Paul. No need for you to be a jerk just because I asked you a question!"
- Invoked: Sammy knows how Paul hates it when people ask him dumb questions, and does it to piss him off.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied:
- Sammy doesn't ask Paul a question knowing he will get lambasted with his answer.
- Paul feels it would be rude to insult Sammy for asking an obvious question and answers politely.
- Sammy realizes he asked a dumb question and does not let Paul answer it.
- Discussed: "What's the deal with people getting mad at others for asking obvious questions? They can't help it."
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed:
- Sammy is taken aback of Paul's snide answer, and knowing how asking a question can get him a negative response, he doesn't bother to do that again, even when it's necessary to do so.
- Sammy feels insecure by Paul's ill treatment of him, and the following conversation occurs:
Sammy: Do you hate me?Paul: No, I love you! I think you're the greatest!Sammy: Phew, that's a relief! I was so worried that... - Reconstructed: Sammy is momentarily stung by Paul's snide answer, and resolves to think a bit more carefully before asking questions he can answer for himself.
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