Basic Trope: Jokes about the word "balls".
- Straight: When Bob says "Do you want to play with my balls?" he is only talking about toy balls, but Alice giggles.
- Exaggerated:
- A joke is made every time a character uses the word "balls".
- Bob makes a very blatant innuendo about the word "balls".
- Downplayed:
- Same idea, but with other slang words for the testicles (for instance, Bob asks Alice not to touch his nuts, but is referring to the food).
- Bob mentions the word "balls", which Alice finds mildly funny, but they don't really dwell on it much.
- Justified: All Women Are Lustful, or Alice has a particularly dirty mind.
- Inverted: Bob says something about genitalia, but Alice thinks he is talking about toy balls.
- Subverted: Alice laughs when Bob says "Do you want to play with my balls?" but she was laughing at something else.
- Double Subverted: She was laughing about what Charlie said on the phone, which was also about balls.
- Parodied: Characters treat the word "balls" in any context like a dirty word, or even a swear word.
- Zig Zagged:???
- Averted: There is no innuendo, or no jokes about balls.
- Enforced: It's a show full of lewd humor.
- Lampshaded: "These balls are so big... Get Your Mind Out of the Gutter!"
- Invoked: Bob makes an intentional innuendo about balls.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Nobody EVER talks about balls, in any context.
- Discussed: "I wonder how to talk about balls without anyone making a joke of it!"
- Conversed: "Why are there so many balls jokes out there?" "Because they are funny!"
- Implied: Bob says at one point that he's mad that Alice thinks he's talking about his genitals when he's just trying to have a normal conversation, but exactly what happened is unknown.
- Deconstructed: Bob can't describe ballgames or the balls of his feet without Alice giggling.
- Reconstructed: He doesn't mind her giggling.
- Played for Laughs: Cringe Comedy ensues as Bob keeps using various slang terms for the testicles in an innocent sense.
- Played for Drama:
- Bob has to do a speech which uses the word "balls" a lot, and he has low self esteem.
- Bob accidentally says a rather suggestive comment about balls in front of someone who is easily offended.
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