Basic Trope: A character opens the door to unexpectedly see a crowd of people.
- Straight: Bob opens the door and sees most of the neighborhood outside, to his surprise.
- Exaggerated: Bob opens the door, and somehow the entire universe is outside his door.
- Downplayed: Bob opens the door and unexpectedly sees around 5 people outside, which still surprises him.
- Justified:
- Bob doesn't ordinarily get visitors, and so seeing such a large group of people really is a surprise for him.
- Bob was naked, in his underwear, or was otherwise in an embarrassing situation when he answered the door.
- Inverted: The large crowd of people is surprised to see Bob.
- Subverted: Bob doesn't become surprised when he sees the group of people outside.
- Double Subverted: That is, until someone points out he's in his underwear.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: There are no instances of characters suddenly encountering a large group of people.
- Enforced: Can be a potential comedic gag.
- Lampshaded: "Oh, I didn't expect to see you guys!"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Bob notices that there are a large amount of people outside, and decides to prepare accordingly.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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