Basic Trope: A character mentions viewing something (especially a movie) a large number of times to demonstrate how much they like it.
- Straight: Bob mentions watching his favorite movie 27 times.
- Exaggerated:
- Somehow, Bob has watched his favorite movie over a million times.
- Bob has viewed all his favorite movie a very large amount of times.
- Downplayed:
- Bob has watched his favorite movie a handful of times.
- Bob doesn't know the exact number of times he's seen his favorite film, but he has seen it more than once.
- Bob watched his favourite movie twice or thrice.
- Justified:
- Bob simply really likes the movie.
- The movie reminds Bob of a good time in his life. For instance, he and his family would always watch it together.
- It was the only movie Bob was able to watch while imprisoned.
- Bob was the movie's film editor.
- Bob was the projectionist for the local cinema when the movie premiered.
- Bob is directing a remake of the movie and is determined to analyse it.
- Bob is writing an essay of the movie with a very long word count.
- Inverted:
- Bob has only seen the movie once, yet he considers it his favorite.
- Bob brags about how little time he's wasted watching the movie because he hates it.
- Subverted: When Bob said he watched the movie that many times, he was lying.
- Double Subverted: He was actually understating how many times he has watched it.
- Parodied: The only thing Bob ever does is watch his favorite movie on repeat.
- Zig-Zagged: Bob is a fan of various things, and how many times he has seen them depends.
- Averted: Bob doesn't mention watching his favorite movie multiple times.
- Enforced: "We need to show how obsessed with his favorite movie Bob really is!"
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Alice encourages Bob to watch a movie multiple times.
- Exploited:
- Bob sets a world record for the highest number of times anyone has seen a specific movie.
- Bob's repeated viewings of a movie gives him the inspiration for defeating the Big Bad.
- Defied: Bob decides not to watch his favorite movies very often, or doesn't mention how many times he's seen his favorite movies.
- Discussed: "Is watching that movie the only thing you do?"
- Conversed: "I wonder why some characters feel the need to point out that they've seen a certain movie so many times."
- Deconstructed: Bob gets tired of watching a movie due to how many times he's seen it.
- Reconstructed: Bob rewatches the movie years later and rediscovers how he enjoyed it a lot.
- Implied: Bob suggests something to watch on movie night, and Alice groans in frustration, implying that it's not the first time they have seen it.
- Played for Laughs: Alice brings up how many times Bob has watched his favorite movie to embarrass him in front of his crush, Carol.
- Played for Drama:
- Bob's family is poor, and he doesn't have much choice for entertainment. He spends most of his time just watching his favorite movie over and over again.
- Bob becomes overly invested in the movie as a form of escapism, to the point that he Cannot Tell Fiction from Reality.
- Played for Horror: Bob watches a violent movie on so many occasions that it warps his conscience and affects his behavior.
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