Basic Trope: A character maliciously unscrews another's salt shaker before they try to dispense it.
- Straight: While at dinner, Bob unscrews Josh's salt shaker. When Josh goes to salt his food, the lid falls off and salt goes everywhere.
- Exaggerated: Bob sabotages every single condiment at the table to spill everywhere.
- Downplayed: Bob makes it so the salt shaker dispenses a little more salt, but the lid doesn't fall off.
- Justified:
- Bob is a prankster.
- Bob dislikes Josh heavily.
- Inverted: Bob sabotages the salt shaker so it doesn't dispense any salt whatsoever.
- Subverted: Bob does something with the salt shaker. Josh goes to use it and it works normally.
- Double Subverted: ...but later, when Alice tries to use it, salt spills everywhere.
- Parodied: Bob sabotages the salt shaker, and salt flies everywhere. Josh thanks him, as his alien biology means he requires copious amounts of salt.
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Bob doesn't sabotage the salt shaker.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: "Let me guess, I'm gonna get way more than my recommended daily allowance when I shake this salt."
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: Josh and Bob are romantic rivals, so Josh invites Bob to dinner along with their mutual crush so Bob will pull the salt shaker prank, thereby damaging his standing with her.
- Defied: Bob sabotages the salt shaker. Josh gives him a Death Glare, then flags down a waiter to replace it.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Implied: Josh bemusedly looks down at his plate, which is covered in salt. Bob is snickering nearby.
- Deconstructed: Josh, tired of Bob's shenanigans, tells him off and ends their friendship.
- Reconstructed: Things were strained between Josh and Bob. Bob's salt shaker prank gets Josh laughing, which starts to break down the walls between them.
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