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** Bob (and friends) underestimated how bad Alice would take [[SurpriseParty the secrecy behind her surprise birthday party]].[[note]]Hope they've learned to tone it down next time.[[/note]]
** Bob thought Alice had been told by Jim, who thought she had been told by Fred, who…
** Bob thought Alice had been told by Jim, who thought she had been told by Fred, who…
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** Bob has a mental illness that makes him very sensitive to rejection, and assumes that Alice would think less of him if she knew.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's refusal to tell Alice anything of importance drives a wedge between their relationship. It eventually crumbles due to Alice having her trust in Bob broken beyond repair.
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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
** Bob's refusal to tell Alice anything of importance drives a wedge between their relationship. It eventually crumbles due to Alice having her trust in Bob broken beyondrepair.repair.
** Bob has low self-esteem but keeps quiet about his problems, believing that others would think less of him. Without anyone to talk to, Bob's issues just worsen and eventually he breaks completely.
** Bob's refusal to tell Alice anything of importance drives a wedge between their relationship. It eventually crumbles due to Alice having her trust in Bob broken beyond
** Bob has low self-esteem but keeps quiet about his problems, believing that others would think less of him. Without anyone to talk to, Bob's issues just worsen and eventually he breaks completely.
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** Bob doesn't think Alice will believe him.
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'''Basic Trope''': Communication failure leads to problems.
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'''Basic Trope''': Communication A person's failure to communicate with another character leads to problems.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob refuses to tell Alice about anything of importance.
* '''Downplayed''': The problem is something minor.
* '''Justified''': He tried, bless his soul, but there was a language barrier involved.
* '''Inverted''': The problem is caused by communication.
* '''Downplayed''': The problem is something minor.
* '''Justified''': He tried, bless his soul, but there was a language barrier involved.
* '''Inverted''': The problem is caused by communication.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob refuses to tell Alice about anything of importance.
importance, and it always leads to big rows whenever Alice finds out his secrets from her other friends.
* '''Downplayed''': The problem is somethingminor.
minor, and Alice is annoyed she wasn't consulted about it when she finds out, but otherwise doesn't make a big fuss about it.
*'''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** He tried, bless his soul, but there was a language barrier involved.
** Bob doesn't trust Alice enough to tell her his secrets, or he doesn't think it's important enough to tell her.
* '''Inverted''':The problem is caused by communication.Bob tells Alice about something, and this leads to problems because Alice has such LooseLips that it gets people killed when the wrong person hears about it.
* '''Downplayed''': The problem is something
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** He tried, bless his soul, but there was a language barrier involved.
** Bob doesn't trust Alice enough to tell her his secrets, or he doesn't think it's important enough to tell her.
* '''Inverted''':
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* '''Exaggerated''': ??Bob refuses to tell Alice about anything of importance.
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* '''Parodied''': ??
Bob is literally unable to tell her about anything. His mouth just suddenly stops working whenever he speaks to her!
* '''Zig Zagged''':?? Bob informs of her of something important one time... but keeps quiet the next time. Only to inform her of another important thing without hesitation.
* '''Zig Zagged''':
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* '''Enforced''': "Everyone's getting along... boring. Let's have Bob keep quiet about this, so Alice can be mad at him later."
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* '''Exploited''': ??Charlie manipulates Alice into hating Bob due to his refusal to communicate.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's refusal to tell Alice anything of importance drives a wedge between their relationship. It eventually crumbles due to Alice having her trust in Bob broken beyond repair.
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* '''Justified''': ??He tried, bless his soul, but there was a language barrier involved.
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* '''Invoked''': ??Charlie, who wants to sabotage Bob and Alice's friendship, takes steps to ensure they don't communicate.
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* '''Defied''': ?? Bob makes good and damn sure to communicate all relevant information to all parties involved.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Why didn't you tell X?"
** "Wow, wisdom from the gutter much?"
** "Wow, wisdom from the gutter much?"
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Why didn't you tell X?"
** "Wow, wisdom from the gutter much?"X about Y?"
** "Wow, wisdom from the gutter much?"
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'''Basic Trope''': Communication failure leads to problems.
* '''Straight''': Bob doesn't tell Alice about an upcoming event, leading to PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure.
* '''Exaggerated''': ??
* '''Downplayed''': The problem is something minor.
* '''Justified''': ??
* '''Inverted''': The problem is caused by communication.
* '''Subverted''': It later turns out that the problem would still have happened regardless of proper communication.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but then it later turns out the problem wasn't inevitable after all.
* '''Parodied''': ??
* '''Zig Zagged''': ??
* '''Averted''': No communication failure and therefore no problems.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Why didn't you tell X?"
** "Wow, wisdom from the gutter much?"
* '''Invoked''': ??
* '''Exploited''': ??
* '''Defied''': ??
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* '''Straight''': Bob doesn't tell Alice about an upcoming event, leading to PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure.
* '''Exaggerated''': ??
* '''Downplayed''': The problem is something minor.
* '''Justified''': ??
* '''Inverted''': The problem is caused by communication.
* '''Subverted''': It later turns out that the problem would still have happened regardless of proper communication.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but then it later turns out the problem wasn't inevitable after all.
* '''Parodied''': ??
* '''Zig Zagged''': ??
* '''Averted''': No communication failure and therefore no problems.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why didn't you tell X?"
** "Wow, wisdom from the gutter much?"
* '''Invoked''': ??
* '''Exploited''': ??
* '''Defied''': ??
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