Basic Trope: Two characters sharing a bed fight over the blankets.
- Straight: Alice and Bob, a married couple, are in bed. Alice rolls over in her sleep taking the blanket with her, making Bob cold, so he tugs it back, waking up Alice and starting a tug-of-war.
- Exaggerated:
- Alice and Bob stay up until midnight, or even all night, fighting over the blankets.
- Seven people are made to share a bed and they all fight over the blanket.
- Downplayed: Alice rolls over and takes the blanket and Bob pulls it back, but he manages to ensure it covers both of them.
- Justified:
- Alice and Bob are newlyweds, so they haven't really figured out bedsharing yet.
- The blanket is too small.
- They're just having bad luck.
- Inverted:
- Two sentient blankets argue over who will warm up Alice and who will warm up Bob.
- On a hot night, Alice and Bob try to throw the blanket off but it keeps landing on the other.
- Subverted: Alice rolls over and takes the blanket with her, but Bob doesn't mind.
- Double Subverted: When the central heating wonks out, he pulls the blanket back.
- Parodied:
- Zigzagged:
- Averted: Alice and Bob do not have any issues with the bedclothes.
- Enforced:
- Lampshaded: "If it ain't one thing with this blanket, it's another!"
- Invoked: Alice deliberately pulls the blanket away from Bob because she's angry with him.
- Exploited:
- Defied: Alice buys a really huge blanket so that it'll be sure to cover both of them.
- Discussed: "How's the married life?" "Fine, except we keep arguing over the blankets."
- Conversed: "You know that sitcom gag where couples argue over blankets? Does it happen in real life?"
- Implied:
- Deconstructed:
- Reconstructed:
- Played for Laughs:
- Played for Drama:
- Played for Horror:
Back to Blanket Tug O' War.
