Basic Trope: During therapy, the patient is lying on a couch like the one in Sigmund Freud's office.
* Played Straight: Bob is talking about his mother while lying on a fancy couch.
* Exaggerated: The therapist he's talking to bears a strong resemblance to Dr. Freud
* Justified: The therapist wants his patients to be as comfortable as possible, but still wants his office to look nice.
* Subverted: Bob is lying on a couch in a furniture store, crying Manly Tears and talking about his overbearing mother.
* Double Subverted: The furniture store in question doubles as a psychiatrist's office, and the sales associate is also a fully-certified psychiatrist.
* Deconstructed: ???
* Reconstructed: ???
* Parodied: See "double subverted"
* Averted:
* Bob does not
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| - Basic Trope: During therapy, the patient is lying on a couch like the one in Sigmund Freud's office.
* Played Straight: Bob is talking about his mother while lying on a fancy couch.
* Exaggerated: The therapist he's talking to bears a strong resemblance to Dr. Freud
* Justified: The therapist wants his patients to be as comfortable as possible, but still wants his office to look nice.
* Subverted: Bob is lying on a couch in a furniture store, crying Manly Tears and talking about his overbearing mother.
* Double Subverted: The furniture store in question doubles as a psychiatrist's office, and the sales associate is also a fully-certified psychiatrist.
* Deconstructed: ???
* Reconstructed: ???
* Parodied: See "double subverted"
* Averted:
* Bob does not
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| - Basic Trope: During therapy, the patient is lying on a couch like the one in Sigmund Freud's office.
* Played Straight: Bob is talking about his mother while lying on a fancy couch.
* Exaggerated: The therapist he's talking to bears a strong resemblance to Dr. Freud
* Justified: The therapist wants his patients to be as comfortable as possible, but still wants his office to look nice.
* Subverted: Bob is lying on a couch in a furniture store, crying Manly Tears and talking about his overbearing mother.
* Double Subverted: The furniture store in question doubles as a psychiatrist's office, and the sales associate is also a fully-certified psychiatrist.
* Deconstructed: ???
* Reconstructed: ???
* Parodied: See "double subverted"
* Averted:
* Bob does not lie on such a couch during therapy, but sits in a regular chair.
* Bob does not go to therapy
* Enforced: All Psychology Is Freudian, combined with Did Not Do the Research
* Invoked: Bob goes to the psychiatrist's office, and is told to lie on the couch.
* Defied: The office in question has no couch, and the psychiatrist does not believe in Freudian psychology, preferring more modern and accepted theories instead.
* Played For Laughs: Bob is whining about something trivial on the couch, such as dropping an ice cream cone.
* Played For Drama: Bob is upset over something serious, like being molested by a Pedophile Priest during childhood. Back to Freudian Couch
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