Basic Trope: A lawsuit over something silly. * Played Straight: Alice sues a waiter for accidentally spilling soup on her, even though she was not injured, and the waiter apologized and took her to get cleaned up. * Exaggerated: Alice sues the waiter because the soup had lima beans in it (even though she was informed of that on the menu and could have either requested no lima beans or ordered something else instead.) * Justified: * Alice really did suffer burns from having the soup spilled on her, and evidence suggests it was no accident. * Alice is a Tsundere with a Hair-Trigger Temper. * Inverted: * Alice sues the waiter or restaurant over something more serious, such as not informing customers that "X contains peanuts," resulting in a serious fatal-allergic r