The Man in the Mirror Talks Back/Playing With

Basic Trope: A character's reflection talks back.
 * Straight: Brad engages in an argument with his reflection.
 * Exaggerated: Brad, Julie, and their dog engage in an argument with their reflections in the same mirror at the same time.
 * Downplayed: Brad's reflection doesn't move, and the effect is achived entirely through voiceover.
 * Justified: Brad is hallucinating.
 * Inverted: ???
 * Subverted: Through the magic of editing, Brad argues with his reflection... and then we see the scene from a neutral perspective, and it looks like Brad is talking to himself.
 * Double Subverted: ???
 * Parodied: ???
 * Zig Zagged: ???
 * Averted: Brad's fighting his conscience, but he engages in a pure Mirror Monologue
 * Enforced: ???
 * Lampshaded: "How should I know, I'm only your reflection?"
 * Invoked: ???
 * Exploited: ???
 * Defied: Brad's reflection starts to argue, but Brad says "Not right now; later tonight, sure, but I don't have time right now."
 * Discussed: ???
 * Conversed: "Well, they seem to have kept the internal argument over the money in the book in the movie by means of having Brad argue with his reflection."

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