Cavemen vs. Astronauts Debate/Playing With

Basic Trope: An argument about nothing important.


 * Played Straight: Alice and Bob quibble over whether a tomato counts as a vegetable or a fruit.
 * Exaggerated:
 * The argument includes hurling vicious insults...and chairs.
 * Or Silly Reason for War.
 * Downplayed: Seinfeldian Conversation.
 * Justified:
 * Sometimes people have disagreements...and too much free time.
 * They're practicing for debate club.
 * Alice and Bob have made a bet and the otherwise inconsequential topic is central to determining who wins.
 * Inverted:
 * Alice and Bob agree on whether a tomato counts as a vegetable or a fruit.
 * Alice and Bob argue over something that really is Serious Business.
 * Subverted: Eventually, Alice and Bob come to the conclusion that a tomato is botanically a fruit and culinarily a vegetable.
 * Double Subverted: But then Carl interjects with, "But what about rhubarb?"
 * Deconstructed: They're arguing about something pointless, and insulting each other!
 * Reconstructed: They agree to disagree and discuss something, you know, relevant.
 * Parodied: World War III begins over the issue of whether a tomato counts as a fruit or a vegetable.
 * Lampshaded: "It's a fruit, you idiot!"
 * Zig Zagged: Sometimes they argue over dumb stuff, sometimes they don't.
 * Averted: Alice and Bob don't have any such arguments.
 * Enforced: Rule of Funny
 * Invoked: A Seinfeldian Conversation about food begins.
 * Defied: Alice and Bob change the subject.
 * Discussed: "So, where do you stand on the fruit vs. vegetable debate?"
 * Conversed: "This is stupid! Why the @%#!$! are we even talking about this?!"
 * Played For Laughs: This argument becomes an Overly Long Gag. Cue Flash Forward, showing a very elderly Alice and Bob, still arguing over this.
 * Played For Drama: The argument gets too personal and ruins their friendship/marriage/romance/family/what have you.

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