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{{trope}}
"'''Bonus points''' if/for..." is a [[Stock Phrase]] used to indicate that an act will be considered better, funnier, cooler, or otherwise more extreme if it meets certain criteria. If doing a backflip is awesome, then doing a backflip {{
When describing an example or a trope, bonus points are often given for "optional extras" which are not strictly required for the trope, but which are commonly associated with it. They may also be given for things which add context to an example in a way which makes it exceptionally awesome, funny, or a particularly clear embodiment of the trope.
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For the use of actual points in [[Video Games]], see [[Scoring Points]]. For [[Game Shows]] where the points are tracked but nobody cares, see [[The Points Mean Nothing]].
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▲== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Psych]]'', from "A Very Juliet Episode":
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* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', displaying his usual [[Dr. Jerk]] persona in the episode "Humpty Dumpty": "Do I get bonus points if I act like I care?"
* ''[[
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'''Ducky''': The song remains the same?
'''Abby''': Exactly. And bonus points for the gratuitous rock reference. }}
** In another episode, Abby explained that the victim, while being held prisoner in her captors' bathroom, had deliberately overdosed on eye medication in an attempt to thwart their plot to use her to get past the retina scan that was guarding information they wanted to steal. "It didn't work, but points for the [[MacGyvering|MacGyver]]."
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
▲== Video Games ==
* In [[Final Fantasy X]]-2, Rikku starts irritating Paine.
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'''Rikku''': Uh-oh. How many points left?
'''Paine''': Forty-seven.
'''Rikku''': That's not a whole lot, is it? }}
** And when the main conversation resumes, Rikku ''continues'' to annoy Paine.
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'''Paine''': That's forty-six. }}
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* In ''[[Questionable Content]]'':
** Dora asks Faye to name her top five favorite bands to make a point about her indie bias. When she answers with four obscure bands and [[
** During Sven's first scene, he gives Faye bonus points for making some [[
** Inverted shortly after the [[Wham! Episode]], when Faye leaves for Georgia temporarily as part of the result:
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'''Faye''': While you lose points for the convoluted sentence structure, I appreciate the sentiment. }}
* ''[[
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'''Wight #2:''' "I think he did. Also, I think no one has ever asked that exact question in the history of civilization, so bonus points there." }}
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Juneau, Alaska:
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(a) Policy. Development which is designed and sited on land in such a way as to preserve scenic vistas visible from public places may be awarded bonus points. }}
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