< Thrifty Scot
Thrifty Scot/Playing With
- Basic Trope: A Scottish character is very thrifty and careful with his/her money.
- Straight: Scottie is careful with his money and never buys anything unless it’s a bargain.
- Exaggerated: Scottie takes only things that are free and NEVER buys anything if he can help it.
- Justified: Scottie used to be very poor and so he's used to a spartan lifestyle.
- Inverted: Scottie is a lavish spender who is always in debt because he buys more than he can afford.
- Subverted: Scottie says “I’ll only buy a wee bit here,” but then is shown to buy several very expensive items.
- Double Subverted: But it turns out these items were on sale and thus not as expensive as they normally would be.
- Parodied: On his deathbed, Scottie refuses treatment because it's too expensive.
- Deconstructed: ??
- Reconstructed: ??
- Zig Zagged: ??
- Averted: Either the Scottish characters are no more thrifty than the others or else there are no Scottish character at all.
- Enforced: "We need to make sure people know this character is Scottish, so he has to be thrifty."
- Lampshaded: "Why are you so thrifty, Scottie? Is it because you're Scottish?"
- Invoked: ??
- Exploited: ??
- Defied: ??
- Discussed: ??
- Conversed: ??
- Played For Laughs: ??
- Played For Drama: ??
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