Basic Trope: A character wakes up in bed to be served the first meal of the day.
- Straight: Alice wakes up in bed to find Bob bringing her morning breakfast.
- Exaggerated: Bob brings Alice an entire breakfast buffet in bed with a bouquet of flowers.
- Downplayed: Bob brings Alice her morning cup of coffee in bed.
- Justified: Bob is making breakfast in bed for Alice because it's a Mother's Day ritual.
- Inverted: Bob brings Alice's dinner to bed before she falls asleep.
- Subverted: Alice wakes up in bed and finds Bob entering with food on a breakfast tray, only for Bob to eat it himself.
- Double Subverted: Bob gets back into bed to eat what was thought to be Alice's breakfast in bed.
- Parodied: Bob is still in bed when preparing the breakfast in bed for Alice.
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Enforced: The scene is part of a Mother's Day-themed episode featuring Product Placement from TropeCo's line of custom breakfast trays.
- Lampshaded:Alice: Breakfast in bed?! What's this for?Bob: I just wanted to do something nice for you, dear.
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: Bob is bringing Alice breakfast in bed as a means of gaining her personal favor.
- Defied: Bob is preparing a breakfast meal to bring to Alice in bed, but Alice is already awake, out of bed, and walking into the kitchen.
- Discussed:Alice: I wish I lived in a lavish mansion. I'd sleep in every day, and servants would bring me breakfast in bed.
- Conversed:Alice: What would you ideally serve for breakfast in bed that won't make a mess of my sheets?Bob: I don't know, probably something that can be eaten out of a bowl, like a yogurt parfait.
- Deconstructed: ???
- Reconstructed: ???
- Implied: Alice is vacuuming up mysterious food crumbs from her bedsheets.
- Played for Laughs: Bob and his children bring Alice breakfast in bed, but it becomes apparent that none of them know how to cook.
- Played for Drama: Bob is serving Alice food in bed because she's gravely ill.
- Played for Horror: Bob brings Alice breakfast in bed, and it's revealed she's a cannibal.
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