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* '''Enforced:''' The producer of a mystery story is also a history buff or just ''really'' likes the phrase and wants the work's creators to use it. |
* '''Enforced:''' The producer of a mystery story is also a history buff or just ''really'' likes the phrase and wants the work's creators to use it. |
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* '''Discussed:''' |
* '''Discussed:''' |
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{{quote|'''Alice:''' You're in over your head, Bob. This case is too big for you to solve. |
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'''Bob:''' Oh really, is this supposed to be like one of those '''riddles wrapped in mysteries inside enigmas'?'' |
'''Bob:''' Oh really, is this supposed to be like one of those '''riddles wrapped in mysteries inside enigmas'?'' |
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'''Alice:''' In a word, yes. }} |
'''Alice:''' In a word, yes. }} |
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* '''Conversed:''' |
* '''Conversed:''' |
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{{quote|'''Alice:''' Next, [[Adam West]] is going to say that [[Batman (TV series)|The Riddler]] has left him and Robin "another one of his criminal conundrums... wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."<br /> |
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'''Bob:''' Yeah, he ''would'' totally say that! }} |
'''Bob:''' Yeah, he ''would'' totally say that! }} |
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* '''Lampshaded:''' |
* '''Lampshaded:''' |
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{{quote|'''Alice:''' It's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. |
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'''Bob:''' Ha, a [[Winston Churchill]] quote reference. Nice! }} |
'''Bob:''' Ha, a [[Winston Churchill]] quote reference. Nice! }} |
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Wrapped in this link is [[A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside An Enigma]]... |
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Latest revision as of 08:54, 8 August 2014
Basic Trope: A Stock Phrase, rooted in the unknown, described in hyperbole.
- Played Straight: "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."
- Subverted: "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an eggroll."
- Inverted: "A fact established in certainty pronounced in obviousness."
- Averted: "This riddle is quite a mysterious enigma."
- Exaggerated: "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma shrouded in secrecy buried in a brainteaser coded in a cryptogram."
- Parodied:
- "A conundrum guarded by The Men in Black hidden among a pack of chupacabras."
- "...Like some sort of conundrum turducken..."
- Justified: The phrase is uttered in a Biopic about Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill.
- Enforced: The producer of a mystery story is also a history buff or just really likes the phrase and wants the work's creators to use it.
- Discussed:
- Conversed:
Alice: Next, Adam West is going to say that The Riddler has left him and Robin "another one of his criminal conundrums... wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." |
- Lampshaded:
Alice: It's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. |
Wrapped in this link is A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside An Enigma...