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For our purposes, a "[[trope]]" is simply a pattern that occurs in [[media]], for good or ill. Sometimes things feel overused and become [[cliche]], but are you seriously going to take your five-year-old daughter to a movie that doesn't end [[Happily Ever After]]? Tropes are simply tools for storytelling, and like a [[Superpower Lottery|superpower]], they can be used for good or evil.
For our purposes, a "[[trope]]" is simply a pattern that occurs in [[media]], for good or sick. Sometimes things feel overused and become [[cliche]], but are you seriously going to take your five-year-old daughter to a movie that doesn't end [[Happily Ever After]]? Tropes are simply tools for storytelling, and like a [[Superpower Lottery|superpower]], they can be used for good or evil.


[[File:gilligancutdonald_7697.jpg|link=Gilligan Cut|frame|[[Donald Duck]] demonstrates the [[Gilligan Cut]], courtesy of artist [[Don Rosa]].]]
[[File:gilligancutdonald_7697.jpg|link=Gilligan Cut|frame|[[Donald Duck]] demonstrates the [[Gilligan Cut]], courtesy of artist [[Don Rosa]].]]