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[[File:degrees of a pimped out cape 9292.jpg|link=Pimped-Out Cape|frame|A [[Pimped-Out Cape]] can be done in many ways, from edging it [[Pretty in Mink|with fur]]<ref>from ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]''</ref> to covering it with [[Gold Makes Everything Shiny|gold embroidery]].<ref>from ''[[Dynasty Warriors]] 7''</ref>]]
A rarely stated, but fairly common, belief here is that some tropes are rigid, and that the only variation comes with [[Playing with a Trope]]. Or some here think that most tropes are rigid, unless "Sliding Scale" is in the name. But it's not really true at all (also the reason we have [[The Same but More]]).
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* [[All Just a Dream]] has quite a broad scope. It can be used for a single scene (the use least likely to annoy fans), entire episodes, entire seasons (''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]''), or even [[Mind Screw|the entire series]] (''[[St. Elsewhere]]''). It can be a regular dream (''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''), a [[Cuckoos Nest|psychotic delusion]] told by an [[Unreliable Narrator]] (''[[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]''), or even a "simulation" (''[[Family Guy]]''; 6th season, episodes 4th and 5th). ''[[Newhart]]'' managed to make fun of this, ''and'' [[Up to Eleven|crank it up even further]] by claiming that series was the dream of a character (played by the same actor) in ''another series''.
* [[Xanatos Gambit]] and [[Batman Gambit]] are both about specific types of ingenious plans. The thing is there is nothing saying they have to be of a certain scale. Using these plans could involve just getting a promotion from your boss, to world conquest.
* In terms of [[Malevolent Architecture]], Console [[Role-Playing Game|Roleplaying Games]] tend to have loads of enemies, but rarely any hazards in the buildings, save for the occasional lava floor. On the other hand, ''[[Tomb of Horrors]]'' is infamous for having loads of traps in every room.
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