All The Tropes:Tropes Are Flexible: Difference between revisions

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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 (Disney)|Beauty and The~~ Beast]]''</ref> to covering it with [[Gold Makes Everything Shiny|gold embroidery]]<ref>from ''[[Dynasty Warriors]] 7''</ref>.]]

[[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]]''</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]]).

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]]).

Even in the most narrowly defined [[Sub-Trope|Sub Tropes]], there is plenty of room for variation, even when playing straight. And there can even be degrees of how the trope is applied, which is certainly the reason we don't allow [[The Same but More]].

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Contrast [[Square Peg, Round Trope]].

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{{smallcaps|To best illustrate this concept, examples should be straight uses, with only some [[Playing ~~With~~ a Trope|playing with them]]}}.

{{smallcaps|To best illustrate this concept, examples should be straight uses, with only some [[Playing with a Trope|playing with them]]}}.

* [[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]]''), 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 (Film)|~~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''.

* [[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]]''), 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.