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If a trope was never averted in the past but is commonly averted now, you may have an [[Evolving Trope]], [[Cyclic Trope]], or [[Forgotten Trope]].
If a trope was never averted in the past but is commonly averted now, you may have an [[Evolving Trope]], [[Cyclic Trope]], or [[Forgotten Trope]].


Even though [[There Is No Such Thing As Notability]], averting is generally not an example for mentioning on a trope page, except for tropes that are [[Omnipresent Tropes|so common]] that the list of aversions is actually shorter, such as [[Limited Wardrobe]]. The reason is that different people have different expectations. For example, say there is an action movie that does not have a single instance of [[Stuff Blowing Up]]. Just because you expect it does not mean that it was subverted or used in any manner. If it was not used, then it is not an example.
Even though [[There Is No Such Thing as Notability]], averting is generally not an example for mentioning on a trope page, except for tropes that are [[Omnipresent Tropes|so common]] that the list of aversions is actually shorter, such as [[Limited Wardrobe]]. The reason is that different people have different expectations. For example, say there is an action movie that does not have a single instance of [[Stuff Blowing Up]]. Just because you expect it does not mean that it was subverted or used in any manner. If it was not used, then it is not an example.


On the other hand, [[Space Is Noisy]] is so incredibly common in science fiction (especially TV and [[Film]]) that a work that manages to avoid it is worth mentioning. We don't want to have to scroll through examples like:
On the other hand, [[Space Is Noisy]] is so incredibly common in science fiction (especially TV and [[Film]]) that a work that manages to avoid it is worth mentioning. We don't want to have to scroll through examples like:
* Averted in ''[[Harry Potter (Literature)|Harry Potter]]'', where nothing like this ever happens.
* Averted in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'', where nothing like this ever happens.


So aversions worth mentioning will generally follow this pattern: A supermajority of works that have element A will also have trope A, but work W has element A without trope A. If the number of aversions on a tropes page consist of at least a third of the examples, perhaps averting the trope isn't as notable as initially thought.
So aversions worth mentioning will generally follow this pattern: A supermajority of works that have element A will also have trope A, but work W has element A without trope A. If the number of aversions on a tropes page consist of at least a third of the examples, perhaps averting the trope isn't as notable as initially thought.
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