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{{quote|''"All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination?"''|'''Carl Jung'''}}
Apparently, [[Freud Was Right
Carl Gustav Jung was, next to Freud, arguably ''the'' most influential psychologist of the 20th Century. Having started his career as a student of Freud, the two eventually fell out over their differing views on the unconscious. Freud believed it was nothing more than a waste-bin for the mind to dump horrible thoughts, desires and memories. Jung believed that while that may be true ''in part'', there were also further areas of the unconscious which were more than psychological dump-trucks. Unable to convince Freud, Jung went off and formed his own school of thought: Analytical Psychology.
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Due to all this, Jung is perhaps one of the few people who can be classed as [[Mad Artist]], [[Mad Scientist]], ''and'' [[Mad Doctor]].
Has had a huge impact on not just psychology, but the arts as well. Chances are, if a work has some psychological imagery, and it's ''not'' referencing Freud, then it's referencing Jung. His influence can be seen in TV shows such as [[Northern Exposure]] and [[The Sopranos]], artists such as Tool, [[Peter Gabriel]], [[The Smashing Pumpkins
In fact, it can be argued that [[TV Tropes]] itself owes its existence to Jung's work. Perhaps we should call him "[[Trope Codifier]] Prime" for laying the groundwork of all that you read here while [[Wiki Walk|Wiki Walking]] through this site.
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=== '''Tropes common in his work include:''' ===
* [[Ascend to
* [[All Myths Are True]]: In psychological terms at least...
* [[All Psychology Is Freudian]]: Subverted. Jung started out as a Freudian, but jumped ship and [[Start My Own|formed his own school]] when he got tired of blaming sex for everything.
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