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[[D Generation X]] is a [[Professional Wrestling]] [[Power Stable]] that began in the [[Attitude Era]] of the [[Monday Night Wars]] (roughly late 1997) and ended in March of 2010, after ''many'' incarnations. It also has close ties to [[The Kliq]] (due to [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]) and the [[New World Order]] (in the sense that both stables were very similar in their [[Refuge in Audacity]] tendencies).
Now, that's the boring answer. So, [[Catch Phrase|are you ready?]], No [[TV Tropes]], [[Memetic Mutation|I said ARE YOU READY?]] [[Ear Worm|Break it down!]]. Ahem, D-Generation X exemplified the [[Refuge in Vulgarity]] craziness of the late 1990s [[WWE|WWF]]. It consisted of [[Shawn Michaels]], [[Triple H]], [[Stephanie McMahon]], [[X Pac Heat|X-Pac]], [[Chyna]], [[Breakup Breakout|Road Dogg]], [[Demoted to Extra|Billy Gunn]], [[Killed Off for Real|Rick Rude]], [[And Zoidberg|and]] [[The Chick|Tori]]. [[Self
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=== '''D-Generation X provides examples of:''' ===
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* [[Appropriated Appellation]]: [[Bret Hart]] called them a pack of degenerates, so they took on that name for themselves.
* [[Breakup Breakout]]: [[Triple H]], who went from a smart-assed comic-relief type to [[Magnificent Bastard|a guy called "the Cerebral Assassin"]] and a ''thirteen-time'' world champion.
* [[But You Screw One Goat!]]: One one episode of Smackdown, DX puts together a recap package of them humiliating various superstars they were in feuds with such as [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]], [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] and [[Kane (Wrestling)|Kane]]. A short clip of two lions mating appears on the tape and Road Dogg claims 'it was his mom's old tape'.
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: From 1999-2000, DX was a revolving door.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Shawn and Hunter in the final incarnation of DX firmly hit this trope.
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* [[Fanon Discontinuity]]: Hornswoggle in DX? What is this that you speak of?
** For some people, any part of DX that involved X-Pac.
* [[Five
** [[Big Bad]]: Shawn.
** [[The Dragon]]: Trips.
** [[The Brute]]:/DarkChick: Chyna.
** [[Evil Genius]]: Rick Rude.
* [[Five
** [[The Hero|The (Anti) Hero]]: Triple H
** [[The Lancer]]: X-Pac
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* [[Kick the Dog]]: One of the most cruel acts committed by DX was during the Thanksgiving '99 episode of Smackdown when they invited a group of homeless into the arena for a Thanksgiving feast. Instead of offering them the food, DX tortured the homeless people by waving food in front of their faces. Of course, the whole segment was [[Rule of Funny|played]] [[For the Evulz|for]] [[Dead Baby Comedy|laughs]].
* [[Merchandise
* [[No Fourth Wall]]: All the damn time.
** On a segment posted on WWE.com:
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* [[Power Stable]]
* [[Putting the Band Back Together]]: Shawn and Hunter, post-2000. They teased a DX reunion during Shawn's original 2002 comeback, but that lead to a [[Holy Shit Quotient|heel turn]] for Hunter and a three-year rivalry. They finally pulled the trigger in mid-2006, and ran with it until Shawn's retirement in 2010.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The [[Hot Blooded]], egomaniac Shawn, and the laid back, snide Hunter fit this trope perfectly.
** Inverted in the reunion with [[Triple H]] making all the bawdy jokes and a mellowed-out Shawn cringing off to the side.
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Their signature. Among many instances:
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* [[Sixth Ranger]]: In late 1998 to 1999, [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] was a unofficial member of the group during their war with the Corporation and, in fact, DX was watching [[Mick Foley|Mankind]]'s back during his famous first world title win. After the match, DX hoisted him on their shoulders with smiles too big not to be real.
** [[Kane (Wrestling)|Kane]] could have been considered one during DX's [[Dork Age]] in 1999.
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* [[Stripperiffic]]: Any time Shawn Michaels was in the ring, but for maximum tropage:
** The time Shawn, Hunter, and Chyna played strip poker in the middle of the ring.
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