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{{quote|''"The most original authors are not so because they advance what is new, but because they put what they have to say as if it had never been said before."''|'''[[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]'''}}
Some stories and series seem to go out of their way to [[Subverted Trope|Subvert]] as many tropes and [[Deconstruction|Deconstruct]] as many genres as possible, or at the very least [[Affectionate Parody|take them home and cuddle them and call them 'George']]. A '''Deconstructor Fleet''' doesn't just use ''one'' topic for parody or [[Deconstruction]]. It sinks its meathooks into any trope it can find and folds and spindles it to shreds. When done well, the overall effect is to create something visibly original. Done badly, it may be seen as a generic [[Hate Fic]], resulting in a small but loyal fanbase loving it and everyone else hating it. Even people not familiar with [[All The Tropes|trope wikis]] will notice how this show is different from others. Many such shows become [[Trope
The name is a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|pun]] on the Vogon Constructor Fleet from ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''. [[Don't Explain the Joke|Especially appropriate because]] the Vogon Constructor Fleet doesn't construct ''anything'' - its job is to facilitate hyperspace express routes by [[Earthshattering Kaboom|blowing up planets]] that happen to be in the way.
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* ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', similar to the above (thanks to being penned by the [[Chiaki Konaka|same guy]]) is another [[Mons]] deconstruction. Remember the first [[Digimon Adventure|two]] [[Digimon Adventure 02|seasons]]? They're all fake, nothing more than a kids TV show and merchandise franchise. [[This Is Reality]]. The show explores how much damage real [[Mons]] could potentially cause to a cityscape, the consequences of endlessly trying to make your mon stronger (both for the mon and the Tamer), and the psychological problems that could result from being too attached to your mon.
* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' - Joyfully mocks the reverse-harem shoujo genre it often falls straight into.
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' - While being selfish in most [[Magical Girl]] shows makes you the villain or the [[Alpha Bitch]], using your [[Deal with the Devil|wish]] to help others might lead to them to [[Go Mad
** Might not count due to it being more of a [[Cosmic Horror Story]] and {{spoiler|[[Faustian Rebellion]]}} after it gets into [[Wham! Episode|full swing]].
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' - "Love is a battlefield" as a literal concept is common in [[Magical Girl]], but most tend to forget that love, and especially young love, is inextricably linked with sexuality (and explorations thereof) and uncertain and non-absolute infatuations, often unrequited or with those with whom such a pairing would be socially unacceptable. And that's not even getting into RGU's regular savaging of traditional gender roles.
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** "The Waters Of Mars" {{spoiler|essentially deconstructs the Doctor himself and the mythology that the series has built around him. It involves the Doctor holding back death, defying the laws of time and space to save innocent lives and rewrite the history books and generally acting up to titles like the 'Lonely God' that the series has often thrown around about him, doing things similar to what he's done before and which would under other circumstances be presented as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]... except here, the people who would normally amazed, dazzled and charmed by him are freaked out by what he's done and who he is, and his very actions are presented as wrong and indicative of his growing arrogance, indifference and alarming tendencies towards [[A God Am I]] Syndrome.}}
* ''[[Farscape]]'' and ''[[Firefly]]'' did pretty well to deconstruct the [[Space Opera]], contributing to the drastic (and fairly sudden) shift in tone of Space Operas that happened around 2002-3. The shift was so sudden that ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' dramatically shifted ''mid-series'', the third and fourth seasons having a considerably darker, serious, and what would later be recognized as more ''modern'' tone.
* ''[[
* ''[[Seinfeld]]'', with its observational humor, intersecting plot-lines, non sympathetic protagonists, and the famous [[Real Time]] Chinese Restaurant episode kicked off a revolution. Every [[Sitcom]] that came afterwards owes something to it (to the point that the original now sadly seems [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|cliche]]).
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' has occasional bouts of ruthless deconstructionism.
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** And who could forget ''[[You Have to Burn The Rope]]''?
* The premise and plot of ''[[Penumbra (video game series)|Penumbra]]'' and ''[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent|Amnesia the Dark Descent]]'' sound like complete [[Cliché Storm|Cliche Storms]] of various horror story tropes, but they actually make mincemeat of them by [[Mind Screw|toying with the player on every occasion]] and [[Playing with a Trope|subverting the hell out of every horror trope known to man]].
* ''[[Thief]]'' cheerfully tears apart every stereotypical "thieves' guild"-related trope remembered from ''[[Dungeons
* Would you believe if someone tell you that (some installments of) ''[[Touhou]]'' is a Deconstructor Fleet? Let us observe...
** ''Imperishable Night'': Deconstructs [[Immortality]] and associated tropes. The immortals have (literally) very alien mindset and can only keep their sanity intact by ripping each others to fine shreds every night.
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** Of particular note, the story ''Give 'Em The Ole Razzle Dazzle'' is a deconstruction of various genres stretching from the 1930's pulp heroes to the start of the 1980s (when the narrator 'retired' and moved into Business).
* [[Po Gon Yu To]] was basically intended to be a deconstruction of nearly all anime cliches.
* ''[[
* The [https://warosu.org/tg/thread/18458206#p18463861 self-admitted] SOP of [[Image Boards|/tg/]]:
{{quote|'''Anon1''': Eh, if a setting's [[Darker and Edgier|too grim]], we [[In Love with the Mark|let love bloom]] there. If a setting's [[Mary Suetopia|too happy]], we [[Balkanize Me|drop it in the Balkans]].
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** ''[[Animaniacs]]''
** ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''
** ''[[Freakazoid!]]''
** ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]''
* ''[[Dave the Barbarian]]'', while going back to [[Toon Disney]]'s roots.
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