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Line 2: [[File:no fanservice for you 4667.jpg\|link=Lil Formers\|frame\|[[Transformers\|Arcee]] is [http://www.lilformers.com/blog/2006/08/07/08072006/ certainly not doing] [[Rule 34\|some cheap]] [[Fan Service]], thank you very much.]] {{quote\|'''Ira Kane''': Snag it and put it in the bucket. '''Harry Block''': I've seen this movie; the [[Black Dude Dies First]]. You snag it.~~\|''[[Evolution (film)\|Evolution]]''}}~~ \|''[[Evolution (film)\|Evolution]]''}} Happens when a character knows that a trope is about to happen, either due to being [[Genre Savvy]] or because someone is trying to [[Invoked Trope\|invoke]] it, and then actively attempts to [[Averted Trope\|avert]] it, [[Subverted Trope\|subvert]] it, or maybe even [[Inverted Trope\|invert]] it. Line 30 ⟶ 31: * At the end of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' {{spoiler\|[[A God Am I]] is deliberately shot down by the potential god-figure himself, who in response to his potential use of power and leadership simply states that he is "just Simon the Digger."}} ** If that trope had not been defied, {{spoiler\|the [[Bad Ending]] from the beginning of the show would have happened}}. == Comic Books == Line 37: * At the end of volume 2 of ''[[Empowered]]'' the eponymous superheroine saves the life of a criminal who's holding her hostage, [[What Measure Is a Mook?\|because he's still a human being with a wife and a daughter]]. == Fan ~~Fiction~~Works ==▼ ▲== Fan Fiction == * ''[[Reconciliation]]'' seems to be headed toward the [[Netorare Genre]] at first glance: [[Katawa Shoujo\|Hanako]], after her Bad Ending, has isolated herself from Lilly and Hisao out of guilt for eight years. During this time, Lilly and Hisao have gotten together, and Hanako still has feelings for Hisao. The twist that forces Hanako out of her self-imposed isolation, however, is {{spoiler\|Lilly calling her to inform her of Hisao's death}}. * In ''[[Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]'', a rookie griffon soldier named Slip ''almost'' pulls a [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]], but he [[Genre Savvy\|seems to know what happens to deserters in war stories]], so he decides to keep fighting. Shortly after this sudden bout of courage, he's killed. Line 50 ⟶ 49: * In ''[[Dogma]]'', Serendipity tries to goad Azrael into explaining his evil scheme to them, but he says, "Oh, no you don't: I've seen enough [[James Bond]] movies to know that you never reveal all the details of your plan, no matter ''how'' close you think you are to winning." * At the end of ''[[Iron Man]]'', Tony Lampshades all the typical angst-riddled consequences he can expect to face because of his [[Secret Identity]], only to subvert them all by declaring that he's Iron Man at a press conference. * ''[[Star Wars]]'': Han Solo immediately begins to [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?\|blast]] [[The Dragon\|Darth Vader]] as soon as he is revealed. [[NoWon't ~~Sell~~Work On Me]], though. * In ''[[The Incredibles]]'', superhero costume designer Edna Mode specifically states the hazards of [[Superheroes Wear Capes\|capes]], which turns out to be a [[Chekhov's Gun]] with a villain. Of course, this has long been addressed in actual comics (for one, capes are easily detachable), and the ''real'' reason for "no capes" is that the animators didn't want to deal with cape physics and animation over the course of an entire film. * In ''[[Unfaithfully Yours]]'', Daphne asks her sister [[Pretty in Mink\|what fur she will be wearing]] to avoid [[Dresses the Same]]. == Literature == * Done in ''[[It's Kind of a Funny Story]]'', where the main character Craig refuses the possibility of heroin, because "If I were doing heroin, then I'd be a depressed teenager ''on heroin''. I didn't need to be that cliché." * In ''[[~~Discworld/Maskerade\|~~Maskerade]]'', once a series of murders begin happening at an opera house, the first thing they do is put extra guards on the [[Falling Chandelier of Doom\|giant chandelier]], to keep it from being dropped on anybody. * ''[[The Screwtape Letters]]'' plays with, but ultimately defies the [[Deal with the Devil]] trope. Screwtape explains that it's fallen out of favor ever since Hell made the strategic switch from promoting Satanism to promoting atheism, which is seen as a safer bet. * The ''[[Warhammer ~~40000~~40,000]]'' novel ''[[Grey Knights]]'' notes that the Inquisition defies [[Never Found the Body]] in the case of Ghargatuloth; they sent the Grey Knight expedition down to Khorion IX instead of simply [[Earthshattering Kaboom\|calling Exterminatus on it]] because they needed eyes on the ground to see him die. * The short story [http://podcastle.org/2010/01/26/podcastle-88-another-end-of-the-empire/ Another End Of The Empire] by Tim Pratt features the [[Evil Overlord]] Mogrash who is told the following prophecy: {{quote\|"A child dwells in the village of Misery Chin, in the mountain provinces to the east. If allowed to grow to manhood, he will take over your empire, overthrow your ways and means, and send you from the halls of your palace forever." }} Line 65 ⟶ 63: * In the ''[[Myst]]'' novel, Atrus comes across one of the infamous D'ni puzzle-locks and tries to decipher it in the standard Myst [[Only Smart People May Pass]] fashion. His father Gehn picks up a blunt instrument and smashes it open. * [[Cassandra Truth]] is defied in ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'' by Professor Kirke. When Peter and Susan tell him they think Lucy is lying about discovering a portal to Narnia in the old wardrobe, the professor suspects she's actually telling the truth (after all, [[The Magician's Nephew\|he knows quite a lot about Narnia]]) and convinces them to trust her. * Albus Dumbledore defies [[Cruel and Unusual Death]] in ''[[Harry Potter and ~~The~~the Half-Blood Prince (novel)\|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''. {{spoiler\|Sometime before the novel began, he put a [[Artifact of Doom\|cursed ring]] on his finger, which would have killed him in seconds had [[The Smart Guy\|Snape]] not intervened, and even then [[Your Days Are Numbered\|the curse still slowly kills him over the course of a year]]. During the book, the [[Mooks\|Death Eaters]] are attempting to infiltrate Hogwarts so they can kill Dumbledore. Dumbledore is aware that the [[Ax Crazy\|Ax Crazies]] [[Psycho Supporter\|Bellatrix Lestrange]] and [[Our Werewolves Are Different\|Fenrir Greyback]] would just ''love'' to kill him slowly and painfully, so he orders Snape to kill him quickly and cleanly with ''[[One-Hit Kill\|Avada Kedavra]]''.}} == Live -Action TV ==▼ ▲== Live Action TV == * ''[[Buffy]]'' stabs Dracula again when he tries to resurrect, and then reminds him she's still there when he tries again. * Mixing this up a bit with [[Memetic Badass]], there's an LJ icon with [[Fan Nickname\|Spy Daddy]] from ''[[Alias (TV series)\|Alias]]'' that reads, "I am five steps ahead of you. I kill you in step four." Line 77 ⟶ 74: {{quote\|'''The Master''': Now then, Doctor! Ooh! New voice! ... Anyway, why don't we stop and have a nice little chat where I tell you all my plans and you can work out a way to stop me -- [[NOT!\|I ''don't'' think]]!}} * ''[[Hannah Montana]]'': Miley is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to [[Bathroom Stall of Overheard Insults\|check for feet under the stalls]] before talking about her [[Secret Identity]] with Lilly in the ladies' room. == Video Games == Line 95 ⟶ 91: * [[Beauty and the Beast\|Belle]] defies a [[Sadistic Choice]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''. Xaldin kidnaps her and takes the rose that can lift Beast's curse, forcing Beast to choose which he'll give back. Although Beast chooses for Belle to be safe, she elbows Xaldin, saving herself and the rose. * ''[[Baldur's Gate]] II'': Irenicus: "No, you'll varrant no [[Just Between You and Me\|villain's exposition]] from me." == [[Web Comics]] == Line 101 ⟶ 96: * The DM of ''[[DM of the Rings]]'' will not tolerate [[Off the Rails]] when he can help it. Only twice do the players pull it off. * ''[[Least I Could Do]]'' does this with an old classic: {{quote\|'''Rayne:''' [[Cut Himself Shaving\|I fell down some stairs.]] '''Noel:''' No he didn't. I beat the shit out of him with a smile on my face. }} * Tarquin from [[Order of the Stick]] is so [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] that he hands out ''guidelines'' on defying tropes to his guards. {{spoiler\|They work.}} Line 107 ⟶ 102: {{quote\|'''Elan:''' Will I ever see you again? '''Julio Scoundrél:''' Well, as an older mentor figure, the most likely scenario is that I'd return only to be randomly killed by an enemy of yours so that you can cradle my dying body while swearing revenge — so don't take it personally if I say I sincerely hope we never cross paths again. }} * [[Axe Cop]] ~~advices~~advises the families of crime fighters to hide in the bushes outside their house with guns every night to avert [[And Your Little Dog, Too]]. == [[Web Original]] == Line 116 ⟶ 110: * In [[The Spoony Experiment\|Spoony's]] review of the ''Wing Commander'' movie, he takes one look at the cover (showing Matthew Lillard and Freddie Prinze Jr.) and shrieks in terror. He explains thusly: "You know that thing, [[Covers Always Lie\|you can't trust a book by its cover?]] Well fuck you! That's books, not movies!" * When [[Bad Movie Beatdown\|Film Brain]] learns that [[Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li\|M. Bison's plan]] amounts to an "evil property development scheme", he interrupts the [[Street Fighter (film)\|OF COURSE!]] saying it doesn't deserve that [[Running Gag\|joke]]. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130509232013/http://thatfellowinthecoat.com/somejerkcaptaineo.php Part two of this video] on ''[[Mr. Coat and Friends]]'' defied [["Previously On..."]], noting that [[Where Do You Think You Are?\|it was on the internet]], and we could just watch part one. * The hentai flash site [[Zone Archive]] had apparently been pestered to make a something related to ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic\|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''. So they did...however not what you would expect. After bringing up a shot of Pinkie Pie in [[Naughty Tentacles]], selecting pretty much any of the animation options [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=turycXIxRiw causes this to happen.] It speaks for itself. == Western Animation == Line 128 ⟶ 121: ** {{spoiler\|Jinx eventually does the same}}. * In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic\|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "The Best Night Ever", the ponies are running away from the chaos they've caused at the Grand Galloping Gala and Rarity drops her glass slipper. Pinkie Pie lampshades the trope of [[The Girl Who Fits This Slipper]] and Rarity, who has no interest in meeting [[Prince Charmless\|Prince Blueblood]] ever again, screams and crushes the slipper into powder. == Real Life == Line 134 ⟶ 126: {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Trope Tropes]] [[Category:Abridged Series Tropes]] [[Category:Screw This Index, I Have Tropes]] [[Category:~~Defied~~Playing with a Trope]]