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{{quote|''"That's the problem with being the devil, [[Hypocritical Humor|everybody demonizes you]]."''|'''[[Satan]]''', ''[[Old HarrysHarry's Game (Radio)|Old HarrysHarry's Game]]''}}
 
[[TVAll The Tropes]] [[Truth in Television|is the devil]]. It teaches our children [[Fetish Fuel|it's okay to be aroused by filth]]. It wants to make [[TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|everyone in the world fat and lazy]], [[All The Tropes Will Ruin Your Vocabulary|pollutes the English language even more than Internet speak]] and unlike those [[The Aggressive Drug Dealer|evil drug dealers]], they will actually admit they want to ruin your life!<ref>No wait, [[TVAll The Tropes Ruined Your Life (Darth Wiki)|they already did!]]</ref> Self-identity is discouraged among the members of this cult, to the point where personal pronouns and references to oneself are [[Natter|actively]] discouraged. [[We All Live in America|It's]] [[Eagle Land|anti-American]].
 
Of course none of that is true, or completely true, but that's how [[Demonization]] works. It's about twisting facts, or making them up, to make something look worse. Sometimes it can actually go as far claiming something is satanic, but usually it's more down to earth. Either way, these claims are made either without proof, or counter to actual evidence.
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A [[Super Trope]] to [[Attack of the Political Ad]], [[Ron the Death Eater]].
 
Compare with [[Accentuate the Negative]] (amplifying negatives instead of just [[Ass Pull|pulling them from nowhere]]), [[Everyone Is Satan in Hell]] (when the [[Rule of Symbolism|symbolism]] of a work is interpreted to be demonic), [[Character Derailment]] (a writer suddenly has a character act demonic for no good reason), [[GodwinsGodwin's Law]] (comparing persons or ideas you don't like to Hitler and/or Nazism, which carry the same connotation of absolute evil), [[Ron the Death Eater]] (demonizing a character in fan fiction), [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]], [[Abomination Accusation Attack]].
 
Contrast with [[Rose Tinted Narrative]], [[Draco in Leather Pants]].
 
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