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Note that a [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] character might also take into account the upcoming trope might be a trick, and this is a [[Subverted Trope]]. Thus that character might [[Xanatos Gambit|plan for either outcome]]. (And learning to exploit tropes is one way to ''become'' Dangerously Genre Savvy.)
Note that a [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] character might also take into account the upcoming trope might be a trick, and this is a [[Subverted Trope]]. Thus that character might [[Xanatos Gambit|plan for either outcome]]. (And learning to exploit tropes is one way to ''become'' Dangerously Genre Savvy.)

The process of exploiting a trope is sometimes called "weaponizing" the trope.


Compare [[Invoked Trope]] (which is deliberately trying to make a trope happen) and [[Flaw Exploitation]].
Compare [[Invoked Trope]] (which is deliberately trying to make a trope happen) and [[Flaw Exploitation]].