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They can tell fairly early that the [[Horrible Judge of Character|strange old man who's offering free lollipops]] is probably best avoided. And they've seen enough [[Horror|Horror movies]] to know that when there's an ax murderer on the loose, the ''last'' thing you want to do is either [[Never Split the Party|split]] [[Alone With the Psycho|up]], [[Death By Sex|boink your significant other]], or [[Curiosity Killed the Cast|investigate strange noises]] in the [[Sinister Subway]]. They know how to avoid getting a bad rank on the [[Sorting Algorithm of Mortality]].
They can tell fairly early that the [[Horrible Judge of Character|strange old man who's offering free lollipops]] is probably best avoided. And they've seen enough [[Horror|Horror movies]] to know that when there's an ax murderer on the loose, the ''last'' thing you want to do is either [[Never Split the Party|split]] [[Alone With the Psycho|up]], [[Death By Sex|boink your significant other]], or [[Curiosity Killed the Cast|investigate strange noises]] in the [[Sinister Subway]]. They know how to avoid getting a bad rank on the [[Sorting Algorithm of Mortality]].


The [[Genre Savvy]] live to [[Lampshade Hanging|hang lampshades]], give [[Aside Glance|Aside Glances]], and say, "[[You Just Had to Say It]], didn't you?" right after use of a [[Tempting Fate]] [[Stock Phrases|Stock Phrase]]. Their [[Face Palm|exasperation]] with the [[Too Dumb to Live|sheer stupidity]] [[Finagle's Law|of the entire universe]] usually makes them a [[Deadpan Snarker]]. They are likely to be told that [[This Is Reality]] or [[Somebody Else's Problem|just ignored]], and likely to be the one who [[I Always Wanted to Say That|always wanted to say that]]. A useful person to have around if you get [[Trapped in TV Land]].
The [[Genre Savvy]] live to [[Lampshade Hanging|hang lampshades]], give [[Aside Glance|Aside Glances]], and say, "[[You Just Had to Say It]], didn't you?" right after use of a [[Tempting Fate|fate-tempting]] [[Stock Phrases|Stock Phrase]]. Their [[Face Palm|exasperation]] with the [[Too Dumb to Live|sheer stupidity]] [[Finagle's Law|of the entire universe]] usually makes them a [[Deadpan Snarker]]. They are likely to be told that [[This Is Reality]] or [[Somebody Else's Problem|just ignored]], and likely to be the one who [[I Always Wanted to Say That|always wanted to say that]]. A useful person to have around if you get [[Trapped in TV Land]].


They will often try to [[Exploited Trope|take advantage of tropes]], either to fail embarrassingly (often because they're actually [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]), or to achieve remarkable feats to everyone else's astonishment. The sophisticated savvy can realize that they do not know what characters they are playing, or whether they are exactly in the same genre as the books they read.
They will often try to [[Exploited Trope|take advantage of tropes]], either to fail embarrassingly (often because they're actually [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]), or to achieve remarkable feats to everyone else's astonishment. The sophisticated savvy can realize that they do not know what characters they are playing, or whether they are exactly in the same genre as the books they read.