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Sometimes, a trope is distinct enough to deserve its own name and description, but a bit [[The Same but More Specific|too specific]] to deserve its own page: There is a huge grey area between worthwhile tropes and tropes that are plainly [[The Same but More]], [[The Same but More Specific]], or similar. In some cases, a trope ~~concept~~ within this gray area is best handled by ~~making~~ it an [[Internal Subtrope]]: Give it a trope definition within the trope description of the supertrope and add the trope name as a redirect.

Sometimes, a trope is distinct enough to deserve its own name and description, but a bit [[The Same but More Specific|too specific]] to deserve its own page: There is a huge grey area between worthwhile tropes and tropes that are plainly [[The Same but More]], [[The Same but More Specific]], or similar. In some cases, trope concepts within this gray area are best handled by [[Lumper vs. Splitter|lumping]] them into an '''Internal Subtrope''': Give it a name, a trope definition within the trope description of the supertrope and add the trope name as a redirect.

It's important to come up with a good name for each internal subtrope.

Relying on numbered labels for internal subtropes are deprecated because they have led to [[Zero Context Example|examples without context]] such as "example of Type 1".

Good names also help once it comes time to [[Lumper vs. Splitter|split]] the subtropes out at Trope Workshop.

* [[Bastard Girlfriend]] has [[Abusively Sexy Lady]], [[Abusively Sexy Bitch]] and [[Abusively Sexy Girl]].

* [[Artist Disillusionment]] has [[Artist Disillusionment Farewell]].

For examples, see [[Bastard Girlfriend]] (which have [[Abusively Sexy Lady]], [[Abusively Sexy Bitch]] and [[Abusively Sexy Girl]] as [[Internal Subtrope|Internal Subtropes]]) and [[Artist Disillusionment]] (which has [[Artist Disillusionment Farewell]] as an [[Internal Subtrope]]).