Kangaroo Court/Playing With
Basic Trope: A sham proceeding headed by a Hanging Judge.
- Straight: Judge Alex decides that Betty is guilty of murder, without any evidence, and throws her into jail.
- Exaggerated: Alex punishes Betty by having her shot to death by an angry mob.
- Downplayed: Alex decides Betty is guilty for murder, with no evidence, and gives her a $20 fine.
- Justified: Alex is a Knight Templar who indiscriminately punishes people he sees as "sinners". Betty happens to be one of them.
- Betty is living under a dictatorship, and she is seen as a state enemy.
- Inverted: Betty is given a fair trial, and is acquitted.
- Subverted: The trial seems staged to Betty but isn't its just a different legal system
- Double Subverted: But even under that system it is unfair
- Parodied: The judge presiding at Betty's trial, along with all other members of court, are actual kangaroos.
- Alice tries to defend herself, but the judge and jury use Insane Troll Logic to convict her anyway.
- Deconstructed: After one too many false verdicts, someone informs the government about Alex, who is investigated for corruption. He is found guilty, and is stripped of his position.
- Reconstructed: ???
- Zig Zagged: There are fair judges, as there are corrupt ones.
- Averted: Alex is a fair judge.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: "Hey, did you realize that the number of convictions has risen five-fold after Alex was appointed as a judge?" "Yeah, I wonder why..."
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Played for Drama: ???
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