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[[File:weasel_55.jpg|link=Visual Pun|frame|This is not a [[Necessary Weasel]]. It's a Gratuitous [[Weasel Mascot]], courtesy of the [[Rule of Cute]].]] |
[[File:weasel_55.jpg|link=Visual Pun|frame|This is not a [[Necessary Weasel]]. It's a Gratuitous [[Weasel Mascot]], courtesy of the [[Rule of Cute]].]] |
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{{quote|''"Be happy that weasels infest the world. Weasels are like motor oil for society. It wouldn't be fair to judge motor oil outside the context of an engine. If you put motor oil in your mouth, it would be filthy and slimy and leave a bad taste. But when that oil is inside an engine, it does an important job and you're glad it's there. Weasels are the same way. Slimy and disgusting, but essential."''|'''[[Dilbert |
{{quote|''"Be happy that weasels infest the world. Weasels are like motor oil for society. It wouldn't be fair to judge motor oil outside the context of an engine. If you put motor oil in your mouth, it would be filthy and slimy and leave a bad taste. But when that oil is inside an engine, it does an important job and you're glad it's there. Weasels are the same way. Slimy and disgusting, but essential."''|'''[[Dilbert|Scott Adams]]''', ''The Way of the Weasel''}} |
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As a logical extension of [[Tropes Are Not Bad]], many tropes that might otherwise come across as gratuitous, offensive or just plain wrong in most genres are considered not just accepted in certain genres, but is practically a part of the genre. Complaining about the simple use of the tropes (as opposed to particularly offensive variations) in said genres is rather short-sighted and pointless, since, well, it's in almost ''every'' other work in the genre. |
As a logical extension of [[Tropes Are Not Bad]], many tropes that might otherwise come across as gratuitous, offensive or just plain wrong in most genres are considered not just accepted in certain genres, but is practically a part of the genre. Complaining about the simple use of the tropes (as opposed to particularly offensive variations) in said genres is rather short-sighted and pointless, since, well, it's in almost ''every'' other work in the genre. |
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** [[Artificial Gravity]], for "[[Mohs Scale of Sci Fi Hardness|soft]]" [[Science Fiction]] works. |
** [[Artificial Gravity]], for "[[Mohs Scale of Sci Fi Hardness|soft]]" [[Science Fiction]] works. |
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* [[No Conservation of Energy]] in portrayals of [[Stock Super Powers]]. |
* [[No Conservation of Energy]] in portrayals of [[Stock Super Powers]]. |
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* Ignoring of the [[Square-Cube Law]] (as well as other laws of physics) in [[Superhero]], [[Humongous Mecha]], and [[Attack of the |
* Ignoring of the [[Square-Cube Law]] (as well as other laws of physics) in [[Superhero]], [[Humongous Mecha]], and [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever]] stories, as well as some types of [[Starfish Aliens]]. |
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* [[Instant Expert]] in [[Role Playing Game|Role Playing Games]]. |
* [[Instant Expert]] in [[Role Playing Game|Role Playing Games]]. |
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* [[Benevolent Architecture]] -- what are the odds that a video game character's surroundings will always be perfectly suited to that character's unique powers or abilities? Or, for that matter, that wreckage will always form a path, rather than an obstacle? |
* [[Benevolent Architecture]] -- what are the odds that a video game character's surroundings will always be perfectly suited to that character's unique powers or abilities? Or, for that matter, that wreckage will always form a path, rather than an obstacle? |
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