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#REDIRECT [[Category:Necessary Weasel]] |
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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]].]] |
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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|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 are 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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Can often be the cause of an [[Enforced Trope]]. Some [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality]] are '''Necessary Weasel'''s to particular genres as well. Contrast with [[Bad Writing Index]], an article listing some real (versus merely perceived) flaws. |
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Artistic "flaws": |
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* [[Rule of Cool]] in general; "realistic" does not always equal "interesting." |
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* [[More Dakka]], [[Stuff Blowing Up]] in summer action films. |
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* The [[Porn Without Plot|lack of plot, characterization or logic]] in Pornography. |
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* [[Gorn]] in [[Slasher Film]]s. |
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* Blatant [[Wish Fulfillment]] and [[Mary Sue]] characters in [[Fairy Tale]]s and mythology. |
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* [[Author Avatar|Author avatars]] in [[Web Comics]], especially Gaming Web Comics. |
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* [[God Mode Sue]]s in combat-oriented [[Video Game|video games]]. |
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* [[Toilet Humor]] in comedies featuring babies. |
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Implausibilities: |
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* [[Faster-Than-Light Travel]] usually present in space-based [[Science Fiction]] and virtually all [[Space Opera]]. |
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** [[Aliens Speaking English]], whenever the plot is not about first contact with them. |
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** [[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]]. |
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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 50-Foot Whatever]] stories, as well as some types of [[Starfish Aliens]]. |
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* [[Instant Expert]] in [[Role-Playing Game]]s. |
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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? |
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* [[The Perry Mason Method]]: Because once the audience knows who the real culprit is, there's no real reason to continue the story. |
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* [[Hitbox Dissonance]] in [[Bullet Hell]] games - otherwise they'd be impossible rather than just [[Nintendo Hard]]. |
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[[Category:Trope Tropes]] |
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Latest revision as of 10:16, 29 April 2023
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