Phlebotinum Muncher/Playing With: Difference between revisions

'''Basic Trope''': A creature needs to feed on [[Phlebotinum]] to survive.

* '''Straight''': Alice's pet tropesaur, Troptor, feeds on troponium in the same way most creatures feed on carbohydrates.

* '''Downplayed''': Troponium is an important suppliment in their diet, but there are terrestrial alternatives and artificial supplements available and they won't see any negative effects unless they go without for a long time (and even then it's more like suffering from a vitamin deficency than instant death).

* '''Justified''': Alice and her troposaur come from the planet Tropius, where tropium is as common as water on Earth. It's basically the Tropic equivalent of an amphibian.

* '''Subverted''': Alice appears to need it herself, but admits that it's more like a mild addiction, like cigarettes, coffee or [[Death Note|apples]].

* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out while she doesn't technically need it, the withdrawal effects are quite unpleasant (much like going cold turkey on nicotine or caffeine).