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** The butler did it because he's actually an assassin that took the job to ''be'' [[Beneath Suspicion]]. |
** The butler did it because he's actually an assassin that took the job to ''be'' [[Beneath Suspicion]]. |
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** Powerful weapons glow because our heroes are fighting [[Living Shadow|shadows]]. Or the weapons are powered by glowing [[Applied Phlebotinum|Phlebotinum]]. |
** Powerful weapons glow because our heroes are fighting [[Living Shadow|shadows]]. Or the weapons are powered by glowing [[Applied Phlebotinum|Phlebotinum]]. |
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** NOTE: [[Tropes Are Tools|Almost all tropes are justified in some way]]. If you put a [[Justifying Edit]] after every trope that you see you'll be on |
** NOTE: [[Tropes Are Tools|Almost all tropes are justified in some way]]. If you put a [[Justifying Edit]] after every trope that you see you'll be on All The Tropes for the rest of your life and annoy people, too. |
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* {{smallcaps|[[Inverted Trope|Inverted]]}}: The trope (or its elements) are reversed and then used. (Not just [[Gender Flip|taking the usual gender for the trope and making it the opposite one]], unless gender is ''specifically'' what the trope was about in the first place.) |
* {{smallcaps|[[Inverted Trope|Inverted]]}}: The trope (or its elements) are reversed and then used. (Not just [[Gender Flip|taking the usual gender for the trope and making it the opposite one]], unless gender is ''specifically'' what the trope was about in the first place.) |
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** The butler is the victim. Or the butler solved the crime. |
** The butler is the victim. Or the butler solved the crime. |