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* [[Power Glows]] |
* [[Power Glows]] |
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See also [[Playing |
See also [[Playing with Wiki]], an entire subwiki dedicated to doing this to every trope in [[The Catalogue]], and in particular [[Trope Name/Playing With]], which is a [[Laconic|reasonably concise]] version of this list. |
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* {{smallcaps|Played Straight}}: The trope is simply used. Note that this is the 'default' manifestation of a trope unless stated otherwise; when citing an example, it's usually [[Word Cruft|needless]] (and/or [[Department of Redundancy Department|redundant]]) to explicitly mention that it was "played straight". (Inversely, if a work plays the same trope several times in several different ways or it's a trope which is more commonly played with than played straight, like a [[Dead Horse Trope]], ''then'' it's worth noting it was "played straight".) |
* {{smallcaps|Played Straight}}: The trope is simply used. Note that this is the 'default' manifestation of a trope unless stated otherwise; when citing an example, it's usually [[Word Cruft|needless]] (and/or [[Department of Redundancy Department|redundant]]) to explicitly mention that it was "played straight". (Inversely, if a work plays the same trope several times in several different ways or it's a trope which is more commonly played with than played straight, like a [[Dead Horse Trope]], ''then'' it's worth noting it was "played straight".) |
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** [[The Butler Did It]], and everyone is genuinely surprised. |
** [[The Butler Did It]], and everyone is genuinely surprised. |
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** [[Power Glows|Powerful weapons glow]] inexplicably. |
** [[Power Glows|Powerful weapons glow]] inexplicably. |
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* {{smallcaps|[[Justified Trope|Justified]]}}: The trope has a reason [[In |
* {{smallcaps|[[Justified Trope|Justified]]}}: The trope has a reason [[In-Universe]] to be present where we see it. |
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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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** The butler is the prime suspect at the beginning, and is later found innocent. |
** The butler is the prime suspect at the beginning, and is later found innocent. |
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** A huge glowing bomb is assumed to be a superweapon, and is then revealed to not have any effective blast due to its inefficiency. |
** A huge glowing bomb is assumed to be a superweapon, and is then revealed to not have any effective blast due to its inefficiency. |
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* {{smallcaps|[[Double Subversion|Doubly Subverted]]}}: Like a [[Subverted Trope |
* {{smallcaps|[[Double Subversion|Doubly Subverted]]}}: Like a [[Subverted Trope]], but then later it turns out that the apparent subversion was misleading, too. [[Mind Screw|Again,]] compare [[Red Herring]]. |
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** The butler is the prime suspect at the beginning, but then eliminated as a suspect -- except he ''did'' do it, and the exonerating evidence is false. |
** The butler is the prime suspect at the beginning, but then eliminated as a suspect -- except he ''did'' do it, and the exonerating evidence is false. |
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** A huge glowing bomb is assumed to be a superweapon, and is then revealed to not have any effective blast due to its inefficiency. But the glow itself [[Nuke'Em|is super-effective]]. |
** A huge glowing bomb is assumed to be a superweapon, and is then revealed to not have any effective blast due to its inefficiency. But the glow itself [[Nuke'Em|is super-effective]]. |
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** The butler was defending himself from his [[Asshole Victim|cruel master]] who was about to murder the butler. |
** The butler was defending himself from his [[Asshole Victim|cruel master]] who was about to murder the butler. |
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** Vision damage is a risk that the heroes must take to defeat the [[Ultimate Evil]]. And the heroes, at least, [[An Aesop|take]] [[Averted Trope|eye]] [[Goggles Do Nothing|protection]] [[Serious Business|seriously]]. |
** Vision damage is a risk that the heroes must take to defeat the [[Ultimate Evil]]. And the heroes, at least, [[An Aesop|take]] [[Averted Trope|eye]] [[Goggles Do Nothing|protection]] [[Serious Business|seriously]]. |
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* {{smallcaps|[[Zig-Zagging Trope|Zig Zagged]]}}: None of the above, or more than one of the above; a trope that gets triple subverted, or inverted and played straight at the same time, or, well, [[Mind Screw|just done confusingly]]. |
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** The butler did it, but he was under [[Mind Control]] at the time. And it later turns out that the one mind controlling the butler looked exactly like the butler. And then we find out that it was actually his [[Evil Twin]], who was also a butler. But it turns out it was a conspiracy hatched by the Butler and his [[Evil Twin]], one born of necessity because the victim was going to do something monstrous. |
** The butler did it, but he was under [[Mind Control]] at the time. And it later turns out that the one mind controlling the butler looked exactly like the butler. And then we find out that it was actually his [[Evil Twin]], who was also a butler. But it turns out it was a conspiracy hatched by the Butler and his [[Evil Twin]], one born of necessity because the victim was going to do something monstrous. |
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** There's a fifteen-page-long chart explaining [[Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors|how effective weapons with different glow intensities are against one another.]] And the authors ''still'' manage to do a complete [[Ass Pull]] every once in a while. |
** There's a fifteen-page-long chart explaining [[Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors|how effective weapons with different glow intensities are against one another.]] And the authors ''still'' manage to do a complete [[Ass Pull]] every once in a while. |
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** "Unlike what you may read in detective stories, the butler is an unlikely suspect in any murder investigation of this sort." |
** "Unlike what you may read in detective stories, the butler is an unlikely suspect in any murder investigation of this sort." |
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** "I don't care what anime has taught you: [[This Is Reality|in the real world]], a [[Buffy-Speak|glowier]] sword is not more powerful." |
** "I don't care what anime has taught you: [[This Is Reality|in the real world]], a [[Buffy-Speak|glowier]] sword is not more powerful." |
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* {{smallcaps|[[Conversational Troping|Conversed]]}}: A conversation about tropes the characters have seen in a [[Show Within a Show]], or another work. Differs from a [[Discussed Trope]] mainly in either its [[Seinfeldian Conversation|sheer irrelevance]], or being used purely to [[Leaning |
* {{smallcaps|[[Conversational Troping|Conversed]]}}: A conversation about tropes the characters have seen in a [[Show Within a Show]], or another work. Differs from a [[Discussed Trope]] mainly in either its [[Seinfeldian Conversation|sheer irrelevance]], or being used purely to [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|lean on the fourth wall]]. |
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** "In these shows, the butler always does it." |
** "In these shows, the butler always does it." |
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** "In a [[There's No B in Movie|bad movie like this]], the more powerful swords always glow." |
** "In a [[There's No B in Movie|bad movie like this]], the more powerful swords always glow." |