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'''Basic Trope''': A character looklooks in a mirror and realizerealizes what kind of monstrosity he or she has become (at least by his or her own standard). The character punchpunches the mirror in a combination of disgust and self-loathing.
* '''Straight''': [[Captain Ersatz|Adnan Jackson]] had a crippling accident while on duty, and the doctors had (what was left of) him refitted with augmentations to save his life, i.e. making him a cyborg. The first time he had a chance to look at the mirror, he shattered the mirror to pieces with his cyborg-arms.
* '''Exaggerated''': Adnan's residence is a [[House of Broken Mirrors]].
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* '''Parodied''': The mirror punched Adnan back. "Man up, buddy. Do you think it's easy being a mirror for people like you?", said the mirror.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': No one punchpunches a mirror in the story, even those who have become things they hate.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
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