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What happens when [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]] switches genders? [[Cain and Abel]]. What's the [[Canonical List of Subtle Trope Distinctions|difference]] between [[The Scrappy]] and a [[
When defining a trope, it often helps to establish its similarities, differences and relationship to other tropes; a common convention on this site is to refer to some tropes as Sister Tropes.
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** ''[[Stairway to Heaven]] -- [[Hellevator]]''
* '''Form:''' When two or more tropes are similar in style but themselves unique, usually used for different purposes.
** ''[[
** ''[[Compliment Backfire]] -- [[Insult Backfire]]''
* '''Same Parent:''' Subtropes of the same [[Super Trope]] are frequently referred to this way.
** In [[Anti
** In [[Poor Communication Kills]]: ''[[Cannot Spit It Out]] -- [[You're Just Jealous]]''
* '''Conjoined Use:''' They are different, perhaps a character and an attack, plot, or relationship, but see frequent (though not necessarily exclusive) use together.
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Sometimes when two distinct tropes serve almost exactly the same function or have [[Canonical List of Subtle Trope Distinctions|very subtle differences]] in description, it can reach the point that they are used almost interchangeably. Bad [[Flanderization]]! ''Bad!'' The [[Canonical List of Subtle Trope Distinctions]] is your friend.
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* It is possible to juggle a [[Villain Ball|Villain]], [[Idiot Ball|Idiot]] and [[Conflict Ball]] all at once. [[Idiot Ball]] doesn't necessarily make direct conflict, and [[Conflict Ball]] doesn't necessarily make idiocy. Thus they are related, but not really covered by the other. [[Villain Ball]] carrying may involve stupidly [[Pyrrhic Villainy]] and cause conflict aplenty, but it doesn't have to.
* [[Big No]] and [[Chewing the Scenery]] (or [[Large Ham]]) can often overlap, but not always.
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* So are [[Gargle Blaster]] and [[Hideous Hangover Cure]].
* [[Cast of Snowflakes]] is what happens when those [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] are given characterization.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Herod]], your [[Genocide Backfire|Genocide Backfired]] on us completely.
* [[Human Shield]] and [[Bulletproof Human Shield]] both deal with bystanders being used to protect a target. The former discusses the psychological coverage, while the latter deals with physical protection.
* [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]] is related to [[Nightmare Fuel]], but it's basically something deliberately horrific that works, rather than unintentional. And when it fails, it's [[Nightmare Retardant]].
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* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]] and [[Shameless Fanservice Girl]]. Both are girls who have no nudity taboo. But one is aware of the existence of nudity taboos, and the other isn't.
* [[Badass Normal]] and [[Costumed Nonsuper Hero]] often overlap in certain contexts (most importantly probably the person of [[Batman]]), even though the only thing they conceptually have in common is having no superpowers.
* [[Xanatos Gambit]] and [[Batman Gambit]] are both schemes to achieve benefit but they are executed differently. The [[Batman Gambit]] is based on [[Flaw Exploitation]] and/or what a given mark is most likely to do. Thus, it will fail if the mark doesn't behave as predicted. The [[Xanatos Gambit]] is based on [[
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