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=== Naming Patterns ===
* X '''Ball''' - tropes named as an "X Ball" typically imply that X is a property that gets given to a certain character for the sake of the plot (based on the idea of an imaginary ball which can be thrown from person to person and give them property X while they hold it). See [[Idiot Ball]] for the original and most common trope with this naming pattern. Use in other contexts, such as [[Big Ball of Violence]], does not carry this implication.
* '''Artistic License
* '''Deus Ex''' X ''or'' X '''Ex Machina''' - originating from the concept of a [[Deus Ex Machina]], most tropes following these naming patterns are puns on the original, and involve either creation/application of gods or an unjustified solution of problems using generic and standard methods. See [[Ind Ex Machina]] for a comprehensive list of tropes following these naming patterns.
* '''Everything's''' ''comparative'' '''With''' X - tropes with this naming structure generally indicate that X either has an effect (the ''comparative'') on a work into which it is added, or improves (or worsens) a work purely by its presence. Typically, the comparative is "Better", or occasionally "Worse", although other comparatives may be used if it improves the trope name. See [[Everything's Better with Indexes]] for an index of existing tropes using this naming pattern.
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