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** "Invoked" vs. "Exploited": An [[Exploited Trope]] is when a [[Genre Savvy]] character can predict that the trope will be in effect and adjusts his behavior accordingly. An [[Invoked Trope]] is when the character is even more pro-active and deliberately goes out of his way to set up the situation for the trope to occur.
** "Averted" vs. "Subverted" vs. "Downplayed": Keep in mind to avoid confusion, tropes are Averted when they don't occur ''at all''; the trope is absent from the work completely. Subversions occur only when the audience is made to believe in advance that a trope will happen, but then it doesn't actually happen at all. For a trope to be Downplayed means it does occur, but to less of an extent than usual, regardless of the setup. Aversions and downplayings are [[Not a Subversion|not subversions]] of the trope.
* "Justified" is specifically defined as IN-UNIVERSE. That means the writers made a reason for the trope to occur in the setting. Not that meta-reasons make it a good choice to make it happen. If the writers do something because of outside influence that's usually "Enforced". Remember that [[Tropes Are
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