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** What people have been doing for thousands of years with censorship. Depending on the channel and region, may also come to the viewer.

** That really depends on where the characters initially reside, and if their Parent Characters move about. And also if they choose a higher-level education in which, well, there's a lot more learning to be done.

* [[Ghibli Hills]]: Some regions, but they are few and far between. And diminishing.

* [[The Ghost]]: "[[That's What She Said|She]]". Your character never meets her, but a lot of other characters know her, and she sure is talkative, and has an odd habit of [[Foreshadowing]] other characters' lines. She also says a lot of suggestive things, and apparently, many youth in the United States, especially young males, have had some sort of run in with her, being that most people will remember what she said at any given moment. {{spoiler|If you ask who "she" is, you will be informed that she is, in fact, [[Your Mom]].}} See also: "Them" or "They".

* [[Government Conspiracy]]: There are some unconfirmed theories and several confirmed ones throughout the ages. Most are extensively disproven.

* [[Grand Finale]]: There is fan speculation on whether the series will end with one, but in the meantime many of the most memorable arcs ended with this. Probably the most recent would be the ''very'' popular [[World War II]] arc which ended with {{spoiler|the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki}} according to some but with D-Day and {{spoiler|Hitler's suicide}} to others.

** [[That's What She Said]]

* [[Green Hill Zone]]: Yards, prairies, and public parks.

** The first level was most likely [[Jungle Japes|eastern Africa]], which looks like it should qualify, but this may be a subversion since it's somewhat of a [[Death World]] as well.

* [[Griefer]]: From school bullies and petty vandals, through murderers and rapists, all the way up to international terrorists and rogue states, there are plenty of players who like to make things miserable for others.

* [[Groin Attack]]: A favorite of the female characters vs the males. It's actually just as effective on females, but it's not used so much the other way around, because of the "[[Wouldn't Hit a Girl|No Hitting Girls]]" thing. Oh, and males can do this to another males, mind you (and females versus females)

* [[Groupie Brigade]]: Members of the Artist class and/or Musician subclass will be pursued for sex or relationships by members of the [[Fan Girl|Groupie]] [[Fan Boy|Class]].

* [[His and Hers]]: While often parodied in television and film, numerous products of this type can be found in the world.

* [[Hit Points]]: Averted. Life forms are too complex to sum up their vitals in a number, but many hospitals manage to condense a few properties to numbers; though it's not a true damage tracker, they do help to provide a useful status shot.

** Two other options: the timeline is unalterable, or if Hitler wasn't there something WORSE would happen.

** One further option: [[Alternate Universe|The timeline is only altered from the point of view of the time traveler]].

* [[Infant Immortality]]: Brutally averted: According to UNICEF about 25,000 children under the age of five are [[Killed Off for Real]] every day. In fact, the vast majority of animals die as larva or infants.

** But if any PC does anything seriously bad to a child and gets caught it's going to be a very bad life for that PC.

* [[In Medias Res]]: At the start, there is a wide cast of pre-established characters and multiple fully developed conflicts and sub-plots with little initial explanation as to how they came about.

 

** The level cap around which enforced Character Death becomes more likely was [[Trope Namer|once]] [[Methuselah Syndrome|much higher]], if you believe [[The Bible]].

*** It's gotten higher due to [[Science Marches On|advances in science and medicine.]]

** Don't forget Elvis. [[He's Just Hiding]].

*** [[Men in Black (Film)|Or he went home.]]

* [[Killer Rabbit]] - All animals (and people) fall under two categories: those that don't look dangerous but can kill or injure you horribly, and those that do look dangerous and can kill or injure you horribly.

** Except rabbits, they can escape you, they can bite you, but they can't kill you... Unless you are a carrot or a moth... So it's averted.

* [[Kill It With Water]]: [[Trope Namer]]. According to [[The Great Flood|some]], the [[Game Master]] decided after the first few seasons that the characters and plot were going completely [[Off the Rails]]. The GM felt that the best course of action was to [[Rocks Fall Everyone Dies|drop a flood on everyone]] except for a few of the characters; just enough for a Reboot.

** Ironically, water is a key component for every lifeform in the entire series and will remain so for the foreseeable future.

** Most skills require some [[Level Grinding]] to raise to the point where they are at all useful, though there are exceptions.

* [[Lighter and Softer]]: The "Western Civilisation" subplot seems to have gone this way in recent seasons, though it's actually a very cunning and cruel subversion.

** And in the [[Distant Finale]], the Earth is rendered ''completely uninhabitable'' because of the Daystar.

* [[Like Reality Unless Noted]]: The [[Trope Namer]]. Played straight to the most part, except for the [[Reality Is Unrealistic|'unrealistic']] bits...

** However, it's possible for the [[Munchkin|Jock class to take levels in nerding]], and vice versa.

*** The Nerd class is not only often a self-imposed challenge, but all of its class specifics can be freely taken up by any other class without hindrance to physical and social abilities. [[Genius Bruiser]], [[Hot Scientist]], [[Badass Bookworm]], and [[Hospital Hottie]] are freely available to those who are [[Luck Based Mission|blessed with talent and the opportunity to take those classes.]]

* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: But usually not [[Played for Laughs]].

* [[Love Hurts]], but also [[Love Redeems]], and <s>sometimes</s> frequently [[Love Makes You Crazy]]. All of these may be experienced by the same character at various points, in some cases multiple times.

 

 

== M ==

* [[Magical Computer]]: Most notable aversion... even if [[Fan Dumb|some seem not to realize this]].

* [[Magical Realism]]: May or may not be explainable by the psychiatry profession.

** Oh, you can get Money for Nothing. It's called "arbitrage" and only really works [[Fridge Logic|if you already have]] [[Unstable Equilibrium|a lot of money in the first place]].

* [[Money Sink]]: Some of which are required to ''survive''. Real estate is a popular one whose necessity for survival is somewhat debatable, as is haut couture fashion.

* [[Mordor]]: Many places within any Warfare Story Arc end up becoming this.

* [[More Dakka]]: A popular tactic in recent past seasons. The machine gun was invented to capitalize on this, the inventor figured that if one man could fire as many bullets as an army, only two people would go to war. He never thought that They would make them standard issue, so we now have an army that, in previous arcs, could have taken over the world.

* [[Mr. Imagination]]: ''Everyone'' is this to some degree, or 99% if you believe Rene Descartes.

* [[Mugging the Monster]]: Happens to members of the criminal class who aren't careful in selecting their prey, especially if they're on the United States server where almost all players can (and in alot of cases do) legally own, carry, and use firearms. Other players often find stories of said criminals' well-deserved misfortunes highly entertaining.