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* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]] vs. [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]
* [[All Part of the Show]] vs. [[You Just Ruined the Shot]]
* [[Almost
* [[Always Chaotic Evil]] vs [[Always Lawful Good]]
* [[Ancient Conspiracy]] vs [[Ancient Tradition]] (However, they might [[Not So Different|overlap]].)
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* [[Buffy-Speak]] vs [[Spock Speak]]
* [[But Now I Must Go]] vs [[I Choose to Stay]]
* '''[[Butt Monkey]]''' '''vs.''' '''[[Mary Sue]]''': A character who fails at pretty much everything versus a character who succeeds at pretty much everything. The opposite-ness can be explored further: People hate the [[Mary Sue]] played straight, but love to laugh at the [[Butt Monkey]] played straight. Inversely, people love to laugh at an exaggerated [[Mary Sue]] ([[Parody Sue]] or [[Thirty
* [[Cain and Abel]] vs. [[Sibling Team]]
* [[Camp Gay]] vs [[Manly Gay]]
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* '''[[Face Heel Turn]] vs [[Heel Face Turn]]''': A [[Face Heel Turn]] is when something happens to an established "good" character that makes them turn to the side of evil. A [[Heel Face Turn]] is when something happens to an established "evil" character that makes them turn to the side of good. When used more than once, it can lead to the [[Heel Face Revolving Door]].
* [[Fallen Princess]] vs [[Alpha Bitch]]
* [["Falling in Love" Montage]] vs [[Lost Love Montage]]
* '''[[False Dichotomy]] vs [[Golden Mean Fallacy]]''': strawman argument where only one of two choices is right vs. one where both choices are wrong and the only "correct" answer is somewhere in the middle.
* [[False Reassurance]] vs [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]
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* '''[[Idle Rich]] vs. [[Non-Idle Rich]]''': Rich people who don't do anything vs. rich people who actually do things
* [[If I Can't Have You]] vs. [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]
* [[If Jesus, Then Aliens]] vs. [[No Such Thing As Space Jesus]]
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]] vs [[I Just Want to Be Special]]
* '''[[I Just Want to Have Friends]] vs [[I Work Alone]]'''
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* '''[[Law of Inverse Recoil]] vs [[Blown Across the Room]]''': Gunshots with no recoil vs. gunshots with way too much recoil
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]] vs. [[Not So Harmless]]: low-key hero becoming powerful vs. low-key villain becoming powerful.
* [[Let's Split Up, Gang!]] vs [[Never Split the Party]]
* [[Limited Wardrobe]] vs [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]
* '''[[Literal Ass
* [[Love Is in The Air]] vs [[Hate Plague]]
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] vs [[Luke, You Are My Father]]
* '''[[Macekre]] vs [[Woolseyism]]''': A [[Macekre]] is a loose translation of a work that barely resembles its source material. A [[Woolseyism]] is a translation of a work that maintains the spirit of the original work, while still making it palatable for its intended audience.
* [[MacGuffin Delivery Service]] vs [[Keep
* [[Made of Iron]] vs [[Made of Plasticine]]
* [[Magic Knight]] vs [[Squishy Wizard]]
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* [[Miles Gloriosus]] vs [[Cowardly Lion]] (or [[The So-Called Coward]]): Apparent hero, actual coward vs. apparent coward, actual hero.
* [[Mind Rape]] vs [[Care Bear Stare]]
* '''[[Minimalist Run]] vs [[Hundred
* '''[[Mook Chivalry]] vs [[Zerg Rush]]''': Mooks attacking one at a time vs. mooks attacking all at once
* [[More Hero Than Thou]] vs. [[Who Will Bell the Cat]]: Characters strive to do the dangerous deed vs. characters retreat on learning that they might personally have to do the deed.
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* [[Never Tell Me the Odds]] vs. [[I Like Those Odds]]
* [[The Night That Never Ends]] vs. [[Endless Daytime]]
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] vs. [[Useful Notes/Existentialism|Existentialism]]/ [[The Anti
* [[Nightmare Fuel]] vs. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: Something that's terrifying vs something that's touching.
* '''[[Nightmare Retardant]] vs [[Accidental Nightmare Fuel]]''': Meant to be scary but isn't vs. not meant to be scary but is.
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* [[Nothing Can Stop Us Now]] vs [[Nothing Can Save Us Now]]
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] vs [[Feigning Intelligence]]
* [[Official Couple]] vs [[One True Pairing]] (or [[Fan
* '''[[One Steve Limit]] vs [[Planet of Steves]]''': Only one character has a particular name to avoid confusion vs. a large group of people all have the same name.
* [[One Stat to Rule Them All]] vs [[Dump Stat]]
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* '''[[Porting Disaster]] vs [[Polished Port]]''': Transitioning a game from one system to another makes the end result worse vs. a transition where the new game is better than the original
* '''[[Power Born of Madness]] vs [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]''': superpower that relies on the user being insane vs. superpower that slowly drives the user insane
* [["Previously On..."]] vs [["On the Next..."]]
* '''[[Prolonged Prologue]] vs. [[Lost in Medias Res]]''': Too much exposition at expence of action in the beginning, vs too little exposition in the beginning.
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]] vs [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]
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* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] vs. [[Dream Team]]
* [[Rank Inflation]] vs. [[F Minus Minus]]
* [[Rated "M" for Money]] vs [[Avoid the Dreaded G Rating]]
* '''[[Redemption Demotion]] vs. [[Redemption Promotion]]''': Character works better as a villain than a hero vs. character works better as a hero than a villain.
* [[Redemption Earns Life]] vs. [[Redemption Equals Death]]
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* [[Screwed By the Network]] vs. [[Network to The Rescue]] or [[Adored By the Network]]
* [[Second Place Is for Losers]] vs. [[The Runner Up Takes It All]]
* [[Secret
* [[Sequelitis]] vs. [[Surprisingly Improved Sequel]] or [[Even Better Sequel]]
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]] vs. [[Make Wrong What Once Went Right]]
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* '''[[She Cleans Up Nicely]] vs. [[Unkempt Beauty]]''': character is dolled up to look sexy vs. character looking sexy even without fancy clothes.
* '''[[Shocking Swerve]] vs. [[The Untwist]]''': A [[Shocking Swerve]] is a plot twist that the audience could never possibly have seen coming and appears to have been done for no purpose other than to shock. [[The Untwist]] is when a plot twist is shocking because the audience had dismissed it as being ''too'' obvious.
* '''[[Shout
* [[A Simple Plan]] vs. [[Zany Scheme]]
* [[Single-Minded Twins]] vs [[Different As Night and Day]]
* '''[[Slap Slap Kiss]] vs [[Kiss Kiss Slap]]''': "I hate you! ... I love you!" vs. "I love you! ... I hate you!"
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]] vs. [[Jaded Washout]]
* [[The Smurfette Principle]] vs [[Improbably
* [[The Snark Knight]] vs [[Stepford Smiler]]
* [[So Bad It's Good]] vs [[So Bad It's Horrible (Darth Wiki)|So Bad Its Horrible]]
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* [[This Is Reality]] vs [[No Fourth Wall]]
* [[This Trope Name References Itself]] (or [[Index of Exact Trope Titles]]) vs [[This Index Is Not an Example]]
* [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl]] vs [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]
* [[Too Good to Last]] vs [[Long Runners]]
* [[Took a Level In Jerkass]] vs [[Took a Level In Kindness]]
* [[Toy Ship]] vs [[December
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]] vs [[Does Not Like Spam]]
* [[Trapped in TV Land]] vs [[Refugee From TV Land]]
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* [[Unwitting Pawn]] vs [[Spanner in The Works]]
* [[Upperclass Twit]] vs [[Lower Class Lout]]
* '''[[Very
* [[Viewers are Morons]] vs [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]
* '''[[Villain Ball]] vs [[Hero Ball]]''': villain does something dumb vs. hero does something dumb
* [[Villain Decay]] vs [[Not So Harmless]]
* [[Villains Act, Heroes React]] vs [[Heroes Act Villains Hinder]]
* '''[[Villain With Good Publicity]] vs [[Zero
** [[Villain With Good Publicity]] vs [[Hero With Bad Publicity]]
* '''[[Violence Is the Only Option]] vs. [[Sheathe Your Sword]] or [[Talking the Monster To Death]]''': Defeating an opponent with violence vs. defeating that same opponent through pacifism or a [[Rousing Speech]].
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* [[Vomit Discretion Shot]] vs [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]
* [[WAFF]] vs [[Dark Fic]]
* '''[[Wangst]] vs. [[Angst? What Angst?]]''': Character whines too much vs. character whines a lot less than you think they should.
** [[Wangst]] or [[Emo]] vs. [[Stoic Woobie]]
* '''[[Warmup Boss]] vs. [[Wake Up Call Boss]]''': Surprisingly easy early boss vs. surprisingly hard early boss
* [[Weak but Skilled]] vs. [[Unskilled but Strong]]
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] vs [[Necessarily Evil]]
* [[Wham! Episode]] vs [[Breather Episode]] ('''TROPER GENERAL'S WARNING:''' putting these back-to-back can induce [[Mood Whiplash]])
* '''[[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]] vs [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?]]''': People thinking something isn't for kids when it in fact is vs. people thinking something is for kids when it in fact is not.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]] vs [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]
* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]] vs [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]]
* [[What Is Going On]] vs [[Let Me Get This Straight...]]
* [[When You Coming Home, Dad?]] vs. [[My Beloved Smother]]: Parents that never have time for their children vs. parents that do nothing but control their children.
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]] vs [[Villainous Crossdresser]]
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