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Some tropes can be pretty broad in scope, enough to cover one or more [[Sub-Trope]]s under them.
Let's say you have tropes for "Scarf Juggling" and "Knife Juggling". Just plain "Juggling" would be the
In short, if you took every example of a super-trope and combined with every example of its sub tropes, they would all count as examples of the super trope.
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This is also important, as a [[Missing Supertrope]] can lead to people thinking a trope is broader than it is.
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Do not confuse this with different tropes simply having a common element. That is a standard index. Although a super trope can be an index if it has enough sub tropes.
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* [[Idiot Ball]] covers [[
* [[Chekhov's Gun]] covers quite a few [[
* [[Bigger Is Better]] covers a... big collection of [[
* [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty]] covers a number of [[
** Which makes [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty]] a [[
* [[Conflict]] is one of the most super of all [[
** [[Characters]] is another.
** So is [[Plot]].
* [[Show, Don't Tell]] covers [[
* [[Badass]] can come in so many forms, because [[Badass]] is just too awesome to contain in one.
* [[Shades of Conflict]] covers the various forms of morality vs. morality, from [[Black and White Morality]] to [[Grey and Gray Morality]] and everything in between.
* Many of the [[Rule of Index]] [[
* [[Living a Double Life]] covers several tropes, notably [[Secret Identity]], which in itself is a super trope.
* [[Pink Means Feminine]] covers tropes such as [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]] and [[Princesses Prefer Pink]].
* [[Ideal Hero]] covers [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|pure-hearted]] heroes such as [[The Cape (trope)]], [[Knight in Shining Armor]], [[Captain Patriotic]] and [[The Messiah]].
* [[Appropriate Animal Attire]] covers all the animal clothing tropes.
* [[Closer to Earth]] covers all tropes where minorities are there to inspire and prop up the [[White Male Lead]], such as [[Women Are Wiser]] and [[Magical Negro]].
* [[The Face]] covers all ensemble characters whose speciality is social skills whether its as [[The Chick]], [[The Social Expert]], [[The Heart]] or [[Team Mom|Team]] [[Team Dad|Parent.]]
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]
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By the way, have you ever seen
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