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* [[Always Save the Girl]]: The whole point of the story is to avert this trope. |
* [[Always Save the Girl]]: The whole point of the story is to avert this trope. |
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* [[Broken Aesop]]: Let's just say that it would read a lot better if the basic premise wasn't shot to hell by a number of perfectly valid alternative solutions, with the dilemma heavily hinging on [[Take Our Word for It]]. |
* [[Broken Aesop]]: Let's just say that it would read a lot better if the basic premise wasn't shot to hell by a number of perfectly valid alternative solutions, with the dilemma heavily hinging on [[Take Our Word for It]]. |
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** Or if the basic premise could survive so much as two minutes' worth of [[Fridge Logic]]. |
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* [[Campbellian Hero]]: Also a deliberate aversion -- no-one pulls a technological [[Ass Pull]] to save the girl. |
* [[Campbellian Hero]]: Also a deliberate aversion -- no-one pulls a technological [[Ass Pull]] to save the girl. |
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* [[Cold Equation]]: The Trope Namer. |
* [[Cold Equation]]: The Trope Namer. |
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