There Are No Rules: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''"Nothing is true. Everything is permitted."''|'''[[The Hashshashin|Hassan-i Sabbah]]''', ''Alamut'' by Vladimir Bartol}}

[[Stock Phrase]]. When someone's describing a game unfamiliar to the audience - especially if it's a particularly dangerous game - they will say this. Usually preceded by "[[Rule Number One|There's only one rule...]]" Occasionally, they will list two or three rules of the game which are [[Viewers are Morons|easy for the audience to remember]], and round it off by saying that "Apart from that, [[There Are No Rules]]!"

[[Stock Phrase]]. When someone's describing a game unfamiliar to the audience - especially if it's a particularly dangerous game - they will say this. Usually preceded by "[[Rule Number One|There's only one rule...]]" Occasionally, they will list two or three rules of the game which are [[Viewers are Morons|easy for the audience to remember]], and round it off by saying that "Apart from that, There Are No Rules!"

This is almost a [[Discredited Trope]]; if it crops up in media nowadays it'll at least [[Lampshade Hanging|have a lampshade hung on it.]] Although there are a few stray instances of it being played straight, even today.

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'''Arthur''': He can use what he likes. It's an open tournament.

'''Merlin''': What about the knight's code?

'''Arthur''': It counts for nothing. The only rule is ... [[There Are No Rules]]. }}

'''Arthur''': It counts for nothing. The only rule is ... There Are No Rules. }}

* Heavily subverted in ''Community''. During a [[Duel to the Death]] in the Sun Chamber, the announcer gets a [[Large Ham|little bit over the top]].

{{quote|'''Announcer''': Weeeell, boys and girls, I hope you brought your popsicles, because it's about to get SCALDING HOT in the Sun Chamber! You already know the rules... '''BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ANY!!!'''