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== [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier]] vs. [[The Battlestar]] vs. [[The Mothership]] ==
* [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier]]: An aircraft carrier that flies. Usually planet bound. [[Marvel Comics|The SHIELD Helicarrier]] is probably the most famous example.
* [[The Battlestar]]: A hybrid of the [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier]] and a battleship, made for space battle. Often carries some sort of [[Wave Motion Gun]] for extra awesome. The ''Galactica'' from [[Battlestar Galactica
* [[The Mothership]]: [[The Battlestar]] taken [[Up to Eleven]]. Usually the size of a large city and is usually used as Command Central for the invading hordes. Destroying it usually means near-instant defeat for the enemy. The capital ships from ''[[Independence Day]]'' are the [[Trope Codifier|codifiers]] in modern Sci-Fi.
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* [[Always a Bigger Fish]] is more closely related to [[Deus Ex Machina]]. The forces involved, while they have been obstacles to the protagonists in the past, are indiscriminate enough in their malice that they'll go after whatever is currently menacing the protagonists.
== [[Ambiguously Gay]] vs. [[But Not Too Gay]] vs. [[Camp Straight]] vs. [[Have I Mentioned I Am Gay?]] vs. [[Hide Your Lesbians]] vs. [[Get Back in the Closet]] ==
* [[Ambiguously Gay]] is when a character displays stereotypical mannerisms associated with gays/lesbians, but it is unclear if they are actually gay or not and no one will discuss it.
* [[But Not Too Gay]] is when characters are gay and acknowledged as such but when it comes to their love lives, they will show very little affection toward their partners or none at all.
* [[Camp Straight]] is when a character displays stereotypical mannerisms associated with gays/lesbians, but it is clear they are actually heterosexual.
* [[Have I Mentioned I Am Gay?]] is when characters are openly gay, but never get any sort of romance and their sexuality is basically an [[Informed Attribute]].
* [[Hide Your Lesbians]] is where characters can be seen as either gay or straight, and there usually is subtext suggesting the character may be gay but this will never ever be addressed.
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* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]] is the inversion of [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]], with a list of mundame things ending in a non sequitur with something horrible.
== [[Anti-Magic]] vs. [[
* [[Anti-Magic]] is an ability or power to cancel/negate the powers of others.
* [[Power Nullifier]] is a tool, such as handcuffs or a room, that can negate the powers of the one wearing it.
* [[
== [[Anyone Can Die]] vs. [[Kill'Em All]] vs. [[Rocks Fall Everybody Dies]] vs. [[Total Party Kill]] ==
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* The [[Dumb Blonde]] can be the [[Brainless Beauty]], but can also be [[The Fool]], [[The Ditz]], or any other less than clever character.
== [[Bratty Half-Pint]] vs. [[Kid Appeal Character]] vs. [[Tagalong Kid]] vs. [[Token
* A [[Bratty Half-Pint]] is that kid who is constantly finding trouble because they want to be a part of the team.
* A [[Kid Appeal Character]] (formerly the Bumblebee) is more of a marketing ploy, but the character can actually be a part of the team, usually the inexperienced one with youthful energy.
* The [[Tagalong Kid]] is a little kid watching the heroism of the team with excitement.
* The [[Token
== [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] vs. [[Fourth Wall]] vs. [[Medium Awareness]] vs. [[No Fourth Wall]] vs. [[Painting the Medium]] ==
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* [[Lovecraft Lite]] is a ''genre'' that uses many of the trappings of a [[Cosmic Horror Story]], but is not bleak, hopeless, or meaningless. The evil entities can be defeated permanently; the good guys can win decisively; the world, and humanity, can survive.
== [[
* [[
* [[I Am Not Shazam]] concerns confusion over the title of a work and what it is supposed to represent within the work.
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