Trope Name/Playing With

Basic Trope: A trope (a common convention that you can expect to show up in certain works).

Straight: The trope, played out normally.
Exaggerated: The trope, taken almost Up to Eleven.
Downplayed: The trope, played to a smaller extent than normal.
Justified: The trope has a logical In-Universe explanation.
Inverted: The trope happens the other way around.
Subverted: We come upon a scenario where the trope would normally be played straight, but it isn't.
Double Subverted: ...And then it is soon thereafter.
Parodied: The trope is mocked, spoofed or straight to ridiculous levels for specific humour value.
- The trope in the form of a Visual Pun.
Deconstructed: The trope is played in such a way to show various logical and moral problems with the trope as normally played.
Reconstructed: The trope is played straight, but with the problems brought up by the Deconstruction dealt with or addressed.
Zig Zagged: The trope is Played With several times over until it becomes a Mind Screw.
Averted: Neither the trope nor the situation in which it would occur is ever brought up.
Enforced: Something in Real Life that causes Executive Meddling and/or the authors to use the trope.
Implied: Trope isn't shown, but the audience is indirectly led to believe that it happened off-screen.
Lampshaded: A Genre Savvy Character points out that the trope will be used and/or the ridiculousness of the trope being used in the current situation.
Invoked: A Genre Savvy Character sets up a situation where the trope can occur.
Exploited: A Genre Savvy Character takes advantage of the fact that the trope will occur, possibly-- but not necessarily-- Invoking it in the process.
Defied: A Genre Savvy Character tries to prevent a trope from happening.
Discussed: Genre Savvy Characters talk about the trope in a situation where it is likely to happen.
Conversed: Genre Savvy Characters talk about the trope in a Show Within a Show.
Played For Laughs: The trope is played in the most comedic way possible.
Played For Drama: The trope is played in the most melodramatic way possible.
Plotted A Good Waste: The (normally unintentional) trope is used quite intentionally.

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