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'''Basic Trope''': A character realizes they're in a story, but guess wrong as to the genre, or their role in the story.
* '''Straight''': Bob thinks he's a [[Dogged Nice Guy]] in a [[Romantic Comedy]], but he's actually a [[Stalker
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob thinks he's a [[Dogged Nice Guy]] in a [[Romantic Comedy]], but he's actually about to suffer [[Death
** Bob thinks he's [[The Hero]] or a least a member of a [[Five-Man Band]] in a Shonen, but he's actually a [[Noble Demon]] that is member of a [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]], a [[Five-Bad Band]] or even a [[Big Bad Duumvirate]].
* '''Downplayed''': Bob thinks he's a [[Dogged Nice Guy]] in a [[Romantic Comedy]], but he's actually the Dogged Nice Guy's best friend being used to show the nice guy in a better light.
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* '''Inverted''': Regular [[Genre Savvy]], or [[Genre Blindness]].
* '''Subverted''': Bob thinks he's a Dogged Nice Guy in a Romantic Comedy, but the audience knows this is a horror movie, so they're surprised when he manages to hook up with a nice woman, they have sex, and nothing bad happens.
* '''Double Subverted''': Until half an hour later, when the monster's plotline suddenly crosses over into Bob's life and he and the woman both suffer [[Death
* '''Parodied''': Bob continues to act as though he's in a romantic comedy even as the bodies pile up, the city is put under martial law and a [[Zombie Apocalypse]] rages in the streets.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's belief that he's in a romantic comedy is caused by his obsession with the genre and his own inability to separate reality from fantasy... or, for that matter, the fantasy that's coming true around him from the one he wants.
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