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* BadassBoast: Charlie has had enough of Alice's fooling around.
-->'''Charlie''': Alice, I am far more awesome than you.\\

* TheLeader: George is trying to save the world.

** TheLeader: George is trying to save the world.

* FiveManBand: [[TheHero George]], [[TheLancer Bob]], [[TheBigGuy Dave]], [[TheSmartGuy Charlie]], and [[TheChick Alice]] work together as a team.
* TheHero: George is trying to save the world.

** TheHero: George is trying to save the world.

All tropes in a list should be at the same level of indentation, and in alphabetical order. See HowToWriteAnExample. Subtropes should not be listed in sub-bullets beneath their parent tropes.

** Alice displays this trope well on various occasions:
*** ''Alice Meets Bob'' has this with her when she is in Bob's house.

*** She also shows this in ''Alice, Bob, and Carol''.

Or this...

** Alice displays this trope well on various occasions.

** Bob has his own chance to shine in ''''Alice Vs. Bob: The Reckoning''.

Note: If more applicable subtropes apply, listing the parent trope ({{Badass}}) is not recommended.

* Trope Name: In episode "The Episode" (1x1), Alice uses this trope to ...

** In "Another Episode" (1x2), Alice bangs it out
** In "Yet Another Episode" (1x3), Bob subverts it

* FiveManBand: [[TheHero George]], [[TheLancer Bob]], [[TheBigGuy Dave]], [[TheSmartGuy Charlie]], [[TheChick Alice]]

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The shortest version: If there is only one item at the indentation level, it ain't indented right.

* {{Badass}}: The show has a lot of badasses.

* {{Badass}}: Bob kicks ass a lot.

* {{Badass}}: Bob kicks ass a lot.

* TheBigGuy: Dave
* TheChick: Alice

* TheHero: George
* TheLancer: Bob
* TheSmartGuy: Charlie

** TheHero: George
** TheLancer: Bob
** TheBigGuy: Dave
** TheSmartGuy: Charlie
** TheChick: Alice

Let's say ''Claire and Diane'' and ''Alice and Bob'' are two shows. Each should have a separate first-bullet point. Like this:

* ''Claire and Diane'': this trope is used when...

Let's say ''Carol and Susan'' and ''Alice and Bob'' are two shows. Each should have a separate first-bullet point. Like this:

* ''Carol and Susan'': this trope is used when...

A three-bullet situation ([=***=]) usually indicates a comment on the item above it which has two bullets. This is a sign that that the list is heading toward ThreadMode (discussion). That's not a good thing. The trope lists are not discussions. Discussions take place on the discussion pages or in the forums. However, three-bullet situations sometimes are legit. Rarely. If you find yourself needing a third level of indentation, take a look at using a [[TextFormattingRules header]], instead.

Examples of situations where a third level bullet may validly be used on a work page:

* High Level Supertrope: Alice displays this trope and its variants a lot.
** Subtrope:
*** In episode 1, Alice...
*** In episode 12, Alice again...
** Subtrope: In episode 8, Alice displays this variant, instead, and...

Or on a trope page:

* High Level Supertrope: Alice displays this trope and it's variants a lot.