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A world comprised of dreams..



A world comprised of dreams..
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* EerilyOutOfPlaceObject

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* EerilyOutOfPlaceObjectEerilyOutOfPlaceObject \\
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* EerilyOutOfPlaceObject
An otherwise ordinary object made unsettling by being found somewhere impossible
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* BizarroElements \\
ElementalPowers out of the ordinary.
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* LopsidedDichotomy
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Voted to cut in TRS, in this thread.


* PutneySwopePanic \\
When an incoherent, obtuse, or overly complicated piece of cinema sends you into a brief, desperate state of vertigo as you try to make sense of it.
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Ordering someone to not thinking about something is impossible and inherently paradoxical.

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Ordering someone to not thinking think about something is impossible and inherently paradoxical.
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* BlessedAreTheCheesemakers \\
Cheese is funny.

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* IndecisiveMedium

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* IndecisiveMediumIndecisiveMedium\\
A work in a certain medium behaves as if it was in another medium.

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-> "I go to my friend's place, open the door - but it is closed! I ring the bell - but there is none! So I didn't go there in the first place."



-->--''Webcomic/TriangleAndRobert''

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-->--''Webcomic/TriangleAndRobert''
-->-- ''Webcomic/TriangleAndRobert''
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-->--'''Webcomic/TriangleAndRobert'''

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-->--'''Webcomic/TriangleAndRobert'''
-->--''Webcomic/TriangleAndRobert''
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-->--TriangleAndRobert

Tropes about UsefulNotes/{{dada}}ism, nonsense, {{non sequitur}}s, the surreal and the bizarre. But not the [[BazaarOfTheBizarre Bazaar]]; that's something else.

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-->--TriangleAndRobert

-->--'''Webcomic/TriangleAndRobert'''

Tropes about UsefulNotes/{{dada}}ism, nonsense, {{non sequitur}}s, the surreal surreal, and the bizarre. But not the [[BazaarOfTheBizarre Bazaar]]; that's something else.

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A visual sound effect for something that doesn't actually make that sound

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A visual sound effect for something that doesn't actually make that sound sound.
* ViolationOfCommonSense \\
Do something stupid enough, and you'll be rewarded.
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Tropes about {{dada}}ism, nonsense, {{non sequitur}}s, the surreal and the bizarre. But not the [[BazaarOfTheBizarre Bazaar]]; that's something else.

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Tropes about {{dada}}ism, UsefulNotes/{{dada}}ism, nonsense, {{non sequitur}}s, the surreal and the bizarre. But not the [[BazaarOfTheBizarre Bazaar]]; that's something else.



* {{Dada}} \\

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* {{Dada}} UsefulNotes/{{Dada}} \\



RuleOfFunny meets DaDa.

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RuleOfFunny meets DaDa.UsefulNotes/{{Dada}}.
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* OurMonstersAreWeird\\
Monster may or not be terrifying, but is definitely surreal.
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[[quoteright:350:[[Pinball/{{Gottliebs 2001}} http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2001-pinball-backglass_4006.jpg]]

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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2001-pinball-backglass_4006.jpg]]

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[[quoteright:350:http://static.[[quoteright:350:[[Pinball/{{Gottliebs 2001}} http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2001-pinball-backglass_4006.jpg]]
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* ThoughtAversionFailure \\
Ordering someone to not thinking about something is impossible and inherently paradoxical.
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No, it doesn't make sense.-] ]]

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[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext No, it doesn't make sense.-] ]]-] ]]
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* InsaneTrollLogic \\
A line of rationale so illogical and demented that it defies attempts to rationally argue against it.
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* RunsOnIgnorance \\
For when things only work when you don't understand them.
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* ShaggyFrogStory \\
An anecdote or fable with a nonsensical moral.
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An event in the past that's referenced but never explained.

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An event in the past that's referenced but never explained. Usually PlayedForLaughs.



Talking about an un-described complicated act by describing a long list of things used in it.

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Talking about an un-described complicated act by describing To describe this one, we'll need a long list sail, two yards of things used in it.rope, and at least one strong yak.



We know this sounds ridiculous, but we are not making this up.

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We know this sounds ridiculous, but we are not making this up.This is/was real. Really.



Body parts that have a mind of their own and can influence their owner's brain.

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Body parts that have a mind of their own and can influence their owner's brain.own. Sometimes they succeed in displacing the brain as the seat of authority.



Change the definition of a word to suit your purposes.

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Change Changing the definition of a word to suit your purposes.



Doing something so outrageous that everyone is too dumbfounded to try and stop/punish you.

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Doing Do something so outrageous that enough and everyone is will be too dumbfounded to try and stop/punish interfere or punish you.



A strange outburst from someone who is waking up.

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A strange outburst from someone who whose mouth is waking up.awake and functioning a split second before their brain is.



A wave comprised of infants.

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A wave comprised of infants. What else?



There's no way someone could have come up with this when they weren't high - oh wait, they did?

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There's no way someone could have come up with this when they weren't high - -- oh wait, they did?



When someone is so attached to a hobby/inanimate thing it may as well be [[CargoShip romantic]].

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When someone is [[CargoShip so attached devoted]] to a hobby/inanimate thing it that they may as well be [[CargoShip romantic]].go through with it and get the tax benefits.
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* WordSaladHorror \\
A random string of disturbing, ominous but ultimately meaningless phrases can indicate that something really creepy is going on.

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* BreathlessNonSequitur

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* BreathlessNonSequiturBreathlessNonSequitur \\
A change in subject with no time to react to the previous topic. [[Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike I'm on a horse.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[-Art from Gottlieb's ''2001'' {{pinball}} machine.\\
No, it doesn't make sense.-] ]]
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* PutneySwopePanic \\
When an incoherent, obtuse, or overly complicated piece of cinema sends you into a brief, desperate state of vertigo as you try to make sense of it.
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*TestosteronePoisoning \\
RatedMForManly exaggerated to absurd levels.
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A space-time rift that looks like your last LSD trip.

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A space-time rift that looks like your last an LSD trip.



Prepared for every situation, I mean ''every'' situation.

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Prepared for every situation, I mean ''every'' situation.any and all situations.



If something impossible is said to only happen if X, X will happen.

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If something impossible is said to only happen if X, X will happen.



Non sequitor humor tossed in for why the hell not.

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Non sequitor humor tossed in for why the hell not.in.



Tunneling straight through, molten core? Bah.

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Tunneling straight through, through molten core? Bah.



A music sequence in a strait-laced film enters through a sudden {{art shift}} into {{deranged animation}} territory.

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A music sequence in a strait-laced film enters through a sudden {{art shift}} ArtShift into {{deranged animation}} DerangedAnimation territory.



A world comprised of dreams... or '''nightmares'''.

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A world comprised of dreams... or '''nightmares'''.dreams..



Anything can cure poison if the plot requires it!

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Anything can cure poison if the plot requires it!it.



It doesn't. The {{epileptic trees}} remain epileptic unless you possess {{fridge brilliance}}.

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It doesn't. The {{epileptic trees}} EpilepticTrees remain epileptic unless you possess {{fridge brilliance}}.FridgeBrilliance.



Ingesting something hallucinogenic results in - whoooa! The pink fleas! My Slinky has eyes!.

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Ingesting something hallucinogenic results in - whoooa! The pink fleas! My Slinky has eyes!.trippy visions.



An innocent character who constantly creeps out those around her.

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An innocent character who constantly creeps out those around her.them.



The villain turns into a snake or dragon.

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The villain turns Turning into a snake or dragon.something reptilian.



It's scary ''and'' it makes no sense! ''Wonderful!''

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It's scary ''and'' it makes no sense! ''Wonderful!''sense.



This is an image. ''But it does not exist.''

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This is an image. ''But it does not doesn't exist.''



A place where the laws of physics (and logic) no longer apply.

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A place where the laws of physics (and logic) and logic no longer apply.



Um. It's a big wave made up of babies. Yeah, I don't get it either.

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Um. It's a big A wave made up comprised of babies. Yeah, I don't get it either.infants.



A city or place whose location is never revealed

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A city or place whose location is never revealedrevealed.



Nothing makes sense in this place! Argh!

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Nothing makes sense in this place! Argh!place.
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* SurrealSymbolicHeads \\
Not the face of someone trustworthy. Not really a face at all.

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