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** The TortureTechnician is simply and only a professional torturer. He exists on the black side of BlackAndWhiteMorality, or in a universe of GreyAndGreyMorality, BlueAndOrangeMorality, or BlackAndBlackMorality, and is not specifically defined as someone the audience should be rooting for or supporting [[MisaimedFandom even if some do.]]

** ArtistsAreNotArchitects has to do with inconsistent depictions of a character's physical features relative to other characters or structures.

** ArtistsAreNotArchitects has to do with inconsistent depictions of a character's height relative to other characters or structures.

* '''AffablyEvil vs. EvillyAffable'''

* '''FakeShemp vs. TheNthDoctor vs. TheOtherDarrin vs. ReplacementScrappy vs. SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:'''
** When an actor is replaced by another actor playing the same character, with no explanation provided for the switch, it's TheOtherDarrin.
** When there is an attempt to conceal the switch (e.g. not showing the substitute's face, splicing in stock footage) it's a FakeShemp.
** When some sort of AppliedPhlebotinum is invoked in order to explain the character's change in appearance/voice, it's TheNthDoctor.
** If the replacement is technically a different character but is written pretty much with the same role, you have a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute.
** A ReplacementScrappy involves any kind of switch which is unpopular with fans and is seen as bringing the franchise down.

** In AdventureTowns, the heroes are WalkingTheEarth and thus visitors to the setting.

* '''GenderBender vs. EasySexChange vs. {{Transsexual}}:'''

* '''AppliedPhlebotinum vs. GreenRocks vs. SinglePhlebotinumLimit vs. MagneticPlotDevice vs. MineralMacGuffin vs. MinovskyParticle vs. UnObtainium:'''

** UnObtainium is a resource with important properties that is either rare, difficult to find or create.

** WantingIsBetterThanHaving: A character wants something and eventually achieves it. Disappointment sets in when the reality of the goal fails to live up to his expectations.

** StupidSexyFlanders is simply the phenomenon of someone experiencing unwarranted sexual attraction towards a member of a sex they usually aren't attracted to. Usually PlayedForLaughs. Different from the GayMoment in that its origins are sexual, while the GayMoment's origins aren't.

* '''TheNthDoctor vs. TheOtherDarrin vs. ReplacementScrappy vs. SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:'''
** When an actor is replaced by another actor playing the same character, with no explanation provided for the switch, it's TheOtherDarrin.

* '''MySignificanceSenseIsTingling''' vs. '''SpiderSense''' vs. '''AStormIsComing'''"

** ResetButton is when a plot point is "reset" over the course of the story ([[ResetButtonEnding usually at the end]]); by the time it's done it's as if that event never happened.
** {{Snapback}} is when this plot point is resolved offscreen; by the time the next episode begins or the story returns to the characters, everything is back to normal.

* '''{{BeneathTheMask}} vs {{ADarkerMe}} vs {{GIFT}} vs {{HiddenDepths}} '''.

*'''{{BeneathTheMask}} vs {{GIFT}} vs {{HiddenDepths}}vs {{ADarkerMe}} '''.
**BeneathTheMask is psychological-personality oriented trope trope that states that people often hide how they really are and how they really feel about things because they are scared of what others might think of them or what punishment they could receive. Both power and anonymity remove said fears and show how a person really is. This trope also states that this hidden self is sometimes hidden even from ourselves.
**HiddenDepths: This trope focuses mainly on [[IAmNotLeftHanded hidden skills]] and hidden backstory of characters and is not about personality but they may be relates , and tris torpe maybe the cause.
**ADarkerMe is a subtrope of BeneathTheMask while this trope only about hiding being evil or a jerk,BeneathTheMask is not just about hiding being evil but it's about anything that is hidden from others in the personality (like a crush).
**{{GIFT}} is a a theory that tries to explain the antisocial behaviour of people on the Internet. This trope states that anonymity corrupts people that are otherwise normally nice and that anonimity makes people act like jerks. As opposed to BeneathTheMask that states that anonymity doesn't corrupt but only reveals what was already there.

**HiddenDepths: This trope focuses mainly on [[IAmNotLeftHanded hidden skills]] and hidden backstory of characters and is not about personality but they may be related.

**GIFT is a a theory that tries to explain the antisocial behaviour of people on the Internet. This trope states that anonymity corrupts people that are otherwise normally nice and that anonimity makes people act like jerks. As opposed to BeneathTheMask that states that anonymity doesn't corrupt but only reveals what was already there.

*'''{{BeneathTheMask}} vs {{GIFT}} vs {{HiddenDepths}}vs {{ADarkerMe}} '''.
**BeneathTheMask is psychological-personality oriented trope trope that states that people often hide how they really are and how they really feel about things because they are scared of what others might think of them or what punishment they could receive.
Both power and anonymity remove said fears and show how a person really is. This trope also states that this hidden self is sometimes hidden even from ourselves.
**HiddenDepths: This trope focuses mainly on [[IAmNotLeftHanded hidden skills]] and hidden backstory of characters and is not about personality but they may be related.
**ADarkerMe is a subtrope of BeneathTheMask while this trope only about hiding being evil or a jerk,BeneathTheMask is not just about hiding being evil but it's about anything that is hidden from others in the personality (like a crush).
**GIFT is a a theory that tries to explain the antisocial behaviour of people on the Internet. This trope states that anonymity corrupts people that are otherwise normally nice and that anonimity makes people act like jerks. As opposed to BeneathTheMask that states that anonymity doesn't corrupt but only reveals what was already there.

*BeneathTheMask is psychological-personality oriented trope trope that states that people often hide how they really are and how they really feel about things because they are scared of what others might think of them or what punishment they could receive,Both power and anonymity remove said fears and show how a person really is. This trope also states that this hidden self is sometimes hidden even from ourselves.
*HiddenDepths This trope focuses mainly on [[IAmNotLeftHanded hidden skills]] and hidden backstory of characters and is not about psersonality.
*ADarkerMe is a subtrope of BeneathTheMask while this trope only about hiding being evil or a jerk,BeneathTheMask is not just about hiding being evil but it's about anything that is hidden from others in the personality (like a crush).
*GIFT is a a theory that tries to explain the antisocial behaviour of people on the Internet. This trope states that anonymity corrupts people that are otherwise normally nice and that anonimity makes people act like jerks. As opposed to BeneathTheMask that states that anonymity doesn't corrupt but only reveals what was already there.

*'''{{BeneathTheMask}} vs {{GIFT}} vs {{HiddenDepths}}vs {{ADarkerMe}}

*GIFT states that anonymity corrupts people that are otherwise normally nice. As opposed to BeneathTheMask that states that anonymity doesn't corrupt but only reveals what was already there.

* '''DangerouslyGenreSavvy vs. GenreSavvy vs. MediumAwareness''':

* '''HairyHammerspace''' vs. '''HammerspaceHair'''
** HairyHammerspace is for when characters use their hair as a BagOfHolding.
** HammerspaceHair is for when a character's large volume of hair practically vanishes under a hat or scarf.