History Main / InvokedTrope

* On ''StevenUniverse,'' a MatterReplicator is used to flood the entire town in cheap plastic toys. When they get it back Garnet, not wanting to clean everything up, destroys it to invoke NoOntologicalInertia.

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* The villain in ''[[TheLaundrySeries The Jennifer Morgue]]'' by Creator/CharlesStross casts a reality-warping spell which forces his life into the structure of a JamesBond movie, with him as the villain. He plans on stopping the spell after he captures the person playing the Bond role; that way, the pawn goes from being a super-suave man of action to a simple civil servant out of his depth, and it'll be too late for anyone else to step in. [[spoiler: He thinks it's the hero--it turns out that the hero is actually the Bond ''girl'', and his girlfriend is Bond.]]

** Elan is also not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, and will do things like insisting on waiting for the fireball to catch up -- despite having reached the escape in plenty of time--so as to do an impressive [[OutrunTheFireball jump to safety]].
*** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0119.html "Just like a Vin Diesel movie!"]]

** Subverted in an even [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0663.html more recent comic,]] when Elan insists that another character's poor choice of words are inevitably going to lead to his immediate death. By this point, everyone around him is so used to successfully invoked tropes that they look around, waiting for a trope that never comes.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', after Apu and Manjula have difficulty conceiving, Homer helps out by having them simulate a drunken teenage one-night-stand.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Cartman attempts to invoke a flashback to colonial times so he doesn't have to learn about the Constitutional Convention by reading. This being ''South Park'', after a couple of false starts it eventually works.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "A Dog and Pony Show": Rarity invokes PityTheKidnapper when she is captured by Diamond Dogs in order to make them willing to let her leave ''with all the jewels they made her find''.
** Speaking of the ponies, Pinkie Pie invokes SpitTake [[spoiler: after Princess Celestia reveals that Twilight is a princess in "Magical Mystery Cure".]]

* At the WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheClockKing episode The Clock King]] invoked by the eponymous villain wants to get revenge on Mayor Hill for an AdviceBackfire, so he wants to make Hill Gotham' ButtMonkey. ClockKing mess with downton Gotham’s traffic lights precisely when Mayor Hill is on his way to his reelection fundraising. Later he will produce Hill’s MalevolentMugshot with MustacheVandalism and the legend [[TakeThat "Time for a change"]]. Everyone in the street laughs AndThereWasMuchRejoicing.
--> '''Angry driver:''' ''There's the foul-up. Mayor Over-the-Hill. Nothing works right in this city no more.''

* The SpaghettiWestern AffectionateParody ''MyNameIsNobody'' has the title character doing this endlessly, to set up another character as an old west hero.

* The villain in ''[[TheLaundrySeries The Jennifer Morgue]]'' by CharlesStross casts a reality-warping spell which forces his life into the structure of a JamesBond movie, with him as the villain. He plans on stopping the spell after he captures the person playing the Bond role; that way, the pawn goes from being a super-suave man of action to a simple civil servant out of his depth, and it'll be too late for anyone else to step in. [[spoiler: He thinks it's the hero--it turns out that the hero is actually the Bond ''girl'', and his girlfriend is Bond.]]

* In ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTheAtom'', Narg tries to invoke character development by attempting diplomatic relations with some raiders, [[{{OneManArmy}} as opposed to just crushing them all]]. [[{{TooDumbToLive}} They continue to shoot at him through]] power armor, despite it doing nothing.

* In ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTheAtom'', Narg tries to invoke character development by attempting diplomatic relations with some raiders, [[{{OneManArmy]] as opposed to just crushing them all]]. [[{{TooDumbToLive}}They continue to shoot at him through]] power armor

* In ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTheAtom'', Narg tries to invoke character development by attempting diplomatic relations with some raiders, [[{{OneManArmy]] as opposed to just crushing them all]]. [[{{TooDumbToLive}}They continue to shoot at him through]] power armor

* Ayano's father tries to invoke BodyguardCrush to pair her up with the immensely powerful Kazuma in ''LightNovel/KazeNoStigma''. Unfortunately for him and his wallet, Kazuma is even more GenreSavvy and cheerfully milks him for all he's worth.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' has the [[RobotWar Quarian-Geth]] war. It officially started when the Geth, a mechanical SlaveRace created by the Quarians, began to GrowBeyondTheirProgramming, but they were peaceful and just pondered the nature of their existence ("Do these units have a soul?"). The Quarians, who happened upon a rare case of GenreSavvy for a civilisation in this situation and saw where this was going, decided to shut their errant children down. However, some amongst the Quarian populace protested. When the protesters were targeted with arrests and eventually violence by police, the Geth retaliated. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Violently]]. In the Quarian's attempt to ''[[DefiedTrope defy]]'' the RobotWar trope, they incidentally ended up invoking it. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Oops]].

* ''TheTenantOfWildfellHall'': When Gilbert Markham hears a rumor that Helen has been widowed and is getting remarried, he instantly packs up and leaves town, walking the final six miles when he can't find any transportation, intending to [[SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace burst into the Church and interrupt the ceremony]] if he has to.

* ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'' is basically ''InvokedTrope: TheMovie''. Practically every horror movie cliche, from [[ArtifactOfDoom Artifacts of Doom]] lying around where anyone can find them, to creepy old guys giving ominous warnings, to teenagers having sex in monster-infested woods, are all set up (at great effort and expense) by a massive conspiracy.

* The ''{{Pokemon}}'' move Grass Knot [[InvokedTrope invokes]] BrokenHeel. It uses grass to trip the opponent. The amount of damage depends on the opponent's weight.

* The TVTropes webseries ''WebVideo/EchoChamber'' is fond of [[InvokedTrope invoking tropes]].

* At the BatmanTheAnimatedSeries [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheClockKing episode The Clock King]] invoked by the eponymous villain wants to get revenge on Mayor Hill for an AdviceBackfire, so he wants to make Hill Gotham' ButtMonkey. ClockKing mess with downton Gotham’s traffic lights precisely when Mayor Hill is on his way to his reelection fundraising. Later he will produce Hill’s MalevolentMugshot with MustacheVandalism and the legend [[TakeThat "Time for a change"]]. Everyone in the street laughs AndThereWasMuchRejoicing.

* At the BatmanTheAnimatedSeries [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheClockKing episode The Clock King]] invoked by the eponymous villain wants to get revenge on Mayor Hill for an AdviceBackfire, so he wants to make Hill Gotham' ButtMonkey. ClockKing mess with downton Gotham’s traffic lights precisely when Mayor Hill is on his way to his reelection fundraising. Later he will produce Hill’s MalevolentMugshot with MustacheVandalism. Everyone in the street laughs AndThereWasMuchRejoicing

* At the BatmanTheAnimatedSeries [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheClockKing episode The Clock King]] invoked by the eponymous villain wants to get revenge on Mayor Hill for an AdviceBackfire, so he wants to make Hill seems incompetent to Gotham. ClockKing mess with downton Gotham’s traffic lights precisely when Mayor Hill is on his way to his reelection fundraising. Later he will produce Hill’s MalevolentMugshot with MustacheVandalism. Everyone in the street laughs AndThereWasMuchRejoicing

* In ''DragonBallZ'', Gotenks attempts to invoke MyNameIsInigoMontoya by "letting" himself get beat so he can have a last-minute comeback and inevitable victory, with a... [[WrongGenreSavvy predicable result]]. In short, all his friends [[KillEmAll get killed one by one]], and later the villain [[EarthShatteringKaboom blows up the planet]].

* ''Franchise//MassEffect'' has the [[RobotWar Quarian-Geth]] war. It officially started when the Geth, a mechanical SlaveRace created by the Quarians, began to GrowBeyondTheirProgramming, but they were peaceful and just pondered the nature of their existence ("Do these units have a soul?"). The Quarians, who happened upon a rare case of GenreSavvy for a civilisation in this situation and saw where this was going, decided to shut their errant children down. However, some amongst the Quarian populace protested. When the protesters were targeted with arrests and eventually violence by police, the Geth retaliated. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Violently]]. In the Quarian's attempt to ''[[DefiedTrope defy]]'' the RobotWar trope, they incidentally ended up invoking it. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Oops]].

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' has the [[RobotWar Quarian-Geth]] war. It officially started when the Geth, a mechanical SlaveRace created by the Quarians, began to GrowBeyondTheirProgramming, but they were peaceful and just pondered the nature of their existence ("Do these units have a soul?"). The Quarians, who happened upon a rare case of GenreSavvy for a civilisation in this situation and saw where this was going, decided to shut their errant children down. However, some amongst the Quarian populace protested. When the protesters were targeted with arrests and eventually violence by police, the Geth retaliated. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Violently]]. In the Quarian's attempt to ''[[DefiedTrope defy]]'' the RobotWar trope, they incidentally ended up invoking it. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Oops]].

* Kato in ''GantzAbridged'' invokes the RuleOfCool in the final battle. [[spoiler: And the final boss invokes the HeroicSacrifice]]. Yes, it's a ShoutOut to TVTropesWiki.

* The BigFinishDoctorWho audio drama ''The Doomwood Curse'' is based entirely around this: Some space nanites are making a fictional book true, and through careful manipulation of the tropes the Doctor is able to reverse the effect: The only way to get the solution to the carrier (a highwayman) in time is to make it a valuable item that "Must get there before sunrise!".

* In ''SailorMoon'' Rei attempts a CrashIntoHello in order to meet Mamoru. It doesn't go as planned but still works.