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* UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest: At some point, do two named female characters talk to each other about something other than men?

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* UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest: MediaNotes/TheBechdelTest: At some point, do two named female characters talk to each other about something other than men?



* UsefulNotes/DeggansRule: Are there two non-white human characters in a show not about race?

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* UsefulNotes/DeggansRule: MediaNotes/DeggansRule: Are there two non-white human characters in a show not about race?
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* LastIntervieweeWins: The last person to be approached about a position is the one who gets it.
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* MurphysBullet: Stray bullets will always hit someone.

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* MurphysBullet: Stray bullets will always hit someone.someone important.
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Misplaced, moving to the correct tab


* SuperWeight

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* SuperWeightJustForFun/SuperWeight
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* LikeRealityUnlessNoted: The fictional world is exactly like the real world except where noted otherwise.
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* MurphysBullet: Stray bullets will always hit someone.

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* OnceOriginalNowCommon: The thing that pioneered a new style has been copied so much it's no longer new at all.



* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The thing that pioneered a new style has been copied so much it's no longer new at all.
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* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: People don’t get hurt from falling if they don’t hit the ground.
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* TheWorfEffect: A strong character is defeated for the purpose of showing their opponent’s strength.

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Per TRS, Evil Is Sexy was split between Sexy Villains Chaste Heroes (a non-YMMV trope) and These Tropes Are Evil And Sexy (an index)


* EvilIsSexy: All things being equal, evil characters are sexier.


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* SexyVillainsChasteHeroes: All things being equal, evil characters are sexier than heroic characters.

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* CatharsisFactor: Video game violence relieves stress.


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* StressRelievingGameplay: Video game violence relieves stress.
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* NobodyPoops: Characters are not shown using the bathroom unless it’s relevant to the plot.
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* TheWikiRule: There's a wiki for everything.
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* TheWikiRule: There's a wiki for everything.
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* TheWikiRule: There's a wiki for everything.
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Trivia items are not tropes


* TheWikiRule: There's a wiki for everything.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHumanWhen: At what point does the value between a human life vs. a non-human life start to get blurry?

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* WhatMeasureIsANonHumanWhen: WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: At what point does the value between a human life vs. a non-human life start to get blurry?

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* WhatMeasureIsANonHumanWhen: At what point does the value between a human life vs. a non-human life start to get blurry?

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* ArkhamsRazor: In fiction, the oddest answer is often the correct one

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* ArkhamsRazor: In fiction, the oddest most outlandish answer is often the correct oneone.



* CentipedesDilemma: Thinking too hard about how to do something makes you worse at it.



* TheChrisCarterEffect: If the fans decide that the writing team will never resolve its plots, then they will probably stop following the work.

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* TheChrisCarterEffect: If the fans decide that the writing team Too many unresolved plots will never resolve its plots, then they will probably stop following push the work.audience away.



* {{MST3K Mantra}}: "It's just a show."

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* {{MST3K Mantra}}: "It's just a show. I should really just relax."



* TheissTitillationTheory: Outfits are sexier if they look like they're going to expose someone.

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* TheissTitillationTheory: Outfits are sexier if they look like they're going The sexiness of an outfit is proportional to expose someone.the possibility of a WardrobeMalfunction.
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* StreisandEffect: Attempting to suppress something only makes it more well-known.
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* PoesLaw: A parody of an extreme view can be indistinguishable from its real expression.

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* PoesLaw: A parody of an extreme view can be indistinguishable from its real expression.expression (and vice versa).
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* HanlonsRazor: Don't assume malice when stupidity is an adequate explanation. The first time.

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* HanlonsRazor: Don't assume malice when stupidity is an adequate explanation. The At least for the first time.
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* LawOfOne: Bigger problems become easier to overcome if represented by smaller numbers.
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* PostClimaxConfrontation: Whenever there are still explicitly loose ends surrounding a given villain to be tied up following the given work's climax, immediately force TheHero to battle him or her to the death one final time so that said loose ends can then be finally tied up and likewise also have the overall story be truly resolved by that point in time.

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* PostClimaxConfrontation: Whenever there are still explicitly loose ends surrounding a given villain to be tied up following the given work's climax, {{climax}}, immediately force TheHero to battle him or her him/her to the death one final time so that said loose ends can then be finally tied up and likewise also have the overall story be truly resolved by at that point in time.point.

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