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* ''BigBoosHaunt'' and ''BleakLevel'' are two video game settings that are dark, gloomy and creepy, and have much overlap. A ''Bleak Level'' can have ''Big Boos Haunt'' elements and vice-versa, but what distinguishes the two is that a Big Boo's Haunt is strictly haunted (by the Undead or Ghosts or whatever) and can be upbeat (in a [[HalloweenTown twisted thrill]] sort of way). A Bleak Level is ''never'' upbeat and is meant to be depressing and unsettling in sharp contrast in tone to the rest of the game, hence its name.

* Many tropes regarding video game levels are functionally analogous and equivalent to tropes regarding video game bosses: MiniDungeon and MiniBoss (a piece of gameplay material with a lower hierarchy than a main dungeon and a main boss respectively), DiscOneFinalDungeon and DiscOneFinalBoss (a plot-critical piece of gameplay material disguised as the game's finale), AllTheWorldsAreAStage and FinalExamBoss (a piece of gameplay material that evokes what was seen over the course of the game), NostalgiaLevel and LegacyBossBattle (a piece of gameplay material brought back from a previous game), BonusDungeon and {{Superboss}} (optional, very challenging pieces of gameplay material), etc.

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* EvilCounterpart, EvilTwin, EvilDoppelganger, EvilKnockoff, and CriminalDoppelganger are all about evil duplicates of one person, but the evil persona in the individual tropes are a person who simply co-exists with the original character, an identical twin, an AlternateUniverse version of the original character, an intentionally created duplicate, and an IdenticalStranger, respectively.

* EvilTwin, EvilCounterpart, EvilKnockoff, and CriminalDoppelganger are all about evil duplicates of one person, but the evil persona in the individual tropes are an identical twin, a persona who simply co-exists with the original character or is from an AlternateUniverse, an intentionally created duplicate, and an IdenticalStranger, respectively.

* [[TeaIsClassy Tea]] and [[WineIsClassy wine]] are beverages commonly used to indicate wealth and prestige. A particularly posh characters might have a taste for both.

* EvilTwin, EvilCounterpart, EvilKnockoff, and CriminalDoppelganger are all about evil duplicates of one person, but the evil persona in the individual tropes are an identical twin, a persona from an AlternateUniverse, an intentionally created duplicate, and an IdenticalStranger, respectively.

* The ''GreenHillZone'' and ''PalmtreePanic'' levels are similar because they are greeny, tropical stages commonly designed and used as the first level in Video Games, {{platform|Game}}ers most especially, due to their non-threatening geography and easy-going design. The ''Green Hill Zone'' is more inland and varied with plains, prairies, hills, and even some trees and caves. While ''Green Hill Zone'' can have tropical elements, what distinguishes a ''Palmtree Panic'' is the ''strictly'' tropical setting, with beaches, dunes, and ''lots'' more sand and water to go around. Green Hill Zone's other sister ''TheLostWoods'' is strictly a forest setting.

* EscortMission revolves around protecting a living character while taking them to a specific destination, while ProductDeliveryOrdeal is analogous to it in that it revolves around carrying or transporting an object to a destination while making sure it remains in one piece. However, both tropes differ greatly in terms of context and dynamic, especially when the escorted party is one with whom the main character interacts, thus interwining with tropes based on bonding or affinity (which usually doesn't happen with an inanimate object... we think).

* It is possible to juggle a {{Villain|Ball}}, {{Idiot|Ball}} and ConflictBall all at once. IdiotBall doesn't necessarily make direct conflict, and ConflictBall doesn't necessarily make idiocy. Thus they are related, but not really covered by the other. VillainBall carrying may cause conflict aplenty, but it doesn't have to.

* It is possible to juggle a {{Villain|Ball}}, {{Idiot|Ball}} and ConflictBall all at once. IdiotBall doesn't necessarily make direct conflict, and ConflictBall doesn't necessarily make idiocy. Thus they are related, but not really covered by the other. VillainBall carrying may involve stupidly PyrrhicVillainy and cause conflict aplenty, but it doesn't have to.

* OneJudgeToRuleThemAll and GoldenSnitch are sister tropes, as both are about a single condition that renders all other factors in a contest irrelevant.

* EldritchAbomination and BrownNoteBeing sister tropes because they both cause a BrownNote. But they are different in scope and story purpose. A BrownNoteBeing is smaller in scope, a tough MonsterOfTheWeek versus an unbeatable, god-league EldritchAbomination who is often the GreaterScopeVillain. BrownNoteBeing is also for the cases when whatever is causing the BrownNote is unknown.

* Many tropes regarding video game levels are functionally analogous and equivalent to tropes regarding video game bosses: MiniDungeon and MiniBoss (a piece of gameplay material with a lower hierarchy than a main dungeon and a main boss respectively), DiscOneFinalDungeon and DiscOneFinalBoss (a plot-critical piece of gameplay material disguised as the game's finale), AllTheWorldsAreAStage and FinalExamBoss (a piece of gameplay material that evokes what was seen over the course of the game), NostalgiaLevel and LegacyBossBattle (a piece of gameplay material brought back from a previous game), BonusDungeon and BonusBoss (optional, very challenging pieces of gameplay material), etc.

* CastOfSnowflakes is what happens when those characters are given characterization.

* CastOfSnowflakes is what happens when those LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters are given characterization.

* '''Form''': When two or more tropes are similar in style but themselves unique, usually used for different purposes.