History Main / SisterTrope

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething and LadyOfWar occasionally overlap.
* LethalChef and ItTastesLikeFeet are sister tropes.
* OneJudgeToRuleThemAll and GoldenSnitch are sister tropes.
* So are GargleBlaster and HideousHangoverCure.

[[caption-width-right:330:MiniDressOfPower[[note]]from ''Manga/WeddingPeach''[[/note]] and SexySantaDress[[note]]from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''[[/note]] are both skimpy dresses for {{Fanservice}}, but otherwise different purposes.]]

* BadassNormal and NonPoweredCostumedHero often overlap in certain contexts (most importantly probably the person of {{Batman}}), even though the only thing they conceptually have in common is having no superpowers.

* BadassNormal and CostumedNonsuperHero often overlap in certain contexts (most importantly probably the person of {{Batman}}), even though the only thing they conceptually have in common is having no superpowers.

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[[caption-width-right:330:MiniDressOfPower[[hottip:*:from ''Manga/WeddingPeach'']] and SexySantaDress[[hottip:*:from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'']] are both skimpy dresses for {{Fanservice}}, but otherwise different purposes.]]

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel is related to NightmareFuel, but it's basically something deliberately horrific that works, rather than unintentional. And when it fails, it's NightmareRetardant.

[[caption-width-right:330:MiniDressOfPower[[hottip:* :from ''Manga/WeddingPeach'']] and SexySantaDress[[hottip:* :from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'']] are both skimpy dresses for {{Fanservice}}, but otherwise different purposes.]]

* XanatosGambit and BatmanGambit are both schemes to achieve benefit but they are executed differently. The BatmanGambit is based on FlawExploitation and/or what a given mark is most likely to do. Thus, it will fail if the mark doesn't behave as predicted. The XanatosGambit is based on MurtonsFork: it can succeed no matter which prong the mark is impaled on. The benefits may be completely unrelated or they may be different paths to the same goal as long as every reasonable outcome benefits the planner in some what.

[[caption-width-right:330:MiniDressOfPower[[hottip:* :from ''WeddingPeach'']] and SexySantaDress[[hottip:* :from ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'']] are both skimpy dresses for {{Fanservice}}, but otherwise different purposes.]]

What happens when TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry switches genders? CainAndAbel. What's the [[CanonicalListOfSubtleTropeDistinctions difference]] between TheScrappy and TheWesley? Authors love Wesley. Is this introductory paragraph trying to explain by example a XanatosGambit or a BatmanGambit?

* InnocentFanserviceGirl and ShamelessFanserviceGirl. Both are girls who have no nudity taboo. But one is aware of the existence of nudity taboos, and the other isn't

[[caption-width-right:330:[-MiniDressOfPower[[hottip:* :from ''WeddingPeach'']] and SexySantaDress[[hottip:* :from ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'']] are both skimpy dresses, but for very different purposes.-] ]]

[[caption-width-right:330:[-MiniDressOfPower[[hottip:* :from ''WeddingPeach'']] and SexySantaDress[[hottip:* :from ''{{Evangelion}}'']] are both skimpy dresses, but for very different purposes.-] ]]

* TheAce and ParodySue are closely related concepts with different intentions and execution. Both are (usually) played for comedy, but while the former is an ideal for the protagonist to strive for, the latter is a TakeThat against a fandom in general.

* 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, a robot, and an IdenticalStranger, respectively.

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* BigNo, ChewingTheScenery, and LargeHam can often overlap, but not always.

* BigNo, FeedMe, and LargeHam can often overlap, but not always.

* DescendingCeiling and TheWallsAreClosingIn are both DeathTraps that threaten to squash/crush characters trapped in them, but have different parts of the room move to achieve this.

* EvilTwin, EvilCounterpart, 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, and an IdenticalStranger, respectively.

* EvilTwin, EvilCounterpart, and CriminalDoppelganger are all about evil duplicates of one person, but the evil persona in the individual tropes are an IdenticalTwin, a persona from an AlternateUniverse, and an IdenticalStranger, respectively.