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* '''Parodied/Justified''': That's the [[AprilFoolsPlot April Fools Exhibition]].
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* '''Inverted''': Bob creates a painting or a sculpture, which is not interpreted as TrueArt, but as garbage.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob creates a painting or a sculpture, {{sculpture|s}}, which is not interpreted as TrueArt, but as garbage.

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* '''Parodied''': The museum is filled with random junk collected at the junkyard featured as works of art.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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The museum is filled with random junk collected at the junkyard featured as works of art.art.
** Bob is pantsed at the museum, which a nearby art critic considers artistic.
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* '''Parodied/Justified''': That's the [[AprilFoolsPlot April Fools Exhibition]].

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob manages to sell some paintings, but he doesn't consider them to be TrueArt or even his best work. The art collector he sells them to, and the people who come to the museum, think they're awesome.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Bob manages to sell some paintings, but he doesn't consider them to be TrueArt or even his best work. The art collector he sells them to, and the people who come to the museum, think they're awesome.awesome.
** Bob himself sees his DoItYourSelfPlumbingProject as symbolizing his struggle with urban problems.
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* '''Deconstructed''': At the same time as Bob is selling his "masterpiece", we see an actual starving artist holding a good (but not amazing) painting out for judgment and being completely ignored.
* '''Reconstructed''': The starving artist realizes his mistake, trashes his painting and sells it as a modern art masterpiece for millions.

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* '''Deconstructed''': At the same time as Bob is selling his "masterpiece", we see Charlie, an actual starving artist artist, holding a good (but not amazing) painting out for judgment and being completely ignored.
* '''Reconstructed''': The starving artist realizes Charlie is able to determine why people like Bob's "art", and is able to replicate the idea and make money from his mistake, trashes his painting and sells it as a modern art masterpiece for millions.new pieces.

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* '''Subverted''': The broken sink is not well-received at the gallery opening.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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The broken sink is not well-received at the gallery opening.opening.
** Bob deliberately made a sculpture of of various items, and acts false modest when it is well received.
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Oh this? That's not a modern art sculpture, [[AccidentalArt it's just my old VHS collection in a heap]].

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Oh this? That's not a modern art sculpture, [[AccidentalArt a modern art sculpture]], it's just my old VHS collection in a heap]].heap.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': As current art trends tend to change over time, so does people's opinion about Bob's broken sink. At first, it's considered art, then junk, then art again and so on...

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* '''Zig Zagged''': As current art trends tend to change over time, so does people's opinion about Bob's broken sink. [[PopularityPolynomial At first, it's considered art, then junk, then art again and so on...]]
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* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"Oh yeah? Well I liked the DoItYourselfPlumbingProject before it was cool."
* '''Conversed''': ???"I bet Bob is going to try to pass that junk off as art later on"
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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???Surreal Automatism.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': As current art trends change over time, so does people's opinion about Bob's broken sink. At first, it's considered art, then junk, then art again and so on...

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* '''Zig Zagged''': As current art trends tend to change over time, so does people's opinion about Bob's broken sink. At first, it's considered art, then junk, then art again and so on...
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???As current art trends change over time, so does people's opinion about Bob's broken sink. At first, it's considered art, then junk, then art again and so on...
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Oh this? That's not a painting, [[AccidentalArt it's just my old VHS collection in a heap]].

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Oh this? That's not a painting, modern art sculpture, [[AccidentalArt it's just my old VHS collection in a heap]].

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* '''Played Straight''': Bob is [[DownInTheDumps at the dump]] disposing of a DoItYourselfPlumbingProject GoneHorriblyWrong. An art collector offers him $500 for what basically amounts to a broken sink and a labyrinth of PVC piping. And at the museum, everyone is awed by it.

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* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': Bob is [[DownInTheDumps at the dump]] disposing of a DoItYourselfPlumbingProject GoneHorriblyWrong. An art collector offers him $500 for what basically amounts to a broken sink and a labyrinth of PVC piping. And at the museum, everyone is awed by it.



* '''Played For Laughs''': Almost always is.



%%* '''Untwisted:''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

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%%* '''Untwisted:''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''':
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Back to AccidentalArtOh this? That's not a painting, [[AccidentalArt it's just my old VHS collection in a heap]].

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* '''Basic Trope''': Something that's not intended to be artistic is interpreted as such.

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* '''Basic Trope''': Something that's not intended to be artistic is interpreted as such.



* '''Deconstructed''': At the same time as Bob is selling his "masterpiece", we see an actual starving artist holding a good (but not amazing) painting out for judgment and being completely ignored.
* '''Reconstructed''': The starving artist realizes his mistake, trashes his painting and sells it as a modern art masterpiece for millions.



* '''Lampshaded''': "Oh, that? That's not art. That's just a Do-It-Yourself Project gone horribly, horribly wrong."

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Oh, that? That's not art. That's just a Do-It-Yourself Project gone horribly, horribly wrong."'''Zig Zagged''': ???



* '''Enforced''':

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* '''Enforced''':'''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "Oh, that? That's not art. That's just a Do-It-Yourself Project gone horribly, horribly wrong."



* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':

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* '''Discussed''':
'''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''':'''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': At the same time as Bob is selling his "masterpiece", we see an actual starving artist holding a good (but not amazing) painting out for judgment and being completely ignored.
* '''Reconstructed''': The starving artist realizes his mistake, trashes his painting and sells it as a modern art masterpiece for millions.



* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is married to Alice, a struggling artist. He supports her, but isn't very artistic himself. Then one day, he is seen scrapping a broken sink, and becomes an overnight sensation in the art world. Alice is jealous that Bob gets famous without even trying, and her artwork that she pours her heart and soul into is barely acknowledged as being art.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is married to Alice, a struggling artist. He supports her, but isn't very artistic himself. Then one day, he is seen scrapping a broken sink, and becomes an overnight sensation in the art world. Alice is jealous that Bob gets famous without even trying, and her artwork that she pours her heart and soul into is barely acknowledged as being art.art.
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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':

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* '''Deconstructed''':
'''Deconstructed''': At the same time as Bob is selling his "masterpiece", we see an actual starving artist holding a good (but not amazing) painting out for judgment and being completely ignored.
* '''Reconstructed''':'''Reconstructed''': The starving artist realizes his mistake, trashes his painting and sells it as a modern art masterpiece for millions.

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** Alternatively, see "Downplayed"



* '''Defied''': The art collector sees the project as trash and shows no interest in it.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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The art collector sees the project as trash and shows no interest in it.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob manages to sell some paintings, but he doesn't consider them to be TrueArt or even his best work.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob manages to sell some paintings, but he doesn't consider them to be TrueArt or even his best work. The art collector he sells them to, and the people who come to the museum, think they're awesome.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob creates a painting or a sculpture, which may or may not be interpreted as TrueArt.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob creates a painting or a sculpture, which may or may is not be interpreted as TrueArt.TrueArt, but as garbage.

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seperated invoked entry to and put the later phrase to exploited.


* '''Invoked''': Bob, seeing an eccentric art collector on his way to throw out his do it yourself plumbing project, attempts to convince the man that his project is truly a work of art in order to make a few extra bucks.

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* '''Invoked''': Bob, seeing an eccentric art collector on his way to throw out his do it yourself plumbing project, attempts to convince the man that his project is truly a work of art in order art.
* '''Exploited''': Bob does so (in the Invoked entry)
to make a few extra bucks.

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** Bob's broken sink is regarded the way Bob thought of it: as trash.



* '''Parodied''': See "Exaggerated"

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* '''Parodied''': See "Exaggerated"The museum is filled with random junk collected at the junkyard featured as works of art.



* '''Averted''': See "Inverted"

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* '''Averted''': See "Inverted"Bob's broken sink is regarded the way Bob thought of it: as trash.



* '''Invoked''': Bob is seen disposing of a strange-looking object by a wealthy CloudCuckoolander, who happens to be an art collector.
* '''Defied''': The art collector shows no interest in Bob's broken sink.

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* '''Invoked''': Bob is seen disposing of a strange-looking object by a wealthy CloudCuckoolander, who happens to be Bob, seeing an eccentric art collector.
collector on his way to throw out his do it yourself plumbing project, attempts to convince the man that his project is truly a work of art in order to make a few extra bucks.
* '''Defied''': The art collector sees the project as trash and shows no interest in it.
** Once the art collector shows
interest in Bob's broken sink."masterpiece", Bob immediately clears up the misunderstanding and continues to throw the thing away.
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** Alternatively, see "Downplayed"
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* '''Played Straight''': Bob is [[DownInTheDumps at the dump]] disposing of a DIYPlumbingProject GoneHorriblyWrong. An art collector offers him $500 for what basically amounts to a broken sink and a labyrinth of PVC piping. And at the museum, everyone is awed by it.

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* '''Played Straight''': Bob is [[DownInTheDumps at the dump]] disposing of a DIYPlumbingProject DoItYourselfPlumbingProject GoneHorriblyWrong. An art collector offers him $500 for what basically amounts to a broken sink and a labyrinth of PVC piping. And at the museum, everyone is awed by it.

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