History PlayingWith / BeyondtheImpossible

* '''Justified''': Bob figures out weaknesses in the system of magic that underlies his powers and manipulates it in ways his mentor never thought of.

* '''Enforced''': "What better way to [[ShockingSwerve shock the audience]] then for Bob to break the rules of magic?

* '''Subverted''': Bob isn't breaking the rules, per say, but exploiting LoopholeAbuse.

'''Basic Trope''': Character or event breaks previously established physical rules
* '''Straight''': Mysterious Mentor outlines and defines Bob's powers, but Bob breaks them for some reason

* '''Exaggerated''': So many rules are broken so regularly that magic devolves into a game of {{Calvinball}}

* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob ends up [[HilarityEnsues screwing up several times]] because he doesn't know how to control his magic once he breaks the rules.
* '''Played For Drama''': Breaking the rules creates a SuperPoweredEvilSide that drags Bob to the DarkSide. He has to balance his spiritual well being with abilities that threatening it grants him.

* '''Parodied''': When Mentor uses his powers he does a silly mystic dance and says silly mystic words. He says these are necessary and so Bob does them, until he faces the BigBad and doesn't have time for time wasting gestures. The BigBad is shocked he can do this. Mentor blows a refree's whistle and makes Bob sit in a penalty box.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob claims to have broken the rules, but is actually exploiting LoopHoleAbuse. An ObviousRulePatch makes further expolitation impossible but Bob breaks the rules anyway. The ThePowersThatBe invoke RuleZero, which prevents it from working again. Bob says he has ''another'' method....

* '''Subverted''': Bob isn't breaking the rules, pre say, but exploiting LoopholeAbuse.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Defied''': ???

** By attemping to break the rules of his powers, Bob finds out that nothing happens. His powers simply don't work that way. [[HeroicRROD And that is if he's lucky.]]

* '''Justified''': Bob figures out weaknesses in the system of magic that underlies his powers and manipulates it in ways his mentor never thought of.

* '''Subverted''': Bob isn't breaking the rules, pre say, but exploiting LoopholeAbuse.
* '''Double Subverted''' ThePowersThatBe decree an ObviousRulePatch but it doesn't deter Bob.
* '''ZigZagged''': Bob claims to have broken the rules, but is actually exploiting LoopHoleAbuse. An ObviousRulePatch makes further expolitation impossible but Bob breaks the rules anyway. The ThePowersThatBe invoke RuleZero, which prevents it from working again. Bob says he has ''another'' method....
* '''Parodied''': When Mentor uses his powers he does a silly mystic dance and says silly mystic words. He says these are necessary and so Bob does them, until he faces the BigBad and doesn't have time for time wasting gestures. The BigBad is shocked he can do this. Mentor blows a refree's whistle and makes Bob sit in a penalty box.

** By experimenting with his powers, Bob discovers which rules are ironclad, which he can bend and which he can break.

* '''Averted''': No one breaks the rules, or conversely, there are no rules to break.
* '''Invoked''': Mysterious Mentor never told Bob the rules hoping he would find a way around them as AchievementsInIgnorance.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Bob, you can't break the rules of the universe whenever you feel like it."
* '''Exploited''': Emperor Evil goads Bob into breaking the rules defining his power because this is equivalent to a DangerousForbiddenTechnique and it cripples Bob at a crucial moment in their fight.
* '''Discussed''': "Mentor said doing this wouldn't work but I wonder what would happen if I did this...."
* '''Conversed''': "I thought Bob's powers didn't work that way."

* '''Played For Drama''': Breaking the rules creates a SuperPoweredEvilSide that drags Bob to the DarkSide. He has to balance his spiritual well being with abilities that threatening it grants him.

Back to BeyondTheImpossible

* '''Deconstructed''': By attemping to break the rules of his powers, Bob finds out that nothing happens. His powers simply don't work that way. [[HeroicRROD And that is if he's lucky.]]

* '''Reconstructed''': By experimenting with his powers, Bob discovers which rules are ironclad, which he can bend and which he can break.

* '''ZigZagged''': Bob claims to have broken the rules, but is actually exploiting LoopHoleAbuse. An ObviousRulePatch makes further expolitation impossible, so he adds AppliedPhlebotinum to tweak the rules but ThePowersThatBe invoke RuleZero, which prevents it from working again. Bob says he has ''another'' method....

* '''ZigZagged''': Bob claims to have broken the rules, but is actually exploiting LoopHoleAbuse. An ObviousRulePatch makes further expolitation impossible, so he adds AppliedPhlebotinum to tweak the rules but ThePowersThatBe invoke RuleZero, which prevents it from working again. Bob says he has ''another'' method....

* '''Parodied''': When Mentor uses his powers he does a silly mystic dance and says silly mystic words. He says these are neccesary and so Bob does them, until he faces the BigBad and doesn't have time for time wasting gestures. The BigBad is shocked he can do this. Mentor blows a refree's whistle and makes Bob sit in a penalty box.

** Bob is CrazyAwesome

* '''Exagerated''': So many rules are broken so regularly that magic devolves into a game of {{Calvinball}}

* '''Double Subverted''' ThePowersThatBe decree an ObviousRulePatch.

* '''Parodied''':

* '''Reconstructed''': By fiddling around with his powers, Bob discovers new ways of using them without breaking the rules.

* '''ZigZagged''': Bob claims to have broken the rules, but is actually exploiting LoopHoleAbuse. An ObviousRulePatch makes further expolitation impossible, so he adds AppliedPhlebotinum to tweak the rules but ThePowersThatBe invoke RuleZero, which prevents it from working again. Bob says he has ''another'' method....

* '''Parodied''':

* '''Played For Laughs'''