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** [[DeathWorld The rest of the entire world is equally a hellscape to live in.]]

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** [[DeathWorld The rest Every other region we see outside of the entire world Tropeland is equally a hellscape to live in.in. If not, even worse.]]

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* '''Averted''': Tropeland is poor but peaceful; it is neither Hell nor Paradise.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Tropeland is poor but peaceful; it is neither Hell nor Paradise.Paradise.
** [[DeathWorld The rest of the entire world is equally a hellscape to live in.]]
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** Parts of Tropeland are developed and "civilized" but its more remote and rural areas are still fairly primitive and undeveloped.
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** Tropeland has a combination of high and low tech, such a people using tablets and smartphones in their mud huts.

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** Tropeland has a combination of high and low tech, such a as people using tablets and smartphones in their mud huts.
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'''Basic Trope''': An African country (or {{Expy}} thereof) is portrayed as an uncivilized CrapsackWorld.

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'''Basic Trope''': An African country (or {{Expy}} thereof) is portrayed as an uncivilized CrapsackWorld.

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* '''Downplayed''': Tropeland may be less civilized than the other regions, but still a pretty decent place for the natives to live.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Tropeland may be less civilized than the other regions, but still a pretty decent place for the natives to live.live.
** Tropeland has a combination of high and low tech, such a people using tablets and smartphones in their mud huts.
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* '''Implied''': During a short scene, Bob is being chased by barbarians. Later, when asked where he was, he responds "You know where. The worst continent ever!"
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???[[AliceAndBob Bob]] goes on a vacation to Tropeland to go on a killing spree. Nobody will care anyway while they're busy with international problems.



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

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"That whole continent is full of barbarians."
* '''Conversed''': ???"This is the fifth show I've seen with such an uncivilized African country!"
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** Or, Alice and Bob tries to make Tropeland a better place to live and make peace.

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** Or, Alice and Bob tries try to make Tropeland a better place to live and make peace.

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* '''Justified''': Third-World country still governed by tribalism.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Tropeland is a
Third-World country still governed by tribalism.



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

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%%* '''Reconstructed''':???
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'''Reconstructed''':???
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** Tropeland is a failed state, [[AnarchyIsChaos with little or no government or infrastructure]].

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* '''Deconstructed''':???
* '''Reconstructed''':???


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unfortunate implications need citations, deconstructed means show the fridge elements generally ignored with a trope and has no relation with the reaction of the audience.


* '''Deconstructed''': May lead to UnfortunateImplications; not everywhere in Africa is completely miserable like this.
* '''Reconstructed''': The writers have ShownTheirWork, and Tropeland is portrayed realistically.
* '''Played For Laughs''': [[UnfortunateImplications The natives are portrayed as backwards idiots]].

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* '''Deconstructed''': May lead to UnfortunateImplications; not everywhere in Africa is completely miserable like this.
'''Deconstructed''':???
* '''Reconstructed''': The writers have ShownTheirWork, and Tropeland is portrayed realistically.
'''Reconstructed''':???
* '''Played For Laughs''': [[UnfortunateImplications The natives are portrayed as backwards idiots]].idiots.
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* '''Subverted''': The people of Tropeland live a stable life.
* '''Double Subverted''': Until a disagreement erupts, resulting in [[WarIsHell war and everything bad that goes with it]].

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* '''Subverted''': The people of Tropeland live fight until eventually it becomes a stable life.
place to live.
* '''Double Subverted''': Until a disagreement erupts, resulting in [[WarIsHell war and everything bad that goes with it]].it again]].
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** Tropeland has its good and bad, such as showing Bob going from a populated and rather well off town into the more wild, uncivilized area.

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* '''Justified''':
** Third-World country still governed by tribalism.
** It takes place in a country within Africa that (is rumored to) have/has child soldiers and be in a war.

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* '''Justified''':
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'''Justified''': Third-World country still governed by tribalism.
** It takes place in a country within Africa that (is rumored to) have/has child soldiers and be in a war.
tribalism.
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** It takes place in a country within Africa that is full of poverty & has a very uneducated populous.

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** It takes place in a country within Africa that is full of poverty & has (is rumored to) have/has child soldiers and be in a very uneducated populous.war.
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** It takes place in a country within Africa that is full of poverty.

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** It takes place in a country within Africa that is full of poverty.poverty & has a very uneducated populous.

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* '''Justified''': Third-World country still governed by tribalism.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Third-World country still governed by tribalism.tribalism.
** It takes place in a country within Africa that is full of poverty.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Tropeland is a WretchedHive, full of [[NoBloodForPhlebotinum fights over natural resources]], [[RapeAsDrama rape]], war, extreme poverty, disease, and just general lawlessness.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Tropeland is a WretchedHive, full of [[NoBloodForPhlebotinum fights over natural resources]], [[RapeAsDrama rape]], war, extreme poverty, disease, and [[AnarchyIsChaos just general lawlessness.lawlessness]].

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* '''Played Straight''': Tropeland is full of jungles, natives, and torn apart by civil war.

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* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': Tropeland is full of jungles, natives, and torn apart by civil war.war.
* '''Exaggerated''': Tropeland is a WretchedHive, full of [[NoBloodForPhlebotinum fights over natural resources]], [[RapeAsDrama rape]], war, extreme poverty, disease, and just general lawlessness.



* '''Exaggerated''': Tropeland is a WretchedHive, full of [[NoBloodForPhlebotinum fights over natural resources]], [[RapeAsDrama rape]], war, extreme poverty, disease, and just general lawlessness.



* '''Double Subverted''': Until a disagreement erupts, resulting in [[WarIsHell war and everything bad that goes with it]].
* '''Deconstructed''': May lead to UnfortunateImplications; not everywhere in Africa is completely miserable like this.
* '''Reconstructed''': The writers have ShownTheirWork, and Tropeland is portrayed realistically.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Until a disagreement erupts, resulting in [[WarIsHell war and everything bad that goes with it]]. \n* '''Deconstructed''': May lead to UnfortunateImplications; not everywhere in Africa is completely miserable like this.\n* '''Reconstructed''': The writers have ShownTheirWork, and Tropeland is portrayed realistically.



* '''Lampshaded''': "Finish your Spinach Surprise! There are starving children in {{Bulungi}} who would be grateful to have even one bite of it!"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Finish your Spinach Surprise! There are starving children in {{Bulungi}} who would be grateful to have even one bite of it!"'''Zig Zagged''': ???



** "We need to portray Africa in a way familiar to Westerners."

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** "We need to portray Africa in a way familiar to Westerners."Westerners".



* '''Lampshaded''': "Finish your Spinach Surprise! There are starving children in {{Bulungi}} who would be grateful to have even one bite of it!"



* '''Exploited''': ???



** Tropeland has a good government, and is very proud of its rich culture and history.

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** Tropeland has a good government, and is very proud of its rich culture and history.



* '''Played For Laughs''': [[UnfortunateImplications The natives are portrayed as backwards idiots]].

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* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': May lead to UnfortunateImplications; not everywhere in Africa is completely miserable like this.
* '''Reconstructed''': The writers have ShownTheirWork, and Tropeland is portrayed realistically.
* '''Played For Laughs''': [[UnfortunateImplications The natives are portrayed as backwards idiots]].


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

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* '''Played For Drama''': Almost always is. The suffering Africans are the main characters or otherwise sympathetic.

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* '''Parodied''': Sometimes is. See '''Played For Laughs'''.
** The sunlight never reaches Tropeland.

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* '''Parodied''': Sometimes is. See '''Played For Laughs'''.
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The sunlight never reaches Tropeland.



* '''Enforced''': "We need to portray Africa in a way familiar to Westerners."

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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"We need to portray Africa in a way familiar to Westerners."



* '''Defied''': Tropeland has a good government, and is very proud of its rich culture and history.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Tropeland has a good government, and is very proud of its rich culture and history.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Finish your Spinach Surprise! There are starving children in Tropeland who would be grateful to have even one bite of it!"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Finish your Spinach Surprise! There are starving children in Tropeland {{Bulungi}} who would be grateful to have even one bite of it!"
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** The sunlight never reaches Tropeland.

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* '''Parodied''':

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* '''Parodied''':'''Parodied''': Sometimes is. See '''Played For Laughs'''.


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** Or, Alice and Bob tries to make Tropeland a better place to live and make peace.
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* '''Downplayed''': Tropeland may be less civilized than the other regions, but still a pretty decent place for the natives to live.
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* '''Basic Trope''': An African country (or {{Expy}} thereof) is portrayed as an uncivilized CrapsackWorld.

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* '''Basic Trope''': An African country (or {{Expy}} thereof) is portrayed as an uncivilized CrapsackWorld.




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