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* '''Played for Laughs ''': Billy takes LSD and he sees funny or wacky things.



* '''Played for Laughs ''': Billy takes LSD and he sees funny or wacky things.



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* '''Played for Laughs ''': Billy takes LSD and he sees funny or wacky things.
* '''Played for Horror ''': Billy after taking drugs sees scary apparitions and monsters showing up.
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* '''Played for Drama ''': Billy has a traumatic and life-threatening situation after doing drugs.

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* '''Inverted''': Billy's brother Jack has suicidal depression which suddenly disappears when he takes a pill, and does not come back even when its effects wear off; drugs are subsequently portrayed as the ideal, consequence-free solution to all his problems.

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* '''Inverted''': [[DrugsAreGood Billy's brother Jack has suicidal depression which suddenly disappears when he takes a pill, and does not come back even when its effects wear off; drugs are subsequently portrayed as the ideal, consequence-free solution to all his problems.problems]].



* '''Parodied''': Billy gets hooked on ice cream, and the story [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin treats it as though it was heroin]]. The ice cream man is portrayed as TheAggressiveDrugDealer.

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Billy gets hooked on ice cream, and the story [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin treats it as though it was heroin]]. The ice cream man is portrayed as TheAggressiveDrugDealer.TheAggressiveDrugDealer.
** The government is cracking down on marijuana, and forces the writers to shoehorn in an anti-drug {{Aesop}}. The writers [[WriterRevolt go out of their way to make it as ridiculous as possible]]: The episode opens with Billy smoking a joint and [[MarijuanaIsLSD hallucinating]] that he's surrounded by nine-foot-tall Series/{{Teletubbies}} with chainsaws, and only gets more ridiculous from there. In the end, the lesson seems to be "[[SpaceWhaleAesop don't take ecstasy, or you'll turn into a giant cactus]]".



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* '''Exaggerated''': Billy smokes a joint and becomes OminidicalManiac.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Billy smokes a joint and becomes OminidicalManiac.an OmnicidalManiac.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Billy smokes a joint and becomes OminicalManiac.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Billy smokes a joint and becomes OminicalManiac.OminidicalManiac.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Billy smokes a joint and becomes OminidicalManiac.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Billy smokes a joint and becomes OminidicalManiac.OminicalManiac.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Billy smokes a joint and kills his family because he [[MarijuanaIsLSD hallucinates]] that they're all [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes giant mice]] with chainsaws. The drug is also why his first impulse is to attack them rather than to run away from them.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Billy smokes a joint and kills his family because he [[MarijuanaIsLSD hallucinates]] that they're all [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes giant mice]] with chainsaws. The drug is also why his first impulse is to attack them rather than to run away from them.becomes OminidicalManiac.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Billy smokes a joint and kills his family because he [[MarijuanaIsLSD hallucinates]] that they're all nine-foot-tall Series/{{Teletubbies}} with chainsaws. The drug is also why his first impulse is to attack them rather than to run away from them.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Billy smokes a joint and kills his family because he [[MarijuanaIsLSD hallucinates]] that they're all nine-foot-tall Series/{{Teletubbies}} [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes giant mice]] with chainsaws. The drug is also why his first impulse is to attack them rather than to run away from them.



* '''Inverted''': Billy's brother Jimmy has suicidal depression which suddenly disappears when he takes a pill, and does not come back even when its effects wear off; drugs are subsequently portrayed as the ideal, consequence-free solution to all his problems.

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* '''Inverted''': Billy's brother Jimmy Jack has suicidal depression which suddenly disappears when he takes a pill, and does not come back even when its effects wear off; drugs are subsequently portrayed as the ideal, consequence-free solution to all his problems.



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* '''Exploited''': ???[[ManipulativeBastard Godfrey]] pins his own crimes on Billy, using Billy's habit as a [[{{Pun}} smokescreen]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': Billy smokes a joint and kills his family because he [[MarijuanaIsLSD hallucinates]] that they're all nine-foot-tall Series/{{Teletubbies}} with chainsaws. ([[BellisariosMaxim It's never explained why his first impulse is to attack them rather than to run away from them.]])
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* '''Exaggerated''': Billy smokes a joint and kills his family because he [[MarijuanaIsLSD hallucinates]] that they're all nine-foot-tall Series/{{Teletubbies}} with chainsaws. ([[BellisariosMaxim It's never explained The drug is also why his first impulse is to attack them rather than to run away from them.]])
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* '''Downplayed''': ???Billy smokes a joint. He finds its effects unpleasant and decides not to smoke again.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Billy smokes a joint and kills his family because he [[MarijuanaIsLSD hallucinates]] that they're all nine-foot-tall {{Teletubbies}} with chainsaws. ([[BellisariosMaxim It's never explained why his first impulse is to attack them rather than to run away from them.]])

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* '''Exaggerated''': Billy smokes a joint and kills his family because he [[MarijuanaIsLSD hallucinates]] that they're all nine-foot-tall {{Teletubbies}} Series/{{Teletubbies}} with chainsaws. ([[BellisariosMaxim It's never explained why his first impulse is to attack them rather than to run away from them.]])]])
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* '''Inverted''': Billy's brother Jimmy has suicidal depression which suddenly dissapears when he takes a pill, and does not come back even when its effects wear off; drugs are subsequently portrayed as the ideal, consequence-free solution to all his problems.

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* '''Inverted''': Billy's brother Jimmy has suicidal depression which suddenly dissapears disappears when he takes a pill, and does not come back even when its effects wear off; drugs are subsequently portrayed as the ideal, consequence-free solution to all his problems.



* '''Deconstructed''': The episode shows the ridiculous extent of lies that parents will tell their kids to [[ScareEmStraight scare them away from using drugs]].
* '''Reconstructed''': ...but when the kids confront the parents about these lies, the parents deliver quite a reasonable {{Aesop}} about why children should stay away from drugs.



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* '''Deconstructed''': The episode shows the ridiculous extent of lies that parents will tell their kids to [[ScareEmStraight scare them away from using drugs]].
* '''Reconstructed''': ...but when the kids confront the parents about these lies, the parents deliver quite a reasonable {{Aesop}} about why children should stay away from drugs.



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That is NOT what this trope is.


'''Basic Trope''': Using drugs will have negative effects far beyond what would be typical in reality. Furthermore, they never have any positive effects: the only reason a character will use them is because of peer pressure.

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'''Basic Trope''': Using The use of drugs will have is portrayed in a manner that plays up their negative effects far beyond what would be typical in reality. Furthermore, they never have any and downplays their positive effects: ones, usually for the only reason a character will use them is because sake of peer pressure.setting up and delivering AnAesop against drug use.
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If this trope is supposedly excessive, its inversion should be excessive as well.


* '''Inverted''': Billy's brother Jimmy, who until now had been depressed to the point of suicide, takes a pill and suddenly begins to appreciate the beautiful things in life in ways he'd never thought possible, an effect which stays with him long after the drug wears off.

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* '''Inverted''': Billy's brother Jimmy, who until now had been depressed to the point of suicide, takes a pill and Jimmy has suicidal depression which suddenly begins to appreciate dissapears when he takes a pill, and does not come back even when its effects wear off; drugs are subsequently portrayed as the beautiful things in life in ways he'd never thought possible, an effect which stays with him long after the drug wears off.ideal, consequence-free solution to all his problems.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Billy smokes a joint and kills his family because he hallucinates that they're all nine-foot-tall {{Teletubbies}} with chainsaws. ([[BellisariosMaxim It's never explained why his first impulse is to attack them rather than to run away from them.]])

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* '''Exaggerated''': Billy smokes a joint and kills his family because he hallucinates [[MarijuanaIsLSD hallucinates]] that they're all nine-foot-tall {{Teletubbies}} with chainsaws. ([[BellisariosMaxim It's never explained why his first impulse is to attack them rather than to run away from them.]])
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* '''Defied''': "I'm getting so sick of those 'Oh noes! Drugs will ruin your life!' stories. That pot-smoking character is going to be totally predictable if we just jump on the bandwagon."

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* '''Defied''': "I'm getting so sick After smoking the joint, Billy makes a point of those 'Oh noes! Drugs ignoring all the possibilities for misdeeds that present themselves to him at every turn, determined to prove that drugs will ruin your life!' stories. That pot-smoking character is going to be totally predictable if we just jump on the bandwagon."not lead him down that path.

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