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** Season one had NoBudget, but then the FCC changed the rules for children's advertising around 1983, allowing them to be funded by [[TheMerch Tie-In Merchandise]].
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* '''Justified''': People's personalities change over time, so it would be jarring for the characters to remain {{static|Character}}, specially if important events are happening around them.

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* '''Justified''': People's personalities change over time, so it would be jarring for the characters to remain {{static|Character}}, specially static, especially if important events are happening around them.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Originally, the animation was terrible MS Paint scribbles reminiscent of [[WebOriginal/SweetBroAndHellaJeff]], Bob was rude, lazy, and selfish, Alice wasn't even in the show, and Bob was a minor character in a show about his best friend Claire. Later the show started focusing more on Bob, who evolved into the epitome of IncorruptiblePurePureness. Later Alice was introduced. She started out as a [[ProneToTears absolute wimp who would burst into tears when startled.]] Eventually, she becomes a ActionGirl who cam kill a lot of mooks with one blow. Meanwhile, the artwork improves dramatically, the voice actor who played Bob get fired and replaced by someone who sounds very different, and a lot new characters were added. Also, Claire now becomes the tritagonist of the show.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Originally, the animation was terrible MS Paint scribbles reminiscent of [[WebOriginal/SweetBroAndHellaJeff]], [[Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff]], Bob was rude, lazy, and selfish, Alice wasn't even in the show, and Bob was a minor character in a show about his best friend Claire. Later the show started focusing more on Bob, who evolved into the epitome of IncorruptiblePurePureness. Later Alice was introduced. She started out as a [[ProneToTears absolute wimp who would burst into tears when startled.]] Eventually, she becomes a ActionGirl who cam kill a lot of mooks with one blow. Meanwhile, the artwork improves dramatically, the voice actor who played Bob get fired and replaced by someone who sounds very different, and a lot new characters were added. Also, Claire now becomes the tritagonist of the show.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Originally, the animation was terrible MS Paint scribbles reminiscent of [[WebOriginal/SweetBroAndHellaJeff]], Bob was rude, lazy, and selfish, Alice wasn't even in the show, and Bob was a minor character in a show about his best friend Claire. Later the show started focusing more on Bob, who evolved into the epitome of IncorruptiblePurePureness. Later Alice was introduced. She started out as a [[ProneToTears absolute wimp who would burst into tears when startled.]] Eventually, she becomes a ActionGirl who cam kill a lot of mooks with one blow. Meanwhile, the artwork improves dramatically, the voice actor who played Bob get fired and replaced by someone who sounds very different, and a lot new characters were added. Also, Claire now becomes the [[Tritagonist]] of the show.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Originally, the animation was terrible MS Paint scribbles reminiscent of [[WebOriginal/SweetBroAndHellaJeff]], Bob was rude, lazy, and selfish, Alice wasn't even in the show, and Bob was a minor character in a show about his best friend Claire. Later the show started focusing more on Bob, who evolved into the epitome of IncorruptiblePurePureness. Later Alice was introduced. She started out as a [[ProneToTears absolute wimp who would burst into tears when startled.]] Eventually, she becomes a ActionGirl who cam kill a lot of mooks with one blow. Meanwhile, the artwork improves dramatically, the voice actor who played Bob get fired and replaced by someone who sounds very different, and a lot new characters were added. Also, Claire now becomes the [[Tritagonist]] tritagonist of the show.
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* '''Straight''': When the TV show "AliceAndBob" first launched, the animation was cruder, most of the major characters were missing, Bob was kind of a jerk, and Alice was more of a wimp. Later, they developed into a NiceGuy and an ActionGirl, respectively.
* '''Exaggerated''': Originally, the animation was terrible, Bob was rude, lazy, arrogant, and selfish, Alice wasn't even in the show, and Bob was a minor character in a show about his friend Charlie. Later the show started focusing more on Bob, who evolved into the epitome of IncorruptiblePurePureness. Later Alice was introduced. She started out as an [[ProneToTears absolute wimp who would burst into tears when she was startled.]] Eventually she became an ActionGirl who could kill forty mooks with one blow. Meanwhile, the artwork improved dramatically, the voice actor who played Bob was fired and replaced by someone who sounded totally different, every character from the early episodes was scrapped except for Bob, and dozens of new characters were added.

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* '''Straight''': When the TV show "AliceAndBob" "Tropetacular!" first launched, the animation was cruder, most of the major characters were missing, Bob was kind of a jerk, bit jerky, and Alice was more of a wimp. Later, they developed into a NiceGuy and an a ActionGirl, respectively.
* '''Exaggerated''': Originally, the animation was terrible, terrible MS Paint scribbles reminiscent of [[WebOriginal/SweetBroAndHellaJeff]], Bob was rude, lazy, arrogant, and selfish, Alice wasn't even in the show, and Bob was a minor character in a show about his best friend Charlie.Claire. Later the show started focusing more on Bob, who evolved into the epitome of IncorruptiblePurePureness. Later Alice was introduced. She started out as an a [[ProneToTears absolute wimp who would burst into tears when she was startled.]] Eventually Eventually, she became an becomes a ActionGirl who could cam kill forty a lot of mooks with one blow. Meanwhile, the artwork improved improves dramatically, the voice actor who played Bob was get fired and replaced by someone who sounded totally sounds very different, every character from the early episodes was scrapped except for Bob, and dozens of a lot new characters were added.added. Also, Claire now becomes the [[Tritagonist]] of the show.
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'''Basic Trope''': A long-running series changes over the course of its run.

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'''Basic Trope''': A long-running series changes over Early versions of a franchise include very surprising differences, or even the course absences, of its run.feature that later became predominant in that work.
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* '''Exploited''': Bob takes advantage a newer part of the show, like toon physics, in order to perform an action which would've been impossible earlier on due to Early Instalment Weirdness.

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* '''Exploited''': Bob takes advantage of a newer part of the show, like toon physics, ToonPhysics, in order to perform an action which would've been impossible earlier on due to Early Instalment Weirdness.
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* '''Exploited''': ???Bob takes advantage a newer part of the show, like toon physics, in order to perform an action which would've been impossible earlier on due to Early Instalment Weirdness.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Originally, the animation was terrible, Bob was rude, lazy, arrogant, and selfish, Alice wasn't even in the show, and Bob was a minor character in a show about his friend Charlie. Later the show started focusing more on Bob, who evolved into the epitome of IncorruptiblePurePureness. Later Alice was introduced. She started out as an [[FragileFlower absolute wimp who would burst into tears when she was startled.]] Eventually she became an ActionGirl who could kill forty mooks with one blow. Meanwhile, the artwork improved dramatically, the voice actor who played Bob was fired and replaced by someone who sounded totally different, every character from the early episodes was scrapped except for Bob, and dozens of new characters were added.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Originally, the animation was terrible, Bob was rude, lazy, arrogant, and selfish, Alice wasn't even in the show, and Bob was a minor character in a show about his friend Charlie. Later the show started focusing more on Bob, who evolved into the epitome of IncorruptiblePurePureness. Later Alice was introduced. She started out as an [[FragileFlower [[ProneToTears absolute wimp who would burst into tears when she was startled.]] Eventually she became an ActionGirl who could kill forty mooks with one blow. Meanwhile, the artwork improved dramatically, the voice actor who played Bob was fired and replaced by someone who sounded totally different, every character from the early episodes was scrapped except for Bob, and dozens of new characters were added.
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* '''Inverted''': The final season/episode of the show is noticeably different from the seasons/episodes that came before it.

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* '''Inverted''': [[LaterInstallmentWeirdness The final season/episode of the show is noticeably different from the seasons/episodes that came before it.]]
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This trope refers to any difference in the early installment/s in relation to later ones, not just objective weirdness.


* '''Inverted''': The show starts out fairly normal, and then gets DenserAndWackier.

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* '''Inverted''': The final season/episode of the show starts out fairly normal, and then gets DenserAndWackier.is noticeably different from the seasons/episodes that came before it.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Originally, the animation was terrible, Bob was rude, lazy, arrogant, and selfish, Alice wasn't even in the show, and Bob was a minor character in a show about his friend Charlie. Later the show started focusing more on Bob, who evolved into the epitome of IncorruptiblePurePureness. Later Alice was introduced. She started out as a complete wimp who would burst into tears when she was startled. Eventually she became an ActionGirl who could kill forty mooks with one blow. Meanwhile, the artwork improved dramatically, the voice actor who played Bob was fired and replaced by someone who sounded totally different, every character from the early episodes was scrapped except for Bob, and dozens of new characters were added.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Originally, the animation was terrible, Bob was rude, lazy, arrogant, and selfish, Alice wasn't even in the show, and Bob was a minor character in a show about his friend Charlie. Later the show started focusing more on Bob, who evolved into the epitome of IncorruptiblePurePureness. Later Alice was introduced. She started out as a complete an [[FragileFlower absolute wimp who would burst into tears when she was startled. startled.]] Eventually she became an ActionGirl who could kill forty mooks with one blow. Meanwhile, the artwork improved dramatically, the voice actor who played Bob was fired and replaced by someone who sounded totally different, every character from the early episodes was scrapped except for Bob, and dozens of new characters were added.

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* '''Justified''': The show went through ExecutiveMeddling (or the creator stepped in) to fix its initial problems.
** People's personalities change over time, and the show writers want to show viewers that.

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* '''Justified''': The show went through ExecutiveMeddling (or the creator stepped in) to fix its initial problems.
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People's personalities change over time, and so it would be jarring for the show writers want characters to show viewers that.remain {{static|Character}}, specially if important events are happening around them.



* '''Enforced''': The creator knows that times change and a show can't stay the same forever.

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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The creator knows that times change and a show can't stay the same forever.forever.
** The show went through ExecutiveMeddling (or the creator stepped in) to fix its initial problems.
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* '''Justified'': The show went through ExecutiveMeddling (or the creator stepped in) to fix its initial problems.

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* '''Justified'': '''Justified''': The show went through ExecutiveMeddling (or the creator stepped in) to fix its initial problems.

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* '''Justified''': People's personalities change over time.

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* '''Justified''': People's '''Justified'': The show went through ExecutiveMeddling (or the creator stepped in) to fix its initial problems.
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* '''Discussed''': "I can't help but feel like things have really changed with time."

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* '''Discussed''': "I can't help but feel like things have really changed with time.'''Discussed''':
--> '''Bob''': "Wow, I used to be a huge jerk."\\
'''Alice''': "And I was a wimp.
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Why must I always fix the playing with things? Oh well, someone has to do it.


* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???
The show starts out fairly normal, and then gets DenserAndWackier.
* '''Subverted''': ???
The unaired pilot episode is pretty weird, but the episodes after it are pretty much the same...
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
Subverted''': ... For the first two seasons, everything after season two is way different.
* '''Parodied''': ???
Alice and Bob go back in time and [[MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness meet themselves.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???MoodWhiplash.



* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???
The creator knows that times change and a show can't stay the same forever.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"Is it just me, or does the world feel way different?"
* '''Invoked''': ???The creator was constantly improving his art style and story writing at the time of the show



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

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* '''Defied''': ???
The creator never changes anything about the show.
* '''Discussed''': ???
"I can't help but feel like things have really changed with time."
* '''Conversed''': ???"Wow, the show's really changed with time."
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Why must I always fix the Play With things? oh well
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* '''Exaggerated''': Originally, the animation was terrible, Bob was rude, lazy, arrogant, and selfish, Alice wasn't even in the show, and Bob was a minor character in a show about his friend Charlie. Later the show started focusing more on Bob, who evolved into the epitome of IncorruptiblePurePureness. Later Alice was introduced. She started out as a complete wimp who would burst into tears when she was startled. Eventually she became an ActionGirl who could kill forty monsters with one blow. Meanwhile, the artwork improved dramatically, the voice actor who played Bob was fired and replaced by someone who sounded totally different, every character from the early episodes was scrapped except for Bob, and dozens of new characters were added.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Originally, the animation was terrible, Bob was rude, lazy, arrogant, and selfish, Alice wasn't even in the show, and Bob was a minor character in a show about his friend Charlie. Later the show started focusing more on Bob, who evolved into the epitome of IncorruptiblePurePureness. Later Alice was introduced. She started out as a complete wimp who would burst into tears when she was startled. Eventually she became an ActionGirl who could kill forty monsters mooks with one blow. Meanwhile, the artwork improved dramatically, the voice actor who played Bob was fired and replaced by someone who sounded totally different, every character from the early episodes was scrapped except for Bob, and dozens of new characters were added.



* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???People's personalities change over time.



* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???"Alice and Bob" hardly changed at all over the course of its run.
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* '''Straight''': When the TV show "Bob and Alice" first launched, the animation was cruder, most of the major characters were missing, Bob was kind of a jerk, and Alice was more of a wimp. Later, they developed into the epitome of IncorruptiblePurePureness and an ActionGirl, respectively.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Straight''': When the TV show "Bob and Alice" "AliceAndBob" first launched, the animation was cruder, most of the major characters were missing, Bob was kind of a jerk, and Alice was more of a wimp. Later, they developed into the epitome of IncorruptiblePurePureness a NiceGuy and an ActionGirl, respectively.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
Originally, the animation was terrible, Bob was rude, lazy, arrogant, and selfish, Alice wasn't even in the show, and Bob was a minor character in a show about his friend Charlie. Later the show started focusing more on Bob, who evolved into the epitome of IncorruptiblePurePureness. Later Alice was introduced. She started out as a complete wimp who would burst into tears when she was startled. Eventually she became an ActionGirl who could kill forty monsters with one blow. Meanwhile, the artwork improved dramatically, the voice actor who played Bob was fired and replaced by someone who sounded totally different, every character from the early episodes was scrapped except for Bob, and dozens of new characters were added.
* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob's personality was a little bit wooden, and Alice was more of a minor character. Eventually Bob developed a real personality, and Alice [[AscendedExtra became Bob's sidekick.]]
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'''Basic Trope''': A long-running series changes over the course of its run.
*'''Straight''': When the TV show "Bob and Alice" first launched, the animation was cruder, most of the major characters were missing, Bob was kind of a jerk, and Alice was more of a wimp. Later, they developed into the epitome of IncorruptiblePurePureness and an ActionGirl, respectively.
*'''Exaggerated''': ???
*'''Downplayed''': ???
*'''Justified''': ???
*'''Inverted''': ???
*'''Subverted''': ???
*'''Double Subverted''': ???
*'''Parodied''': ???
*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': ???
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''': ???
*'''Invoked''': ???
*'''Exploited''': ???
*'''Defied''': ???
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???
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