History PlayingWith / ExpandedStatesOfAmerica

** [[DividedStatesOfAmerica Several states secede from the Union.]]

* '''Straight''': The United States now has 53 states.

** [[DividedStatesOfAmerica The United States loses states for whatever reason, becoming smaller.]]

* '''Parodied''':
** A nation (usually that the US has considerable influence over in real life) becomes a state.
** The US expands to the entire universe, parallel worlds, and mystical dimensions.

* '''Defied''': Mexico and Canada form an alliance aimed at countering American expansion.

* '''Justified''': A nearby nation became too weak to support itself and asked to join the Union, or a territory voted to join the Union because of political reasons.

* '''Justified''': A nation became too weak to support itself and asked to join the Union, or a territory voted to join the Union because of political reasons

* '''Double Subverted''': However, the US sector of the new Union becomes powerful enough that it takes over and the Union is pretty much an Expanded States of America.

* '''Zig Zagged''':
** The US expands West, gathering up Asia, but another power expands into the US taking up the East Coast.
** Michigan's two peninsulas become separate states, followed by North and South Dakota uniting into one State of Dakota. The net result is that there are still 50 states.

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

* '''Discussed''': "So Puerto Rico is voting on statehood, are they? Get that 51-star flag ready, just in case."

* '''Played For Laughs''': As soon as Quebec joins the Union, all formerly-French-Canadians suddenly [[AmericansAreCowboys don cowboy hats and speak with a Southern drawl]].
* '''Played For Drama''': The US expands violently, crushing all in its path.

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** The US has 47 states after unification of Dacotas, Carolinas, And Virginias.

** The US has 49 states after North and South Dakota unite into one State of Dakota.

%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Invoked''': ???

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

* '''Played For Laughs''': As soon as Quebec joins the Union, all formerly-French-Canadians suddenly don cowboy hats and speak with a Southern drawl.

* '''Zig Zagged''': The US expands West, gathering up Asia, but another power expands into the US taking up the East Coast.

** The US only has one new state, and it is one of its former territories.

* '''Averted''': The US stays about 50 states.

* '''Downplayed''': The US only has one new state, and it is one of its former territories.

* '''Inverted''': [[DividedStatesOfAmerica The United States loses states for whatever reason, becoming smaller.]]

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* '''Parodied''': A nation (usually that the US has considerable influence over in real life) becomes a state.

* '''Averted''': The US stays as 50 states.

* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': [[AmericaTakesOverTheWorld The US expands to encompasses most of the world.]]

* '''Inverted''': The United States loses states for whatever reason, becoming smaller.

* '''Exaggerated''': The US expands to encompasses most of the world.

* '''Parodied''':
** A nation (usually that the US has considerable influence over in real life) becomes a state.
** The trope in the form of a VisualPun.
* '''Deconstructed''': Members of the new state are upset having to lose certain rights or privileges due to joining the US.
* '''Reconstructed''': The trope is played straight, but with the problems brought up by the Deconstruction dealt with or addressed.

* '''Lampshaded''': A GenreSavvy Character points out that the trope will be used and/or the ridiculousness of the trope being used in the current situation.
* '''Invoked''': A GenreSavvy Character sets up a situation where the trope can occur.
* '''Exploited''': A GenreSavvy Character takes advantage of the fact that the trope will occur, possibly-- but not necessarily-- Invoking it in the process.

* '''Discussed''': GenreSavvy Characters talk about the trope in a situation where it is likely to happen.
* '''Conversed''': GenreSavvy Characters talk about the trope in a ShowWithinAShow.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The (normally unintentional) trope is used quite intentionally.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': The trope is played in the most comedic way possible.

* '''Defied''': A GenreSavvy Character tries to prevent a trope from happening.

* '''Parodied''': A nation (usually that the US has considerable influence over in real life) becomes a state.

* '''Zig Zagged''': The trope is Played With several times over until it becomes a MindScrew.

* '''Enforced''': Something in RealLife that causes ExecutiveMeddling and/or the authors to use the trope.

* '''Played For Drama''': The trope is played in the most melodramatic way possible.

'''Basic Trope''': A trope (a common convention that you can expect to show up in certain works).
* '''Straight''': The trope, played out normally.
* '''Exaggerated''': The trope, taken almost UpToEleven.
* '''Downplayed''': The trope, played to a smaller extent than normal.
* '''Justified''': The trope has a logical InUniverse explanation.
* '''Inverted''': The trope happens the other way around.
* '''Subverted''': We come upon a scenario where the trope would normally be played straight, but it isn't.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...And then it is soon thereafter.
* '''Parodied''': The trope is mocked, spoofed or straight to ridiculous levels for specific humour value.

* '''Deconstructed''': The trope is played in such a way to show various logical and moral problems with the trope as normally played.

* '''Averted''': Neither the trope nor the situation in which it would occur is ever brought up.