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Misuse of the page/link: Justified Trope is when there's a specific In Universe reason a trope is being used.


* '''Justified''':
** Mark is supposed to be a reference to Bob.
** ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia'' is a ShowWithinAShow, and Mark decided to use Bob as his personal role model, aiming to be like him.

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* '''Justified''':
** Mark is supposed to be a reference to Bob.
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'''Justified''': ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia'' is a ShowWithinAShow, and Mark decided to use Bob as his personal role model, aiming to be like him.

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* '''Straight''': Mark from ''Legends of the Tropes'' is heavily based on Bob from ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia''.

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* '''Straight''': Mark from ''Legends of the Tropes'' is heavily based on Bob from ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia''. Both are [[KnightInShiningArmor Iron clad and heroic knights]] who have to deal with {{Barbarian|Hero}} [[TheRival Rivals]], who are also [[TheBrute Brutes]] to their respective {{Big Bad}}s; Mark's rival is Nathan while Bob's rival is Clay, and Mark's BigBad is Lord Lozum while Bob's BigBad is Emperor Evulz.



** Mark was originally planned to be Bob, but negotiations to allow Bob to be in the story fell through and the writers had to come up with a new character.
* '''Inverted''': Mark is supposed to be an antithesis to Bob, which he was a stoic, cold, brooding hero, but Mark is a hot blooded, large ham, energetic, hero.

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** ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia'' is a ShowWithinAShow, and Mark was originally planned decided to use Bob as his personal role model, aiming to be Bob, but negotiations to allow Bob to be in the story fell through and the writers had to come up with a new character.
like him.
* '''Inverted''': Mark is supposed to be an antithesis to Bob, which he was a stoic, cold, brooding [[TheStoic stoic]], [[GoodIsNotNice cold]], and [[IWorkAlone brooding]] hero, but Mark is a hot blooded, large ham, energetic, HotBlooded, [[LargeHam hammy]], and [[{{Keet}} energetic]] hero.



* '''Averted''': Mark is an original character with nothing in common with bob from ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia''.
* '''Enforced''': “This Bob guy is pretty neat, I bet I can make a character just like him in my story.”

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* '''Averted''': Mark is an original character with nothing in common with bob Bob from ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia''.
* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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“This Bob guy is pretty neat, I bet I can make a character just like him in my story.
** Mark was originally planned to be Bob, but negotiations to allow Bob to be in the story fell through and the writers had to come up with a new character.
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* '''Averted''': Mark is an original character with nothing in common with bob from ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia''.
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* '''Straight''': Mark from ''Legends of the Tropes'' is heavily based on Bob from ''Tales of Troperia''.

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* '''Straight''': Mark from ''Legends of the Tropes'' is heavily based on Bob from ''Tales of Troperia''.''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia''.



* '''Double Subverted''': ... Until Mark starts acting more and more like Bob, even making references to moments from ''Tales of Troperia''.

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* '''Double Subverted''': ... Until Mark starts acting more and more like Bob, even making references to moments from ''Tales of Troperia''.''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia''.
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* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???Mark is supposed to be an antithesis to Bob, which he was a stoic, cold, brooding hero, but Mark is a hot blooded, large ham, energetic, hero.
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* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': Mark is not even legally distinct from Bob, the only difference the two characters have are different names.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Mark '''Exaggerated''':
**Mark
is not even legally distinct from Bob, the only difference the two characters have are different names.


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* '''Enforced''': “This Bob guy is pretty neat, I bet I can make a character just like him in my story.”

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* '''Enforced''': “This Bob guy is pretty neat, I bet I can make a character just like him in my story.
* '''Exploited''': Mark is deliberately meant to initially seem like a copy of Bob... in order to take the audience by surprise when Mark turns out to be ''very'' different underneath.
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** Mark quite literally '''is''' Bob.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Mark is not even legally distinct from Bob, the only difference the two characters have are have different names.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Mark is not even legally distinct from Bob, the only difference the two characters have are have different names.
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* '''Parodied''': Mark is meant to be a lesser version of Bob so he can be a JokeCharacter to mock ''Tales of Troperia''.

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* '''Parodied''': Mark is meant to be a lesser version of Bob so he can be a JokeCharacter to mock ''Tales of Troperia''.???
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* Double Subverted: ... Until Mark starts acting more and more like Bob, even making references to moments from ''Tales of Troperia''.

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* Double Subverted: ...'''Double Subverted''': ... Until Mark starts acting more and more like Bob, even making references to moments from ''Tales of Troperia''.
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* '''Downplayed''': Mark has multiple traits, both physically and personality wise, shared with Bob, but Mark can stand as his own character with many more traits than just the ones Bob has.

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* '''Downplayed''': Mark has multiple traits, both physically and personality wise, shared with Bob and is clearly inspired by Bob, but Mark can stand as his own character with many more traits than just the ones Bob has.
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* '''Downplayed''': Mark has multiple traits, both physically and personality wise, shared with Bob, but Mark can stand as his own character with many more traits than just the ones Bob has

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* '''Downplayed''': Mark has multiple traits, both physically and personality wise, shared with Bob, but Mark can stand as his own character with many more traits than just the ones Bob hashas.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Mark is not even legally distinct from Bob, the only difference is they have different names.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Mark is not even legally distinct from Bob, the only difference is they the two characters have are have different names.
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* '''Straight''': Mark from ''Legends of the ''Tropes'' is heavily based on Bob from ''Tales of Troperia''.

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* '''Straight''': Mark from ''Legends of the ''Tropes'' Tropes'' is heavily based on Bob from ''Tales of Troperia''.

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* Straight: Bob from Legends of the Tropes is heavily based on Rob from Tales of Troperia.
* Exaggerated: Bob is not even legally distinct from Rob, the only difference is they have different names.
* Downplayed: Bob has multiple traits, both physically and personality wise, shared with Rob, but Bob can stand as his own character.
* Justified:
** Bob is supposed to be a reference to Rob.
** Bob was originally planned to be Rob, but negotiations to allow Rob to be in the story fell through and the writers had to come up with a new character.
* Subverted: Bob initially seems like he’s a wholesale reference to Rob, but the story establishes very early on that Bob isn’t meant to be a reference to Rob.
* Double Subverted: ... Until Bob starts acting more and more like Rob.

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* Straight: Bob '''Basic Trope''': A character is deliberately made to be a copy of another, preexisting character from Legends another work.
* '''Straight''': Mark from ''Legends
of the Tropes ''Tropes'' is heavily based on Rob Bob from Tales ''Tales of Troperia.
Troperia''.
* Exaggerated: Bob '''Exaggerated''': Mark is not even legally distinct from Rob, Bob, the only difference is they have different names.
* Downplayed: Bob '''Downplayed''': Mark has multiple traits, both physically and personality wise, shared with Rob, Bob, but Bob Mark can stand as his own character.
* Justified:
**
character with many more traits than just the ones Bob has
* '''Justified''':
** Mark
is supposed to be a reference to Rob.
Bob.
** Bob Mark was originally planned to be Rob, Bob, but negotiations to allow Rob Bob to be in the story fell through and the writers had to come up with a new character.
* Subverted: Bob '''Subverted''': Mark initially seems like he’s a wholesale reference to Rob, Bob, but the story establishes very early on that Bob Mark isn’t meant to be a reference to Rob.
Bob.
* Double Subverted: ... Until Bob Mark starts acting more and more like Rob.Bob, even making references to moments from ''Tales of Troperia''.
* '''Parodied''': Mark is meant to be a lesser version of Bob so he can be a JokeCharacter to mock ''Tales of Troperia''.
* '''Enforced''': “This Bob guy is pretty neat, I bet I can make a character just like him in my story.”
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* Straight: Bob from Legends of the Tropes is heavily based on Rob from Tales of Troperia.
* Exaggerated: Bob is not even legally distinct from Rob, the only difference is they have different names.
* Downplayed: Bob has multiple traits, both physically and personality wise, shared with Rob, but Bob can stand as his own character.
* Justified:
** Bob is supposed to be a reference to Rob.
** Bob was originally planned to be Rob, but negotiations to allow Rob to be in the story fell through and the writers had to come up with a new character.
* Subverted: Bob initially seems like he’s a wholesale reference to Rob, but the story establishes very early on that Bob isn’t meant to be a reference to Rob.
* Double Subverted: ... Until Bob starts acting more and more like Rob.

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