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* '''Parodied''': Crank the {{Anvilicious}}ness of the aesop UpToEleven! The DesignatedHero sees someone spit on a plant, and [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife immediately pummels that someone to death]] as hordes of bystanders cheer.
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* '''Parodied''': Crank the {{Anvilicious}}ness of the aesop UpToEleven! The DesignatedHero sees someone spit on a plant, and [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife immediately pummels that someone to death]] as hordes of bystanders cheer.
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* '''Straight''': Characters learn that the environment is important and that everyone must take action to protect the planet, such as recycling, composting, and driving and flying less.
* '''Exaggerated''': Characters learn that the Earth is dying and HumansAreBastards and if nobody acts, they will eventually see TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Characters learn that the Earth is dying and HumansAreBastards and if nobody acts, they will eventually see TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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* '''Straight''': Characters In ''Alice and Bob'', our main characters learn that the environment is important and that everyone must take action to protect the planet, such as recycling, composting, and driving and flying less.
* '''Exaggerated''':Characters learn The cast learns that the Earth is dying and HumansAreBastards HumansAreBastards/[[HumansAreTheRealMonsters The Real Monsters]] and if nobody acts, they will eventually see TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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** The villain has a GreenThumb and gets their powers from nature, and getting people to save the environment was just a ploy so they could become more powerful.
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* '''Straight''': Characters learn that the environment is important and that everyone must take action to protect the planet, such as recycling recycling, composting, and driving and flying less.
* '''Exaggerated''': Characters learn that the Earth is dying and HumansAreBastards and ifsomebody doesn't take some sort of action, nobody acts, they will eventually see TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowItTheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* '''Exaggerated''': Characters learn that the Earth is dying and HumansAreBastards and if
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** Except that there's a ''better'' solution out there!
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* '''Parodied''': Crank the {{Anvilicious}}ness of the aesop UpToEleven! The hero DesignatedHero sees someone spit on a plant, and [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife immediately pummels that someone to death]] as hordes of bystanders cheer.
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* '''Defied''': Characters dismiss any "Save 'Save the Earth" Earth' message as preachy and unnecessary.
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** A [[WellIntentionedExtremist fanatical but well-meaning]] [[EcoTerrorist environmentalist organization]] does everything it can to 'save' the environment by destroying all the polluting factories and power stations. They fail to take into account the vacuum that will result from the sudden disappearance of these things from societies built around them, and not given enough time to 'wean' themselves off of them. The result is starvation, pain and misery: the environmentalists [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes they’ve done something horrible.]] Or, for a more cynical approach, [[KnightTemplar they don’t even care]].
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** A [[WellIntentionedExtremist fanatical but well-meaning]] [[EcoTerrorist environmentalist organization]] does everything it can to 'save' the environment by destroying all the polluting factories and power stations. They fail to take into account don't adequately consider the vacuum that will result from the sudden disappearance of these things from societies built around them, and not given enough time to 'wean' themselves off of them. The result is starvation, pain and misery: the environmentalists [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes realize they’ve done something horrible.]] Or, for a more cynical approach, [[KnightTemplar they don’t even care]].
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** The environmentalist organization does [[TheAtoner everything it possibly can]] to help rebuild the civilizations it destroyed, while making sure to build them around cleaner sources of power. It takes blood, sweat, and tears and many people suffer in the meantime, but at long last [[EarnYourHappyEnding they pull it off]] with the environmentalists walking away from the whole debacle with the realization that there are no simple solutions, and resolve to find a way to get the results they want without the pain and misery their hamhanded approach had caused.
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** The environmentalist organization does [[TheAtoner everything it possibly can]] to help rebuild the civilizations it destroyed, while making sure to build them around cleaner sources of power. It takes blood, sweat, and tears and many people suffer in the meantime, but at long last [[EarnYourHappyEnding they pull it off]] with the environmentalists walking away from the whole debacle with the realization that there are no simple solutions, and resolve to find a way to get the results they want without the pain and misery their hamhanded approach had caused.
* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': An environmental message is used as allegory for an equally pressing but more widely recognized problem that society faces, or vice versa, to encourage the audience to consider the other.
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* '''Implied''': A muck monster is the main villain, and it is mentioned to be created by "human greed". It might be something else, but it appears to be an environmentalist message.
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** The villain has a GreenThumb and gets their powers from nature, and getting people to save the environment was just a ploy so they could become more powerful.
** It turns out that caring about the environment is
** The villain has a GreenThumb and gets their powers from nature, and getting people to save the environment was just a ploy so they could become more powerful.
** The villain's StartOfDarkness occurred when they saw humanity's lack of care for the Earth. After our hero talks to them and agrees to get people to care more for nature the villain has a HeelFaceTurn.
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* '''Exploited''': ???A company advertises its products as environmentally friendly so more people will buy them.
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* '''Parodied''': Crank the {{Anvilicious}}ness of the aesop UpToEleven! The hero sees someone spit on a plant, and [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife immediately pummels that someone to death death]] as hordes of bystanders cheer.
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** [[EverythingTryingToKillYou The world is trying to kill us!]] us for no reason!]] OH NOES!!
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** "Going Green" turns out to be ''ungodly'' expensive, causes people to lose their jobs, causes the firm to ''lose'' money or productivity...
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'''Basic Trope''': An aesop about why we should care about the environment, often mixing with ScienceIsBad, GaiasVengeance, and HumansAreBastards.
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'''Basic Trope''': An aesop AnAesop about why we should care about the environment, often mixing with ScienceIsBad, GaiasVengeance, and HumansAreBastards.HumansAreBastards, or some combination thereof.
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* '''Subverted''': It turns out to be a ''bad'' thing to care that caring about the environmentenvironment is ''bad''.
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* '''Defied''': Characters dismiss any "Save The the Earth" message as preachy and unnecessary.
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-->'''Alice''': Maybe we should say a few words about the environment.
-->'''Bob''': Uhm, OK...
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* '''Played For Laughs''': One of the characters manages to cause a tidal wave from the polar ice caps to recede by unplugging all the stuffs from the electrical outlets.
* '''Played For Drama''': A dystopian (if not outright apocalyptic) world caused by man-made disasters such as pollution, deforestation, climate change, etc. is shown in full detail, and everyone suffers for it because it's now too late to do any meaningful change.
* '''Played For Laughs''': One of the characters manages to cause a tidal wave from the polar ice caps to recede by unplugging all the stuffs from the electrical outlets.
* '''Played For Drama''': A dystopian (if not outright apocalyptic) world caused by man-made disasters such as pollution, deforestation, climate change, etc. is shown in full detail, and everyone suffers for it because it's now too late to do any meaningful change.
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* '''PlayedFor for Laughs''': One of the characters Bob manages to cause a tidal wave from the polar ice caps to recede by unplugging all the stuffs from the electrical outlets.
* '''PlayedFor for Drama''': A dystopian (if not outright apocalyptic) world caused by man-made manmade disasters such as like pollution, deforestation, climate change, etc. is shown in full detail, and everyone suffers for it because it's now too late to do any meaningful change.
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** A [[WellIntentionedExtremist fanatical but well-meaning well-meaning]] [[EcoTerrorist environmentalist organization]] does everything it can to 'save' the environment by destroying all the polluting factories and power stations. They fail to take into account the vacuum that will result from the sudden disappearance of these things from societies built around them, and not given enough time to 'wean' themselves off of them. The result is starvation, pain and misery: the environmentalists [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes they’ve done something horrible.]] Or, for a more cynical approach, [[KnightTemplar they don’t even care]].
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** A [[WellIntentionedExtremist fanatical but well-meaning environmentalist organization]] does everything he it can to 'save' the environment by destroying all the polluting factories and power stations. He fails They fail to take into account the vacuum that will result from the sudden disappearance of these things from societies built around them, and not given enough time to 'wean' themselves off of them. The result is starvation, pain and misery: the environmentalist environmentalists [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes he's they’ve done something horrible.]] For Or, for a more cynical approach, [[WellIntentionedExtremist he doesn't [[KnightTemplar they don’t even care]].
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** The environmentalist organization does [[TheAtoner everything he it possibly can]] to help rebuild the civilizations he they destroyed, while making sure to build them around cleaner sources of power. It takes blood, sweat and tears, and many people suffer in the meantime, but at long last [[EarnYourHappyEnding but they manage to pull it off]] with the environmentalist environmentalists walking away from the whole debacle with the realization that there are no simple solutions, and resolves resolve to find a way to get the results he wants they want without the pain and misery his thier ham-handed approach had wrought.
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** A fanatical but well-meaning environmentalist does everything he can to 'save' the environment by destroying all the polluting factories and power stations. He fails to take into account the vacuum that will result from the sudden disappearance of these things from societies built around them, and not given enough time to 'wean' themselves off of them. The result is starvation, pain and misery: the environmentalist [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes he's done something horrible.]]]] For a more cynical approach, [[WellIntentionedExtremist he doesn't even care]].
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** The villain of the story is a vengeful nature spirit trying to destroy humanity. On one hand, it makes a good point about humanity's influence on the environment. On the other hand it's harming innocent people, and nature may be beautiful and necessary to life on earth, but it is brutal and overall [[EverythingTryingToKillYou less than pleasant.]]
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'''Basic Trope''': An aesop about why we should care about the environment, often mixing with ScienceIsBad, GaiasVengeance, and HumansAreBastards.
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* '''Reconstructed''': But then it turns out that even if, in the short term, it's not entirely good, it turns out to be better in the ''long term''.
* '''Deconstructed''': "Going Green" turns out to be ''ungodly'' expensive, causes people to lose their jobs, causes the firm to ''lose'' money or productivity...
** A fanatical but well-meaning environmentalist does everything he can to 'save' the environment by destroying all the polluting factories and power stations. He fails to take into account the vacuum that will result from the sudden disappearance of these things from societies built around them, and not given enough time to 'wean' themselves off of them. The result is starvation, pain and misery: the environmentalist [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes he's done something horrible.]]
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* '''Parodied''': Crank the Anvilicousness of the aesop UpToEleven!
* '''Deconstructed''': "Going Green" turns out to be ''ungodly'' expensive, causes people to lose their jobs, causes the firm to ''lose'' money or productivity...
** A fanatical but well-meaning environmentalist does everything he can to 'save' the environment by destroying all the polluting factories and power stations. He fails to take into account the vacuum that will result from the sudden disappearance of these things from societies built around them, and not given enough time to 'wean' themselves off of them. The result is starvation, pain and misery: the environmentalist [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes he's done something horrible.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': But then it turns out that even if, in the short term, it's not entirely good, it turns out to be better in the ''long term''.UpToEleven!
* '''Deconstructed''': "Going Green" turns out to be ''ungodly'' expensive, causes people to lose their jobs, causes the firm to ''lose'' money or productivity...
** A fanatical but well-meaning environmentalist does everything he can to 'save' the environment by destroying all the polluting factories and power stations. He fails to take into account the vacuum that will result from the sudden disappearance of these things from societies built around them, and not given enough time to 'wean' themselves off of them. The result is starvation, pain and misery: the environmentalist [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes he's done something horrible.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': But then it turns out that even if, in the short term, it's not entirely good, it turns out to be better in the ''long term''.
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** "Going Green" turns out to be ''ungodly'' expensive, causes people to lose their jobs, causes the firm to ''lose'' money or productivity...
** A fanatical but well-meaning environmentalist does everything he can to 'save' the environment by destroying all the polluting factories and power stations. He fails to take into account the vacuum that will result from the sudden disappearance of these things from societies built around them, and not given enough time to 'wean' themselves off of them. The result is starvation, pain and misery: the environmentalist [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes he's done something horrible.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': But then it turns out that even if, in the short term, it's not entirely good, it turns out to be better in the ''long term''.
** "Going Green" turns out to be ''ungodly'' expensive, causes people to lose their jobs, causes the firm to ''lose'' money or productivity...
** A fanatical but well-meaning environmentalist does everything he can to 'save' the environment by destroying all the polluting factories and power stations. He fails to take into account the vacuum that will result from the sudden disappearance of these things from societies built around them, and not given enough time to 'wean' themselves off of them. The result is starvation, pain and misery: the environmentalist [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes he's done something horrible.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': But then it turns out that even if, in the short term, it's not entirely good, it turns out to be better in the ''long term''.
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* '''Exaggerated''': The damage done to the world or how much innocent creatures are at risk is literally ''going to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt''! '''OH MY GOD!!'''
** Actually, too much...
* '''Justified''': Realistic portrayal of environmental damage, as well as possible solutions
* '''Exaggerated''': The damage done to the world or how much innocent creatures are at risk is literally ''going to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt''! '''OH MY GOD!!'''
** Actually, too much...
* '''Justified''': Realistic portrayal of environmental damage, as well as possible solutions
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* '''Straight''': It's ''particularly'' anvilicious Characters learn that the environment is important and that everyone must take action to protect the solution(s) are either impossible or involve sending humans back to the stone age
planet, such as recycling and driving less.
* '''Exaggerated''': Characters learn that the Earth is dying and HumansAreBastards and if somebody doesn't take some sort of action, they will eventually see TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt
* '''Downplayed''': Thedamage done characters learn to the world or how much innocent creatures are at risk is literally ''going to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt''! '''OH MY GOD!!'''
** Actually, too much...
save trees by recycling.
* '''Justified''':Realistic portrayal of environmental damage, as well as possible solutionsCharacters care a lot about the planet and ways to protect it.
* '''Exaggerated''': Characters learn that the Earth is dying and HumansAreBastards and if somebody doesn't take some sort of action, they will eventually see TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt
* '''Downplayed''': The
** Actually, too much...
* '''Justified''':
** Characters learn that human survival and scientific progress is more important than saving a few trees.
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* '''Reconstructed''': But then it turns out that even if, in the short term, it's not entirely good, it turns out to be better in the ''long term''.
* '''Lampshaded''': The characters ask if there's a message about the environment during the event(s) of the work.
* '''Lampshaded''': The characters ask if there's a message about the environment during the event(s) of the work.
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* '''Reconstructed''': But then it turns out that even if, in the short term, it's not entirely good, it turns out to be better in the ''long term''.
term''.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Characters learn nothing about the environment.
* '''Enforced''': The creators really care about the environment and thinks everyone else should too.
* '''Lampshaded''': The characters ask if there's a message about the environment during the event(s) of thework. work.
* '''Invoked''': Characters seek out advice about saving the planet.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Characters dismiss any "Save The Earth" message as preachy and unnecessary.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Characters learn nothing about the environment.
* '''Enforced''': The creators really care about the environment and thinks everyone else should too.
* '''Lampshaded''': The characters ask if there's a message about the environment during the event(s) of the
* '''Invoked''': Characters seek out advice about saving the planet.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Characters dismiss any "Save The Earth" message as preachy and unnecessary.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': One of the characters manages to cause a tidal wave from the polar ice caps to recede by unplugging all the stuffs from the electrical outlets.
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'''Basic Trope''': An aesop about why we should care about the environment, often mixing with ScienceIsBad, GaiasFury, and HumansAreBastards.
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* '''Straight''': It's ''particularly'' anvilicious and the solution(s) are either impossible or involve sending humans back to
* '''Exaggerated''': The damage done to the world or how much innocent creatures are at risk is literally ''going to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt''! '''OH MY GOD!!'''
* '''Justified''': Realistic portrayal of environmental damage, as well as possible solutions
* '''Inverted''': The world is trying to kill us! OH NOES!!
* '''Subverted''': It turns out to be a ''bad'' thing to care about the environment
* '''Double Subverted''': Except that there's a ''better'' solution out there!
* '''Parodied''': Crank the Anvilicousness of the aesop UpToEleven!
* '''Deconstructed''': "Going Green" turns out to be ''ungodly'' expensive, causes people to lose their jobs, causes the firm to ''lose'' money or productivity...
* '''Reconstructed''': But then it turns out that even if, in the short term, it's not entirely good, it turns out to be better in the ''long term''.
* '''Lampshaded''': The characters ask if there's a message about the environment during the event(s) of the work.
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