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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
It turns out that the anti-individual aspect was misunderstood greatly. Community Metropolis's insistence upon the uniform vaccsuits, regimented schedules, and uniform gene-mods was because they were the only combination that could survive the vast bioweapon pandemic - inability to maintain the schedule at all was a sign of infection to quaranteen. Inside the suits the people were very different.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???However the measure took on a life of its own as even after it is solved the vast majority view any change from it as heresy.



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* '''Defied''': ???Any attempt to establish such a collective fails spectacularly because without an individuality to refer to they are incapable of having a norm to define.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Tropesville is a town with a noticeable collectivist bend. Individuality is frowned upon, and those that deviate from its norms are ostracized by its residents.
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* '''Straight''': Community Metropolis is a city where all of the citizens are forced to have to be like each other. Anyone who does things differently from the Fellowship will be sentenced to prison for life.

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* '''Straight''': Community Metropolis is a city where all of the citizens are forced to have to be like each other. Anyone who does things differently from the Fellowship will be sentenced to prison for life.
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* '''Straight''': Community Metropolis is a city where all of the citizens are forced to have to be like each other. Anyone who does things differently from the Fellowship will be sentenced to prison for life.
* '''Exaggerated''': The ''entire human race'' is a strong HiveMind, and anyone who thinks differently will be automatically killed on the spot.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': The leaders of Community Metropolis believe that citizens who think alike will benefit society in the long-run and those who think differently are a hindrance to the best interests of society.
* '''Inverted''': The society enforces citizens to think differently from each other, and anyone who shares the same interests with at least one person is punished harshly.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Community Metropolis doesn't enforce laws on being collective with society.
* '''Enforced''': The writer uses this trope as the premise of his {{Dystopia}}n novel.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You have no choice. You must be like the rest of the world, or the leaders of Community Metropolis will find you and punish you!"
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* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Straight''': *'''Straight''': Community Metropolis is a city where all of the citizens are forced to have to be like each other. Anyone who does things differently from the Fellowship will be sentenced to prison for life.
* '''Exaggerated''': *'''Exaggerated''': The ''entire human race'' is a strong HiveMind, and anyone who thinks differently will be automatically killed on the spot.
* '''Downplayed''': *'''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': *'''Justified''': The leaders of Community Metropolis believe that citizens who think alike will benefit society in the long-run and those who think differently are a hindrance to the best interests of society.
* '''Inverted''': *'''Inverted''': The society enforces citizens to think differently from each other, and anyone who shares the same interests with at least one person is punished harshly.
* '''Subverted''': *'''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double *'''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': *'''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig *'''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': *'''Averted''': Community Metropolis doesn't enforce laws on being collective with society.
* '''Enforced''': *'''Enforced''': The writer uses this trope as the premise of his {{Dystopia}}n novel.
* '''Lampshaded''': *'''Lampshaded''': "You have no choice. You must be like the rest of the world, or the leaders of Community Metropolis will find you and punish you!"
* '''Invoked''': *'''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': *'''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': *'''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': *'''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': *'''Conversed''': ???
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'''Basic Trope''': Society doesn't allow anyone to be their own individual person.
*'''Straight''': Community Metropolis is a city where all of the citizens are forced to have to be like each other. Anyone who does things differently from the Fellowship will be sentenced to prison for life.
*'''Exaggerated''': The ''entire human race'' is a strong HiveMind, and anyone who thinks differently will be automatically killed on the spot.
*'''Downplayed''': ???
*'''Justified''': The leaders of Community Metropolis believe that citizens who think alike will benefit society in the long-run and those who think differently are a hindrance to the best interests of society.
*'''Inverted''': The society enforces citizens to think differently from each other, and anyone who shares the same interests with at least one person is punished harshly.
*'''Subverted''': ???
*'''Double Subverted''': ???
*'''Parodied''': ???
*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': Community Metropolis doesn't enforce laws on being collective with society.
*'''Enforced''': The writer uses this trope as the premise of his {{Dystopia}}n novel.
*'''Lampshaded''': "You have no choice. You must be like the rest of the world, or the leaders of Community Metropolis will find you and punish you!"
*'''Invoked''': ???
*'''Exploited''': ???
*'''Defied''': ???
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???
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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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