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* '''Downplayed''': The outcome of Joe Goodguy vs. Bob Badguy is predetermined. There is nothing else planned out in advance, not even how the match will play out, just who will emerge victorious.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** The outcome of Joe Goodguy vs. Bob Badguy is predetermined. There is nothing else planned out in advance, not even how the match will play out, just who will emergevictorious.victorious.
** Despite the show being presented as realistic, the show itself doesn't even try to hide the fact that certain scenarios are blatantly setup or scripted.
** The outcome of Joe Goodguy vs. Bob Badguy is predetermined. There is nothing else planned out in advance, not even how the match will play out, just who will emerge
** Despite the show being presented as realistic, the show itself doesn't even try to hide the fact that certain scenarios are blatantly setup or scripted.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Months leading up to the big match feature Bob and Joe's allies and enemies mixing it up, and a well-developed storyline involving WeUsedToBeFriends, AbductionIsLove, HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, and MoreDakka, just to name a few [[NoodleImplements tropes]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': Months leading up to the big match feature Bob and Joe's allies and enemies mixing it up, and a well-developed storyline involving WeUsedToBeFriends, AbductionIsLove, HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, OpposingSportsTeam, and MoreDakka, just to name a few [[NoodleImplements tropes]].
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* '''Averted''': Wrestling is a legitimate physical competition/sport with no pre-planned results or storyline at all.
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* '''Averted''': [[ProWrestlingIsReal Wrestling is a legitimate physical competition/sport competition/sport]] with no pre-planned results or storyline at all.
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* '''Double Subverted''': [[InMediasRes But then]] Joe plays the WeUsedToBeFriends card and gives an epic WorldOfCardboardSpeech detailing HowWeGotHere...as Bob thinks for a minute before proceeding to continue beating up Joe.
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* '''Double Subverted''': [[InMediasRes But then]] Joe plays the WeUsedToBeFriends card and gives an epic WorldOfCardboardSpeech NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech detailing HowWeGotHere...as Bob thinks for a minute before proceeding to continue beating up Joe.
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** Joe and Frank have no concept of the fourth wall of a ''ring''. They keep reminding the audience that nothing in the match, including the clearly unscripted injuries they're currently giving each other, are real enough to worry about.
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** Charlie, a longtime viewer of Frank Face and Joe Goodguy, is convinced that even the day-to-day minutae that out of character personas do are fake.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob and Joe wrestle, but the outcome of the match is not predetermined, and there is no storyline or character; it's just two guys fighting.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** Bob and Joe wrestle, but the outcome of the match is not predetermined, and there is no storyline or character; it's just two guysfighting.fighting.
** Joe Goodguy and Frank Face wrestle even though they're not supposed to. Everything they say is made up on the fly.
** Bob and Joe wrestle, but the outcome of the match is not predetermined, and there is no storyline or character; it's just two guys
** Joe Goodguy and Frank Face wrestle even though they're not supposed to. Everything they say is made up on the fly.
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* '''Parodied''': The wrestling is set to ballet music, in slow motion, on a theatre stage instead of in a ring.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** The wrestling is set to ballet music, in slow motion, on a theatre stage instead of in aring.ring.
** Bob and Joe are holding copies of the script for the entire match, complete with ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud.
** The wrestling is set to ballet music, in slow motion, on a theatre stage instead of in a
** Bob and Joe are holding copies of the script for the entire match, complete with ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud.
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* '''Discussed''': "Wrestling is so fake. It's like going to the theatre to watch two guys (or girls) whale on each other!"
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* '''Discussed''': "Wrestling is so fake. It's like going to the theatre to watch two guys (or girls) people whale on each other!"
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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
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* '''Downplayed''': ???The outcome of Joe Goodguy vs. Bob Badguy is predetermined. There is nothing else planned out in advance, not even how the match will play out, just who will emerge victorious.
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* '''Deconstructed''': As with anything else involving storylines, the storylines must be carefully crafted so as not to break the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief or rely on {{Cliche}}. Otherwise, the audience will either be confused, bored, or both.
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* '''Deconstructed''': As with anything else involving storylines, the storylines must be carefully crafted so as not to break the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief or rely on {{Cliche}}. [[OldGuardVersusNewBlood And it must appeal to longtime fans as well as new ones, casual viewers as well as dedicated ones.]] Otherwise, the audience will either be confused, bored, or both.
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* '''Exploited''': ???
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* '''Exploited''': ???Someone uses their wrestling character as a means [[AuthorFilibuster to express their (perhaps controversial) personal beliefs and opinions]].
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* '''Averted''': ???
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* '''Averted''': ???Wrestling is a legitimate physical competition/sport with no pre-planned results or storyline at all.
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* '''Basic Trope''': Characterization and plot as applied to wrestling
* '''Played Straight''': [[{{Face}} Joe Goodguy]] is pitted in a match against [[{{Heel}} Bob Badguy]], the outcome of which is predetermined.
* '''Played Straight''': [[{{Face}} Joe Goodguy]] is pitted in a match against [[{{Heel}} Bob Badguy]], the outcome of which is predetermined.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': It helps draw out fights and make them more interesting to watch (gains ratings), and also helps prevent injuries because the matches are controlled.
* '''Justified''': It helps draw out fights and make them more interesting to watch (gains ratings), and also helps prevent injuries because the matches are controlled.
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* '''Justified''': It helps draw out fights and make them more interesting to watch (gains ratings), and also helps prevent injuries because the matches are controlled.
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* '''Deconstructed''': As with anything else involving storylines, the storylines must be carefully crafted so as not to break the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief or rely on {{Cliche}}. Otherwise, the audience will either be confused, bored, or both.
* '''Reconstructed''': The storyline is well-written, and Joe Goodguy (and his stable) don't necessarily ''always'' win against Bob Badguy. Also, they are good enough at making the moves look like [[SeriousBusiness the real deal]] (even though they are fake.)
* '''Lampshaded''': "That throw was [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely not faked!]]"
* '''Reconstructed''': The storyline is well-written, and Joe Goodguy (and his stable) don't necessarily ''always'' win against Bob Badguy. Also, they are good enough at making the moves look like [[SeriousBusiness the real deal]] (even though they are fake.)
* '''Lampshaded''': "That throw was [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely not faked!]]"
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* '''Averted''': See "inverted"
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':See "inverted"???
* '''Averted''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "That throw was [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely not faked!]]"
* '''Exploited''': ???
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* '''Conversed''':
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob and Joe taunting one another.
* '''Played For Drama''': Almost always is.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob and Joe taunting one another.
* '''Played For Drama''': Almost always is.
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* '''Conversed''':
'''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': As with anything else involving storylines, the storylines must be carefully crafted so as not to break the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief or rely on {{Cliche}}. Otherwise, the audience will either be confused, bored, or both.
* '''Reconstructed''': The storyline is well-written, and Joe Goodguy (and his stable) don't necessarily ''always'' win against Bob Badguy. Also, they are good enough at making the moves look like [[SeriousBusiness the real deal]] (even though they are fake.)
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob and Joetaunting one another.
* '''Played For Drama''': Almost always is.engaged into a barrage of FloweryInsults and over-top-taunting.
* '''Deconstructed''': As with anything else involving storylines, the storylines must be carefully crafted so as not to break the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief or rely on {{Cliche}}. Otherwise, the audience will either be confused, bored, or both.
* '''Reconstructed''': The storyline is well-written, and Joe Goodguy (and his stable) don't necessarily ''always'' win against Bob Badguy. Also, they are good enough at making the moves look like [[SeriousBusiness the real deal]] (even though they are fake.)
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob and Joe
* '''Played For Drama''': Almost always is.
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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* '''Double Subverted''': But then Joe plays the WeUsedToBeFriends card and gives an epic WorldOfCardboardSpeech detailing HowWeGotHere...as Bob thinks for a minute before proceeding to continue beating up Joe.
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* '''Double Subverted''': [[InMediasRes But then then]] Joe plays the WeUsedToBeFriends card and gives an epic WorldOfCardboardSpeech detailing HowWeGotHere...as Bob thinks for a minute before proceeding to continue beating up Joe.
