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'''Basic Trope''': At the end of a story, efforts are made to [[DefiedTrope stop]] the plot from [[HereWeGoAgain happening again]].
* '''Straight''': In an episode of ''The Alice and Bob Show'', Alice's house catches fire because she [[IgnorantAboutFire left paper towels next to the gas stove]]. At the end of the episode, the damage has been repaired, and she decides to keep the paper towels somewhere else, that's far away from the stove.
* '''Exaggerated''':
* '''Downplayed''': The episode focuses on Alice getting injured while roller skating. At the end, she says, "I will never roller skate again... well, maybe sometimes."
* '''Justified''': It's completely reasonable for Alice not to want her house to catch fire again.
* '''Inverted''': The episode is about Alice's house catching fire. At the end, Emperor Evulz sets it on fire again.
* '''Subverted''': Alice's house catches fire because she left the paper towels near the stove. At the end, Alice decides to never leave paper towels by the stove again, but it doesn't work; another fire starts some other way.
* '''Double Subverted''':
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''':
* '''Averted''': Alice doesn't mention anything about preventing future fires; she's just glad that the damage was repaired.
* '''Enforced''':
** The executives demanded AnAesop about fire safety.
** The show is a kids' show or a sitcom, so an episode about a fire is an UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode and thus might scare the viewers. As such, the executives asked the writers to add that in so that the audience is reassured that it's only a one-off.
* '''Lampshaded''': "And hopefully that'll be the end of that."
* '''Invoked''': Bob suggests to Alice that she change where she keeps the paper towels.
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''':
* '''Discussed''': "How do we stop my house from catching fire again?"
* '''Conversed''': "I guess even the characters are sick of HereWeGoAgain endings."
* '''Implied''':
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''':
* '''Played for Drama''':
* '''Played for Horror''':
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