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* '''Enforced''': Candytopia was established in an earlier instalment before the word underwent severe CerebusSyndrome, and destroying the happy town is the best way to ShooOffTheClowns.

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* '''Enforced''': Candytopia was established in an earlier instalment before the word underwent severe CerebusSyndrome, and destroying the happy town is the best way to ShooOffTheClowns.ShooOutTheClowns.

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* '''Enforced''': The author is going through a CreatorBreakdown, and his world gets a similar treatment.

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* '''Enforced''': The author is going through a CreatorBreakdown, Candytopia was established in an earlier instalment before the word underwent severe CerebusSyndrome, and his world gets a similar treatment.destroying the happy town is the best way to ShooOffTheClowns.



* '''Implied''': When someone in Candytopia asks why a peaceful nation like it needs a standing army, they're told "long ago, we learned the hard way not all are as peaceful as us."

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When someone in Candytopia asks why a peaceful nation like it needs a standing army, they're told "long ago, we learned the hard way not all are as peaceful as us.""
** While everything seems okay in Candytopia now, many older residents speak of a GreatOffScreenWar, with the tone getting markedly serious whenever they do.
** Candytopia is only seen in one installment as an incongruously innocent and cheerful nation amid a brutal world war. In a later installment, the whole nation is absent from the map.
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** Candytopia ultimately pushes back the Empire, but the fight takes a toll and [[InnocenceLost the land will never be as innocent and carefree as it once was]].
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** Candytopia's royal family is deposed by [[HarmlessVillain the Big Meanie]], who commits [[PokeThePoodle countless petty misdeeds]] but refrains from anything truly evil.

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** Candytopia's royal family is deposed by [[HarmlessVillain the Big Meanie]], who commits [[PokeThePoodle countless petty misdeeds]] [[{{Jerkass}} really is unpleasant]] but refrains from anything truly evil.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Despite this, though, the pacifist and forgiving culture of Candytopia ends up giving the Empire the edge against Candytopia's armies, and they successfully manipulate and destroy their way into conquering Candytopia anyway.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Despite this, though, the pacifist and forgiving culture of Candytopia ends up giving the ruthless Empire the edge against Candytopia's armies, Candytopia, and they successfully manipulate and destroy their way into conquering Candytopia anyway.

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* '''Deconstructed''': When Candytopia is invaded by the Empire, its defenses and armies prove to be more than a match for the Empire than expected. No real nation would have survived for so long without proper defenses and an acknowledgement of the cruelties of the world, and Candytopia turns out to be no exception despite its idyllic life and the kindness of its inhabitants.
* '''Reconstructed''': Despite this, though, the pacifist and forgiving culture of Candytopia ends up giving the Empire the edge against Candytopia's armies, and they successfully manipulate and destroy their way into conquering Candytopia anyway.



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* '''Invoked''': One of Candytopia's {{Harmless Villain}}s [[NotSoHarmlessVillain snaps]] and shows the Empire's forces the way to Candytopia in hopes of getting revenge and a cushy governorship.

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* '''Invoked''': One of Candytopia's {{Harmless Villain}}s [[NotSoHarmlessVillain snaps]] and [[LesCollaborateurs shows the Empire's forces the way to Candytopia in hopes of getting revenge and a cushy governorship.governorship]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': Candytopia [[CosmicHorrorStory ends up getting destroyed by]] [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos the Elder Things]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': Candytopia [[CosmicHorrorStory ends up getting destroyed obliterated by]] [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos a horrifying EldritchAbomination who also happens to be one of the Elder Things]].most powerful entities in existence.

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* '''Downplayed''': Candytopia's royal family is deposed by [[HarmlessVillain the Big Meanie]], who commits [[PokeThePoodle countless petty misdeeds]] but refrains from anything truly evil.

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Candytopia's royal family is deposed by [[HarmlessVillain the Big Meanie]], who commits [[PokeThePoodle countless petty misdeeds]] but refrains from anything truly evil. evil.
** An AntiHero or VillainProtagonist goes on a rampage in a blatantly CrapsaccharineWorld.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Candytopia [[CosmicHorrorStory ends up getting destroyed by]] [[CthulhuMythos the Elder Things]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': Candytopia [[CosmicHorrorStory ends up getting destroyed by]] [[CthulhuMythos [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos the Elder Things]].

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* '''Inverted''': A CrapsackWorld meets EarnYourHappyEnding.

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** The Empire gets [[KillerRabbit conquered by Candytopia]], much to the astonishment of the Imperial leadership and [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing confused joy]] of their people.
** What once seemed a grim, morbid
CrapsackWorld meets EarnYourHappyEnding.[[WorldHalfFull discovers]] EarnYourHappyEnding on a global scale.
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* '''Inverted''': The Empire gets [[KillerRabbit conquered by Candytopia]], much to the astonishment of the Imperial leadership and [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing confused joy]] of their people.

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* '''Inverted''': The Empire gets [[KillerRabbit conquered by Candytopia]], much to the astonishment of the Imperial leadership and [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing confused joy]] of their people.A CrapsackWorld meets EarnYourHappyEnding.

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* '''Subverted''': The residents of Candytopia fight back against the invaders and drive them away on spears of peppermint cane.

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The residents of Candytopia fight back against the invaders and drive them away on spears of peppermint cane.cane.
** It later turns out that under the surface, Candytopia was such a CrapsaccharineWorld that the Empire's iron fist [[EvenEvilHasStandards is a net gain for the populace]].
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** The Candytopians are so used to dealing with [[HarmlessVillain Mr. Grumpypants]] that they aren't prepared for when a legitimate threat comes along.

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** The Candytopians are so used to dealing with [[HarmlessVillain Mr. Grumpypants]] that they aren't prepared for when a [[KnightOfCerebus legitimate threat threat]] comes along.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Candytopia [[CosmicHorrorStory ends up getting obliterated by]] [[CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': Candytopia [[CosmicHorrorStory ends up getting obliterated destroyed by]] [[CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]].the Elder Things]].



** The Candytopians are so used to dealing with [[HarmlessVillain Mr. Grumples]] that they aren't prepared for when a legitimate threat comes along.

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** The Candytopians are so used to dealing with [[HarmlessVillain Mr. Grumples]] Grumpypants]] that they aren't prepared for when a legitimate threat comes along.
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* '''Defied''': Candytopia makes it clear to the Empire that they have an army and won't be worth the trouble of conquering.

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* '''Defied''': Candytopia makes it clear to the Empire that they have an army and won't be worth the trouble of conquering. At spear[[{{pun}} (mint)]]point, if necessary.

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* '''Justified''': The residents of Candytopia had no idea the Empire existed until they showed up on their shores, and so couldn't have imagined they'd be facing a war of any sort.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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The residents of Candytopia had no idea the Empire existed until they showed up on their shores, and so couldn't have imagined they'd be facing a war of any sort.

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* '''Straight''': ** Candytopia gets conquered by [[TheEmpire the brutal Empire]], which instills a ruthless and tyrannical reign.
** The Candytopians are so used to dealing with [[HarmlessVillain Mr. Grumples]] that they aren't prepared for when a legitimate threat comes along.

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* '''Straight''': ** '''Straight''': Candytopia gets conquered by [[TheEmpire the brutal Empire]], which instills a ruthless and tyrannical reign.
** The Candytopians are so used to dealing with [[HarmlessVillain Mr. Grumples]] that they aren't prepared for when a legitimate threat comes along.
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** The Candytopians are so used to dealing with [[HarmlessVillain Mr. Grumples]] that they aren't prepared for when a legitimate threat comes along.

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* '''Straight''': Candytopia gets conquered by [[TheEmpire the brutal Empire]], which instills a ruthless and tyrannical reign.

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* '''Straight''': ** Candytopia gets conquered by [[TheEmpire the brutal Empire]], which instills a ruthless and tyrannical reign.reign.
** The Candytopians are so used to dealing with [[HarmlessVillain Mr. Grumples]] that they aren't prepared for when a legitimate threat comes along.
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* '''Inverted''': The Empire gets conquered by Candytopia, much to the astonishment of the Imperial leadership and confused joy of their people.

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* '''Inverted''': The Empire gets [[KillerRabbit conquered by Candytopia, Candytopia]], much to the astonishment of the Imperial leadership and [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing confused joy joy]] of their people.



* '''Parodied''': TheEmpire has a [[LaughablyEvil warped sense of humor]], and their atrocities [[BlackComedy are as ironic as they are cruel]].

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* '''Parodied''': TheEmpire The Empire has a [[LaughablyEvil warped sense of humor]], and their atrocities [[BlackComedy are as ironic as they are cruel]].
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* '''Parodied''': ???TheEmpire has a [[LaughablyEvil warped sense of humor]], and their atrocities [[BlackComedy are as ironic as they are cruel]].
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* '''Parodied''': ???TheEmpire has a [[LaughablyEvil warped sense of humor]], and their atrocities [[BlackComedy are as ironic as they are cruel]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': Candytopia ends up getting obliterated by [[CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': Candytopia [[CosmicHorrorStory ends up getting obliterated by by]] [[CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]].
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* '''Implied:''': When someone in Candytopia asks why a peaceful nation like it needs a standing army, they're told "long ago, we learned the hard way not all are as peaceful as us."

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* '''Implied:''': '''Implied''': When someone in Candytopia asks why a peaceful nation like it needs a standing army, they're told "long ago, we learned the hard way not all are as peaceful as us."



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* '''Implied:''': When someone in Candytopia asks why a peaceful nation like it needs a standing army, they're told "long ago, we learned the hard way not all are as peaceful as us."



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'''Basic Trope''': A SugarBowl is conquered or destroyed.
* '''Straight''': Candytopia gets conquered by [[TheEmpire the brutal Empire]], which instills a ruthless and tyrannical reign.
* '''Exaggerated''': Candytopia ends up getting obliterated by [[CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]].
* '''Downplayed''': Candytopia's royal family is deposed by [[HarmlessVillain the Big Meanie]], who commits [[PokeThePoodle countless petty misdeeds]] but refrains from anything truly evil.
* '''Justified''': The residents of Candytopia had no idea the Empire existed until they showed up on their shores, and so couldn't have imagined they'd be facing a war of any sort.
* '''Inverted''': The Empire gets conquered by Candytopia, much to the astonishment of the Imperial leadership and confused joy of their people.
* '''Subverted''': The residents of Candytopia fight back against the invaders and drive them away on spears of peppermint cane.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...and the newly empowered military, inspired by the Empire's example, leads a coup and establishes their own tyranny.
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* '''Averted''': Despite the fact that both are known to exist and despise one another, the Empire never thinks to just up and invade Candytopia.
* '''Enforced''': The author is going through a CreatorBreakdown, and his world gets a similar treatment.
* '''Lampshaded''': "This is the easiest conquest we've ever had! [[SociopathicSoldier I love this job]]!"
* '''Invoked''': One of Candytopia's {{Harmless Villain}}s [[NotSoHarmlessVillain snaps]] and shows the Empire's forces the way to Candytopia in hopes of getting revenge and a cushy governorship.
* '''Exploited''': When the Empire invades, one of Candytopia's {{Harmless Villain}}s realizes Candytopia is doomed and cuts a deal with them.
* '''Defied''': Candytopia makes it clear to the Empire that they have an army and won't be worth the trouble of conquering.
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