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'''Basic Trope''': A trope (a common convention that you can expect to show up in certain works).
* '''Straight''': The trope is played out normally.
* '''Exaggerated''': The trope is played to a larger extent than normal.
* '''Downplayed''': The trope is played to a smaller extent than normal.
* '''Justified''': The trope has a logical InUniverse explanation.
* '''Inverted''': The trope, in particulars or in total, happens the other way around.
* '''Gender-Inverted''': A gender-specific trope is used on the opposite gender.
* '''Role-Inverted''': A role-specific trope is used on the opposite role.
* '''Subverted''': The trope is expected to be played straight, but isn't.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...until later, when it is.
* '''Parodied''': The trope is mocked, spoofed, or played straight to ridiculous levels for specific humour value. Sometimes, the trope is made into a VisualPun.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': The trope is simply "played with" in another way, or in several different ways.
* '''Averted''': The trope is not used, implied, or mentioned at all, and it may not be possible in any present situation.
* '''Enforced''': Something in RealLife that causes ExecutiveMeddling or the authors to use the trope.
* '''Lampshaded''': A GenreSavvy character calls attention to the trope as it's occurring or after it occurs, then carries on.
* '''Invoked''': A GenreSavvy character sets up a situation where the trope can occur.
* '''Exploited''': A GenreSavvy character takes advantage of a trope, or the fact that the trope will occur, possibly but not necessarily Invoking it in the process.
* '''Defied''': A GenreSavvy character tries to prevent a trope from happening.
* '''Discussed''': GenreSavvy characters talk about the trope in a situation where it is likely to occur.
* '''Conversed''': GenreSavvy characters talk about the trope in a ShowWithinAShow.
* '''Implied''': The trope isn't shown, but dialogue or scene setting hints to the audience that it happened or is happening off-screen.
* '''Deconstructed''': The trope is played in a way that shows logical or moral problems with the trope as normally played.
* '''Reconstructed''': The trope is played straight, but with the problems raised by the {{deconstruction}} dealt with or addressed.
* '''Played for Laughs''': The trope is played straight in a comedic way.
* '''Played for Drama''': The trope is played in a melodramatic or serious way.
* '''Played for Horror''': The trope is played in a way that scares the audience.
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'''Basic Trope''': Overly genericizing a description, line of dialogue, or thing's name to the point of resembling a blank template.

* '''Parodied''': The name of the town is "Just input 'Town's Name'. I'll edit it later."
* '''Zig-Zagged''': One resident reveals that the sign is outdated since they changed the name. The new name is ... "City's Name".

** ExecutiveMeddling comes in from people who genuinely believe that their target demographic is dumb enough to the point where they won't realize the sign hanging over the entrance to the town is supposed to be the name of the town unless they use it to explain itself.
** ''Town's name'' is a fallback, in case the town name index is out of bounds, seeing it during gameplay means you've entered a [[MinusWorld Minus Town]].

* '''Exploited''': Alice goes to Town's Name to hide from a CorruptBureaucrat chasing after her, as he wouldn't think of taking the name written on the forms he forces people who know where she's gone to to fill out literally, creating a WhosOnFirst situation.
* '''Defied''': Bob suggests naming the new town "Town's Name" but is voted down by his fellow councillors in committee and/or the people in a plebiscite.

'''Betty''': That's got to be just about the StupidestThingIveEverHeard.

** After the meeting on what to name the town, the mayor walks out of the chambers. Somebody asks her as a joke if they decided to call it "Town's Name", setting up CringeComedy as she tries to deny it.

* '''Played for Drama''': Cut to the mayor of Town's Name crying in his office due to his lack of creativity.
* '''Played for Horror''': Anyone who reads the sign is magically controlled into submission.

* '''Inverted''': The trope happens the other way around.

* '''Parodied''': The trope is mocked, spoofed, or played straight to ridiculous levels for specific humour value.
** In some cases, the trope is made into a VisualPun.

* '''Averted''': The trope is not used, implied, or mentioned at all, and it may not be possible in any of the present situations.
* '''Enforced''': Something in RealLife that causes ExecutiveMeddling and/or the authors to use the trope.
* '''Lampshaded''': A GenreSavvy character calls attention to the trope as it's occurring or after it has occurred, then carries on.

* '''Deconstructed''': The trope is played in a way that shows logical and/or moral problems with the trope as normally played.

* '''Played for Horror''': The trope is played in a horrifying way.

** The sign is a sample from the sign-factory just outside of town for customers to decide if the font used is the right one.

** The MeddlingExecutives genuinely believe that their target demographic is dumb enough to the point where they won't realize the sign hanging over the entrance to the town is supposed to be the name of the town unless they use it to explain itself.

* '''Discussed''': "We're going to Town's Name." "That can't be its real name." "Believe it or not, it is." "That's got to be just about the StupidestThingIveEverHeard."

%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

** In some cases; the trope is made into a VisualPun.

* '''Averted''': The trope is not used, implied, or mentioned at all, and there may or may not be a situation where it would be possible.

* '''Exploited''': A GenreSavvy character takes advantage of a trope, or the fact that the trope will occur, possibly -- but not necessarily -- Invoking it in the process.

* '''Discussed''': GenreSavvy characters talk about the trope in a situation where it is likely to happen.

* '''Implied''': The trope isn't shown, but the audience is indirectly led to believe that it happened off-screen.
* '''Deconstructed''': The trope is played in a way that shows various logical and moral problems with the trope as normally played.

* '''Enforced''': The MeddlingExecutives genuinely believe that their target demographic is dumb enough to the point where they won't realize the sign hanging over the entrance to the town is supposed to be the name of the town unless they use it to explain itself.

* '''Exploited''': Alice goes to Town's Name to hide from a CorruptBureaucrat chasing after her, as he wouldn't think of taking the name written on the forms he forces people who know where she's gone to to fill out literally.

* '''Zig-Zagged''': The trope is simply "played with" in another way.

* '''Subverted''': The sign that appears to say "Town's Name" is covered in vegetation. When brushed aside, the sign reads: "This town's name is..."

* '''Averted''': "Welcome to Tropesburg, where [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife your life being ruined]] is the least of your worries!"

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'''Basic Trope''': [A one-sentence summary of the trope... stolen from LaconicWiki]
* '''Straight''': Example of the trope using bizarre names on the basis that AliceAndBob is too boring.
** Unnecessary additional straight example that's pretty much just a rewording of the above. Failure to fix the indentation after adding another example.
** Example using two names that are almost identical, which makes it impossible to keep track of who is who. (The indentation is still not fixed.)
** Example using AliceAndBob for the umpteenth time, grating on the nerves of the long-time Playing With Wiki users who are sick of seeing them everywhere.
** Example using AliceAndBob even though such mundane names sound silly or don't make sense in context.
** Example using names like [[TheHero Alice]], [[TheLancer Bob]], [[BigBad Charlotte]], [[TheDragon Daniel]] and [[PluckyComicRelief Elise]], even though it could benefit from {{Meaningful Name}}s.
** Example of a {{Morality Trope|s}} using Hiro and Emperor Evulz as characters.
** Example introducing half a dozen characters who won't serve any purpose in the rest of this page.
** The trope being Inverted, but only a certain aspect of it that nobody pays attention to.
** Example using {{Funny Animal}}s, always linking to the same four or five animal-related tropes.
** Example from a fictional work with "Trope" in its title.
** [[JustForFun/WorkName Example that happens to resemble an example from a real work, so someone decided to pothole the whole thing to that work.]]
** Actual example from a real work, because Administrivia/ThisTroper thought they were being clever, or just wanted to EntryPimp the page.
** Random example that has nothing to do with the trope or anything else on the page. It's only here because whoever created the Playing With page copied and pasted another Playing With page instead of just using the template, and then forgot to replace (or at least remove) this example.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** An instruction to See Parodied, even though the point of this page is to point out the differences between them, and that [[Administrivia/ZeroContextExample examples should never point to other examples]].
** The trope played to at least two orders of magnitude more than you will ever see.
* '''UpToEleven''': An attempt to transform a trope using a different trope, complete with a pothole to said different trope.
* '''SerialEscalation''': Even more extreme version of the UpToEleven example.
* '''BeyondTheImpossible''': Attempt to push the SerialEscalation even further than the above by misusing BeyondTheImpossible (or using its old definition, which is redundant since that definition now belongs to SerialEscalation).
* '''Downplayed''':
** The trope played perfectly straight, but with the addition of words like "a bit" and "slightly".
** The trope being Zig-Zagged.
* '''Justified''': An excuse for why the trope makes sense in the works of This Troper's favorite author.
** Another justification, improperly indented.
*** Another justification (indentation starts getting worse) which amounts to saying that it's OK because the whole thing is a work of fiction anyway.
** The second justification in different words.
** [[EnforcedTrope The trope happening because out-of-universe circumstances made it hard or impossible to avoid using the trope.]]
** An example of the trope being {{Hand Wave}}d with a VoodooShark.
** An example of the trope, with a reason why it's not bad, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools because normally tropes are bad, except when they're "justified", which means they're good]].
** Wacky, over-the-top and probably superfluous "justification" That Troper made up out of whole cloth and added just because she was bored.
** Yet another justification That Troper added because it's exactly what happens in his favourite work and dammit, no-one's thought to add it yet!
** Note that the trope cannot be Justified because it's actually out-of-universe Trivia... meaning the [=PlayingWith=] page ought to be cut.
** A straight example with a completely different premise, because the trope is obvious enough that it's always considered justified.
* '''Inverted''':
** The trope played perfectly straight but with a GenderFlip, even though the trope has nothing to do with gender.
** The trope being Averted.
** Trope being played straight for everyone ''except'' AliceAndBob.
** A terrible {{pun}} of what would literally be the opposite of the trope's name, potholed to DeadpanSnarker.
** An inversion of the straight example, even if the trope itself is still played straight.
** [[JustForFun/NextTrope Link to Another Trope, Which Presumably Is the Opposite of [Trope Name], But with No Elaboration, Who Knows?]]
* '''Gender-Inverted''':
** Literally just the straight example with names and pronouns swapped.
** A gender inversion of a trope that has nothing to do with gender.
* '''Subverted''':
** Something that is Administrivia/NotASubversion...
** An additional example with no Double Subverted counterpart, thus breaking up the paired ellipses.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** ...and leads to the trope being played perfectly straight.
** The trope is Subverted. However, a detail not mentioned in the Subverted example means it's not actually Subverted.
* '''Parodied''': An instruction to See Exaggerated.
** The trope being PlayedForLaughs.
** The trope being played straight, but with some degree of PokeThePoodle thrown in.
** The trope being Lampshaded, but less subtly than normal.
** The trope being Inverted in a humorous way.
** Claim that the trope cannot be parodied because it is already (supposedly) a parody of another trope. Clearly, a parody of a parody is not permissible and would cause the universe to collapse on itself.
** This trope is really, ''really'' exaggerated, but none of the characters notices.
** This trope is really, ''really'' downplayed, but the characters act like it's exaggerated.
** [[ConversationalTroping This trope is in a show some characters are watching, and they make fun of it.]]
** Statement that the work this trope appears in is being satirical. No specifics on the example itself.
* '''Zig Zagged''' (or '''Zig-Zagged''', or '''Zigzagged''', or even '''[=ZigZagged=]'''. Who cares?):
** A confusing mess that would justify any professional writer being taken out and shot.
** The work sometimes plays the trope straight, and other times it does not.
** Several played with versions of this trope, copy-pasted from other parts of this page.
** ...a direct continuation of the Double Subverted example that subverts it again.
** It is difficult to tell whether or not this trope is being subverted.
** The trope being Downplayed.
** The trope being Double Subverted, [[InsaneTrollLogic except it's not split into two examples, so it's Zig-Zagged.]]
* '''Averted''':
** Metaphysical proposal of a universe in which the trope's existence would be logically impossible.
** The trope being Inverted.
** The trope being avoided in a work that has no reason to use it in the first place.
** The setup for the Straight example being removed.
* '''Enforced''': The trope being played perfectly straight, but with emphasis on the fact that the writers knew they were doing it.
** The trope being Invoked.
** The trope played straight, but with the writers depicted as {{Single Issue Wonk}}s who feel the need to complain about something.
** An executive telling the writers to play this trope straight in order to connect with their target audience.
** An instruction to See Justified, meaning someone managed to mess up the definition of at least one of the transformations.
* '''Lampshaded''':
** "A description of the trope being played perfectly straight, but in quotation marks!"
** "Gee, Bob, you just showcased this trope!"
* '''Invoked''':
** The trope being Discussed.
** The trope being Exploited.
** [[AWizardDidIt A wizard casts a spell that causes the trope to happen.]] No explanation is given as to why the wizard would need to cast such a spell.
* '''Exploited''': The trope being Invoked.
* '''Defied''':
** The trope being Subverted.
** The trope being Averted.
** The trope being effectively impossible.
** "You know TropeName? I don't like TropeName."
** "Angry quote with ''lots'' of '''[[EmphasizeEverything emphasis]]''' and '''[[ObligatorySwearing awkwardly-placed fucking swearing]]''' denouncing this ''trope'' and '''a god-damn character who ''tries'' to Invoke it''', written by ''someone who's '''probably''' taking this '''[[LargeHam too fucking seriously!!!]]'''''"
* '''Discussed''':
** "The trope actually being Conversed!"
** "The trope actually being Lampshaded!"
** "Lol, the trope is dumb and unrealistic!"
* '''Conversed''':
** "More of the same, proving that This Troper thinks all three are the exact same thing!"
** A direct reply to the discussed example above.
** "Lol, the trope in this show we're watching is dumb and unrealistic!"
** A fictional CausticCritic complaining about the trope.
* '''Implied''': The trope explicitly not happening, but [[SingleIssueWonk someone with a chip on their shoulder]] wants to complain about it anyway.
* '''Deconstructed''':
** The trope played perfectly straight, but with several horrible twists that put the characters through hell and give unwanted insight into the darkest recesses of This Troper's psyche.
** Some mildly bad thing happens because of the trope.
** The audience reacting negatively to this trope.
** The trope being played straight in This Troper's favourite [[DarkerAndEdgier dark and edgy]] work.
** The trope being Defied by a KnightOfCerebus.
** The trope causing a character who demonstrates it to have a horrible social life.
** The trope being Subverted, Averted, Inverted or otherwise Administrivia/NotADeconstruction.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** The trope played perfectly straight, but with lashings of TastesLikeDiabetes and/or {{Glurge}}.
** The audience decided they like the trope after all.
** As Deconstructed, but in the end [[DeusExMachina Everything Turns Out Just Fine]] -- even if the deconstructed trope isn't reinforced.
** A "reconstruction" of an aversion, inversion or subversion.
* '''Untwisted''':
** The trope being Double Subverted.
** The trope being Zig-Zagged. ([[BrickJoke Though, as defined above, those mean the same thing.]])
* '''Plotted a Good Waste''':
** A bunch of ???s because nobody knows what to do with this category.
** A random transformation because no one really knows what this means.
** The trope is done on purpose by the creators, even though the trope is ''normally'' done intentionally.
** A [=%%=] at the start because the Playing With page was created before this category was removed from the Playing With template in 2015,[[note]]Or someone copied and pasted an old Playing With page with that problem.[[/note]] and no one bothered to delete the whole line.
* '''Played for Laughs''': An instruction to See Parodied.
** The trope being mocked by This Troper's favourite comedian.
** Claim that this trope cannot be played for laughs, because it is already comedic.
* '''Played for Drama''':
** An instruction to See Deconstructed, despite the fact that they're entirely different things.[[note]]A deconstruction can also result in horror or even laughs, the latter of which is not necessarily the same as parodied.[[/note]]
** The character(s) is[=/=]are DrivenToSuicide.[[note]]... And, that's it! Instant drama born from the minimal amount of writing and thought effort.[[/note]] Bonus points if it was triggered by something relatively mundane/not-worthy, therefore coming up as extremely jarring or even [[BlackComedy darkly]] [[ComicalOverreacting humorous]].
** Claim that this trope cannot be played for drama, because it is already dramatic.
* '''Played for Horror''':
** A [=%%=] at the start because nobody cares about this category.[[note]]Just kidding. Most of the time it's not even here.[[/note]]
** The character(s) is[=/=]are driven to murder someone over the trope.[[note]]... And, that's it! Instant horror born from the minimal amount of writing and thought effort.[[/note]] Bonus points if it was triggered by something relatively mundane[=/=]not-worthy, therefore coming up as extremely jarring or even [[BlackComedy darkly]] [[ComicalOverreacting humorous]].
** Claim that this trope cannot be played for horror, because it is already scary.
* '''[[{{VideoGame/Eversion}} Everted]]''': No one knows what this means, but someone thought it'd be clever to add it.
* '''Obscure transformation that This Troper probably made up''': Example that couldn't be shoehorned into any of the above.
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** An instruction to See Parodied, even though the point of this page is to point out the differences between them.

* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone talks like an unfilled Mad-Libs.

* '''Zig Zagged''': One resident reveals that the sign is outdated since they changed the name. The new name is... "City's Name".
* '''Averted''': "Welcome to Tropesburg, where [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife your life being ruined]] is the least of your worries!"

* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???

* '''Played For Laughs''': The sign is praised as the most complex and interesting town sign in the universe.
* '''Played For Drama''': Cut to the Mayor crying in his office due to his lack of creativity.
* '''Played For Horror''': Anyone who reads the sign is magically controlled into submission.

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* '''Straight''': The trope, played out normally.
* '''Exaggerated''': The trope, taken UpToEleven.
* '''Downplayed''': The trope, played to a smaller extent than normal.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...until shortly thereafter, when it suddenly is.

* '''Zig Zagged''': The trope is simply "played with" in another way.

* '''Lampshaded''': A GenreSavvy character calls attention to the trope as it's occurring, then carries on.

* '''Deconstructed''': The trope is played in such a way to show various logical and moral problems with the trope as normally played.
* '''Reconstructed''': The trope is played straight, but with the problems brought up by the {{deconstruction}} dealt with or addressed.
* '''Played For Laughs''': The trope is played straight in a comedic way.
* '''Played For Drama''': The trope is played in a melodramatic or serious way.
* '''Played For Horror''': The trope is played in a horrifying way.

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'''Basic Trope''': [A one sentence summary of the trope... stolen from LaconicWiki]

** [[EnforcedTrope The trope happening because out-of-universe circumstances made it hard or impossible to avoid using the trope]].

** Wacky, over-the-top and probably superfluous "justification" That Troper made up out of whole cloth and added just because they were bored.
** Yet another justification That Troper added because it's exactly what happens in his favourite work and dammit, no-one's thought to add it yet!

** A [[{{Pun}} terrible pun]] of what would literally be the opposite of the trope's name, potholed to DeadpanSnarker.

** [[JustForFun/NextTrope Link To Another Trope, Which Presumably Is The Opposite Of [Trope Name], But With No Elaboration, Who Knows?]]
* '''Gender Inverted''':

** This trope is really, ''really'' exaggerated, but none of the characters notice.

** Several played with versions of this trope, copy pasted from other parts of this page.

** [[AWizardDidIt A wizard casts a spell that causes the trope to happen]]. No explanation is given as to why the wizard would need to cast such a spell.

** The trope being played straight in This Troper's favourite dark and edgy work.

** As Deconstructed, but in the end [[DeusExMachina Everything Turns Out Just Fine]] - even if the deconstructed trope isn't reinforced.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''':

** A [=%%=] at the start because the Playing With page was created before this category was removed from the Playing With template in 2015[[note]]or someone copied and pasted an old Playing With page with that problem[[/note]], and no one bothered to delete the whole line.
* '''Played For Laughs''': An instruction to See Parodied.

* '''Played For Drama''':

** The character(s) is[=/=]are DrivenToSuicide.[[note]]... And, that's it! Instant drama born from the minimal amount of writing and thought effort.[[/note]] Bonus points if it was triggered by something relatively mundane[=/=]not-worthy, therefore coming up as extremely jarring or even [[BlackComedy darkly]] [[ComicalOverreacting humorous]].

* '''Played For Horror''':
** A [=%%=] at the start because nobody cares about this category. [[note]]Just kidding. Most of the time it's not even here.[[/note]]

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** An instruction to See Deconstructed, despite the fact that they're entirely different things.

* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Conversed''': ???

%%* '''Deconstructed''':