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** The happy verses are to dissonant for the episode's mood.

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** The happy verses are to too dissonant for the episode's mood.mood.
** It [[RuleOfFunny irreverently]] reflects the length of the shorts that comprise the episode.

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* '''Justified:''' The song needs to be shortenee to fit the allotted episode airtime.

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* '''Justified:''' '''Justified:'''
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The song needs to be shortenee shortened to fit the allotted episode airtime.airtime.
** The happy verses are to dissonant for the episode's mood.
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Basic Trope: A show's ThemeTune is shortened when it plays before an episode or after its ColdOpen.

* '''Straight:''' ''The Tropeman Show'''s ThemeTune is normally about 45 seconds long. In some episodes, it is shortened to 20 seconds.
* '''Exaggerated:''' The song is 5 seconds long in every episode besides the [[PilotEpisode pilot]].
* '''Downplayed:''' The song is 35 seconds long in a few select episodes.
* '''Justified:''' The song needs to be shortenee to fit the allotted episode airtime.
* '''Inverted:''' The song is normally played in 20-second shortened form, but some episodes play the full song.

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