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->''This is at least the third time this mystery has appeared in Slylock Fox: it showed up in 2013, with exactly the same art albeit with different coloring, and had previously appeared in 2011, with different art but the same basic mystery and solution. My earlier commentary on those strips in both cases was predicated on the same scenario: that Shady Shrew had enslaved sapient silkworms and was forcing them to manufacture clothes from which he profited. But I must be mellowing in my old age, because my first thought today on reading the strip was "But wait! What if Shady has actually developed a new plant-based silk substitute, liberating his fellow animals from toil? Did you put that possibility into your ratiocination calculus, Slylock? Of course not, but Shady doesn't need your approval! Society will hail him as a hero, at least until the plants become sapient too."''

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->''This is at least the third time this mystery has appeared in Slylock Fox: it showed up in 2013, with exactly the same art albeit with different coloring, and had previously appeared in 2011, with different art but the same basic mystery and solution. My earlier commentary on those strips in both cases was predicated on the same scenario: that Shady Shrew had enslaved [[SlaveRace sapient silkworms silkworms]] and was forcing them to manufacture clothes from which he profited. But I must be mellowing in my old age, because my first thought today on reading the strip was "But wait! What if Shady has actually developed a new plant-based silk substitute, liberating his fellow animals from toil? Did you put that possibility into your ratiocination calculus, Slylock? Of course not, but Shady doesn't need your approval! [[VindicatedByHistory Society will hail him as a hero, hero]], at least until the plants [[PlantPeople plants]] become sapient too."''
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->''This is at least the third time this mystery has appeared in Slylock Fox: it showed up in 2013, with exactly the same art albeit with different coloring, and had previously appeared in 2011, with different art but the same basic mystery and solution. My earlier commentary on those strips in both cases was predicated on the same scenario: that Shady Shrew had enslaved sapient silkworms and was forcing them to manufacture clothes from which he profited. But I must be mellowing in my old age, because my first thought today on reading the strip was "But wait! What if Shady has actually developed a new plant-based silk substitute, liberating his fellow animals from toil? Did you put that possibility into your ratiocination calculus, Slylock? Of course not, but Shady doesn't need your approval! Society will hail him as a hero, at least until the plants become sapient too."''
-->-- ''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon'' [[https://joshreads.com/2022/01/step-out-of-the-shade-and-into-the-sun-of-glory/ HERE]] on ''ComicStrip/SlylockFox''
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->''"There's usually a {{Watsonian|VersusDoylist}} reason [[ItOnlyWorksOnce the same trick can never work more than once]], but the real reason is just that, well, the writer thinks that'd be boring. And most of the time, they're right. Jumping back to ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' real quick, there was a fairly early appearance of the SuperpoweredEvilSide that was very dramatic, where it popped up in the middle of a dramatic fight, and then Ichigo heroically fought it off and apologized for the interruption in possibly the funniest moment in the show, and then in a {{filler}} arc like, thirty episodes later the exact same thing happened beat-for-beat. It even starts with him [[BarehandedBladeBlock catching the bad guy's sword]] and then looking up all "Ohh, look, I'm evil now! Lookit my mask!" And the number of people who like ''Bleach'' and really liked that first moment, but felt it got really cheap because then it happened exactly the same again but worse, kinda demonstrates that this trope really does need to be mixed up on every use or it just end up getting tired."''
-->-- '''Red''', ''WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions'', "Trope Talk: Superpowered Evil Sides"
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Asskicking Leads To Leadership is the new name of the trope.


''Ichigo and his friends invade a land of extremely powerful [[{{Shinigami}} death gods]] who are all part of a [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority hierarchical organization]] to [[DamselInDistress rescue their female friend]] who has been imprisoned for semi-mysterious reasons. They immediately encounter [[GiantMook a large enemy]] who they [[CurbStompBattle defeat with an overwhelming display of force]], before [[PartyScattering being split up]] and fighting their own individual battles. Uryuu fights a MadScientist [[BadBoss who sacrifices his own minions]]. Chad is depicted as [[TheBigGuy one of the most powerful members of the group]] [[TheWorfEffect before being squashed by an even more powerful enemy to demonstrate the danger of the opposing force]]. One of Ichigo's allies is a cute side character who eventually transforms into a sexy, powerful fully-grown woman [[HighHeelFaceTurn who used to be part of the opposing force before switching sides]]. Former enemies of Ichigo [[VillainousRescue show up to help]] in the final stages of the battle, and Ichigo fights [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil first a low-ranking enemy]], then a wild middle-ranking enemy with a beastial fighting style, and finally in order to save the girl, a massively powerful [[TheStoic stoic and cold]] high-ranking member of the enemy force [[FinalBossPreview who previously defeated him]], and during this battle he loses control of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide his Hollow side]], goes berserk, before finally regaining control and saving the day, before [[TheChessmaster Aizen]] reveals that [[AllAccordingToPlan the kidnapping of the girl is only the small part of a much larger plan]].''\\

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''Ichigo and his friends invade a land of extremely powerful [[{{Shinigami}} death gods]] who are all part of a [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership hierarchical organization]] to [[DamselInDistress rescue their female friend]] who has been imprisoned for semi-mysterious reasons. They immediately encounter [[GiantMook a large enemy]] who they [[CurbStompBattle defeat with an overwhelming display of force]], before [[PartyScattering being split up]] and fighting their own individual battles. Uryuu fights a MadScientist [[BadBoss who sacrifices his own minions]]. Chad is depicted as [[TheBigGuy one of the most powerful members of the group]] [[TheWorfEffect before being squashed by an even more powerful enemy to demonstrate the danger of the opposing force]]. One of Ichigo's allies is a cute side character who eventually transforms into a sexy, powerful fully-grown woman [[HighHeelFaceTurn who used to be part of the opposing force before switching sides]]. Former enemies of Ichigo [[VillainousRescue show up to help]] in the final stages of the battle, and Ichigo fights [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil first a low-ranking enemy]], then a wild middle-ranking enemy with a beastial fighting style, and finally in order to save the girl, a massively powerful [[TheStoic stoic and cold]] high-ranking member of the enemy force [[FinalBossPreview who previously defeated him]], and during this battle he loses control of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide his Hollow side]], goes berserk, before finally regaining control and saving the day, before [[TheChessmaster Aizen]] reveals that [[AllAccordingToPlan the kidnapping of the girl is only the small part of a much larger plan]].''\\
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''Ichigo and his friends invade a land of extremely powerful [[{{Shinigami}} death gods]] who are all part of a [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority hierarchical organization]] to [[DamselInDistress rescue their female friend]] who has been imprisoned for semi-mysterious reasons. They immediately encounter [[GiantMook a large enemy]] who they [[CurbStompBattle defeat with an overwhelming display of force]], before [[PartyScattering being split up]] and fighting their own individual battles. Uryu fights a MadScientist [[BadBoss who sacrifices his own minions]]. Chad is depicted as [[TheBigGuy one of the most powerful members of the group]] [[TheWorfEffect before being squashed by an even more powerful enemy to demonstrate the danger of the opposing force]]. One of Ichigo's allies is a cute side character who eventually transforms into a sexy, powerful fully-grown woman [[HighHeelFaceTurn who used to be part of the opposing force before switching sides]]. Former enemies of Ichigo [[VillainousRescue show up to help]] in the final stages of the battle, and Ichigo fights [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil first a low-ranking enemy]], then a wild middle-ranking enemy with a beastial fighting style, and finally in order to save the girl, a massively powerful [[TheStoic stoic and cold]] high-ranking member of the enemy force [[FinalBossPreview who previously defeated him]], and during this battle he loses control of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide his Hollow side]], goes berserk, before finally regaining control and saving the day, before [[TheChessmaster Aizen]] reveals that [[AllAccordingToPlan the kidnapping of the girl is only the small part of a much larger plan]].''\\

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''Ichigo and his friends invade a land of extremely powerful [[{{Shinigami}} death gods]] who are all part of a [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority hierarchical organization]] to [[DamselInDistress rescue their female friend]] who has been imprisoned for semi-mysterious reasons. They immediately encounter [[GiantMook a large enemy]] who they [[CurbStompBattle defeat with an overwhelming display of force]], before [[PartyScattering being split up]] and fighting their own individual battles. Uryu Uryuu fights a MadScientist [[BadBoss who sacrifices his own minions]]. Chad is depicted as [[TheBigGuy one of the most powerful members of the group]] [[TheWorfEffect before being squashed by an even more powerful enemy to demonstrate the danger of the opposing force]]. One of Ichigo's allies is a cute side character who eventually transforms into a sexy, powerful fully-grown woman [[HighHeelFaceTurn who used to be part of the opposing force before switching sides]]. Former enemies of Ichigo [[VillainousRescue show up to help]] in the final stages of the battle, and Ichigo fights [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil first a low-ranking enemy]], then a wild middle-ranking enemy with a beastial fighting style, and finally in order to save the girl, a massively powerful [[TheStoic stoic and cold]] high-ranking member of the enemy force [[FinalBossPreview who previously defeated him]], and during this battle he loses control of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide his Hollow side]], goes berserk, before finally regaining control and saving the day, before [[TheChessmaster Aizen]] reveals that [[AllAccordingToPlan the kidnapping of the girl is only the small part of a much larger plan]].''\\
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->''But the much bigger problem with Hueco Mundo is it's kind of just Soul Society again, and I was a little general with this criticism last time around, so allow me to be more specific:''\\
''Ichigo and his friends invade a land of extremely powerful [[{{Shinigami}} death gods]] who are all part of a [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority hierarchical organization]] to [[DamselInDistress rescue their female friend]] who has been imprisoned for semi-mysterious reasons. They immediately encounter [[GiantMook a large enemy]] who they [[CurbStompBattle defeat with an overwhelming display of force]], before [[PartyScattering being split up]] and fighting their own individual battles. Uryu fights a MadScientist [[BadBoss who sacrifices his own minions]]. Chad is depicted as [[TheBigGuy one of the most powerful members of the group]] [[TheWorfEffect before being squashed by an even more powerful enemy to demonstrate the danger of the opposing force]]. One of Ichigo's allies is a cute side character who eventually transforms into a sexy, powerful fully-grown woman [[HighHeelFaceTurn who used to be part of the opposing force before switching sides]]. Former enemies of Ichigo [[VillainousRescue show up to help]] in the final stages of the battle, and Ichigo fights [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil first a low-ranking enemy]], then a wild middle-ranking enemy with a beastial fighting style, and finally in order to save the girl, a massively powerful [[TheStoic stoic and cold]] high-ranking member of the enemy force [[FinalBossPreview who previously defeated him]], and during this battle he loses control of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide his Hollow side]], goes berserk, before finally regaining control and saving the day, before [[TheChessmaster Aizen]] reveals that [[AllAccordingToPlan the kidnapping of the girl is only the small part of a much larger plan]].''\\
''This is not general structural repetition, these are the same story beats, and it's maybe the first indication that'' Manga/{{Bleach}} ''is struggling a little with its long-term direction.''
-->-- '''WebVideo/SuperEyepatchWolf''', ''[[https://youtu.be/LbBgrSUPUH0 "The Fall of Bleach: Four Years Later"]]''
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->''"The plot of [''VideoGame/IAmSetsuna''] is that the titular Setsuna has been nominated to sacrifice herself to calm down all the world's monsters or something and has to make the difficult journey to the sacrifice shop because it never occurred to anyone to put on a fucking bus service, and a party of adventurers assembles to protect her on the way. I'd like to take a moment to draw your attention to one of the user-defined tags that was attached to this game on Steam: "Story Rich." I take slight issue with it because you don't get "Story Rich" just from mugging ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' in an alleyway and nicking their wallet. ''Final Fantasy X'' itself is [[TakeThat only Story Rich in]] [[RidiculousExchangeRates Zimbabwean dollars]]. Thankfully ''I Am Setsuna'' only nicks the pilgrimage plot device and not the rest of ''Final Fantasy X'''s plot and the player character -- as far as I know -- isn't a ghost footballer from the future."''

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->''"The plot of [''VideoGame/IAmSetsuna''] ''[VideoGame/IAmSetsuna]'' is that the titular Setsuna has been nominated to sacrifice herself to calm down all the world's monsters or something and has to make the difficult journey to the sacrifice shop because it never occurred to anyone to put on a fucking bus service, and a party of adventurers assembles to protect her on the way. I'd like to take a moment to draw your attention to one of the user-defined tags that was attached to this game on Steam: "Story Rich." I take slight issue with it because you don't get "Story Rich" just from mugging ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' in an alleyway and nicking their wallet. ''Final Fantasy X'' itself is [[TakeThat only Story Rich in]] [[RidiculousExchangeRates Zimbabwean dollars]]. Thankfully ''I Am Setsuna'' only nicks the pilgrimage plot device and not the rest of ''Final Fantasy X'''s plot and the player character -- as far as I know -- isn't a ghost footballer from the future."''
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->'''Mooch:''' We did a version of yeshterday's strip a few times before, Earl.
->'''Earl:''' That's okay with me, Mooch. Dogs LOVE repetition!
->'''Mooch:''' We did a version of yeshterday's strip a few times before, Earl.
->''(Earl gives an AsideGlance)''
-->-- ''ComicStrip/{{Mutts}}''
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->''"Yes, it's that old moldy plot: [[NotSoForgottenBirthday someone thinks their friends are neglecting them, but it turns out they're planning a party for them.]] I saw this story done a thousand times in my preschool TV shows and Little Golden Books, and I was already sick of it by age seven."''
-->-- '''Website/PlatypusComix''', [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople/worstcomixever/pokemonstrip.html "Worst Comix Ever: Pokemon Comic Strip"]]
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->"So we start the movie with a bunch of unlikable jackasses looking to do nothing else but party and have sex. Oooops, that was Film/CabinFever again. On to Film/{{Hostel}}: [[DistinctionWithoutADifference So we start the movie with a bunch of unlikable jackass looking to do nothing else but party and have sex]]."

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->"So we start the movie with a bunch of unlikable jackasses looking to do nothing else but party and have sex. Oooops, that was Film/CabinFever ''Film/CabinFever'' again. On to Film/{{Hostel}}: ''Film/{{Hostel}}'': [[DistinctionWithoutADifference So we start the movie with a bunch of unlikable jackass looking to do nothing else but party and have sex]]."

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