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* AGuideToEasyLaunchingOfYourYKTTW

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* AGuideToEasyLaunchingOfYourYKTTWAdministrivia/AGuideToEasyLaunchingOfYourTLP (Originally, AGuideToEasyLaunchingOfYourYKTTW)



* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin (Inspired, IIRC, by SnakesOnAPlane's strong draw of being such)
* WrongGenreSavvy (Particularly inspired by a combination of a scene in TalesOfMU and a character in Discworld/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents)

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin (Inspired, IIRC, by SnakesOnAPlane's Film/SnakesOnAPlane's strong draw of being such)
* WrongGenreSavvy (Particularly inspired by a combination of a scene in TalesOfMU Literature/TalesOfMU and a character in Discworld/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents)



* TropeCodifier (Inspired by the fact that people were complaining that DungeonsAndDragons didn't qualify for the title of TropeMaker for the StandardFantasySetting, and yet it occupied a position equivalent to a a TropeMaker in the history of said meta-setting.)

Proud enough to take credit for having started (both YKTTW and launched), but not proud enough to feature in the list above, listed in random order:
* WhatNowEnding (Inspired by Buffy and TheShield both having a bunch of these no-cliffhanger cliffhangers)

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* TropeCodifier (Inspired by the fact that people were complaining that DungeonsAndDragons TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons didn't qualify for the title of TropeMaker for the StandardFantasySetting, and yet it occupied a position equivalent to a a TropeMaker in the history of said meta-setting.)

Proud enough to take credit for having started (both YKTTW and launched), but not proud enough to feature in the list above, listed in random order:
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* WhatNowEnding (Inspired by Buffy and TheShield The Shield both having a bunch of these no-cliffhanger cliffhangers)



* JohnMunch (As the trope says, it's his appearance in the French version of LawAndOrderCriminalIntent that tipped him over into a trope of his own.)

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* JohnMunch JustForFun/JohnMunch (As the trope says, it's his appearance in the French version of LawAndOrderCriminalIntent that tipped him over into a trope of his own.)



* ShouldWeHaveThis (I asked this frequently in my YKTTWs.)

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* ShouldWeHaveThis Administrivia/ShouldWeHaveThis (I asked this frequently in my YKTTWs.)



* CausticCritic (As the original YKTTW states, the inspiration for this one was ZeroPunctuation, which clearly had a parent genre of some kind.)

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* CausticCritic (As the original YKTTW states, the inspiration for this one was ZeroPunctuation, WebVideo/ZeroPunctuation, which clearly had a parent genre of some kind.)



* ConspiracyKitchenSink (Inspired by Illuminatis and DeusEx.)
* VideoGameDifficultyTropes (A spin-off of ClassicVideoGameScrewYous, when I realized that there wasn't an Index for difficulty.
* RegeneratingShieldsStaticHealth (I played AlphaProtocol and Borderlands relatively soon after one another, and realized we didn't have an article on this surprisingly common Health system.)
* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack (And yes, the name is a MichaelJackson reference.)

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* ConspiracyKitchenSink (Inspired by Illuminatis and DeusEx.Deus Ex.)
* VideoGameDifficultyTropes (A spin-off of ClassicVideoGameScrewYous, when I realized that there wasn't an Index for difficulty.
* RegeneratingShieldsStaticHealth (I played AlphaProtocol and Borderlands relatively soon after one another, and realized we didn't have an article on this surprisingly common Health system.
difficulty.)
* RegeneratingShieldsStaticHealth (I played Alpha Protocol and Borderlands relatively soon after one another, and realized we didn't have an article on this surprisingly common Health system.)
* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack (And yes, the name is a MichaelJackson Music/MichaelJackson reference.)



* EntertaininglyWrong (Inspired by a fanfic, Inviolate, where LexLuthor concludes that Bruce Wayne is ''backing'' Batman, but also assumes that Batman is Matches Malone)

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* EntertaininglyWrong (Inspired by a fanfic, Inviolate, where LexLuthor Lex Luthor concludes that Bruce Wayne is ''backing'' Batman, but also assumes that Batman is Matches Malone)



* GrapplingWithGrapplingRules (Inspired by DarthsAndDroids coverage of the topic.)

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* GrapplingWithGrapplingRules (Inspired by DarthsAndDroids WebComic/DarthsAndDroids coverage of the topic.)



* TheStationsOfTheCanon (Inspired, as the description implies, by reading a lot of HarryPotter fanfiction. I ''think'' this one was particularly inspired by HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality and a fic called "School Spirit", both of which had very unusual Sorting Hat Scenes, and made me realize that there was a very particular formula to "different Harry Potter" fics.)

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* TheStationsOfTheCanon (Inspired, as the description implies, by reading a lot of HarryPotter fanfiction. I ''think'' this one was particularly inspired by HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality and a fic called "School Spirit", both of which had very unusual Sorting Hat Scenes, and made me realize that there was a very particular formula to "different Harry Potter" fics.)



* NonMaliciousMonster (Inspired by KingKong.)

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* NonMaliciousMonster (Inspired by KingKong.Film/KingKong.)



* TropeEnjoymentLoophole (Inspired by the realization that AsGoodAsItGets was a case of WhyDoYouHateTheDog, but that it avoids the usual pitfalls of that particularly FridgeHorror heavy trope.)
* ReimaginingTheArtifact (Not gonna lie: Inspired by the BattlestarGalactica reboot, mixed with KryptoTheSuperdog.)

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* TropeEnjoymentLoophole (Inspired by the realization that AsGoodAsItGets Film/AsGoodAsItGets was a case of WhyDoYouHateTheDog, but that it avoids the usual pitfalls of that particularly FridgeHorror heavy trope.)
* ReimaginingTheArtifact (Not gonna lie: Inspired by the BattlestarGalactica Series/BattlestarGalactica reboot, mixed with KryptoTheSuperdog.)



* YouKeepUsingThatWord

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* [[SoYouWantTo/MakeAJokeAboutTheSoYouWantToNamespace So You Want To/Make A Joke About The So You Want To Namespace]]



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* TwoDunIt
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* ObviousCrossoverMethod

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* InsaneTrollLogic (Originally intended to act as a release valve for YouFailLogicForever, which was preposterously large at the time.)

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* InsaneTrollLogic (Originally intended to act as a release valve for YouFailLogicForever, YouFailLogicForever (Back when it was You Fail Logic Forever), which was preposterously large at the time.)

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* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack

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* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBackTheManInTheMirrorTalksBack (And yes, the name is a MichaelJackson reference.)

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* WhatNowEnding (Buffy and TheShield both had a bunch of these no-cliffhanger cliffhangers)

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* WhatNowEnding (Buffy (Inspired by Buffy and TheShield both had having a bunch of these no-cliffhanger cliffhangers)

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* ClassicVideoGameScrewYous

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* ClassicVideoGameScrewYousClassicVideoGameScrewYous (Inspired by the realization that IWannaBeTheGuy was merely a listing of such developer dick moves.)



* ReimaginingTheArtifact (Not gonna lie: Inspired by the BattlestarGalactica reboot, mixed with the New52 and KryptoTheSuperdog.)

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* ReimaginingTheArtifact (Not gonna lie: Inspired by the BattlestarGalactica reboot, mixed with the New52 and KryptoTheSuperdog.)

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* WhatNowEnding

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* WhatNowEndingWhatNowEnding (Buffy and TheShield both had a bunch of these no-cliffhanger cliffhangers)



* DiscussedTrope

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* DiscussedTropeDiscussedTrope (From what I recall, this was CSI's fault; in particular, their treatment of Arsenic in one episode.)



* VideoGameDifficultyTropes

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* VideoGameDifficultyTropesVideoGameDifficultyTropes (A spin-off of ClassicVideoGameScrewYous, when I realized that there wasn't an Index for difficulty.



* MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext

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* MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContextMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext (The name came first for this one.)



* ZigZaggingTrope

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* ZigZaggingTropeZigZaggingTrope (Inspired by an example in AssholeVictim that was both inverted and played straight.)



* EpicRiff

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* EpicRiffEpicRiff (I noticed we were missing this. I take no responsibility for the sheer awfulness that the example section became, although in retrospect, a preemptive ExampleSectionectomy would not have been amiss.)



* AdventureFriendlyWorld

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* AdventureFriendlyWorldAdventureFriendlyWorld (Inspired by the realization that {{Warhammer}} is the way it is because of such considerations.)



* TropeEnjoymentLoophole
* ReimaginingTheArtifact

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* TropeEnjoymentLoophole
TropeEnjoymentLoophole (Inspired by the realization that AsGoodAsItGets was a case of WhyDoYouHateTheDog, but that it avoids the usual pitfalls of that particularly FridgeHorror heavy trope.)
* ReimaginingTheArtifactReimaginingTheArtifact (Not gonna lie: Inspired by the BattlestarGalactica reboot, mixed with the New52 and KryptoTheSuperdog.)

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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces (Inspired by the ElderScrolls)

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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces (Inspired by the ElderScrolls)ElderScrolls and WarlordsBattlecry series.)

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* PlayingWithWiki, along with the basic template thereof.

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* PlayingWithWiki, along with the basic template thereof. (I figured that the old forum game was actually a better use of Wiki resources then HaikuWiki, after seeing HaikuWiki.)



* TropeCodifier (Inspired by the fact that people were complaining that DungeonsAndDragons didn't qualify for the title of TropeMaker for the StandardFantasySetting, and yet it occupied a position equivalent to a a TropeMaker in the history of said setting.)

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* TropeCodifier (Inspired by the fact that people were complaining that DungeonsAndDragons didn't qualify for the title of TropeMaker for the StandardFantasySetting, and yet it occupied a position equivalent to a a TropeMaker in the history of said setting.meta-setting.)



* CausticCritic (As the original YKTTW went, the inspiration for this one was ZeroPunctuation, which clearly had a parent genre of some kind.)

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* CausticCritic (As the original YKTTW went, states, the inspiration for this one was ZeroPunctuation, which clearly had a parent genre of some kind.)

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More inspirations.


* CanonicalListOfSubtleTropeDistinctions

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* CanonicalListOfSubtleTropeDistinctionsCanonicalListOfSubtleTropeDistinctions (I didn't know what the difference between some tropes were, and wanted an article to explain such.)



* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTinExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin (Inspired, IIRC, by SnakesOnAPlane's strong draw of being such)



* UniversalAdaptorCast (Originally, CommediaDellArteTroupe) (Inspired by some of the more bizarre variations in Ramna 1/2 fanfic I've seen)

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* UniversalAdaptorCast (Originally, CommediaDellArteTroupe) (Inspired by some of the more bizarre variations in Ramna 1/2 AU fanfic I've seen)



* SympatheticMurderer

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* SympatheticMurdererSympatheticMurderer (an obvious corollary to AssholeVictim)



* UnreliableExpositor

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* UnreliableExpositorUnreliableExpositor (Inspired in particular by the fact that the BatmanBeyond example wasn't covered by UnreliableNarrator.)



* TheStationsOfTheCanon

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* TheStationsOfTheCanonTheStationsOfTheCanon (Inspired, as the description implies, by reading a lot of HarryPotter fanfiction. I ''think'' this one was particularly inspired by HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality and a fic called "School Spirit", both of which had very unusual Sorting Hat Scenes, and made me realize that there was a very particular formula to "different Harry Potter" fics.)



* NonMaliciousMonster

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* NonMaliciousMonsterNonMaliciousMonster (Inspired by KingKong.)



* ThatOneRule

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* ThatOneRuleThatOneRule (Inspired by realizing that GrapplingWithTheGrapplingRules lacked a parent trope.)



* TheWarOnStraw

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* TheWarOnStrawTheWarOnStraw (I noticed that we had a lot of tropes about Strawmen. The name is not mine.)



* WritersSuck

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* WritersSuckWritersSuck (Inspired in particular by the CSI episode mentioned in the trope.)



* VampireDetectiveSeries
* OlderThanTheNES
* TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste

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* VampireDetectiveSeries
VampireDetectiveSeries (The trope was inspired by the realization that the then running show New Amsterdam qualified as such)
* OlderThanTheNES
OlderThanTheNES (I noticed we lacked an OldestOnesInTheBook index for video games, and sought to correct that.)
* TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste
IntendedAudienceReaction (originally, TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste)

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* ListOfShowsThatNeedSummary

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* ListOfShowsThatNeedSummaryListOfShowsThatNeedSummary (Inspired by the fact that I suck at writing summaries of fiction, and wanted an article for TabletopGame/InNomine and Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia (the latter because I wanted to know if it was worth seeing.))



* WrongGenreSavvy

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* WrongGenreSavvyWrongGenreSavvy (Particularly inspired by a combination of a scene in TalesOfMU and a character in Discworld/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents)



* TropeCodifier

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* TropeCodifier
TropeCodifier (Inspired by the fact that people were complaining that DungeonsAndDragons didn't qualify for the title of TropeMaker for the StandardFantasySetting, and yet it occupied a position equivalent to a a TropeMaker in the history of said setting.)



* CommediaDellArteTroupe

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* CommediaDellArteTroupeUniversalAdaptorCast (Originally, CommediaDellArteTroupe) (Inspired by some of the more bizarre variations in Ramna 1/2 fanfic I've seen)



* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces
* JohnMunch
* TheStrawmanStrikesBack
* ShouldWeHaveThis

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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces
LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces (Inspired by the ElderScrolls)
* JohnMunch
JohnMunch (As the trope says, it's his appearance in the French version of LawAndOrderCriminalIntent that tipped him over into a trope of his own.)
* TheStrawmanStrikesBack
StrawmanHasAPoint (Originally, TheStrawmanStrikesBack)
* ShouldWeHaveThisShouldWeHaveThis (I asked this frequently in my YKTTWs.)



* TheStrawmanStrikesBack



* CausticCritic
* StandardFantasySetting

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* CausticCritic
CausticCritic (As the original YKTTW went, the inspiration for this one was ZeroPunctuation, which clearly had a parent genre of some kind.)
* StandardFantasySettingStandardFantasySetting (Originally, ISOStandardFantasySetting)



* ConspiracyKitchenSink

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* ConspiracyKitchenSinkConspiracyKitchenSink (Inspired by Illuminatis and DeusEx.)



* RegeneratingShieldsStaticHealth

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* RegeneratingShieldsStaticHealthRegeneratingShieldsStaticHealth (I played AlphaProtocol and Borderlands relatively soon after one another, and realized we didn't have an article on this surprisingly common Health system.)



* ExampleSectionectomy

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* ExampleSectionectomyExampleSectionectomy (I had launched PetPeeveTrope, and noticed several other tropes that had "No Examples, Please")



* EntertaininglyWrong

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* EntertaininglyWrongEntertaininglyWrong (Inspired by a fanfic, Inviolate, where LexLuthor concludes that Bruce Wayne is ''backing'' Batman, but also assumes that Batman is Matches Malone)



* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor
* SlidingScaleOfVillainEffectiveness

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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor
HeelFaceRevolvingDoor (Inspired by Magneto.)
* SlidingScaleOfVillainEffectivenessSlidingScaleOfVillainEffectiveness (In launching SlidingScaleOfAntagonistVileness, I noticed a gap in our sliding scales.)



* AudienceReactions (originally, AudienceReactionTropes)
* InsaneTrollLogic

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* AudienceReactions (originally, AudienceReactionTropes)
AudienceReactionTropes) (I noticed that there were tropes that weren't quite objective, and weren't quite subjective)
* InsaneTrollLogicInsaneTrollLogic (Originally intended to act as a release valve for YouFailLogicForever, which was preposterously large at the time.)



* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu

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* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhuDidYouJustRomanceCthulhu (I noticed that "Did You Just Suck Off Cthulhu" in TropesThatWillNeverHappen had enough examples that it could be a trope on its own, so I YKTTWed it.)



* GrapplingWithGrapplingRules

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* GrapplingWithGrapplingRulesGrapplingWithGrapplingRules (Inspired by DarthsAndDroids coverage of the topic.)
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* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu
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* ReimaginingTheArtifact
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* RegeneratingShieldsStaticHealth
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* TropeGrid
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* CoolButStupid


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* TropeEnjoymentLoophole
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* EntertaininglyWrong



* StockMonsterSymbolism




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* WhatMeasureIsAnObjective

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* WhatMeasureIsAnObjectiveVideogameObjectives (Originally, WhatMeasureIsAnObjective)



* AudienceReactionTropes

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* AudienceReactionTropesAudienceReactions (originally, AudienceReactionTropes)
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* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack
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* LessDisturbingInContext
* MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext


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