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1	Tropes that occur when people just make things up on the fly or can't access their normal resources to do the job. Compare IndexOfSolutions.
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4	!!Tropes:
5	* AllNaturalFireExtinguisher: A person has to put out a fire and resorts to doing so by urinating on the flames.
6	* BangingPotsAndPans
7	* BattleBaton
8	* BedsheetLadder: Tying bed sheets together to make a ladder that can be used to climb out a window.
9	* BlindJump
10	* BrandishmentBluff
11	** StickEmUp
12	* CarcassSleepingBag
13	* CardboardBoxOfUnemployment: A person who got fired has to carry their belongings in a cardboard box.
14	* CheapCostume
15	* CigarFuseLighting
16	* ClosestThingWeGot
17	* CombatCueStick
18	* CouldntFindALighter
19	* CouldntFindAPen: Cutting yourself to draw or write stuff using your blood.
20	* CouldntFindATissue: Wiping tears and blowing your nose on something not meant to be a tissue.
21	* CraftedFromAnimals
22	* CrappyHomemadeGift
23	* CutleryEscapeAid
24	* DynamiteCandle
25	* EverythingIsAnInstrument
26	** TrashCanBand
27	* FoodSlap
28	* GasCylinderRocket
29	* HeadgearHeadstone
30	* HomemadeFlamethrower
31	* ImplausibleBoardingSkills
32	** ShieldSurf
33	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Someone uses an unorthodox object as a weapon.
34	* {{Improv}}
35	** HoldingTheFloor
36	** LineOfSightAlias: Making up an alias on the spot by looking around and forming a fake name based on the surroundings you observe.
37	** ThrowingOutTheScript
38	* ImprovisationalIngenuity
39	** HeartIsAnAwesomePower
40	** IndyPloy: Making up a plan as you go along rather than having a plan ready.
41	** MacGyvering: Making devices and tools out of whatever you can find.
42	** ScavengedPunk
43	** XanatosSpeedChess
44	*** PlanBResolution: The day is saved by Plan B, when they didn't think they needed it.
45	* ImprovisedBandage
46	** BeefBandage
47	** FromDressToDressing
48	** ThereWillBeToiletPaper
49	* ImpromptuFortress
50	* ImprovisedImprisonment
51	* ImprovFu
52	** CarFu
53	** ClothingCombat
54	*** WeaponizedHeadgear
55	*** ClothFu
56	* ImprovisedArmour
57	** BucketHelmet
58	* ImprovisedClothes: Making clothes out of whatever you can find.
59	** BankruptcyBarrel: Wearing a barrel in lieu of clothes.
60	** CurtainClothing: Making clothes from curtains.
61	** EggshellClothing: A hatched bird wears the eggshells as clothes.
62	** GardenGarment: Someone wears plants as clothes.
63	** HandOrObjectUnderwear: A naked person deliberately covers their shame by placing their hands over their private parts or holding objects over their private parts.
64	** ImprovisedDiaper: Using whatever can be found to diaper an infant when diapers aren't available.
65	** ModestyBedsheet: A character wraps a sheet around their bodies to preserve their modesty.
66	** ModestyTowel: A character wraps a towel around their bodies if interrupted in the middle of bathing.
67	** NemeanSkinning: Skinning an animal so their hide can be used to make clothes.
68	** SeashellBra: A woman wears seashells over her breasts.
69	** SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset
70	* ImprovisedCross
71	* ImprovisedGolems
72	* ImprovisedJetPack
73	* ImprovisedLightningRod
74	* ImprovisedLockpick
75	* ImprovisedParachute: Using whatever can be used to slow down your descent and avoid a fatal plummet.
76	** ParachutePetticoat: A female character uses her skirt as a parachute.
77	** ParasolParachute: Using an umbrella as a parachute.
78	* ImprovisedPlatform
79	** BridgeLogic
80	** LilyPadPlatform
81	** ProjectilePlatforms
82	** SteppingStonesInTheSky
83	* ImprovisedSail
84	* ImprovisedScattershot
85	* ImprovisedScrewdriver
86	* ImprovisedTraining
87	* ImprovisedUmbrella
88	* ImprovisedWeapon
89	** AbnormalAmmo: Using whatever can be found as projectiles.
90	*** BallisticBone
91	*** EdibleAmmunition: Using food to fuel weaponry.
92	** AerosolFlamethrower
93	** AnchorsAway
94	** ArtAttacker
95	** BadWithTheBone: Using a bone as a weapon.
96	** BallCannon
97	** BoozeFlamethrower
98	** BoulderBludgeon
99	** BroomstickQuarterstaff
100	** CaneFu: Using a cane as a weapon.
101	** ChainPain
102	** ChairmanOfTheBrawl
103	** ClothingCombat
104	*** ShoeSlap
105	*** WeaponizedHeadgear
106	*** ClothFu
107	** CrowbarCombatant
108	** DeadlyDisc
109	** DeathDealer
110	** DeusAxMachina
111	** DoorFu
112	** DungFu
113	** EdibleBludgeon
114	*** BaguetteBeatdown
115	*** ProjectileToast
116	** FireHoseCannon
117	** ForkFencing
118	** FryingPanOfDoom: Beating people with a frying pan.
119	** GardeningVarietyWeapon
120	*** ShovelStrike
121	*** SinisterScythe
122	** GrievousBottleyHarm
123	** GrievousHarmWithABody
124	** HandbagOfHurt
125	** HooksAndCrooks
126	** IKnowMaddenKombat
127	*** BarbellBeating
128	*** BatterUp
129	*** GolfClubbing
130	** ImprovisedCatapult
131	** InstrumentOfMurder
132	** InstantChucks
133	** JettisonJetpackAttack
134	** KillerYoyo
135	** LethalLetterOpener
136	** MolotovCocktail
137	** MusicalAssassin
138	** NailEm
139	** PaperFanOfDoom
140	** ParasolOfPain
141	** ThePenIsMightier
142	** PipePain
143	** PistolWhipping
144	** PowerfulPick
145	** RescueEquipmentAttack
146	** RingsOfDeath
147	** RodAndReelRepurposed
148	** RollingPinOfDoom
149	** ShamuFu: Using a fish as a weapon.
150	** SheathStrike
151	** ShoeSlap
152	** SinisterShiv
153	** SockItToThem
154	** SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass
155	** TaeKwonDoor
156	** TelephonePolearm
157	** ThisBananaIsArmed
158	** ThrowTheBookAtThem
159	** TwoByFore
160	** UseYourHead
161	** WeaponizedCamera
162	** WeaponsOfTheirTrade
163	** WrenchWhack
164	* ImprovisedZipline
165	* JarPotty: Relieving yourself in the first empty container you can find when you can't make it to a toilet in time.
166	* LastMinuteBabyNaming: Waiting until the baby is born to give them a name.
167	* LeafBoat
168	* MockMeal
169	* MoneySlap
170	* MundaneUtility: A superpower or gadget is used for a mundane purpose.
171	** MartialArtsAndCrafts
172	** MartialArtsForMundanePurposes
173	** PowerPerversionPotential: A superpower is used for a perverted purpose (e.g. using X-ray vision to look through people's clothes, using invisibility to get away with voyeurism).
174	** PowerProfitPotential: A superpower is used to make money (e.g. using transmutation to turn things into gold, matter replication to make items to sell).
175	* OpportunisticBastard
176	** LadderTipping
177	** TreeBuchet
178	* PoorMansPorn: A person is desperate enough for sexual release that they pleasure themselves to material that isn't intended as pornography but happens to contain at least remotely suggestive content. Alternatively, they have specific preferences that can't be found in conventional porn, so they make do with material that just happens to include stuff that involves their particular kink.
179	* ReedSnorkel
180	* RipTailoring
181	* SawItInAMovieOnce: Trying something just because you saw it done in a movie.
182	* SewingNeedleSword: A very small character uses a sewing needle as an improvised sword.
183	* SteppingStoneSword: Scaling a wall by sticking bladed weapons into it and using them as platforms to ascend.
184	* ThemeParkLandscape
185	** LilyPadPlatform
186	** {{Ramprovisation}}
187	* TimeForPlanB
188	* ToiletPaperSubstitute: A person using the bathroom doesn't have any toilet paper with them, so they resort to using something else to wipe themselves.
189	* TrampolineTummy: Jumping on a person's stomach to use it as a trampoline.
190	* UnconventionalFoodUsage: Food is used for a purpose other than eating it.
191	* UnderwearFlag: Using underwear (usually but not always someone else's) as a flag.
192	* UnintentionalBackupPlan
193	* VacuumMouth
194	%%* Victim Of Circumstance With No Job Qualifications: A character woefully and completely unqualified for a specific job is forced to work in said job in the spur of the moment, often because of the ignorance of another character.
195	* WeaponizedBall
196	* WeaponTombstone
197	* WithinArmsReach: Being able to find a weapon during a brutal and near-fatal attack that you can use to fight back and win.

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