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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	* CraftedFromAnimals
21	* CrappyHomemadeGift
22	* CutleryEscapeAid
23	* DynamiteCandle
24	* EverythingIsAnInstrument
25	** TrashCanBand
26	* FoodSlap
27	* GasCylinderRocket
28	* HeadgearHeadstone
29	* HomemadeFlamethrower
30	* ImplausibleBoardingSkills
31	** ShieldSurf
32	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Someone uses an unorthodox object as a weapon.
33	* {{Improv}}
34	** HoldingTheFloor
35	** LineOfSightAlias: Making up an alias on the spot by looking around and forming a fake name based on the surroundings you observe.
36	** ThrowingOutTheScript
37	* ImprovisationalIngenuity
38	** HeartIsAnAwesomePower
39	** IndyPloy: Making up a plan as you go along rather than having a plan ready.
40	** MacGyvering: Making devices and tools out of whatever you can find.
41	** ScavengedPunk
42	** XanatosSpeedChess
43	*** PlanBResolution: The day is saved by Plan B, when they didn't think they needed it.
44	* ImprovisedBandage
45	** BeefBandage
46	** FromDressToDressing
47	** ThereWillBeToiletPaper
48	* ImpromptuFortress
49	* ImprovisedImprisonment
50	* ImprovFu
51	** CarFu
52	** ClothingCombat
53	*** WeaponizedHeadgear
54	*** ClothFu
55	* ImprovisedArmour
56	** BucketHelmet
57	* ImprovisedClothes: Making clothes out of whatever you can find.
58	** BankruptcyBarrel: Wearing a barrel in lieu of clothes.
59	** CurtainClothing: Making clothes from curtains.
60	** EggshellClothing: A hatched bird wears the eggshells as clothes.
61	** GardenGarment: Someone wears plants as clothes.
62	** HandOrObjectUnderwear: A naked person deliberately covers their shame by placing their hands over their private parts or holding objects over their private parts.
63	** ImprovisedDiaper: Using whatever can be found to diaper an infant when diapers aren't available.
64	** ModestyBedsheet: A character wraps a sheet around their bodies to preserve their modesty.
65	** ModestyTowel: A character wraps a towel around their bodies if interrupted in the middle of bathing.
66	** NemeanSkinning: Skinning an animal so their hide can be used to make clothes.
67	** SeashellBra: A woman wears seashells over her breasts.
68	** SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset
69	* ImprovisedCross
70	* ImprovisedGolems
71	* ImprovisedJetPack
72	* ImprovisedLightningRod
73	* ImprovisedLockpick
74	* ImprovisedParachute: Using whatever can be used to slow down your descent and avoid a fatal plummet.
75	** ParachutePetticoat: A female character uses her skirt as a parachute.
76	** ParasolParachute: Using an umbrella as a parachute.
77	* ImprovisedPlatform
78	** BridgeLogic
79	** LilyPadPlatform
80	** ProjectilePlatforms
81	** SteppingStonesInTheSky
82	* ImprovisedSail
83	* ImprovisedScattershot
84	* ImprovisedScrewdriver
85	* ImprovisedTraining
86	* ImprovisedUmbrella
87	* ImprovisedWeapon
88	** AbnormalAmmo: Using whatever can be found as projectiles.
89	*** BallisticBone
90	*** EdibleAmmunition: Using food to fuel weaponry.
91	** AerosolFlamethrower
92	** AnchorsAway
93	** ArtAttacker
94	** BadWithTheBone: Using a bone as a weapon.
95	** BallCannon
96	** BoozeFlamethrower
97	** BoulderBludgeon
98	** BroomstickQuarterstaff
99	** CaneFu: Using a cane as a weapon.
100	** ChainPain
101	** ChairmanOfTheBrawl
102	** ClothingCombat
103	*** ShoeSlap
104	*** WeaponizedHeadgear
105	*** ClothFu
106	** CrowbarCombatant
107	** DeadlyDisc
108	** DeathDealer
109	** DeusAxMachina
110	** DoorFu
111	** DungFu
112	** EdibleBludgeon
113	*** BaguetteBeatdown
114	*** ProjectileToast
115	** FireHoseCannon
116	** ForkFencing
117	** FryingPanOfDoom: Beating people with a frying pan.
118	** GardeningVarietyWeapon
119	*** ShovelStrike
120	*** SinisterScythe
121	** GrievousBottleyHarm
122	** GrievousHarmWithABody
123	** HandbagOfHurt
124	** HooksAndCrooks
125	** IKnowMaddenKombat
126	*** BarbellBeating
127	*** BatterUp
128	*** GolfClubbing
129	** ImprovisedCatapult
130	** InstrumentOfMurder
131	** InstantChucks
132	** JettisonJetpackAttack
133	** KillerYoyo
134	** LethalLetterOpener
135	** MolotovCocktail
136	** MusicalAssassin
137	** NailEm
138	** PaperFanOfDoom
139	** ParasolOfPain
140	** ThePenIsMightier
141	** PipePain
142	** PistolWhipping
143	** PowerfulPick
144	** RescueEquipmentAttack
145	** RingsOfDeath
146	** RodAndReelRepurposed
147	** RollingPinOfDoom
148	** ShamuFu: Using a fish as a weapon.
149	** SheathStrike
150	** ShoeSlap
151	** SinisterShiv
152	** SockItToThem
153	** SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass
154	** TaeKwonDoor
155	** TelephonePolearm
156	** ThisBananaIsArmed
157	** ThrowTheBookAtThem
158	** TwoByFore
159	** UseYourHead
160	** WeaponizedCamera
161	** WeaponsOfTheirTrade
162	** WrenchWhack
163	* ImprovisedZipline
164	* JarPotty: Relieving yourself in the first empty container you can find when you can't make it to a toilet in time.
165	* LastMinuteBabyNaming: Waiting until the baby is born to give them a name.
166	* LeafBoat
167	* MockMeal
168	* MoneySlap
169	* MundaneUtility: A superpower or gadget is used for a mundane purpose.
170	** MartialArtsAndCrafts
171	** MartialArtsForMundanePurposes
172	** 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).
173	** PowerProfitPotential: A superpower is used to make money (e.g. using transmutation to turn things into gold, matter replication to make items to sell).
174	* OpportunisticBastard
175	** LadderTipping
176	** TreeBuchet
177	* 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.
178	* ReedSnorkel
179	* RipTailoring
180	* SawItInAMovieOnce: Trying something just because you saw it done in a movie.
181	* SewingNeedleSword: A very small character uses a sewing needle as an improvised sword.
182	* SteppingStoneSword: Scaling a wall by sticking bladed weapons into it and using them as platforms to ascend.
183	* ThemeParkLandscape
184	** LilyPadPlatform
185	** {{Ramprovisation}}
186	* TimeForPlanB
187	* ToiletPaperSubstitute: A person using the bathroom doesn't have any toilet paper with them, so they resort to using something else to wipe themselves.
188	* TrampolineTummy: Jumping on a person's stomach to use it as a trampoline.
189	* UnconventionalFoodUsage: Food is used for a purpose other than eating it.
190	* UnderwearFlag: Using underwear (usually but not always someone else's) as a flag.
191	* UnintentionalBackupPlan
192	* VacuumMouth
193	%%* 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.
194	* WeaponizedBall
195	* WeaponTombstone
196	* 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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