Line #11 PlayingWith/Expy

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1	'''Basic Trope''': A character is deliberately made to be a copy of another, preexisting character from another work.
2	* '''Straight''': Mark from ''Legends of the Tropes'' is heavily based on Bob from ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia''. Both are [[KnightInShiningArmor Iron clad and heroic knights]] who have to deal with {{Barbarian\|Hero}} [[TheRival Rivals]], who are also [[TheBrute Brutes]] to their respective {{Big Bad}}s; Mark's rival is Nathan while Bob's rival is Clay, and Mark's BigBad is Lord Lozum while Bob's BigBad is Emperor Evulz.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Mark is not even legally distinct from Bob, the only difference the two characters have are different names.
5	** Mark quite literally '''is''' Bob.
6	** CaptainErsatz
7	* '''Downplayed''': Mark has multiple traits, both physically and personality wise, shared with Bob and is clearly inspired by Bob, but Mark can stand as his own character with many more traits than just the ones Bob has.
8	* '''Justified''': ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia'' is a ShowWithinAShow, and Mark decided to use Bob as his personal role model, aiming to be like him.
9	* '''Inverted''': Mark is supposed to be an antithesis to Bob, which he was a [[TheStoic stoic]], [[GoodIsNotNice cold]], and [[IWorkAlone brooding]] hero, but Mark is a HotBlooded, [[LargeHam hammy]], and [[{{Keet}} energetic]] hero.
10	* '''Subverted''': Mark initially seems like he’s a wholesale reference to Bob, but the story establishes very early on that Mark isn’t meant to be a reference to Bob.
11	* '''Double Subverted''': ... Until Mark starts acting more and more like Bob, even making references to moments from ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia''.
12	* '''Parodied''': ???
13	* '''Averted''': Mark is an original character with nothing in common with Bob from ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia''.
14	* '''Enforced''':
15	** “This Bob guy is pretty neat, I bet I can make a character just like him in my story.”
16	** Mark was originally planned to be Bob, but negotiations to allow Bob to be in the story fell through and the writers had to come up with a new character.

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