1 | '''Basic Trope''': Superfluous goggles. |
2 | * '''Straight''': A character has goggles that do nothing. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** A character has dozens of different goggles, none of which do anything. |
5 | ** Or, the goggles do nothing. Not even what they were designed to do. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': |
7 | ** Bob is a swimmer in Troperville High School's swim team. His goggles do something. Except he's often shown wearing them when not at the pool. |
8 | ** The character occasionally use their goggles as a form of eye protection, but that's about it. |
9 | * '''Justified''': |
10 | ** The item in question has an archaic use and is kept to identify members of the group that had use for the goggles. |
11 | ** The character wears goggles purely as a fashion statement. |
12 | ** The character is in a setting where, although they never use them, the goggles actually make some sense, such as the arctic or the desert. |
13 | ** The goggles might be a gift from a loved one, and the character keeps them on their person as a memento. |
14 | ** The character is a ghost, the goggles are an iconic part from when he was alive. So JacobMarleyApparel or not, people expect him to wear them. |
15 | * '''Inverted''': |
16 | ** GogglesDoSomethingUnusual. |
17 | ** A character's InformedEquipment includes a pair of genuinely functional goggles that boost defense and [[StatusEffects grant immunity to blinding]]. |
18 | * '''Subverted''': After being asked, the character reveals that their goggles do, in fact, have a use. |
19 | * '''Double Subverted''': That use is to ''look cool''. |
20 | * '''Parodied''': |
21 | ** A character buys special goggles that are advertised to do absolutely nothing. |
22 | ** A character has goggles that serve to...protect another useless pair of goggles, wearing one pair on top of the other. |
23 | ** The goggles are for decorative-purposes only: they're actually opaque and blind the unfortunate who tries to wear them properly. |
24 | * '''Zig Zagged''': The character wears a pair of goggles on their head. They do nothing. However, one of their TooManyBelts contains [[UtilityBelt everything they could possibly need]]... including an oxyacetylene torch. When they use that, they're always careful to pull on their goggles to protect their eyes. |
25 | * '''Averted''': |
26 | ** The character needs their goggles for protection in their line of work, and uses them frequently. |
27 | ** The character doesn't wear goggles. |
28 | * '''Enforced''': The marketing department want the artists to maximize TheMerch potential. Alternatively, the artist can draw OnlySixFaces, and uses distinctive costuming to tell his characters apart. |
29 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Let me just get some goggles, despite the fact that we will not be encountering any situation where they would help." |
30 | * '''Invoked''': Like a stethoscope and white coat for a doctor, useless goggles give the impression of being CrazyPrepared and thus solid hero material. |
31 | * '''Exploited''': TheMole places a listening device on the goggles, knowing that Bob always wears them, but never uses them and thus won't spot the bug. |
32 | * '''Defied''': A character repeatedly finds [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer different uses for their seemingly superfluous goggles]]. |
33 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
34 | * '''Conversed''': "Why's Bob wearing goggles, he NEVER uses them!" |
35 | * '''Deconstructed''': A character wears superfluous instrumentation because they are, all in all, a follower and a poser, and it's all just another element of their character that is LostInImitation of heroes who actually had a use for these things. |
36 | * '''Reconstructed''': A character uses superfluous mundane goggles to disguise the fact that he has ones that really do have special powers. |
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38 | You know, if the GogglesDoNothing you might try PUTTING THEM ON for a change. |
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40 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
41 | %% |
42 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
43 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
44 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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