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1	'''Basic Trope''': A StockPhrase, rooted in the unknown, characterized by hyperbole.
2	* '''Straight''': "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."
3	* '''Exaggerated''': "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma shrouded in secrecy buried in a brainteaser coded in a cryptogram."
4	* '''Downplayed''': "A riddle."
5	* '''Justified''': The phrase is uttered by Winston Churchill in a biographic narrative or historical period piece.
6	* '''Inverted''': "A fact established in certainty pronounced in obviousness."
7	* '''Subverted''': "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an eggroll."
8	* '''Double Subverted''': "In my country, 'Eggroll' is slang for something confusing and hard to understand."
9	* '''Parodied''': "A conundrum guarded by TheMenInBlack hidden among a pack of {{chupacabra}}s."
10	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
11	* '''Averted''': "This riddle is quite a mysterious enigma."
12	* '''Enforced''': The producer of a mystery story is also a history buff or just really likes the phrase and wants the work's creators to use it.
13	* '''Lampshaded''':
14	--> '''Alice:''' It's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.\
15	'''Bob:''' Ha, a UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill quote reference. Nice!
16	* '''Invoked''': "AsYouKnow, it's like what UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill once said about Russia..."
17	* '''Exploited''': ???
18	* '''Defied''': "A riddle wrapped in a - look, let's just say it's gonna be hard to solve."
19	* '''Discussed''':
20	--> '''Alice:''' You're in over your head, Bob. This case is too big for you to solve.\
21	'''Bob:''' Oh really, is this supposed to be like one of those '' 'riddles wrapped in mysteries inside enigmas'?''\
22	'''Alice:''' In a word, yes.
23	* '''Conversed''':
24	-->'''Alice:''' Next, Creator/AdamWest is going to say that [[Series/Batman1966 The Riddler]] has left him and Robin "another one of his criminal conundrums... wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."\
25	'''Bob:''' Yeah, he ''would'' totally say that!
26	* '''Implied''':
27	--> '''Bob''': It's like a riddle?\
28	'''Alice''': It's a bit more complicated than that.
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30	Wrapped in this link is ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma...
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32	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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34	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
35	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
36	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
37	%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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