1 | '''Basic Trope''': An ensemble wears different colours as a visual que for their personality, abilities, etc. |
2 | * '''Straight''': In the RPG ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia'', TheTeam is composed of TheHero, [[HeroesPreferSwords Prince]] [[TokenHuman Bob]], who always wears his gold armour with his crown-shaped helmet, TheLancer, [[KnightInShiningArmour Prince]] [[CoolHorse Charlie]], who always wears his brown knight's armour, TheSmartGuy, [[BlackMage Prince]] [[KingOfBeasts Dave]], who always wears his blue BlackMage outfit, TheBigGal, [[BareFistedMonk Princess]] [[NobleWolf Emily]], who always wears her green [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII Karateka]] outfit, and TheHeart, [[WhiteMage Princess]] [[NobleBirdOfPrey Alice]], who always wears her red and white WhiteMage outfit. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': The [[SixthRanger Sixth Rangers]] all wear different colours too. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': The team all wear similar uniforms, but the piping is color-coded by specialty. |
5 | * '''Justified''': The outfits show their different jobs - Hero, Knight, Black Mage, Boxer, and White Mage respectively. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': Everyone wears the same uniform, because they all work for the same organization, and therefore have the same colour. |
7 | * '''Subverted''': None of them have a LimitedWardrobe. |
8 | * '''Double Subverted''': They change their outfits almost instantly. |
9 | * '''Parodied''': |
10 | ** They all wear the same colour, with different accents - their outfits have no differences otherwise. |
11 | ** Characters are named after their colors, one of them does not even wear the color they are associated with, there is a character who is literally a physical blob of color, and their leader is the Invisible Pink Unicorn. |
12 | * '''Zig Zagged''': {{The hero}} and [[TheLancer his close partner]] wear colorful outfits, while the teammates they find all wear the same uniform. |
13 | * '''Averted''': They don't have any colour-coding system. |
14 | * '''Enforced''': |
15 | ** The writers do this because the game is based on Franchise/PowerRangers, of which the author is a fan. |
16 | ** The [[ExecutiveMeddling execs]] tell the creators to give each character a specific colour because "it will make it easier for the audience to tell them apart." |
17 | ** NBC told the creators of the 1964-1968 show to give each character a specific [[UsefulNotes/SwitchToColor Living Color]] to convince the audience to buy color [=TVs=] just to tell who's who. |
18 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, that's Alice. I know by her..". "...feathers?" "... No, because she's wearing red". |
19 | * '''Invoked''': The heroes decide to dress in signature colours so that they can spot each other easily in a big battle. |
20 | * '''Exploited''': The BigBad knows their weak points by their colours, and creates a BarrierChangeBoss. |
21 | * '''Defied''': They refuse to wear exactly five colours between them. |
22 | * '''Discussed''': "Why do you always wear those outfits? Yellow, Brown, Red, Blue, Green..". |
23 | * '''Conversed''': "Hey, you remember JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia? Yeah, I could tell Alice was the secret boss from the beginning. Just from her color scheme. Yeah." |
24 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Bob joins a super team, and finds out to his horror that the only colors left untaken are [[PinkGirlBlueBoy pink and purple.]] |
25 | * '''Deconstructed''': The flashy outfits mean that the heroes aren't really camouflaged and the villains can easily take countermeasures because they always know exactly who's coming. |
26 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
27 | ** The heroes change to stealthy outfits with just a splash of color on the back. |
28 | ** Once they realize the villains have caught on to their color coding, they start periodically switching outfits to confuse them. |
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