1 | '''Basic Trope''': Ability to tunnel faster that is realistic. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Bob is a miner. He can tunnel at a rate of about 1 meter per minute. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Bob can tunnel as fast as he can walk. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Bob can tunnel about 1 meter per hour without high-tech machinery. |
5 | * '''Justified''': NA, this trope is specifically for when there is no sufficient explanation. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': Bob uses high-tech machinery, and still mines slower that real machines. |
7 | * '''Subverted''': |
8 | ** Bob seems to be tunnelling suspiciously fast, but it turns out that the five miles of tunnel he went through was already there. |
9 | ** Bob is only digging a 5cm wide lead tunnel for the TBM to follow. |
10 | * '''Double Subverted''': He dug that section out last night. |
11 | * '''Parodied''': Bob can tunnel considerably faster that he can walk. [[AmusingInjuries This causes him to trip. A LOT.]] |
12 | * '''Zig Zagged''': ??? |
13 | * '''Averted''' |
14 | ** Bob tunnels at a realistic speed. |
15 | ** Bob uses magic, superpowers or fictional technology to tunnel fast |
16 | * '''Enforced''': The plot demands that he be able to travel at a reasonable speed underground through solid stone. |
17 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Gee, Bob, you sure can dig fast!" |
18 | * '''Invoked''': ??? |
19 | * '''Exploited''': Bob uses his tunnelling speed to sneak around. |
20 | * '''Defied''': ??? |
21 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
22 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
23 | * '''Deconstructed''': Bob doesn't reinforce his tunnels, and he is killed in a cave-in. |
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25 | Back to FastTunnelling |
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27 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
28 | %% |
29 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
30 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
31 | %%* '''Intended Audience Reaction''': ??? |
32 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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