1 | '''Basic Trope''': The format of a show is changed to appeal to new viewers. |
2 | * '''Straight''': ''AliceAndBob'', a struggling sitcom with some noticeable dramatic elements, is slowly turned into a balls-to-the-wall comedy. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': ''Alice and Bob'', a struggling dramatic series, is turned into an almost Dadaist comedy in the span of one episode. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': ''Alice and Bob'', a somewhat dark sitcom, is slowly turned into a somewhat comedic sitcom that nonetheless still teaches lessons to its viewers. |
5 | * '''Justified''': Viewers came for the comedy but didn't stay for the drama. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': ''Alice and Bob'', a show enjoying the peak of its popularity, is suddenly changed for little to no good reason. |
7 | * '''Subverted''': |
8 | ** The shift was temporary. A couple years later, it's back to its old self again. |
9 | ** Alice and Bob(1977) was the struggling dramatic sitcom, [[SimilarlyNamedWorks Alice and Bob(1988)]] was the balls-to-the-wall comedy. |
10 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
11 | ** But ''that'' shift back was temporary, too. |
12 | ** Those are the {{Fan Nickname}}s for [[FanonDiscontinuity the pre- and post-retool seasons]]. |
13 | * '''Parodied''': The producers change ''everything'' about the show, including the title and the main characters - to the point where anyone wonders if it's the same show anymore. |
14 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Some elements of the show are gone for good, but others eventually see their way to returning. |
15 | * '''Averted''': No changes are made. |
16 | * '''Enforced''': "Ratings are down for this show. Let's change it from a dramatic sitcom to a straight-up sitcom!" |
17 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Remember when you used to be serious?" "I don't think about that, and neither should you." |
18 | * '''Invoked''': See "Enforced". |
19 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
20 | * '''Defied''': The producers decide that even though they may need new fans, they don't want to upset the fans they already have. |
21 | * '''Discussed''': "Didn't our lives seem a lot more serious until a few months ago?" "Now that you mention it..." |
22 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
23 | * '''Deconstructed''': The ReTool doesn't pay off: not only do the fans of the show stop tuning in, but the new premise fails to draw any new viewers. |
24 | * '''Reconstructed''': The ReTool pays off and gets new viewers in the door. |
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26 | Back to ReTool - the trope that's now been replaced by a Website/YouTube page. |
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28 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
29 | %% |
30 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
31 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
32 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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