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** [[NoPlotNoProblem]]There are literally no characters at all!
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** [[NoPlotNoProblem]]There [[NoPlotNoProblem There are literally no characters at all!all!]]
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** Other characters appear, but the focus is predominantly on Alice and[=/=]or Bob.
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* '''Straight''': ''They Trope by Night'' has no characters except for their FiveManBand [[TheLeader Alice]], [[TheLancer Bob]], [[TheBigGuy Charles]], [[TheSmartGuy Danny]], and [[TheChick Evangeline]], BigBad Fiery Franklin, and BigGood Gabrielle the Great, and extras with no lines.
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* '''Straight''': ''They Trope by Night'' has no characters except for their FiveManBand [[TheLeader Alice]], [[TheLancer Bob]], [[TheBigGuy Charles]], [[TheSmartGuy Danny]], and [[TheChick [[TheHeart Evangeline]], BigBad Fiery Franklin, and BigGood Gabrielle the Great, and extras with no lines.
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* '''Inverted''': LoadsAndLoadsOfCharactersThe cast is absolutely massive.
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* '''Downplayed''': The cast consists of the FiveManBand, the BigBad and BigGood, along with several {{Sixth Ranger}}s [[TheHeart Happy-Go-Lucky Hazel,]] [[FriendToAllLivingThings Innocent Irene]], [[EleventhHourRanger Just-Cause Jett]], and [[TheMedic Katherine the Kind]], and there are a few other minor but recurring characters.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** The cast consists of the FiveManBand, the BigBad and BigGood, along with several {{Sixth Ranger}}s [[TheHeart Happy-Go-Lucky Hazel,]] [[FriendToAllLivingThings Innocent Irene]], [[EleventhHourRanger Just-Cause Jett]], and [[TheMedic Katherine the Kind]], and there are a few other minor but recurringcharacters.characters.
** The work usually follows just four people, but they all have extended families who pop up occasionally.
** The cast consists of the FiveManBand, the BigBad and BigGood, along with several {{Sixth Ranger}}s [[TheHeart Happy-Go-Lucky Hazel,]] [[FriendToAllLivingThings Innocent Irene]], [[EleventhHourRanger Just-Cause Jett]], and [[TheMedic Katherine the Kind]], and there are a few other minor but recurring
** The work usually follows just four people, but they all have extended families who pop up occasionally.
** The story is about the struggles of a SociallyAwkwardHero, and so the cast consists only of the MainCharacter and their small social circle.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Technically the show has many characters, but there are a disproportionate number of {{Bottle Episode}}s that just use the main cast.
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** Technically the show has many characters, but there are a disproportionate number of {{Bottle Episode}}s that just use the maincast.cast.
** The main storyline follows only four characters, but any time the work shows the protagonists' pasts, there are a lot more characters.
** Technically the show has many characters, but there are a disproportionate number of {{Bottle Episode}}s that just use the main
** The main storyline follows only four characters, but any time the work shows the protagonists' pasts, there are a lot more characters.
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* '''Enforced''': The show has a very small budget and doesn't have enough money for a large cast of characters.
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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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** The author is just starting out, and chooses to keep the cast small because it's easier to write.
** The show has a very small budget and doesn't have enough money for a large cast of
** The author is just starting out, and chooses to keep the cast small because it's easier to write.
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* '''Subverted''': In season 3, [[TheSocialExpert Lovely Leah]] is introduced as a minor recurring character, and the producers mention expanding the cast with other such characters.
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** In season 3, [[TheSocialExpert Lovely Leah]] is introduced as a minor recurring character, and the producers mention expanding the cast with other such characters.
** In season 3, [[TheSocialExpert Lovely Leah]] is introduced as a minor recurring character, and the producers mention expanding the cast with other such characters.
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* '''Exaggerated''': The cast is just AliceAndBob (or just Alice) in a room for two hours.
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** There are literally no characters at all!
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* '''Invoked''': ???The director of the show adopts a "[[{{Minimalism}} less is more]]" approach to story telling, opting for a small number of main cast members so their characters all have an equal opportunity to be fleshed out.
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** The finale of season 1 suddenly kills off three main characters, and Alice, in her grief, decides to open up to other people, expanding the cast significantly.
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** ''They'' is set in a forest where nobody would live.
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* '''Logical Extreme''': Alice is the ''only'' cast member.
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* '''Averted''': The show has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and uses them all regularly.
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* '''Averted''': The show has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and uses them all regularly.an overall sizeable, yet manageable cast.
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* '''Justified''': The story covers someone (or a small group) stranded in a remote area like a desert island where they are unlikely to see anyone else and the entire struggle is about a dearth of people to interact with.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** The story covers someone (or a small group) stranded in a remote area like a desert island where they are unlikely to see anyone else and the entire struggle is about a dearth of people to interactwith.with.
** [[LastOfHisKind They are all that's left]].
** The story covers someone (or a small group) stranded in a remote area like a desert island where they are unlikely to see anyone else and the entire struggle is about a dearth of people to interact
** [[LastOfHisKind They are all that's left]].
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* '''Justified''': ???The story covers someone (or a small group) stranded in a remote area like a desert island where they are unlikely to see anyone else and the entire struggle is about a dearth of people to interact with.
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* '''Exaggerated''': The cast is just AliceAndBob in a room for two hours.
* '''Downplayed''': The cast consists of the FiveManBand, the BigBad and BigGood, along with several SixthRangers [[TheHeart Happy-Go-Lucky Hazel,]] [[FriendToAllLivingThings Innocent Irene]], [[EleventhHourRanger Just-Cause Jett]], and [[TheMedic Katherine the Kind]], and there are a few other minor but recurring characters.
* '''Downplayed''': The cast consists of the FiveManBand, the BigBad and BigGood, along with several SixthRangers [[TheHeart Happy-Go-Lucky Hazel,]] [[FriendToAllLivingThings Innocent Irene]], [[EleventhHourRanger Just-Cause Jett]], and [[TheMedic Katherine the Kind]], and there are a few other minor but recurring characters.
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* '''Exaggerated''': The cast is just AliceAndBob (or just Alice) in a room for two hours.
* '''Downplayed''': The cast consists of the FiveManBand, the BigBad and BigGood, along with severalSixthRangers {{Sixth Ranger}}s [[TheHeart Happy-Go-Lucky Hazel,]] [[FriendToAllLivingThings Innocent Irene]], [[EleventhHourRanger Just-Cause Jett]], and [[TheMedic Katherine the Kind]], and there are a few other minor but recurring characters.
* '''Downplayed''': The cast consists of the FiveManBand, the BigBad and BigGood, along with several
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* '''Subverted''': In season 3, [[TheSocialExpert Lovely Leah]] is introduced as a minor reccurring recurring character, and the producers mention expanding the cast with other such characters.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Technically the show has many characters, but there are a disproportionate number of BottleEpisodes that just use the main cast.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Technically the show has many characters, but there are a disproportionate number of BottleEpisodes {{Bottle Episode}}s that just use the main cast.
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Basic Trope: A work has almost no characters but the leads.
* '''Straight Trope''': ''They Trope by Night'' has no characters except for their FiveManBand [[TheLeader Alice]], [[TheLancer Bob]], [[TheBigGuy Charles]], [[TheSmartGuy Danny]], and [[TheChick Evangeline]], BigBad Fiery Franklin, and BigGood Gabrielle the Great, and extras with no lines.
* '''Straight Trope''': ''They Trope by Night'' has no characters except for their FiveManBand [[TheLeader Alice]], [[TheLancer Bob]], [[TheBigGuy Charles]], [[TheSmartGuy Danny]], and [[TheChick Evangeline]], BigBad Fiery Franklin, and BigGood Gabrielle the Great, and extras with no lines.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Charles, Danny, and Evangeline are [[PutOnABus phased out]] in favor of [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Norman, Oscar, and Priscilla]], keeping the small cast but invigorating the show.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Charles, Danny, and Evangeline are [[PutOnABus phased out]] in favor of [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Norman, Oscar, and Priscilla]], keeping the small cast but invigorating the show.show.
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* '''Subverted''': In season 3, [[TheSocialButterfly Lovely Leah]] is introduced as a minor reccurring character, and the producers mention expanding the cast with other such characters.
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* '''Parodied''': When [[TeamWannabe Maybe-Someday Mae]] arrives, she is quickly shooed away.
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* '''Parodied''': When [[TeamWannabe [[TheTeamWannabe Maybe-Someday Mae]] arrives, she is quickly shooed away.away.
* '''Zigzagged''': Technically the show has many characters, but there are a disproportionate number of BottleEpisodes that just use the main cast.
* '''Averted''': The show has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and uses them all regularly.
* '''Enforced''': The show has a very small budget and doesn't have enough money for a large cast of characters.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Guess it's just the five of us... again..."
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* '''Exploited''': ?
* '''Defied''': The producers introduce and ultimately keep around Leah, Mae, the Sixth Rangers, and several other minor recurring characters.
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* '''Deconstructed''': After three seasons with only seven notable characters, plots become stale and viewer interest in ''They Trope By Night'' decreases considerably.
* '''Reconstructed''': Charles, Danny, and Evangeline are [[PutOnABus phased out]] in favor of [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Norman, Oscar, and Priscilla]], keeping the small cast but invigorating the show.
* '''Zigzagged''': Technically the show has many characters, but there are a disproportionate number of BottleEpisodes that just use the main cast.
* '''Averted''': The show has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and uses them all regularly.
* '''Enforced''': The show has a very small budget and doesn't have enough money for a large cast of characters.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Guess it's just the five of us... again..."
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* '''Exploited''': ?
* '''Defied''': The producers introduce and ultimately keep around Leah, Mae, the Sixth Rangers, and several other minor recurring characters.
* '''Discussed''': ?
* '''Conversed''': ?
* '''Deconstructed''': After three seasons with only seven notable characters, plots become stale and viewer interest in ''They Trope By Night'' decreases considerably.
* '''Reconstructed''': Charles, Danny, and Evangeline are [[PutOnABus phased out]] in favor of [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Norman, Oscar, and Priscilla]], keeping the small cast but invigorating the show.
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Basic Trope: A work has almost no characters but the leads.
* '''Straight Trope''': ''They Trope by Night'' has no characters except for their FiveManBand [[TheLeader Alice]], [[TheLancer Bob]], [[TheBigGuy Charles]], [[TheSmartGuy Danny]], and [[TheChick Evangeline]], BigBad Fiery Franklin, and BigGood Gabrielle the Great, and extras with no lines.
* '''Exaggerated''': The cast is just AliceAndBob in a room for two hours.
* '''Downplayed''': The cast consists of the FiveManBand, the BigBad and BigGood, along with several SixthRangers [[TheHeart Happy-Go-Lucky Hazel,]] [[FriendToAllLivingThings Innocent Irene]], [[EleventhHourRanger Just-Cause Jett]], and [[TheMedic Katherine the Kind]], and there are a few other minor but recurring characters.
* '''Justified''': ?
* '''Inverted''': LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.
* '''Subverted''': In season 3, [[TheSocialButterfly Lovely Leah]] is introduced as a minor reccurring character, and the producers mention expanding the cast with other such characters.
* '''Double Subverted''': Leah is PutOnABus before season 4 starts and the other such minor characters are scrapped before they ever see the light of day.
* '''Parodied''': When [[TeamWannabe Maybe-Someday Mae]] arrives, she is quickly shooed away.
* '''Straight Trope''': ''They Trope by Night'' has no characters except for their FiveManBand [[TheLeader Alice]], [[TheLancer Bob]], [[TheBigGuy Charles]], [[TheSmartGuy Danny]], and [[TheChick Evangeline]], BigBad Fiery Franklin, and BigGood Gabrielle the Great, and extras with no lines.
* '''Exaggerated''': The cast is just AliceAndBob in a room for two hours.
* '''Downplayed''': The cast consists of the FiveManBand, the BigBad and BigGood, along with several SixthRangers [[TheHeart Happy-Go-Lucky Hazel,]] [[FriendToAllLivingThings Innocent Irene]], [[EleventhHourRanger Just-Cause Jett]], and [[TheMedic Katherine the Kind]], and there are a few other minor but recurring characters.
* '''Justified''': ?
* '''Inverted''': LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.
* '''Subverted''': In season 3, [[TheSocialButterfly Lovely Leah]] is introduced as a minor reccurring character, and the producers mention expanding the cast with other such characters.
* '''Double Subverted''': Leah is PutOnABus before season 4 starts and the other such minor characters are scrapped before they ever see the light of day.
* '''Parodied''': When [[TeamWannabe Maybe-Someday Mae]] arrives, she is quickly shooed away.
