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I Ate What clean up. The trope is when a character eats something, unaware of what they are consuming, and then reacts in disgust after they find out what it is. Misuse will be deleted or moved to another trope when applicable. Administrivia.Zero Context Examples will be removed or commented out depending on the amount of context within the entry. Also, I Ate What is not a character trope.


* IAteWhat: Snail eggs, in this case.

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Reality Ensues wick cleaning + Removing "Plot Happens" shoehorns


* MindRape: J'onn's memory-wiping power turns out to be ''physical'' mental probing -- the victim is noted as suffering brain damage.



* RealityEnsues: A spontaneous kiss and an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove do not result in Winn and Kara getting together, but only complicate their relationship.
** J'onn's memory-wiping power turns out to be ''physical'' MindRape (the victim is noted as suffering brain damage).
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Winn's father, Toyman, escapes in an attempt to reunite with his son. Meanwhile, Alex and Hank try to figure out the secret of Lord's Lab 52.

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Winn's father, Toyman, escapes in an attempt to reunite with his son. Meanwhile, Alex and Hank J'onn try to figure out the secret of Lord's Lab 52.



* ARareSentence: Lucy says of Kat, "She is so nice."

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* ARareSentence: Lucy says of Kat, Cat, "She is so nice."
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: When Alex pushes for J'onn to be the Martian Manhunter full-time, he points out that this is what most people believe regarding aliens: Someone who looks like him is much less likely to be accepted by the public than someone who looks like Supergirl.
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* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Toyman says that the quicksand is laced with thermite, so if Supergirl uses her heat vision on it, the whole building would go up in an explosion. In reality, thermite burns extremely hot, but it is not explosive. Of course, we only have Toyman's word, so it could have been a bluff.

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* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Toyman says that the quicksand is laced with thermite, so if Supergirl uses her heat vision on it, the whole building would go up in an explosion. In reality, thermite burns extremely hot, hot and extremely fast, but it is not explosive. an explosive (which is why it's technically legal, if dangerous, to manufacture and possess). Of course, we only have Toyman's word, so it could have been a bluff.bluff; conversely he could have been counting on her either not knowing that or not being willing to find out.



** Toyman also gets his fair share of glory when it comes to contingency plans. He uses a dummy at his meeting with his son, accurately predicting that they'd catch up to him and has a gas trap set up for them. When Supergirl tracks him down, he tricks her into a thermite-laced quicksand trap so she wouldn't casually use heat vision to escape and rigs up a shredder and supposed child in a box for a further distraction. Finally, when he wants to force Winn to kill his rival at the toy convention with a non-detectable gun, he sets up ten teddy bear bombs which he is remotely controlling.

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** Toyman also gets his fair share of glory when it comes to contingency plans. He uses a dummy at his meeting with his son, accurately predicting that they'd catch up to him and has a gas trap set up for them. When Supergirl tracks him down, he tricks her into a thermite-laced quicksand trap so she wouldn't casually use heat vision to escape and rigs up a shredder and supposed child in a box for a further distraction. Finally, when he wants to force Winn to kill his rival at the toy convention with a non-detectable gun, he sets up ten explosive-filled teddy bear bombs which he is remotely controlling.



* LaserGuidedAmnesia: When he's forced to incapacitate a guard, J'onn uses his psychic powers to wipe his memories rather than kill him. Unfortunately, J'onn can't pick and choose, so the guy ends up completely devoid of memories other than basic skills.

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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: When he's forced to incapacitate a guard, J'onn uses his psychic powers to wipe his memories rather than kill him. Unfortunately, J'onn can't pick and choose, so the guy ends up completely devoid of memories other than basic skills.skills, along with significant brain damage (this is a ''huge'' departure from the comics, where J'onn's telepathy is completely harmless).



* SadisticChoice: Toyman gives one to Winn; either he kills Dunholtz with the special plastic weapon, or Toyman activates the remote-controlled bombs, killing Dunholtz along with everyone at the convention center.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: J'onn has to completely erase a guard's memory to cover up his infiltration, something he swore never to do again... but Max has shadow copies of his security tapes that J'onn didn't find and erase, revealing his infiltration anyway.

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* SadisticChoice: Toyman gives one to Winn; either he kills Dunholtz with the special plastic weapon, or Toyman activates the remote-controlled bombs, killing Dunholtz along with everyone dozens of people at the convention center.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: J'onn has to completely erase a guard's memory to cover up his infiltration, something he swore never to do again... but Max has shadow copies of his security tapes that J'onn didn't find and erase, revealing his infiltration anyway.anyway, though luckily they don't show J'onn himself (only him disguised as Lord).



* TemptingFate: Alex boasts that there's nothing Lord can do that she can't predict... while a camera hidden on her purse transmits back to his office.

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* TemptingFate: Alex boasts that there's nothing Lord can do that she can't predict... while a camera hidden on her purse transmits her and Kara's girl's night back to his office.

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