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Author: MrL1193

May 5th 2014 at 6:19:44 PM

Even though CentrifugalFarce ''says'' it's supposed to cover scenarios like these, I just don't think it is doing or will do a very good job of it as it is. The basic premise of that trope seems to be more focused on the actual device, with the bit in the description about other scenarios tacked on almost as an afterthought. The description also doesn't mention that those "other scenarios" need not include spinning, which the name heavily implies ''is'' necessary. That is going to be a major obstacle to any development of the examples beyond spinning devices. (It's probably why the examples listed here aren't all on the CentrifugalFarce page already.)

We probably could cover all these scenarios with just one trope, but if that one trope is going to be CentrifugalFarce, I think some repair work (mainly a better name and a less centrifuge-focused definition) will be needed.

EDIT: Actually, upon further examination, I'm noticing that every single example on CentrifugalFarce includes spinning. Perhaps it would be better to leave CentrifugalFarce alone and add this as a separate (but closely related) trope that focuses on the characters rather than the device/situation and doesn't require spinning.