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* HaplessSelfHelp: A person working in self-help doesn't live up to their own teachings.
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* DiedInIgnorance: A character who dies before learning a major truth that renders their actions sadly ironic.
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* GreatnessMistakenForFailure: A character is so far beyond the norm that their brilliance is mistaken for incompetence.
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* NobleBigot: Even though prejudiced towards a certain race, those characters still values their lives.
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* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: An evil mom/dad/set of parents want their kids to be better than them.
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* StartXToStopX: A character's extremist methodology revolves around stopping something by adding more to the problem.
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* JewsPlayingNazis: A Nazi or anti-Semitic character is portrayed by a Jewish actor.
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* SolidGoldPoop: Bodily waste that would ordinarily be worthless is instead highly valuable.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: A person who does something bad faces immediate punishment for their misdeed.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: A person who does something bad faces immediate and/or poetic punishment for their misdeed.
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* DiedOnTheirBirthday: A character dies on the anniversary of the date on which they were born.
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* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted
* IfOnlyYouKnew

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* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted
TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Someone is threatened by someone else who they used to pursue.
* IfOnlyYouKnewIfOnlyYouKnew: A character says something that connects to something they don't know (e.g. telling a [[SweetPollyOliver woman disguised as a man]] that she "fights like a girl").



* IronicEcho
* IronicEpisodeTitle

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* IronicEcho
IronicEcho: A line of dialogue is repeated later on with a much different meaning.
* IronicEpisodeTitleIronicEpisodeTitle: A dark episode has a happy-sounding title.



* IronicJuxtaposition

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* IronicJuxtapositionIronicJuxtaposition: Two contradicting things are shown (like someone smoking next to a "no smoking" sign).



* IronyAsSheIsCast

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* IronyAsSheIsCastIronyAsSheIsCast: An actor plays a character a lot different from them (like a Jewish actor playing a Nazi).



* JokeAndReceive

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* JokeAndReceiveJokeAndReceive: Someone says something as a joke, but then the thing turns out to be true.



* ObliviousGuiltSlinging

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* ObliviousGuiltSlingingObliviousGuiltSlinging: Someone is doing something that will hurt someone else's feelings, and that person says something that inadvertently makes them feel guiltier.
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* GaveUpTooSoon: A character decides to give up right before their plan would've succeeded.
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* RousingLullaby: A lullaby that is in some way disturbing to the listener.

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* RousingLullaby: A lullaby that is in some way disturbing to the listener.listener and as a result keeps them awake instead of helping them sleep.

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