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* The car blew up upon crashing because of the nitroglycerin that was put in the trunk in an earlier episode as part of a ploy to blast through a bank vault.

A JustifiedTrope has common ground with [[LampshadeHanging Lampshading]] in that both often deal with tropes that are typically illogical or otherwise problematic.

->''Man is not a rational animal; he is a rationalizing animal.''
-->--''Literature/TunnelInTheSky''

Remember that a trope being justified is not about it ultimately being good or bad or effective or ineffective -- it's about whether or not it ''makes sense from an in-universe point of view''. A trope can be perfectly justified and still ruin a show. Contrarily, a trope may be completely unjustified and [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality make the story better]]. [[TropesAreNotBad Do not assume that the existence of a trope is inherently a sign of]] bad writing.

* The protagonist uses a glowy sword because the power source is leaky ([[FridgeLogic but wait, shouldn't that cause other problems? We also know that he has the tools to fix it!]])
* The car blew up upon being shot because the shooter aimed for the gas tank and said he used tracer rounds (but wait, why would he have tracer rounds in his service pistol?)

'''One thing to note, if you think a trope is "justified", you should never use a JustifyingEdit'''. If you were {{Pot Hole}}d here by a JustifyingEdit, integrate the potholed text to the main text or delete it outright. See JustifyingEdit for more on this.

* The protagonist uses a [[PowerGlows glowy sword]] because he fights [[LivingShadow sentient shadows]].
* [[EveryCarIsAPinto The car blew up upon crashing]] because of the nitroglycerin that was put in the trunk in an earlier episode as part of a ploy to blast through a bank vault.

* The protagonist uses a glowy sword because the power source is leaky ([[FridgeLogic but wait, shouldn't that cause other problems? We also know that he has the tools to fix it!]]).
* The car blew up upon being shot because the shooter aimed for the gas tank and said he used tracer rounds ([[FridgeLogic but wait, why would he have tracer rounds in his service pistol?]]).

* The protagonist uses a [[PowerGlows glowy sword]] because he fights sentient shadows.

A justified {{trope}} is one which, in its common usage, runs counter to the normal laws of logic and probability but in a particular instance has a concrete reason InUniverse for applying to the story. In other words, a trope is "justified" if it is ''required'' by other pre-existing elements in the story -- otherwise the explanation is a HandWave.

A justified {{trope}} is one which, in its common usage, runs counter to the normal laws of logic and probability but in a particular instance has a concrete reason InUniverse for applying to the story. In other words, a trope is [[JustifiedTrope "justified"]] if it is ''required'' by other pre-existing elements in the story -- otherwise the explanation is a HandWave.

Remember that a trope being justified is not about it ultimately being good or bad or effective or ineffective - it's about whether or not it ''makes sense from an in-universe point of view''. A trope can be perfectly justified and still ruin a show. Contrarily, a trope may be completely unjustified and [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality make the story better]]. [[TropesAreNotBad Do not assume that the existence of a trope is inherently a sign of]] bad writing.

->''"Thank God we created the, [[BuffySpeak you know... whatever... device]]."''
-->-- '''Jeff Megall''', ''ThankYouForSmoking''

A justified {{trope}} is one in which, in its common usage, runs counter to the normal laws of logic and probability but in a particular instance has a concrete reason InUniverse for applying to the story. In other words, a trope is [[JustifiedTrope "justified"]] if it is ''required'' by other pre-existing elements in the story -- otherwise the explanation is a HandWave.

Now, how would these same scenarios look if the justifications were [[HandWave Hand Waves]] requiring you [[MST3KMantra to turn your brain off]]?

Don't put any examples here. Wicks on other pages '''[[InUniverseExamplesOnly must be in-universe]]''' and also [[Administrivia/ExamplesAreNotArguable Not Arguable]]. (That is, when writing one, resist the temptation to use WeaselWords like "possibly" "probably," "somewhat" or "part[ial]ly") If you want to see examples, you'll have to look for them elsewhere. Or you could go into the PlayingWithWiki for hypothetical examples.