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* ''WebVideo/StuartAshen'' takes offense at the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Vita}}'s "Welcome Park" tutorial program, which has the voiceover of a children's show. He doesn't even give it 10 seconds before he [[PrecisionFStrike rudely cuts it off]].

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* ''WebVideo/StuartAshen'' takes offense at the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Vita}}'s Platform/PlayStationVita's "Welcome Park" tutorial program, which has the voiceover of a children's show. He doesn't even give it 10 seconds before he [[PrecisionFStrike rudely cuts it off]].


* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1860 this]] ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal''.

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%% ZCE * {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1860 this]] ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal''.

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* LessonOfTheDaySpeech: The creator explicitly spells out a work's message because they don't trust the audience to pick up on the subtext.



* ScriptWank: The creator explicitly spells out a work's message because they don't trust the audience to pick up on the subtext, goes hand in hand with...
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* WriterOnBoard: The writer ignores or contradicts established characterization or lore in favor of telling a story in a certain way, usually to make an [[AnAesop ethical]] or political point.
** AuthorFilibuster: The writer brings the story to a complete halt so that they can preach their beliefs to the audience.
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* {{Flanderization}}: A single personality trait is exaggerated until it becomes a character's entire personality.
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** NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: Expecting the audience to be surprised by a [[WalkingSpoiler twist involving a character]] who is voiced by an actor known for such roles.

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** NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: Expecting the audience to be surprised by a [[WalkingSpoiler twist involving a character]] who is voiced by an actor [[{{Typecasting}} known for such roles.roles]].
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** NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: Expecting the audience to be surprised by a [[WalkingSpoiler twist involving a character]] who is voiced by an actor known for such roles.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The heroes are handsome/beautiful while the villains are ugly, because viewers will never figure out who to root for if either are reversed.

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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The heroes are handsome/beautiful while the villains are ugly, because viewers will never figure out who to root for if either are reversed.reversed or even ordinary-looking.

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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The heroes are handsome/beautiful while the villains are ugly, because viewers will never figure out who to root for if either are reversed.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Characters are either [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure good]] or [[CompleteMonster pure evil]], with no shades of grey.



** NarratingTheObvious: The narrator states the obvious.



* NarratingTheObvious: The narrator states the obvious.
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** ObviousJudas: Expecting the audience to be surprised when an ObviouslyEvil character turns out to be a villain.

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** ObviousJudas: Expecting the audience to be surprised when an ObviouslyEvil character turns out to be a villain.traitor.
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** CardCarryingVillain: Believing that the audience can't tell if a character is evil unless they explicitly [[EvilGloating boast]] about how evil they are and/or refer to themselves as evil.

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** CardCarryingVillain: Believing that the audience can't tell if that a character is evil unless they explicitly [[EvilGloating boast]] about how evil they are and/or refer to themselves as evil.
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** CardCarryingVillain: Believing that the audience can't tell if a character is evil unless they openly take pride in how evil they are and/or refer to themselves as evil.

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** CardCarryingVillain: Believing that the audience can't tell if a character is evil unless they openly take pride in explicitly [[EvilGloating boast]] about how evil they are and/or refer to themselves as evil.
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* FillingTheSilence: Adding dialogue, narration etc. to moments [[SilenceIsGolden that would also work fine without]], in fear of boring and/or confusing the audience.

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** Antony affably taunts Brutus for giving a speech "too cerebral for that kind of audience". ManipulativeBastard Antony instead delivers (offscreen) the other famous [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar Shakespearean speech]] full of energy, [[BastardlySpeech demagoguery]] and dramatic effect that [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge infuriates the masses against Caesar's assassins]].

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** Antony affably taunts Brutus for giving a speech "too cerebral for that kind of audience". ManipulativeBastard Antony instead delivers (offscreen) the other famous [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar Shakespearean speech]] full of energy, [[BastardlySpeech demagoguery]] and dramatic effect that [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge infuriates the masses against Caesar's assassins]]. A member of Erastes Fulmen's gang is shown mocking Brutus afterwards, proving his point.
-->"And up steps Brutus, and he goes, blah blah blah the Law this, and the Republic that, and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Tables Twelve bloody Tables]]; I couldn't understand half of it."

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