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** Trying to explain everything of what happens in the story will bog it down to an InfoDump, so they don't do so.

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** Trying to explain everything of what happens in the story will bog it down to an InfoDump, [[ShowDontTell so they don't do so.so]].
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** They don't want to mess with a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien race that appeared that might conquer them should they know directly about them.
** Not everything can be explainable and not every single being are safely explainable. They can be too inappropriate and just asking for trouble.

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** They don't want to mess with a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien race that appeared that might conquer them [[HeKnowsTooMuch should they know directly about them.
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** Not everything can be explainable and not every single being are safely explainable. They can [[TooMuchInformation be too inappropriate and just asking for trouble.trouble]].
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** Trying to explain everything of what happens in the story will bog it down to an InfoDump, so they don't do so.

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* '''Justified''': They don't want to mess with a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien race that appeared that might conquer them should they know directly about them.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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They don't want to mess with a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien race that appeared that might conquer them should they know directly about them.



%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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** Not everything can be explainable and not every single being are safely explainable. They can be too inappropriate and just asking for trouble.
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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???"[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Apathy is death]], [[TakeThat my ass!]] [[CuriosityKilledTheCast Curiosity, on the other hand, is the REAL killer!]]"
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Because humanity decided to ignore the SufficientlyAdvancedAlien race, the aliens use humanity's ignorance to their advantage to conquer them.



* '''Deconstructed''': Because humanity decided to ignore the SufficientlyAdvancedAlien race, the aliens use humanity's ignorance to their advantage to conquer them.

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* %%* '''Deconstructed''': Because humanity decided to ignore the SufficientlyAdvancedAlien race, the aliens use humanity's ignorance to their advantage to conquer them.???
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* '''Subverted''': At first, people don't bother to ask about the SufficentlyAdvancedAlien race when they arrive, but after a while, they start to ask questions.

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* '''Subverted''': At first, people don't bother to ask about the SufficentlyAdvancedAlien SufficientlyAdvancedAlien race when they arrive, but after a while, they start to ask questions.
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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
At first, people don't bother to ask about the SufficentlyAdvancedAlien race when they arrive, but after a while, they start to ask questions.
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But they're just making small talk and don't really care about the answers.
* '''Parodied''': ???The aliens desperately try to explain themselves, their culture, and their technology to the public, but no one pays them any attention.



* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???
People start asking questions right away, wanting to know if the advanced aliens can solve their worldly problems.
* '''Enforced''': ???The writers don't want to bog down their story with an ExpositionDump.

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** Alternatively, it's the SufficientlyAdvancedAlien race that is uninterested in humans.

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** Alternatively, it's It's the SufficientlyAdvancedAlien race that is uninterested in humans.



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Back to ApathyKilledTheCat, though we don't care to explain why the main page exists.
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** CuriosityKilledTheCat

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** CuriosityKilledTheCatCuriosityKilledTheCast
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'''Basic Trope''': Nobody bothers to explain about the supernatural or paranormal, not even ask simple questions.
* '''Straight''': A SufficientlyAdvancedAlien race has appeared on earth, and no one shows any curiosity towards it.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** FlatEarthAtheist
** No one bothers to even explain mundane things like the laws of nature and physics.
* '''Downplayed''': Some people do show curiosity towards something that is supernatural or paranormal but are mostly uninterested in it.
* '''Justified''': They don't want to mess with a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien race that appeared that might conquer them should they know directly about them.
* '''Inverted''':
** ''Everyone'' shows curiosity towards something that is supernatural or paranormal.
** Alternatively, it's the SufficientlyAdvancedAlien race that is uninterested in humans.
** CuriosityKilledTheCat
* '''Deconstructed''': Because humanity decided to ignore the SufficientlyAdvancedAlien race, the aliens use humanity's ignorance to their advantage to conquer them.
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