History PlayingWith / BrokenBridge

* '''Double Subverted''': There is an NPCRoadblock there, and the heroes have to beat up the villains to give the two people something else to talk about.

* '''Justified''': The bridge was over a strong river. Unless the heroes want to wash up further away, the best option is to wait for the bridge to return, and there's no point in just lounging if something is going on.

* '''Inverted''': The heroes destroy a bridge to keep enemies out of an area.

* '''Subverted''': There is an intact bridge which seems like it'll be a BrokenBridge.

* '''Enforced''': The free world was hard to put together without spoiling that Adviser Winston is the big bad, so they decide to lock the final island until they finish the second to last story quest.

* '''Enforced''': The free world was hard to put together without spoiling that Adviser Winston is the bigbad, so they decide to lock the party in the starting island until the cutscene that reveals this fact.

* '''Parodied''': Before Bob begins bountying for basics, or starting the quest, he sees a man with a sledgehammer mumbling something about "all these adventures got to have a blocked path." Bob sees the broken bridge and immediately gets it.

'''Basic Trope''': A character's mentor or idol becomes loathed by them for evil actions.
* '''Straight''': Bob once taught Chris noble martial arts, and Chris uses his ninja powers to catch Bob committing crimes.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob, once a pacifist and a lover of kittens, has crossed the MoralEventHorizon and is barely recognised as Chris' original mentor, such is the atrocity of his crimes.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': [[FaceHeelTurn Bob became was forced into a life of crime from living in a]] CrapsackWorld.
* '''Inverted''':
** Bob used to train villains to commit crimes, and now does good acts instead.
** Alternately, Chris is the one who starts committing crimes using the training he got from Bob, [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil much to Bob's disgust when he finds out.]]
* '''Subverted''': Chris has misinterpreted Bob's actions; he is in fact a Good person
* '''Double Subverted''': Then Chris learns about all the [[MoralEventHorizon downright nasty crimes]] Bob has committed.
* '''Parodied''': Chris becomes disillusioned with Bob for [[{{Narm}} horrendous crimes]] [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes against fashion]].
* '''Zig Zagged''':
** Bob appears to be committing crimes, but then it turns out he has good intentions behind them, according with his original teachings. Then Chris learns this is just a cover-up to commit horrendous acts - it then transpires someone told him this, and it is a [[BlatantLies blatant lie]].
** Chris catches Bob in a FaceHeelRevolvingDoor.
* '''Averted''': Bob has always been the same noble teacher.
* '''Enforced''': The writers decide Bob needs some CharacterDevelopment.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You were once the noblest man on Earth, Bob. Now, I can't hold you in the same light I used to. Look at what you've done!"
* '''Invoked''': Bob decides to go under an alias and commit crimes in another city. The city where Chris is now policing.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Bob is highly disillusioned by the CrapsackWorld, but decides keeping his principles is more important, especially with all the people he influenced over his life looking up to him.
* '''Discussed''': "That Bob has started [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking beating up pensioners, raping kittens, and littering]] - how long before Chris finds him, and loses all faith in him?"
* '''Conversed''': "Chris is going to be so pissed when he finds Bob doing all this stuff."
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Chris spirals into depression over the intense hypocrisy of Bob's good teachings and his current evil actions.
** Alternatively, Chris finally realizes that Bob was always a simple asshole instead of the KnightInSourArmor he always thought he was; it's just that he (and Bob) have never let himself admit it.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Chris takes strength from his original teachings, and they allow him to call out his ex-mentor for his descent into villainy.
** Alternatively, Chris realizes that what Bob does doesn't really matter as long as Chris is still a good person.

A true Troper would use the link back to BrokenPedestal. You taught me that. So...why?

'''Basic Trope''': Something stops the party from going to a certain area, and they must do something before it is gone.
* '''Straight''': A bridge falls, and Prince Bob, Lady Emily, Lord Charlie, Lord Dave, and Lady Alice are unable to progress to the villain's base. They go and defeat some of said villain's minions, and the bridge is fixed.
* '''Exaggerated''': There's a bridge, an NPCRoadblock, a boulder on a mountain path, a little kid, a roadblock, carnivorous plants, two people talking, a closed shop that will be open tomorrow, {{Mook}}s saying they're conducting research in some ruins and you can't enter, a group of {{Mook}}s in the Ruined Castle Tourist Attraction blocking of the west half if you haven't done the east half, someone doing the [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Ragecandybar gambit]], a {{Mook}} doing an NPCRoadblock, a bridge at the same ruined castle leading out of it, people saying "something came up", [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Snorlax]], [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Sudowoodo]], a parade, an area where you must go another way because you'll meet someone there, a wall near the sea, [[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal puppies]] playing, and a guard blocking entry... not in that order.
* '''Downplayed''': A little kid asks you to get medicine for his mother. Alice takes pity on him and demands you stop and help.
* '''Justified''': The bridge was over a strong river. Unless the heroes want to wash up further away, the best option is to wait for the bridge to return, and there's no point in just lounging if something is going on.
** The bridge was intentionally "broken" by the big bad. Bob's party has to go into a trap that the big bad is sure they will die in, "repairing" the bridge and leaving over it now that his enemy has fallen into a trap.
* '''Inverted''': The heroes destroy a bridge to keep enemies out of an area.
* '''Subverted''': There is an intact bridge which seems like it'll be a BrokenBridge.
** Alternately, the party finds a shallow spot in the river and bypasses the bridge entirely.
* '''Double Subverted''': There is an NPCRoadblock there, and the heroes have to beat up the villains to give the two people something else to talk about.
* '''Parodied''': Before Bob begins bountying for basics, or starting the quest, he sees a man with a sledgehammer mumbling something about "all these adventures got to have a blocked path." Bob sees the broken bridge and immediately gets it.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The bridge is broken, but the water's shallow. There's somebody standing in front of the other end, but he's only in one spot out of many. He actively tries to block you, but talking to him causes him to worry you'll drown in your heavy clothes and let you go through.
* '''Deconstructed''': The broken bridge and lack hint of where to go causes many players to give up on the game, unable to go across.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice notes, shortly after you leave the area, that the head builder seemed to have something on his mind that wasn't the bridge, and notes talking to him again might let you know why. He tells you where an otherwise obscure town is that you need to go to.
* '''Averted''': You can go anywhere at any time.
* '''Enforced''': The free world was hard to put together without spoiling that Adviser Winston is the bigbad, so they decide to lock the party in the starting island until the cutscene that reveals this fact.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Told you, bridge is out, you owe me five gold, Bob." "Yeah, we get it. You guessed it."
* '''Invoked''': The villain destroys the bridge to stop the heroes getting to him.
* '''Exploited''': Bob realizes that since he, the prince, can't get out, the adviser most likely can't either. They agree to trap the big bad on the island and see if they can deal with him.
* '''Defied''': The bridge is out, but when you talk to the [=NPCs=] in front of it they say it'd be really annoying for you to have to wait for it to be fixed to get on with your quest, but the head worker notes that, since traffic is so low this time of year, they have a few boats in the water to carry people across or that the water can be swam across in any case, and the bridge was just for large materials.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

Back to BrokenBridge
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* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': Without the bridge, people living on an island are marooned and will soon run out of food and water.
* '''Reconstructed''': The heroes take a boat to find supplies and fix the bridge.

* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': The bridge is out, but when you talk to the [=NPCs=] in front of it they say it'd be really annoying for you to have to wait for it to be fixed to get on with your quest, so they work super-hard to get the bridge back up so you can cross it.

* '''Justified''': Bob goes to find a way to fix the bridge.

* '''Exaggerated''': There's a bridge, a {{Dronejam}}, a boulder on a mountain path, a little kid, a roadblock, carnivorous plants, two people talking, a closed shop that will be open tomorrow, {{Mook}}s saying they're conducting research in some ruins and you can't enter, a group of {{Mook}}s in the Ruined Castle Tourist Attraction blocking of the west half if you haven't done the east half, someone doing the [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Ragecandybar gambit]], a {{Mook}} doing a {{Dronejam}}, a bridge at the same ruined castle leading out of it, people saying "something came up", [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Snorlax]], [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Sudowoodo]], a parade, an area where you must go another way because you'll meet someone there, a wall near the sea, [[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal puppies]] playing, and a guard blocking entry... not in that order.

* '''Double Subverted''': There is a {{Dronejam}} there, and the heroes have to beat up the villains to give the two people something else to talk about.

* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Straight''': A bridge falls, and [[TheHero Pri]][[TokenHuman nce]] [[RebelPrince Bob]], [[TheBigGuy La]][[BigBadassWolf dy]] [[BareFistedMonk Emily]], [[TheLancer Lo]][[CoolHorse rd]] [[KnightInShiningArmour Charlie]], [[TheSmartGuy Lo]][[KingOfBeasts rd]] [[BlackMage Dave]], and [[TheChick La]][[BigBadassBirdOfPrey dy]] [[WhiteMage Alice]] are unable to progress to the villain's base. They go and defeat some of said villains, and the bridge is fixed.

* '''Exaggerated''': There's a bridge, a {{Dronejam}}, a boulder on a mountain path, a little kid, a roadblock, carnivorous plants, two people talking, a closed shop that will be open tomorrow, {{Mook}}s saying they're conducting research in some ruins and you can't enter, a group of {{Mook}}s in the Ruined Castle Tourist Attraction blocking of the west half if you haven't done the east half, someone doing the [[PokemonGoldAndSilver Ragecandybar gambit]], a {{Mook}} doing a {{Dronejam}}, a bridge at the same ruined castle leading out of it, people saying "something came up", [[PokemonRedAndBlue Snorlax]], [[PokemonGoldAndSilver Sudowoodo]], a parade, an area where you must go another way because you'll meet someone there, a wall near the sea, [[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal puppies]] playing, and a guard blocking entry... not in that order.

* '''Basic Trope''': Something stops the party from going to a certain area, and they must do something before it is gone.

* '''Exaggerated''': There's a bridge, a {{Dronejam}}, a boulder on a mountain path, a little kid, a roadblock, carnivorous plants, two people talking, a closed shop that will be open tomorrow, {{Mook}}s saying they're conducting research in some ruins and you can't enter, a group of {{Mook}}s in the Ruined Castle Tourist Attraction blocking of the west half if you haven't done the east half, someone doing the [[PokemonGoldAndSilver Ragecandybar gambit]], a {{Mook}} doing a {{Dronejam}}, a bridge at the same ruined castle leading out of it, people saying "something came up", [[PokemonRedAndBlue Snorlax]], [[PokemonGoldAndSilver Sudowoodo]], a parade, an area where you must go another way because you'll meet someone there, a wall near the sea, [[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal puppies]] playing, and a guard blocking entry... not in that order.
* '''Inverted''': The heroes destroy a bridge to keep enemies out of an area.

* '''Averted''': You can go anywhere at any time.

* '''Exaggerated''': There's a bridge, a {{Dronejam}}, a boulder on a mountain path, a little kid, a roadblock, carnivorous plants, two people talking, a closed shop that will be open tomorrow, {{Mook}}s saying they're conducting research in some ruins and you can't enter, a group of {{Mook}}s in the Ruined Castle Tourist Attraction blocking of the west half if you haven't done the east half, someone doing the [[PokemonGoldAndSilver Ragecandybar gambit]], a {{Mook}} doing a {{Dronejam}}, a bridge at the same ruined castle leading out of it, people saying "something came up", [[PokemonRedAndBlue Snorlax]], [[PokemonGoldAndSilver Sudowoodo]], a parade, an area where you must go another way because you'll meet someone there, a wall near the sea, and a guard blocking entry... not in that order.