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* '''Parodied''': Bob has to cross a beach resort.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Bob has to cross a beach resort.resort.
** Bob has to cross Antarctica, which is technically a desert insofar as it receives less than ten inches of precipitation per year. He still acts as though he's crossing a hot desert -- sweating, short sleeves, etc.



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Alice offers to sell him bottled water and/or an air-conditioned car ride to make the journey easier.
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* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''':???

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* '''Justified''': ???
Bob lives in the desert, so crossing it is a normal occurrence.
* '''Inverted''':???'''Inverted''': Bob has to [[BravingTheBlizzard brave the blizzard]].



** The hero doesn't have to cross a desert.

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** The hero Bob doesn't have to cross a desert.



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

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* '''Defied''': ???Bob actively finds a way to avoid the desert at all costs.
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* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???
'''Inverted''':???
* '''Subverted''': ???
Bob finds an alternate route that allows him to bypass the desert.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
Subverted''': ...but the route is several times more dangerous so he decides to cross the desert anyway.
* '''Parodied''': ???Bob has to cross a beach resort.
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'''Basic Trope''': The hero must cross a desert.
* '''Straight''': Bob has to cross a desert in order to reach a water source.
* '''Exaggerated''': The desert is across the entire planet.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob has to cross several kilometers of desert before being picked up.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** The hero doesn't have to cross a desert.
** Deserts aren't present in the work.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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