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* '''Zigzagged''': Rainbow man constantly switch between a gay man suffering discrimination and the adventures of the weatherman.

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* '''Zigzagged''': Rainbow man Rainbowman constantly switch switches between a gay man suffering discrimination and the adventures of the weatherman.
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** ''The Sword of Light'', a Dark Fantasy novel where CharactersDroppingLikeFlies is in effect, is named for the sword the BigBad carries, not the hero, because in its universe LightIsNotGood.

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* '''Justified''':
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** ''The Sword of Light'', a Dark Fantasy DarkFantasy novel where CharactersDroppingLikeFlies is in effect, is named for the sword the BigBad carries, not the hero, because in its universe LightIsNotGood.
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** ''The Sword of Light'', a darkfantasy novel where CharactersDroppingLikeFlies is in effect, is named for the sword the BigBad carries, not the hero, because in its universe LightIsNotGood.

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** ''The Sword of Light'', a darkfantasy Dark Fantasy novel where CharactersDroppingLikeFlies is in effect, is named for the sword the BigBad carries, not the hero, because in its universe LightIsNotGood.
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** ''The Sword of Light'', a DarkFantasy novel where CharactersDroppingLikeFlies is in effect, is named for the sword the BigBad carries, not the hero, because in its universe LightIsNotGood.

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** ''The Sword of Light'', a DarkFantasy darkfantasy novel where CharactersDroppingLikeFlies is in effect, is named for the sword the BigBad carries, not the hero, because in its universe LightIsNotGood.
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* '''Zigzagged''': Combine the Subverted and the Double Subverted into one film and you've got yourself a zigzag.

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* '''Zigzagged''': Combine the Subverted Rainbow man constantly switch between a gay man suffering discrimination and the Double Subverted into one film and you've got yourself a zigzag.adventures of the weatherman.
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** ''The Sword of Light'', a GrimDark fantasy novel where CharactersDroppingLikeFlies is in effect, is named for the sword the BigBad carries, not the hero, because in its universe LightIsNotGood.

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** ''The Sword of Light'', a GrimDark fantasy DarkFantasy novel where CharactersDroppingLikeFlies is in effect, is named for the sword the BigBad carries, not the hero, because in its universe LightIsNotGood.
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* '''Parodied''': ''A Movie with Cute Kittens Who Play Hide and Seek; Or, Don't Take Your Kids to See This, It's Actually about Genocide'' gets complaints from MoralGuardians on a regular basis [[FailedASpotCheck because they thought it would be a kids' movie.]]

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* '''Parodied''': ''A Movie with Cute Kittens Who Play Hide and Seek; Or, [[EitherOrTitle Or,]] Don't Take Your Kids to See This, It's Actually about Genocide'' gets complaints from MoralGuardians on a regular basis [[FailedASpotCheck because they thought it would be a kids' movie.]]
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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???The executives in charge of the InUniverse production of ''Friendly Tea Party'' take one look at the script, at the bloodbath in the final minutes, and the possibility of {{Frivolous Lawsuit}}s from ticked-off parents (or [[MarketBasedTitle losing money from it not being a good enough title for their target market]]) and order it to be changed.
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Kill Em All was renamed Everybody Dies Ending due to misuse. Dewicking


* '''Exaggerated''': ''A Friendly Tea Party'' is a KillEmAll DownerEnding film about AtomicHate full of {{Gorn}}. People take the title at face value.

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* '''Exaggerated''': ''A Friendly Tea Party'' is a KillEmAll DownerEnding film about AtomicHate full of {{Gorn}}. People take the title at face value.
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** ''Rainbowman'' comes from a (deliberate?) [[BlindIdiotTranslation Blind Idiot]] reading of the original title's characters, when they actually should read "crying[[labelnote:*]][[superscript:second reading, instead of the third (coming from the local mythology of the Crying Goddess)]][[/labelnote]] archer"

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** ''Rainbowman'' ''Rain bowman'' comes from a (deliberate?) [[BlindIdiotTranslation Blind Idiot]] reading Idiot reading]] of the original title's characters, when they actually should read "crying[[labelnote:*]][[superscript:second reading, instead of the third (coming from the local mythology of the Crying Goddess)]][[/labelnote]] archer"
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** ''Rainbowman'' comes from a (deliberate?) [[BlindIdiotTranslation Blind Idiot]] reading of the original title's characters, when they actually should read "crying[[labelnote:*]][[superscript:second reading, instead of the third]][[/labelnote]] archer"

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** ''Rainbowman'' comes from a (deliberate?) [[BlindIdiotTranslation Blind Idiot]] reading of the original title's characters, when they actually should read "crying[[labelnote:*]][[superscript:second reading, instead of the third]][[/labelnote]] third (coming from the local mythology of the Crying Goddess)]][[/labelnote]] archer"
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** ''Rainbowman'' comes from a deliberate [[BlindIdiotTranslation Blind Idiot]] reading of the original title's characters, when they actually should read "crying[[labelnote:*]][[superscript:second reading, instead of the third]][[/labelnote]] archer"

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** ''Rainbowman'' comes from a deliberate (deliberate?) [[BlindIdiotTranslation Blind Idiot]] reading of the original title's characters, when they actually should read "crying[[labelnote:*]][[superscript:second reading, instead of the third]][[/labelnote]] archer"
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** ''Rainbowman'' comes from a deliberate [[BlindIdiotTranslation Blind Idiot]] reading of the original title's characters, when they actually should read "crying[[labelnote:*]]second reading, instead of the third[[/labelnote]] archer"

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** ''Rainbowman'' comes from a deliberate [[BlindIdiotTranslation Blind Idiot]] reading of the original title's characters, when they actually should read "crying[[labelnote:*]]second "crying[[labelnote:*]][[superscript:second reading, instead of the third[[/labelnote]] third]][[/labelnote]] archer"

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* '''Justified''': ''The Sword of Light'', a GrimDark fantasy novel where CharactersDroppingLikeFlies is in effect, is named for the sword the BigBad carries, not the hero, because in its universe LightIsNotGood.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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''The Sword of Light'', a GrimDark fantasy novel where CharactersDroppingLikeFlies is in effect, is named for the sword the BigBad carries, not the hero, because in its universe LightIsNotGood.LightIsNotGood.
** ''Rainbowman'' comes from a deliberate [[BlindIdiotTranslation Blind Idiot]] reading of the original title's characters, when they actually should read "crying[[labelnote:*]]second reading, instead of the third[[/labelnote]] archer"
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* '''Parodied''': Both the Exaggerated and Inverted examples could be used as parodies.

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* '''Parodied''': Both the Exaggerated ''A Movie with Cute Kittens Who Play Hide and Inverted examples could Seek; Or, Don't Take Your Kids to See This, It's Actually about Genocide'' gets complaints from MoralGuardians on a regular basis [[FailedASpotCheck because they thought it would be used as parodies.a kids' movie.]]
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* '''Justified''': ''The Sword of Light'', a fantasy novel, is named for the sword the BigBad carries, not the hero, because in its universe LightIsNotGood.

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* '''Justified''': ''The Sword of Light'', a GrimDark fantasy novel, novel where CharactersDroppingLikeFlies is in effect, is named for the sword the BigBad carries, not the hero, because in its universe LightIsNotGood.
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* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???''The Sword of Light'', a fantasy novel, is named for the sword the BigBad carries, not the hero, because in its universe LightIsNotGood.



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

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* '''Exploited''': ???A character uses a ShowWithinAShow with a DeceptivelySillyTitle to traumatize another. "Hey Susie, wanna watch ''A Friendly Tea Party''?" "Sure, why not?"

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Basic Trope: The title for a work makes the work seem a lot lighter than it really is.
* '''Straight Trope''': ''Rainbowman'' is a dark film about a gay man facing discrimination, but people assume based on the title it's something for little girls.

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Basic Trope: '''Basic Trope''': The title for a work makes the work seem a lot lighter than it really is.
* '''Straight Trope''': '''Straight''': ''Rainbowman'' is a dark film about a gay man facing discrimination, but people assume based on the title it's something for little girls.



* '''Lampshaded''': "I thought we were gonna have a tea party, not NukeEmAll!"
* '''Invoked''': N/A
* '''Exploited''': N/A
* '''Defied''': N/A
* '''Discussed''': ?
* '''Conversed''': ?
* '''Implied''': N/A

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* '''Lampshaded''': "I thought we were gonna have a tea party, not NukeEmAll!"
NukeEm all!"
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* '''Exploited''': N/A
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* '''Defied''': N/A
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* '''Discussed''': ?
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* '''Conversed''': ?
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* '''Reconstructed''': The film eventually finds its audience of adults despite the title.

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* '''Reconstructed''': The film eventually finds its audience of adults despite the title.title.
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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'''Straight Trope''': ''Rainbowman'' is a dark film about a gay man facing discrimination, but people assume based on the title it's something for little girls.
'''Exaggerated''': ''A Friendly Tea Party'' is a KillEmAll DownerEnding film about AtomicHate full of {{Gorn}}. People take the title at face value.
'''Downplayed''': ''Rainbowman'' is about a weatherman who has some marital problems, it's not a kids movie but it's not necessarily something they wouldn't understand.
'''Justified''': ???
'''Inverted''': ''Bloody Hellscape'' is about pink ponies having a tea party under a rainbow.
'''Subverted''': ''Rainbowman'' is initially about a gay man facing discrimination, but morphs into a story about the wacky adventures of a weatherman trying to predict a rainbow.
'''Double Subverted''': It morphs back to the gay man's story and a DownerEnding.
'''Parodied''': Both the Exaggerated and Inverted examples could be used as parodies.
'''Zigzagged''': Combine the Subverted and the Double Subverted into one film and you've got yourself a zigzag.
'''Averted''': ''A Friendly Tea Party'' is about just that.
'''Enforced''': The execs are trying to appeal to a younger demographic.
'''Lampshaded''': "I thought we were gonna have a tea party, not NukeEmAll!"
'''Invoked''': N/A
'''Exploited''': N/A
'''Defied''': N/A
'''Discussed''': ?
'''Conversed''': ?
'''Implied''': N/A
'''Deconstructed''': The producers of ''A Friendly Tea Party'' get sued by parents who took their now traumatized children to a film they thought was about tea parties.
'''Reconstructed''': The film eventually finds its audience of adults despite the title.

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* '''Straight Trope''': ''Rainbowman'' is a dark film about a gay man facing discrimination, but people assume based on the title it's something for little girls.
* '''Exaggerated''': ''A Friendly Tea Party'' is a KillEmAll DownerEnding film about AtomicHate full of {{Gorn}}. People take the title at face value.
* '''Downplayed''': ''Rainbowman'' is about a weatherman who has some marital problems, it's not a kids movie but it's not necessarily something they wouldn't understand.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ''Bloody Hellscape'' is about pink ponies having a tea party under a rainbow.
* '''Subverted''': ''Rainbowman'' is initially about a gay man facing discrimination, but morphs into a story about the wacky adventures of a weatherman trying to predict a rainbow.
* '''Double Subverted''': It morphs back to the gay man's story and a DownerEnding.
* '''Parodied''': Both the Exaggerated and Inverted examples could be used as parodies.
* '''Zigzagged''': Combine the Subverted and the Double Subverted into one film and you've got yourself a zigzag.
* '''Averted''': ''A Friendly Tea Party'' is about just that.
* '''Enforced''': The execs are trying to appeal to a younger demographic.
* '''Lampshaded''': "I thought we were gonna have a tea party, not NukeEmAll!"
* '''Invoked''': N/A
* '''Exploited''': N/A
* '''Defied''': N/A
* '''Discussed''': ?
* '''Conversed''': ?
* '''Implied''': N/A
* '''Deconstructed''': The producers of ''A Friendly Tea Party'' get sued by parents who took their now traumatized children to a film they thought was about tea parties.
* '''Reconstructed''': The film eventually finds its audience of adults despite the title.
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Basic Trope: The title for a work makes the work seem a lot lighter than it really is.
'''Straight Trope''': ''Rainbowman'' is a dark film about a gay man facing discrimination, but people assume based on the title it's something for little girls.
'''Exaggerated''': ''A Friendly Tea Party'' is a KillEmAll DownerEnding film about AtomicHate full of {{Gorn}}. People take the title at face value.
'''Downplayed''': ''Rainbowman'' is about a weatherman who has some marital problems, it's not a kids movie but it's not necessarily something they wouldn't understand.
'''Justified''': ???
'''Inverted''': ''Bloody Hellscape'' is about pink ponies having a tea party under a rainbow.
'''Subverted''': ''Rainbowman'' is initially about a gay man facing discrimination, but morphs into a story about the wacky adventures of a weatherman trying to predict a rainbow.
'''Double Subverted''': It morphs back to the gay man's story and a DownerEnding.
'''Parodied''': Both the Exaggerated and Inverted examples could be used as parodies.
'''Zigzagged''': Combine the Subverted and the Double Subverted into one film and you've got yourself a zigzag.
'''Averted''': ''A Friendly Tea Party'' is about just that.
'''Enforced''': The execs are trying to appeal to a younger demographic.
'''Lampshaded''': "I thought we were gonna have a tea party, not NukeEmAll!"
'''Invoked''': N/A
'''Exploited''': N/A
'''Defied''': N/A
'''Discussed''': ?
'''Conversed''': ?
'''Implied''': N/A
'''Deconstructed''': The producers of ''A Friendly Tea Party'' get sued by parents who took their now traumatized children to a film they thought was about tea parties.
'''Reconstructed''': The film eventually finds its audience of adults despite the title.

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