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** The current rulership of Troperia is unpopular, or both them and Erica rule with such a loose hand that everyone thinks it won't really matter who rules them, so everyone surrenders without a fight to avoid casualties.
** Erica's army is far more technologically advanced than Troperia's, and Troperia has only managed to avoid being conquered before because no one ever had a reason to.
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** Troperia gets a reputation for being indefensible and surrounded by greedy neighbors who want to annex it, to the point where ''no one'' wants to conquer it for fear of being toppled by the next conqueror after them.

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** Troperia gets a reputation for being indefensible and surrounded by greedy neighbors who want to annex it, to the point where ''no one'' wants [[SchmuckBait nobody but an idiot]] would ''want'' to conquer it for fear of [[MakeWayForTheNewVillains being toppled by the next conqueror after them.]]
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** Troperia gets a reputation for being indefensible and surrounded by nations that want to annex it, to the point where ''no one'' wants to conquer it for fear of being toppled by the next conqueror after them.

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** Troperia gets a reputation for being indefensible and surrounded by nations that greedy neighbors who want to annex it, to the point where ''no one'' wants to conquer it for fear of being toppled by the next conqueror after them.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Many conquerors have taken advantage of Troperia's weaknesses throughout the years. A conquest can happen so fast that a Troperian goes to sleep in [[TheGoodKingdom a free kingdom]] and wakes up in [[TheEmpire a tyrannical empire]]. Even when the country is free, Troperians are unable to enjoy it because they suffer from the intense anxiety that comes with knowing their freedom can and will be snatched away from them at any moment.

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Many conquerors have taken advantage of Troperia's weaknesses throughout the years. A conquest can happen so fast that a Troperian goes to sleep in [[TheGoodKingdom a free kingdom]] and wakes up in [[TheEmpire a tyrannical empire]]. Even when the country is free, Troperians are unable to enjoy it because they suffer from the intense anxiety that comes with knowing their freedom can and will be snatched away from them at any moment.moment.
** Troperia gets a reputation for being indefensible and surrounded by nations that want to annex it, to the point where ''no one'' wants to conquer it for fear of being toppled by the next conqueror after them.
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* '''Straight''': Erica the Evil Empress conquers TheKingdom of Troperia in one day by sending a few dozen {{Mooks}} to [[TheGoodKing King Charlie]]'s palace. They easily sneak past his [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy incompetent guards]] and kidnap him, allowing Erica to take his place as the ruler of Troperia.

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* '''Straight''': Erica the Evil Empress conquers TheKingdom TheGoodKingdom of Troperia in one day by sending a few dozen {{Mooks}} to [[TheGoodKing King Charlie]]'s palace. They easily sneak past his [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy incompetent guards]] and kidnap him, allowing Erica to take his place as the ruler of Troperia.



* '''Downplayed''': Erica has to send in thousands of {{Mooks}} to fight against TheKingdom's soldiers, but the latter surrender unexpectedly quickly.

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* '''Downplayed''': Erica has to send in thousands of {{Mooks}} to fight against TheKingdom's TheGoodKingdom's soldiers, but the latter surrender unexpectedly quickly.



* '''Deconstructed''': Many conquerors have taken advantage of Troperia's weaknesses throughout the years. A conquest can happen so fast that a Troperian goes to sleep in [[TheKingdom a free kingdom]] and wakes up in [[TheEmpire a tyrannical empire]]. Even when the country is free, Troperians are unable to enjoy it because they suffer from the intense anxiety that comes with knowing their freedom can and will be snatched away from them at any moment.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Many conquerors have taken advantage of Troperia's weaknesses throughout the years. A conquest can happen so fast that a Troperian goes to sleep in [[TheKingdom [[TheGoodKingdom a free kingdom]] and wakes up in [[TheEmpire a tyrannical empire]]. Even when the country is free, Troperians are unable to enjoy it because they suffer from the intense anxiety that comes with knowing their freedom can and will be snatched away from them at any moment.

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* '''Inverted''': Troperia is a tiny kingdom with only a dozen soldiers, but it somehow manages to thwart an invasion consisting of thousands of {{Mooks}}.

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Troperia is a tiny kingdom with only a dozen soldiers, but it somehow manages to thwart an invasion consisting of thousands of {{Mooks}}. {{Mooks}}.
** After years of back-and-forth war with the Empire, Troperia finally succumbs to occupation. But when Troperia's ally the Republic of Wikadia [[NeutralNoLonger finally agrees to send reinforcements,]] they drive the Empire's troops back out and restore the rightful king within a week. In other words, an Easily Liberated World.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Erica conquers Troperia by waltzing unhindered into Charlie's palace and telling him to give her his kingdom. [[DirtyCoward He immediately agrees to it]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': Erica conquers Troperia by waltzing unhindered into Charlie's palace and telling him to give her his kingdom. [[DirtyCoward He immediately agrees to it]]. This is somehow allowed to happen even though Troperia has massive {{militaries|AreUseless}}, strong {{police|AreUseless}} forces and thousands of civilian {{Magic Knight}}s.



** The catastrophic weaknesses of Troperia's defences are known by a small circle that works to correct them. TheMole hands this sensitive information over to Erica.



* '''Parodied''': King Charlie's palace contains a continually updated list of the top 10 most embarrassing conquests of Troperia. The current frontrunner is a harmless flower fairy who wasn't even ''trying'' to take over the kingdom.

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King Charlie's palace contains a continually updated list of the top 10 most embarrassing conquests of Troperia. The current frontrunner is a harmless flower fairy who wasn't even ''trying'' to take over the kingdom.kingdom.
** It's made blatantly obvious that anyone could have stopped Erica if they weren't too lazy to get off their ass for 15 minutes.



* '''Deconstructed''': As Troperia is easy to conquer, many conquerors have taken advantage of it throughout the years. It happens so fast that a Troperian can go to sleep in [[TheKingdom a free kingdom]] and wake up in [[TheEmpire a tyrannical empire]]. Even when the country is free, Troperians are unable to enjoy it because they suffer from the intense anxiety that comes with knowing their freedom can and will be snatched away from them at any moment.

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* '''Deconstructed''': As Troperia is easy to conquer, many Many conquerors have taken advantage of it Troperia's weaknesses throughout the years. It happens A conquest can happen so fast that a Troperian can go goes to sleep in [[TheKingdom a free kingdom]] and wake wakes up in [[TheEmpire a tyrannical empire]]. Even when the country is free, Troperians are unable to enjoy it because they suffer from the intense anxiety that comes with knowing their freedom can and will be snatched away from them at any moment.



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* '''Played For Laughs''': As anyone can conquer Troperia effortlessly, the series focuses on how various eccentrics conquer and ruled it in silly and bizarre ways.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': As anyone can conquer Troperia effortlessly, the series focuses on how various eccentrics conquer and ruled rule it in silly and bizarre ways.
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** Erica's attack on King Charlie's tiny forces seems to be going very well, but it turns out they walked [[DefensiveFeintTrap straight into an ambush]].
* '''Double Subverted''': Charlie's ambushing troops are easily defeated.

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** Erica's attack on King Charlie's tiny forces army attacks, and it seems to be going very well, but like Troperia's only defences are a few tiny troops that retreat quickly. However, Erica's army soon discovers that it turns out they walked [[DefensiveFeintTrap straight into an ambush]].
* '''Double Subverted''': Charlie's ambushing troops are easily defeated.Subverted''':



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** The ambushing troops are easily defeated.



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%%* * '''Played For Laughs''': ??As anyone can conquer Troperia effortlessly, the series focuses on how various eccentrics conquer and ruled it in silly and bizarre ways.

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* '''Subverted''': Erica easily kidnaps King Charlie and expects Troperia to surrender immediately. However, Prince Philip ascends to the throne, responds with ThisMeansWar and sends out all his soldiers to fight against Erica and [[TheEmpire her empire]].
* '''Double Subverted''': Erica's armies [[CurbStompBattle curbstomp]] Philip's.

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Erica easily kidnaps King Charlie and expects Troperia to surrender immediately. However, Prince Philip ascends to the throne, responds with ThisMeansWar and sends out all his soldiers to fight against Erica and [[TheEmpire her empire]].
** Erica's attack on King Charlie's tiny forces seems to be going very well, but it turns out they walked [[DefensiveFeintTrap straight into an ambush]].
* '''Double Subverted''': Charlie's ambushing troops are easily defeated.
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Erica's armies [[CurbStompBattle curbstomp]] Philip's.Philip's.
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* '''Downplayed''': Erica has to send in thousands of {{Mooks}} to fight against TheKingdom's soldiers, but the latter surrenders unexpectedly quickly.

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* '''Downplayed''': Erica has to send in thousands of {{Mooks}} to fight against TheKingdom's soldiers, but the latter surrenders surrender unexpectedly quickly.



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* '''Invoked''': ???An EvilChancellor tricks King Charlie into weakening Troperia's defences.



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* '''Deconstructed''': As Troperia is easy to conquer, many conquerors have taken advantage of it throughout the years. The kingdom is conquered so fast that a Troperian can go to sleep in [[TheKingdom a free kingdom]] and wake up in [[TheEmpire a tyrannical empire]]. Even when the country is free, Troperians are unable to enjoy it because they suffer from the intense anxiety that comes with knowing their freedom can and will be snatched away from them at any moment.

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[[TheHero Hiro]] leaves Troperia to go on a two-week holiday. When he returns, he discovers that it has fallen into Erica's hands.
* '''Deconstructed''': As Troperia is easy to conquer, many conquerors have taken advantage of it throughout the years. The kingdom is conquered It happens so fast that a Troperian can go to sleep in [[TheKingdom a free kingdom]] and wake up in [[TheEmpire a tyrannical empire]]. Even when the country is free, Troperians are unable to enjoy it because they suffer from the intense anxiety that comes with knowing their freedom can and will be snatched away from them at any moment.
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** Troperia doesn't have many citizens capable of fighting back against Erica's army, and those who are figure out that they probably won't stand a chance against Erica's vast armies anyway, so [[KnowWhenToFoldEm why fight a hopeless battle]]?

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** Troperia doesn't have many citizens capable of fighting back against Erica's army, back, and those who are figure out that they probably won't stand a chance against Erica's vast armies anyway, so [[KnowWhenToFoldEm why fight a hopeless battle]]?



* '''Parodied''': King Charlie's palace contains a list titled "Top 10 Most Embarrassing Troperia Conquests". The current frontrunner is a harmless flower fairy who wasn't even ''trying'' to take over the kingdom.

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* '''Parodied''': King Charlie's palace contains a continually updated list titled "Top of the top 10 Most Embarrassing Troperia Conquests".most embarrassing conquests of Troperia. The current frontrunner is a harmless flower fairy who wasn't even ''trying'' to take over the kingdom.



* '''Discussed''': "Empress Erica, do you really think we can just enter King Charlie's palace and kidnap him to take over Troperia?"

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* '''Discussed''': "Empress Erica, do you really think we can just enter sneak into King Charlie's palace and kidnap him to take over Troperia?"



* '''Deconstructed''': As Troperia is easy to conquer quickly, it happens so often that it's literally possible to go to sleep in [[TheKingdom a vibrant, free country]] and wake up in [[TheEmpire a tyrannical empire]]. Even when the country is free, Troperians are unable to enjoy it because they suffer from the intense anxiety that comes with knowing their freedom can and will be snatched away from them at any moment.

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* '''Deconstructed''': As Troperia is easy to conquer quickly, conquer, many conquerors have taken advantage of it happens throughout the years. The kingdom is conquered so often fast that it's literally possible to a Troperian can go to sleep in [[TheKingdom a vibrant, free country]] kingdom]] and wake up in [[TheEmpire a tyrannical empire]]. Even when the country is free, Troperians are unable to enjoy it because they suffer from the intense anxiety that comes with knowing their freedom can and will be snatched away from them at any moment.
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** Troperia doesn't have many citizens capable of fighting back against Erica's army, and those are figure out that they probably won't stand a chance against Erica's vast armies anyway, so [[KnowWhenToFoldEm why fight a hopeless battle]]?

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** Troperia doesn't have many citizens capable of fighting back against Erica's army, and those who are figure out that they probably won't stand a chance against Erica's vast armies anyway, so [[KnowWhenToFoldEm why fight a hopeless battle]]?
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'''Basic Trope''': A place doesn't offer much resistance against those trying to conquer it.
* '''Straight''': Erica the Evil Empress conquers TheKingdom of Troperia in one day by sending a few dozen {{Mooks}} to [[TheGoodKing King Charlie]]'s palace. They easily sneak past his [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy incompetent guards]] and kidnap him, allowing Erica to take his place as the ruler of Troperia.
* '''Exaggerated''': Erica conquers Troperia by waltzing unhindered into Charlie's palace and telling him to give her his kingdom. [[DirtyCoward He immediately agrees to it]].
* '''Downplayed''': Erica has to send in thousands of {{Mooks}} to fight against TheKingdom's soldiers, but the latter surrenders unexpectedly quickly.
* '''Justified''':
** Troperia doesn't have many citizens capable of fighting back against Erica's army, and those are figure out that they probably won't stand a chance against Erica's vast armies anyway, so [[KnowWhenToFoldEm why fight a hopeless battle]]?
** Erica's invasion was an OutsideContextProblem no one in Troperia could have seen coming.
* '''Inverted''': Troperia is a tiny kingdom with only a dozen soldiers, but it somehow manages to thwart an invasion consisting of thousands of {{Mooks}}.
* '''Subverted''': Erica easily kidnaps King Charlie and expects Troperia to surrender immediately. However, Prince Philip ascends to the throne, responds with ThisMeansWar and sends out all his soldiers to fight against Erica and [[TheEmpire her empire]].
* '''Double Subverted''': Erica's armies [[CurbStompBattle curbstomp]] Philip's.
* '''Parodied''': King Charlie's palace contains a list titled "Top 10 Most Embarrassing Troperia Conquests". The current frontrunner is a harmless flower fairy who wasn't even ''trying'' to take over the kingdom.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Charlie's palace is heavily guarded, and Troperia has vast, highly-trained armies to put up solid resistance against invaders.
* '''Enforced''': [[YouCantThwartStageOne Having Charlie's guards thwart stage one of Erica's plan would be too anticlimactic]] and not allow TheHero to save Troperia.
* '''Lampshaded''': After conquering Troperia, Erica remarks that it was easy.
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* '''Defied''': King Charlie notices that his kingdom is vulnerable to would-be rulers, and greatly improves its defensive capabilities.
* '''Discussed''': "Empress Erica, do you really think we can just enter King Charlie's palace and kidnap him to take over Troperia?"
* '''Conversed''': While playing ''The Conquest of Troperia'', Peter the player asks why TheHero should bother saving Troperia when a no-name militia leader could conquer it again next week anyway.
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* '''Deconstructed''': As Troperia is easy to conquer quickly, it happens so often that it's literally possible to go to sleep in [[TheKingdom a vibrant, free country]] and wake up in [[TheEmpire a tyrannical empire]]. Even when the country is free, Troperians are unable to enjoy it because they suffer from the intense anxiety that comes with knowing their freedom can and will be snatched away from them at any moment.
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??
%%* '''Played For Drama''':
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