History PlayingWith / InsurmountableWaistHeightFence

* '''Straight''': Bob, the player character in ''Trope Quest'', can't break open a locked door or jump over a fallen tree even though he can easily slay armored thugs and hike over mountains.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob can cross such fences when he needs to, but otherwise he refuses to as to not cause property damage.

** Bob's first party member notes that the tree isn't too wide to climb and even actively shows her doing it. Bob tries it from the goading of his party member, and the weight Bob carries instantly crushes the tree when he tries to stand on, and both agree that it's for the best to not leave crushed obstacles everywhere.
** The doors and trees are actually afflicted with a magic spell like that of a force field; any incoming objects or entities are forced away from them.

* '''Subverted''': At first, it appears that Bob can't go through locked doors, but once he gets the battering ram weapon, he can destroy any and all doors in his path.

** One of the villains' attacks is to drop a bunch of random garbage around to prevent people from chasing him.
** Bob can go over very long distances or very tall prominences InASingleBound and does so without a hint of fear ... but he becomes a weak, cowardly ManChild when confronted with a slight rift in the ground.

* '''Enforced''': The game designers need some way to keep Bob from going where he's not supposed to.

* '''Exploited''': One of the bad guys puts a fence around Bob while he's sleeping, knowing that he can't possibly get past it.

* '''Discussed''': ???

%%* '''Played for Laughs''': ???

** Bob's first party member notes that the tree isn't too wide to climb and even actively shows her doing it. Bob tries it from the goading of his party member, and the weight bob carries instantly crushes the tree when he tries to stand on, and both agree that it's for the best to not leave crushed obstacles everywhere.

* '''Zig Zagged''': A few obstacles are no problem for Bob to get past, but others he can't seem to cross whatsoever.

* '''Invoked''': ???

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

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's inability to move over everyday objects that are in his path cripples his heroic efforts.

We just have to get over this InsurmountableWaistHeightFence to get back to... uh oh.

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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': Bob can cross such fences when he needs to, but otherwise he refuses to as to not cause mass property damage.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's powers are at borderline PhysicalGod levels, but he can't go over a one-way shallow ramp if he's already crossed it.

* '''Invoked''': One of the bad guys puts a fence around Bob while he's sleeping, knowing that he can't possibly get past it.
* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Enforced''': One of the bad guys puts a fence around Bob while he's sleeping, knowing that he can't possibly get past it.

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Justified''': Bob's powers only activate when fighting [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]]'s henchmen, so they don't activate when he's exploring.

* '''Inverted''': DungeonBypass

* '''Parodied''': Bob can't even walk over a ''pebble''.
** One of the villains' attacks is to drop a bunch of random garbage around to prevent people from chasing him.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's inability to move over everyday objects that are in his path cripples his heroic efforts.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob gets many superpowers to compensate for his inability.
* '''Zig Zagged''': A few obstacles are no problem for Bob to get past, but others he can't seem to cross whatsoever.

* '''Straight''': Bob, the player character in ''Trope Quest'', can't break open a locked door or jump over a fallen tree even though he can easily slay armoured thugs and hike over mountains.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob's powers borderline a {{Physical God}}'s powers, but he can't go over a one-way shallow ramp if he has already crossed it.
** Alternately, Bob's player can't climb over logs, get passed rocks, break open doors or any of that after playing ''Trope Quest''.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob's powers only activate when fighting the {{Big Bad}}'s Mooks, so they don't activate when he's exploring.
** Bob is in a wheelchair, making him unable to get passed anything that requires climbing. However, he's trained to fight nonetheless.
* '''Inverted''':
** DungeonBypass
** Bob can go through anything, like walls, trees, and fallen logs.
* '''Subverted''':
** At first, it appears that Bob can't go through locked doors, but once he gets the battering ram weapon, he can destroy any and all doors in his path.
** The locked doors are actually magical, made of adamantium disguised as rotten wood, etc.

* '''Parodied''': Bob can't even walk over ''a pebble''.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's inability to move over everyday objects that are in his path cripples his heroic efforts and makes him looked down upon by other heroes who consider him unreliable.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob gets a ton of super powers to compensate for his inability.
* '''Zig Zagged''':
** The guide book to ''Trope Quest'' has a five-page chart on what everyday obstacles could or couldn't be crossed without any problems.
** Bob randomly [[InvoluntaryShapeShifting transforms]] into a short creature with no arms.
** A few obstacles are no problem for Bob to get past, but others he can't seem to cross whatsoever.
* '''Averted''': The item is easy to move in real life, or, Bob can move a heavy rock in the video game, but in real life can't do crap.
* '''Enforced''':
** Anti-{{Sequence Breaking}}.
** One of Bob's foes puts a fence around Bob while he's sleeping knowing that he can't possibly get past it.
** The BigBad surrounds his entire fortress with a fence and has no other defences.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's powers borderline a {{Physical God}}'s powers, but he can't go over a one-way shallow ramp if he has already crossed it.

* '''Justified''': Bob's powers only activate when fighting the {{Big Bad}}'s Mooks, so they don't activate when he's exploring.

* '''Inverted''': DungeonBypass

* '''Subverted''': At first, it appears that Bob can't go through locked doors, but once he gets the battering ram weapon, he can destroy any and all doors in his path.

* '''Zig Zagged''': The guide book to ''Trope Quest'' has a five-page chart on what everyday obstacles could or couldn't be crossed without any problems.

* '''Enforced''': Anti-{{Sequence Breaking}}.

* '''Lampshaded''': "What do you mean that you're blocked off due to a tree Bob?"