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** the ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' 'book' is a wooden effigy of a ''for dummies'' book for [[ShowWithinAShow cinematic use]].
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** the ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' 'book' is a [[{{Prop}} wooden effigy effigy]] of a ''for dummies'' book for [[ShowWithinAShow cinematic use]].
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* '''Subverted''': Alice asks for ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'', but is informed that no such book exists.
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** Alice asks for ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'', but is informed that no such bookexists.exists.
** the ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' 'book' is a wooden effigy of a ''for dummies'' book for [[ShowWithinAShow cinematic use]].
** Alice asks for ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'', but is informed that no such book
** the ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' 'book' is a wooden effigy of a ''for dummies'' book for [[ShowWithinAShow cinematic use]].
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** … within the FramingDevice of this year's Struhmwell Junior High Performance, not the show proper.
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** After Alice robs the museum, the police are seen reading ''An Idiot's Guide to Solving Museum Robberies''. During her trial, everyone has their nose in a copy of ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Robbery Trials But Were Afraid to Ask''. Alice gets ten years and decides to read ''You, Too, Can Survive Prison!''.
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** After Alice robs the museum, the police are seen reading ''An Idiot's Guide to Solving Museum Robberies''. During her trial, everyone has their nose in a copy of ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Robbery Trials But Were Afraid to Ask''. Alice gets ten years and decides to read ''You, Too, Can Survive Prison!''.Prison!''
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* '''Inverted''': Alice has lots of how-to books, but none of them parody the ''For Dummies'' series or similar instructional guides.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** Alice has lots of how-to books, but none of themparody parodies the ''For Dummies'' series or similar instructional guides.guides.
** Every nonfiction book assumes [[ViewersAreGeniuses that their readers are already highly competent in the subject matter]].
** Alice has lots of how-to books, but none of them
** Every nonfiction book assumes [[ViewersAreGeniuses that their readers are already highly competent in the subject matter]].
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** Alice breaks into the Smithsonian, but finds that the Hope Diamond is already missing because someone else has already read the ''The Complete Idiot[='=]s Guide to Stealing the Hope Diamond''.
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** Alice breaks into the Smithsonian, but finds that the Hope Diamond is already missing because someone else has already read the ''The Complete Idiot[='=]s Idiot's Guide to Stealing the Hope Diamond''.Diamond'' and carried out its advice.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice consults ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''. Then she asks the legendary PhantomThief Adam for pointers. Then she skims ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Stealing the Hope Diamond''. Then she breaks into the museum and, despite herself, steals some priceless artifact or another.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice's attempt to follow the advice in ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' is comically inept.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice reads a real book, such as ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Auto Repair''.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** Alice reads a real book, such as ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to AutoRepair''.Repair''.
** Alice the witch reads ''Potions for Dummies'' -- obviously not a real book, but it ''is'' a plausible instructional guide for a fantasy world.
** Alice reads a real book, such as ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Auto
** Alice the witch reads ''Potions for Dummies'' -- obviously not a real book, but it ''is'' a plausible instructional guide for a fantasy world.
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** Alice breaks into the Smithsonian but finds that the Hope Diamond is already missing, because someone else has already read the ''The Complete Idiot[='=]s Guide to Stealing the Hope Diamond''.
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** Alice breaks into the Smithsonian Smithsonian, but finds that the Hope Diamond is already missing, missing because someone else has already read the ''The Complete Idiot[='=]s Guide to Stealing the Hope Diamond''.
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** Alice tries to rob a museum by following the advice in ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''. Too bad the "information" found there is useless CaptainObvious statements at best and blatantly wrong at worst.
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Not a subversion. The trope is "a parody of For Dummies (or a similar series)", not necessarily "a parody guide gets used". The Zig-Zagged entry is just a mess.
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'''Basic Trope''': A book is a parody of ''X for Dummies'' or ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to X''.
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'''Basic Trope''': A book is a parody of ''X for Dummies'' or Dummies'', ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to X''.X'' or similar series.
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** Alice has trouble understanding ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''. Fortunately, Alice finds a ''[=CliffsNotes=]'' for this book.
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** Alice has trouble understanding ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''. Fortunately, Alice she finds a ''[=CliffsNotes=]'' for this book.
** After Alice robs the museum, the police are seen reading ''An Idiot's Guide to Solving Museum Robberies''. During her trial, everyone has their nose in a copy of ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Robbery Trials But Were Afraid to Ask''. Alice gets ten years and decides to read ''You, Too, Can Survive Prison!''.
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* '''Inverted''': Alice has lots of how to books, but none of them are called anything ''for Dummies''.
* '''Subverted''': Alice has ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'', but she plans to assassinate the mayor, not rob a museum.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but the mayor, trying to escape from Alice, hides in a museum exhibit.
* '''Subverted''': Alice has ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'', but she plans to assassinate the mayor, not rob a museum.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but the mayor, trying to escape from Alice, hides in a museum exhibit.
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* '''Inverted''': Alice has lots of how to how-to books, but none of them are called anything ''for Dummies''.
parody the ''For Dummies'' series or similar instructional guides.
* '''Subverted''': Alicehas asks for ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'', but she plans to assassinate the mayor, not rob a museum.
is informed that no such book exists.
* '''DoubleSubverted''': ...but the mayor, trying Subverted''':
** However, a general ''Robbery for Dummies'' exists.
** However, they do have a book titled ''The Complete Idiot's Guide toescape from Alice, hides in a museum exhibit.Robbing Museums''.
* '''Subverted''': Alice
* '''Double
** However, a general ''Robbery for Dummies'' exists.
** However, they do have a book titled ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice uses ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' to rob a museum, but then decides not to use ''Slaying Dragons for Dummies'' when trying to slay a dragon. She then decides to order a copy, but it never comes. Finally, she finds a copy of ''Slaying Dragons for Dummies'' on an old shelf, but doesn't use it--she just keeps it in her backpack. When she is about to slay the dragon, she pulls out the book, but it is eaten by the dragon.
* '''Averted''':
** Alice asks for ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'', but the book does not exist.
** Alice learns how to rob a museum, but not by reading a book. Perhaps she has TheGift, or gets ImprovisedTraining.
* '''Averted''':
** Alice asks for ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'', but the book does not exist.
** Alice learns how to rob a museum, but not by reading a book. Perhaps she has TheGift, or gets ImprovisedTraining.
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* '''Averted''':
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* '''Zig Zagged''':
* '''Averted''': Alice learns how to rob a museum, but not by reading a book. Perhaps she has TheGift, or gets ImprovisedTraining.
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* '''Defied''': Alice buys a how-to guide that does not end in ''For Dummies''.
* '''Discussed''': "If you want to rob a museum, maybe you should read ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''."
* '''Conversed''': "This show is so inaccurate! Of course there's no book called ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''."
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice reads ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' but comes out with only a preliminary understanding of the topic, and is immediately arrested when she tries to rob the museum.
* '''Discussed''': "If you want to rob a museum, maybe you should read ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''."
* '''Conversed''': "This show is so inaccurate! Of course there's no book called ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''."
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice reads ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' but comes out with only a preliminary understanding of the topic, and is immediately arrested when she tries to rob the museum.
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* '''Defied''': Alice buys Bob tries to get a how-to guide that does not end in ''For Dummies''.
work titled ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' published. The publisher forces him to change the title to ''Robbing Museums'', if it even allows him to publish it at all.
* '''Discussed''': Carol sarcastically says, "If you want to rob a museum, maybe you should read ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''."
* '''Conversed''': "This show is so inaccurate! Of course there's no book called ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''."
" "Of course there isn't. Don't you know what a parody is?"
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice reads ''Robbing Museums forDummies'' Dummies'', but comes out with only a preliminary understanding of the topic, and is immediately arrested when she tries to rob the museum.
* '''Discussed''': Carol sarcastically says, "If you want to rob a museum, maybe you should read ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''."
* '''Conversed''': "This show is so inaccurate! Of course there's no book called ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice reads ''Robbing Museums for
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'''Basic Trope''': A book is a parody of ''X for Dummies'' or ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to X''.
* '''Straight''':
** Alice wants to rob a museum. She reads ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''.
** ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Stealing the Hope Diamond'', an oddly specific book about how to remove one object from the Smithsonian's National Museum of National History.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice has trouble understanding ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''. Fortunately, Alice finds a ''[=CliffsNotes=]'' for this book.
** Alice depends on these books for mundane tasks: ''Climbing Stairways for Dummies'', ''Opening Doors for Dummies'', and ''Breathing Air for Dummies''.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice reads a real book, such as ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Auto Repair''.
* '''Justified''': High levels of crime have created a market for books like ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''.
* '''Inverted''': Alice has lots of how to books, but none of them are called anything ''for Dummies''.
* '''Subverted''': Alice has ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'', but she plans to assassinate the mayor, not rob a museum.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but the mayor, trying to escape from Alice, hides in a museum exhibit.
* '''Parodied''':
** Alice does ThrowTheBookAtThem. The book happens to be ''Knocking People Unconscious for Dummies'', but Alice never reads the book.
** Alice breaks into the Smithsonian but finds that the Hope Diamond is already missing, because someone else has already read the ''The Complete Idiot[='=]s Guide to Stealing the Hope Diamond''.
** Alice, who's [[NeverLearnedToRead illiterate]], tries to read ''Reading for Dummies''.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice uses ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' to rob a museum, but then decides not to use ''Slaying Dragons for Dummies'' when trying to slay a dragon. She then decides to order a copy, but it never comes. Finally, she finds a copy of ''Slaying Dragons for Dummies'' on an old shelf, but doesn't use it--she just keeps it in her backpack. When she is about to slay the dragon, she pulls out the book, but it is eaten by the dragon.
* '''Averted''':
** Alice asks for ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'', but the book does not exist.
** Alice learns how to rob a museum, but not by reading a book. Perhaps she has TheGift, or gets ImprovisedTraining.
* '''Enforced''': ProductPlacement by ''For Dummies''.
* '''Lampshaded''': Bob mentions that ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Stealing the Hope Diamond'' should not exist, because the subject is too specific for an entire book.
* '''Invoked''': Bob gives Alice a copy of ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' so that she can use it to rob the museum.
* '''Exploited''': The museum guards have studied ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' and will catch anyone who attempts the methods from the book.
* '''Defied''': Alice buys a how-to guide that does not end in ''For Dummies''.
* '''Discussed''': "If you want to rob a museum, maybe you should read ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''."
* '''Conversed''': "This show is so inaccurate! Of course there's no book called ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''."
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice reads ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' but comes out with only a preliminary understanding of the topic, and is immediately arrested when she tries to rob the museum.
* '''Reconstructed''': The world's museums are now safer with Alice locked up.
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* '''Straight''':
** Alice wants to rob a museum. She reads ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''.
** ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Stealing the Hope Diamond'', an oddly specific book about how to remove one object from the Smithsonian's National Museum of National History.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice has trouble understanding ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''. Fortunately, Alice finds a ''[=CliffsNotes=]'' for this book.
** Alice depends on these books for mundane tasks: ''Climbing Stairways for Dummies'', ''Opening Doors for Dummies'', and ''Breathing Air for Dummies''.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice reads a real book, such as ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Auto Repair''.
* '''Justified''': High levels of crime have created a market for books like ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''.
* '''Inverted''': Alice has lots of how to books, but none of them are called anything ''for Dummies''.
* '''Subverted''': Alice has ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'', but she plans to assassinate the mayor, not rob a museum.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but the mayor, trying to escape from Alice, hides in a museum exhibit.
* '''Parodied''':
** Alice does ThrowTheBookAtThem. The book happens to be ''Knocking People Unconscious for Dummies'', but Alice never reads the book.
** Alice breaks into the Smithsonian but finds that the Hope Diamond is already missing, because someone else has already read the ''The Complete Idiot[='=]s Guide to Stealing the Hope Diamond''.
** Alice, who's [[NeverLearnedToRead illiterate]], tries to read ''Reading for Dummies''.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice uses ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' to rob a museum, but then decides not to use ''Slaying Dragons for Dummies'' when trying to slay a dragon. She then decides to order a copy, but it never comes. Finally, she finds a copy of ''Slaying Dragons for Dummies'' on an old shelf, but doesn't use it--she just keeps it in her backpack. When she is about to slay the dragon, she pulls out the book, but it is eaten by the dragon.
* '''Averted''':
** Alice asks for ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'', but the book does not exist.
** Alice learns how to rob a museum, but not by reading a book. Perhaps she has TheGift, or gets ImprovisedTraining.
* '''Enforced''': ProductPlacement by ''For Dummies''.
* '''Lampshaded''': Bob mentions that ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Stealing the Hope Diamond'' should not exist, because the subject is too specific for an entire book.
* '''Invoked''': Bob gives Alice a copy of ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' so that she can use it to rob the museum.
* '''Exploited''': The museum guards have studied ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' and will catch anyone who attempts the methods from the book.
* '''Defied''': Alice buys a how-to guide that does not end in ''For Dummies''.
* '''Discussed''': "If you want to rob a museum, maybe you should read ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''."
* '''Conversed''': "This show is so inaccurate! Of course there's no book called ''Robbing Museums for Dummies''."
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice reads ''Robbing Museums for Dummies'' but comes out with only a preliminary understanding of the topic, and is immediately arrested when she tries to rob the museum.
* '''Reconstructed''': The world's museums are now safer with Alice locked up.
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