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* '''Straight''': At the end of Act II of ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia'' TheDragon escapes the PlayerParty by casting the Displacement spell on them: Alice becomes trapped on the [[CirclesOfHell Sixth Circle of Hell]], Boudica is [[{{Robinsonade}} marooned]] on an IslandOfMystery, Charlie is chased by TheWildHunt through TheLostWoods, while Dmitri ends up in a ThirstyDesert and is promptly MadeASlave by the nomads. Act III then consists of {{Arbitrarily Serialized Simultaneous|Adventures}} {{Solo Sequence}}s where they find their individual ways back to the FirstTown.

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* '''Straight''': At the end of Act II of ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia'' TheDragon ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia DLC: The Alice Chronicles'', [[TheDragon Viscount Slaughter]] escapes the PlayerParty by casting the Displacement spell on them: Alice becomes trapped on the [[CirclesOfHell Sixth Circle of Hell]], Boudica is [[{{Robinsonade}} marooned]] on an IslandOfMystery, Charlie is chased by TheWildHunt through TheLostWoods, while Dmitri ends up in a ThirstyDesert and is promptly MadeASlave by the nomads. Act III then consists of {{Arbitrarily Serialized Simultaneous|Adventures}} {{Solo Sequence}}s where they find their individual ways back to the FirstTown.
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* '''Straight''': At the end of Act II of ''Legends of Troperia'', TheDragon escapes the PlayerParty by casting the Displacement spell on them: Alice becomes trapped on the [[CirclesOfHell Sixth Circle of Hell]], Boudica is [[{{Robinsonade}} marooned]] on an IslandOfMystery, Charlie is chased by TheWildHunt through TheLostWoods, while Dmitri ends up in a ThirstyDesert and is promptly MadeASlave by the nomads. Act III then consists of {{Arbitrarily Serialized Simultaneous|Adventures}} {{Solo Sequence}}s where they find their individual ways back to the FirstTown.

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* '''Straight''': At the end of Act II of ''Legends of Troperia'', ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia'' TheDragon escapes the PlayerParty by casting the Displacement spell on them: Alice becomes trapped on the [[CirclesOfHell Sixth Circle of Hell]], Boudica is [[{{Robinsonade}} marooned]] on an IslandOfMystery, Charlie is chased by TheWildHunt through TheLostWoods, while Dmitri ends up in a ThirstyDesert and is promptly MadeASlave by the nomads. Act III then consists of {{Arbitrarily Serialized Simultaneous|Adventures}} {{Solo Sequence}}s where they find their individual ways back to the FirstTown.
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* '''Straight''': At the end of Act II of ''[[JustForFun/TheTroperiaSaga Legends of Troperia]]'', TheDragon escapes the PlayerParty by casting the Displacement spell on them: Alice becomes trapped on the [[CirclesOfHell Sixth Circle of Hell]], Boudica is [[{{Robinsonade}} marooned]] on an IslandOfMystery, Charlie is chased by TheWildHunt through TheLostWoods, while Dmitri ends up in a ThirstyDesert and is promptly MadeASlave by the nomads. Act III then consists of {{Arbitrarily Serialized Simultaneous|Adventures}} {{Solo Sequence}}s where they find their individual ways back to the FirstTown.

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* '''Straight''': At the end of Act II of ''[[JustForFun/TheTroperiaSaga Legends ''Legends of Troperia]]'', Troperia'', TheDragon escapes the PlayerParty by casting the Displacement spell on them: Alice becomes trapped on the [[CirclesOfHell Sixth Circle of Hell]], Boudica is [[{{Robinsonade}} marooned]] on an IslandOfMystery, Charlie is chased by TheWildHunt through TheLostWoods, while Dmitri ends up in a ThirstyDesert and is promptly MadeASlave by the nomads. Act III then consists of {{Arbitrarily Serialized Simultaneous|Adventures}} {{Solo Sequence}}s where they find their individual ways back to the FirstTown.
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* '''Parodied''': ???The party is scattered... into different rooms within the same building.
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* '''Enforced''': Every party member [[EveryoneHasASpecialMove gains a unique power]] post-scattering, and the devs decided to give you a ForcedTutorial on each one individually before letting you play with a full party again.

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* '''Enforced''': Every party member [[EveryoneHasASpecialMove gains a unique power]] post-scattering, and the devs decided to give you a ForcedTutorial on each one individually of them their own [[DayInTheLimelight mini-arc]] before letting you play with a full party they all join back together again.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Each party member believes themselves to be the SoleSurvivor, and much time is devoted to their feelings of loss and loneliness in the wake of their FireForgedFriends' presumed deaths.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Each party member believes themselves to be the SoleSurvivor, and much time is devoted to their feelings of loss and loneliness in the wake of their FireForgedFriends' friends' presumed deaths.
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'''Basic Trope''': The main cast is involuntarily scattered across the world before they can reach their goal.
* '''Straight''': At the end of Act II of ''[[JustForFun/TheTroperiaSaga Legends of Troperia]]'', TheDragon escapes the PlayerParty by casting the Displacement spell on them: Alice becomes trapped on the [[CirclesOfHell Sixth Circle of Hell]], Boudica is [[{{Robinsonade}} marooned]] on an IslandOfMystery, Charlie is chased by TheWildHunt through TheLostWoods, while Dmitri ends up in a ThirstyDesert and is promptly MadeASlave by the nomads. Act III then consists of {{Arbitrarily Serialized Simultaneous|Adventures}} {{Solo Sequence}}s where they find their individual ways back to the FirstTown.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every living person on the entire planet (including the villains!) is kicked into a different parallel dimension by the spell.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is teleported away from the rest of the party as she is about to land the finishing blow on TheDragon, and they have to go searching for her.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': The RagtagBunchOfMisfits is magically [[SummonEverymanHero summoned from different places]] for a mission.
* '''Subverted''': TheDragon's spell wears off after a few hours and the heroes are teleported back together again after a cutscene.
* '''Double Subverted''': The spell ''seems'' to wear off, allowing the party to exchange their locations, but takes effect once again, stranding them in their respective predicaments permanently.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': The party is never forcibly split at any point in the game.
* '''Enforced''': Every party member [[EveryoneHasASpecialMove gains a unique power]] post-scattering, and the devs decided to give you a ForcedTutorial on each one individually before letting you play with a full party again.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': It so happens that Charlie had a Recall spell [[CrazyPrepared prepared for just such an occasion]], allowing him to regather the entire party just in time to catch up with TheDragon.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': Each party member lands in a personal IronicHell of the hilariously embarrassing variety: Alice is back with her excessively doting family, Boudica butts heads with a legion of {{Obstructive Bureaucrat}}s, Charlie joins a primitive tribe that holds him for TheFool, and Dmitri has to cross-dress to hide in a sultan's harem.
* '''Played For Drama''': Each party member believes themselves to be the SoleSurvivor, and much time is devoted to their feelings of loss and loneliness in the wake of their FireForgedFriends' presumed deaths.
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