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renamed to Clone Angst


** [[OnlySixFaces And they all look]] ''exactly'' alike, right down to their outfits (read: uniform). (Bonus points if they are actually all [[CloningBlues clones]] of each other.)

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** [[OnlySixFaces And they all look]] ''exactly'' alike, right down to their outfits (read: uniform). (Bonus points if they are actually all [[CloningBlues clones]] clones of each other.)

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Planet Of Hats on its own is a justification, not an enforcement.


** PlanetOfHats



* '''Enforced''': PlanetOfHats

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* '''Enforced''': PlanetOfHatsThe producers had to choose between a set of actors that could portray the real culture but were all relatives of one another and a set of actors that were more diverse in looks but could only do stereotypes of the culture, they chose the former as being less problematic.
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No longer a trope.


* '''Inverted''': The people of Tropestan come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors. ([[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation Some of these colors are]] [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair not found in nature at all]], at least not in RealLife.)

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* '''Inverted''': The people of Tropestan come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors. ([[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation Some of these colors are]] [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair are not found in nature at all]], at least not in RealLife.)
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Renamed to Token Black Friend per TRS.


** Perhaps with a breaking of the fourth wall and enforcing : The crew makes a stop in a country where all the inhabitants are of the same type, and expected to pick one autochton with them, because the show must [[BlackBestFriend promote ethnic diversity]].

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** Perhaps with a breaking of the fourth wall and enforcing : The crew makes a stop in a country where all the inhabitants are of the same type, and expected to pick one autochton with them, because the show must [[BlackBestFriend [[TokenBlackFriend promote ethnic diversity]].

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

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* '''Downplayed''': ???In any given culture, a few specific traits are especially common (generally due to being isolated from other ethnic groups), but not universally identical.



* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"I'm fond of blue-eyed blondes, so it looks like we conveniently landed just in the right country !"
** Perhaps with a breaking of the fourth wall and enforcing : The crew makes a stop in a country where all the inhabitants are of the same type, and expected to pick one autochton with them, because the show must [[BlackBestFriend promote ethnic diversity]].



%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???

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%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???As seen above, all the inhabitants have lived completely isolated and dramatically lack gene diversity. They also suffer from various, very common inbreeding genetic defaults.



%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???An entire population who shared too many same genes (in an attempt to achieve perfection in purity) is wiped out by an epidemy, because they lacked the appropriate immune defenses.

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* '''Basic Trope''': The people of any given culture all have the same hair, eye, and skin color.

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* '''Basic Trope''': The people of any given culture all have the same hair, eye, and skin color.
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* '''Exaggerated''': All the inhabitants on the entire [[PlanetOfHats planet]] have blonde hair and blue eyes. They also wear the same color clothes.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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All the inhabitants on the entire [[PlanetOfHats planet]] have blonde hair and blue eyes. They also wear the same color clothes.



* '''Justified''': The people of Tropestan preferred to breed amongst themselves (even if that meant marrying siblings or cousins), and did not allow anyone else into their country, in order to maintain their "purity."

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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The people of Tropestan preferred to breed amongst themselves (even if that meant marrying siblings or cousins), and did not allow anyone else into their country, in order to maintain their "purity."



* '''Parodied''': They're all clones, and they all have the same first name, though they get upset if you confuse Alice A with Alice B, even though there's no way to distinguish them.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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They're all clones, and they all have the same first name, though they get upset if you confuse Alice A with Alice B, even though there's no way to distinguish them.



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''':
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* '''Inverted''': The people of Tropestan come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors. (Some of these colors are [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair not found in nature at all]], at least not in RealLife.)

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* '''Inverted''': The people of Tropestan come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors. (Some ([[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation Some of these colors are are]] [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair not found in nature at all]], at least not in RealLife.)
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*'''Basic Trope''': The people of any given culture all have the same hair, eye, and skin color.

*'''Straight''': The residents of Tropestan all have blonde hair and blue eyes.
*'''Exaggerated''': All the inhabitants on the entire [[PlanetOfHats planet]] have blonde hair and blue eyes. They also wear the same color clothes.
** [[OnlySixFaces And they all look]] ''exactly'' alike, right down to their outfits (read: uniform). (Bonus points if they are actually all [[CloningBlues clones]] of each other.)
** There are several different tribes or villages, each with its own hair color.
*'''Downplayed''': ???
*'''Justified''': The people of Tropestan preferred to breed amongst themselves (even if that meant marrying siblings or cousins), and did not allow anyone else into their country, in order to maintain their "purity."
** Blonde hair and blue eyes are "in," and anyone who has access to hair dye and colored contacts can achieve this look.
** This culture encourages uniformity, to enforce the idea that everyone is equally important (or unimportant.)
** They're all clones or cyborgs.
*'''Inverted''': The people of Tropestan come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors. (Some of these colors are [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair not found in nature at all]], at least not in RealLife.)
*'''Subverted''': There are some people in Tropestan who have brown hair and brown eyes.
*'''Double Subverted''': It's revealed that these are wealthy citizens, who [[DyeHard dye their hair and wear colored contact lenses]] [[ColorCodedPatrician to distinguish their social status]]. Most people have the same blonde hair and blue eyes they were born with.
*'''Parodied''': They're all clones, and they all have the same first name, though they get upset if you confuse Alice A with Alice B, even though there's no way to distinguish them.
** Bob comments on how the people of Tropestan all look exactly the same, and gets called a racist for it (even though they really do.)
*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': The people of Tropestan show a diversity of hair, skin, and eye colors.
*'''Enforced''': PlanetOfHats
*'''Lampshaded''': ???
*'''Invoked''': Years of inbreeding have produced people who are almost exactly alike.
*'''Exploited''': A dictator rises to power, who commands uniformity to enforce equality. This requires changing hair, skin, and eye colors.
*'''Defied''': The people of Tropestan know that lack of genetic diversity is a problem, so intermarriage with other people is encouraged. As a result, different hair, eye, and skin colors appear.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???

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