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** Lampshadecoin is a cryptocurrency where one LSC is 20,000 TRD.
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** The nations' economies have only just started exchanging, it'll take some time for the figures to actually make sense.

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* '''Inverted''': 1,000,000 TRD = 1 RRR

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1,000,000 TRD = 1 RRRRRR
** Rumee bills are worth so much that they're only used to buy houses, cars, or anything in that price range. Coins are used for everything else.
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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???The central bank of Ruritania devalues the rumee so they can be more competitive with their exports.
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** The exchange rate is reasonable, for instance 1 TRD = 5 RRR

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** The exchange rate is reasonable, for instance 1 TRD = 5 RRR, or 1 TRD = 15 RRR
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** Scientific notation has to be used.


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** Attempting to convert causes the machine [[ReadingsBlewUpTheScale to explode]].

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* '''Straight''': 1 Troperian dollar ([=TRD=])=1000000 {{Ruritania}}n rumees ([=RRR=])

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* '''Straight''': 1 Troperian dollar ([=TRD=])=1000000 (TRD) = 1,000,000 {{Ruritania}}n rumees ([=RRR=])(RRR)



** 1 [=TRD=]=1 googol [=RRR=]

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** 1 [=TRD=]=1 TRD = 1 googol [=RRR=]RRR



** 1 [=TRD=]=1000 [=RRR=]
** Ruritania's economy has been stable for decades and they just never bothered with the headache of revaluing the currency. All but the most clueless tourists just think of and treat the [=10K RRR=] coins as Troparian pennies.

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** 1 [=TRD=]=1000 [=RRR=]
TRD = 1000 RRR
** Ruritania's economy has been stable for decades and they just never bothered with the headache of revaluing the currency. All but the most clueless tourists just think of and treat the [=10K RRR=] 10K RRR coins as Troparian Troperian pennies.



** There is / has been inflation in Ruritania.

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** There is / or has been inflation in Ruritania.



* '''Inverted''': 1000000 [=TRD=]=1 [=RRR=]

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* '''Inverted''': 1000000 [=TRD=]=1 [=RRR=]1,000,000 TRD = 1 RRR



** 1 [=TRD=]=EleventyZillion [=RRR=]

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** 1 [=TRD=]=EleventyZillion [=RRR=]TRD = EleventyZillion RRR



** The exchange rate is reasonable, for instance 1 [=TRD=]=5 [=RRR=]

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** The exchange rate is reasonable, for instance 1 [=TRD=]=5 [=RRR=]TRD = 5 RRR



* '''Discussed''': "3 million rumees? Is that enough to buy a house or enough to buy a bread?"

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* '''Discussed''': "3 million rumees? Is that enough to buy a house or enough to buy a bread?"pack of gum?"



** The only Ruritanian currency shown is a 50000 rumee bill.

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** The only Ruritanian currency shown is a 50000 50,000 rumee bill.



%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???



** Alternatively, Lizzie wins 50 million in the lottery and is ecstatic... only to learn that it's 50 million rumees.

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** Alternatively, Lizzie wins 50 million in the lottery and is ecstatic... only to learn that it's 50 million rumees.


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%%* '''Played for Horror''': ???
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* '''Straight''': 1 Troperian dollar ([=TRD=])=1,000,000 {{Ruritania}}n rumees ([=RRR=])

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* '''Straight''': 1 Troperian dollar ([=TRD=])=1,000,000 ([=TRD=])=1000000 {{Ruritania}}n rumees ([=RRR=])



** 1 [=TRD=]=100 [=RRR=]

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** 1 [=TRD=]=100 [=TRD=]=1000 [=RRR=]



* '''Inverted''': 1,000,000 [=TRD=]=1 [=RRR=]

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* '''Inverted''': 1,000,000 1000000 [=TRD=]=1 [=RRR=]



** The exchange rate is reasonable, for instance 1 [=TRD=]=2.5 [=RRR=]

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** The exchange rate is reasonable, for instance 1 [=TRD=]=2.5 [=TRD=]=5 [=RRR=]



** The only Ruritanian currency shown is a 50,000 rumee bill.

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** The only Ruritanian currency shown is a 50,000 50000 rumee bill.
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* '''Subverted''': Rumees are the Ruritanian equivalent of cents, only that there are 100,000 rumees in a "rubee".

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Rumees are the Ruritanian equivalent of cents, only that there are 100,000 rumees in a "rubee".
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** It seems hyperinflated until one sees the sheer technology level disparity which requires the GDP of Ruritania for "cheap" items which are essentially miracles.

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* '''Exaggerated''': 1 [=TRD=]=1 googol [=RRR=]

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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1 [=TRD=]=1 googol [=RRR=][=RRR=]
** Attempting to use currency converter programs to convert between TRD and RRR results in overflow errors.

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* '''Downplayed''': 1 [=TRD=]=100 [=RRR=]

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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1 [=TRD=]=100 [=RRR=][=RRR=]
** Ruritania's economy has been stable for decades and they just never bothered with the headache of revaluing the currency. All but the most clueless tourists just think of and treat the [=10K RRR=] coins as Troparian pennies.

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** The Ruritanian rumee gets revalued.



* '''Implied''': After his visit to Ruritania, Remy tells about how everything looks really expensive, but is actually a bargain.

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* '''Implied''': '''Implied''':
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After his visit to Ruritania, Remy tells about how everything looks really expensive, but is actually a bargain.bargain.
** The only Ruritanian currency shown is a 50,000 rumee bill.

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** In Ruritania, all prices are written in scientific notation, even though it's far from necessary.



* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': The Ruritanian government introduces a new currency, the "rudee". It is worth 1,000,000 times more than the old rumees.

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* '''Exploited''': ???
Alice, a Ruritanian, finds out that Bob the Troperian doesn't know how little a rumee is worth, and tricks him into exchanging 10,000 dollars for 10,000 rumees.
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The Ruritanian government introduces a new currency, the "rudee". It is worth 1,000,000 times more than the old rumees.rumees.
** The Ruritanians switch to using Troperian dollars, or some fictional equivalent of euros.
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* '''Justified''': There is / has been inflation in Ruritania.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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There is / has been inflation in Ruritania.Ruritania.
** All the currencies were invented independently of each other. It's not too odd that there exists two currencies with a great difference in value.



* '''Parodied''': 1 [=TRD=]=EleventyZillion [=RRR=]

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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1 [=TRD=]=EleventyZillion [=RRR=][=RRR=]
** The Bank of Ruritania makes sure that the rumees are pretty much worthless "because everyone thinks 100 trillion rumee notes are cool".



* '''Played For Laughs''': Troperians and/or Ruritanians try to find alternative uses for Ruritanian notes (firewood, decorative paper, wallpaper...) because they're pretty much worthless anyway (never mind that destroying money can be punishable in RealLife).

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Laughs''':
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Troperians and/or Ruritanians try to find alternative uses for Ruritanian notes (firewood, decorative paper, wallpaper...) because they're pretty much worthless anyway (never mind that destroying money can be punishable in RealLife).RealLife).
** [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Samuel]] spends a lot of time trying to steal a trunk stuffed with rumees. When he finally succeeds, he finds out that he has stolen 50 million rubees... which is about 10 dollars.
** Alternatively, Lizzie wins 50 million in the lottery and is ecstatic... only to learn that it's 50 million rumees.
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* '''Enforced''': "Hey, let's make a joke of the worthlessness of Ruritanian currency!"

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* '''Enforced''': "I think we're running out of jokes for this episode..." "Hey, let's make a joke of the worthlessness of Ruritanian currency!"currency! That never gets old!"
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* '''Averted''': The exchange rate is reasonable, for instance 1 [=TRD=]=2.5 [=RRR=]

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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The exchange rate is reasonable, for instance 1 [=TRD=]=2.5 [=RRR=][=RRR=]
** All mentioned countries use the same currency.
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* '''Double Subverted''': This turns out to be incorrect. There are 100 rumees in a ruby, not 100,000, and nobody uses rubees anyway.

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* '''Double Subverted''': This turns out to be incorrect. There are 100 rumees in a ruby, rubee, not 100,000, and nobody uses rubees anyway.
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Back to RidiculousExchangeRates, but don't forget to buy some rumes before going there. The current exchange rate is 1,562,541.

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Back to RidiculousExchangeRates, but don't forget to buy some rumes rumees before going there. The current exchange rate is 1,562,541.
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'''Basic Trope''': A foreign currency is next to worthless.
* '''Straight''': 1 Troperian dollar ([=TRD=])=1,000,000 {{Ruritania}}n rumees ([=RRR=])
* '''Exaggerated''': 1 [=TRD=]=1 googol [=RRR=]
* '''Downplayed''': 1 [=TRD=]=100 [=RRR=]
* '''Justified''': There is / has been inflation in Ruritania.
* '''Inverted''': 1,000,000 [=TRD=]=1 [=RRR=]
* '''Subverted''': Rumees are the Ruritanian equivalent of cents, only that there are 100,000 rumees in a "rubee".
* '''Double Subverted''': This turns out to be incorrect. There are 100 rumees in a ruby, not 100,000, and nobody uses rubees anyway.
* '''Parodied''': 1 [=TRD=]=EleventyZillion [=RRR=]
* '''Zig Zagged''': The value of rumees jumps up and down like crazy.
* '''Averted''': The exchange rate is reasonable, for instance 1 [=TRD=]=2.5 [=RRR=]
* '''Enforced''': "Hey, let's make a joke of the worthlessness of Ruritanian currency!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "2 million dollars for a chocolate bar? That's awfully expensive!" "No, it's 2 million rumees, or barely two dollars."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': The Ruritanian government introduces a new currency, the "rudee". It is worth 1,000,000 times more than the old rumees.
* '''Discussed''': "3 million rumees? Is that enough to buy a house or enough to buy a bread?"
* '''Conversed''': "Why is the Troperian dollar the only currency in this show that isn't completely worthless?"
* '''Implied''': After his visit to Ruritania, Remy tells about how everything looks really expensive, but is actually a bargain.
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%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': Troperians and/or Ruritanians try to find alternative uses for Ruritanian notes (firewood, decorative paper, wallpaper...) because they're pretty much worthless anyway (never mind that destroying money can be punishable in RealLife).
* '''Played For Drama''': Ruritania and its people suffer because of hyperinflation.
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