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* '''Straight''': The title of the last ''Tales of Troperia'' book is called ''The Death of Dr. BigBad''.
* '''Exaggerated''': The title is ''The Death of Dr. BigBad, the Death of [[SacrificialLion Francis]] in fighting Dr. BigBad, the Return of [[DisneyDeath Alice,]] the Dawn of the Golden Age of Troperia, the Wedding of [[TheHero Bob]] and [[TheLancer Claire]] and the Birth of their First Three Children Danny, Evelyn, and [[DeadGuyJunior Francis]], Alice's Retirement into Candlemaking, [[TheSmartGirl Gretchen's]] Foundation of a School for Heroes, [[TheBigGuy Harry's]] Return to his Homeland, and [[TagalongChronicler Irene's]] Compilation of the FiveManBand's Adventures into a Series of Novels Called'' Tales of Troperia.

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* '''Straight''': The title of the last ''Tales ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia'' (An inversion of Troperia'' book TheGameOfTheBook) is called ''The Death of Dr. BigBad''.
* '''Exaggerated''': The title is ''The Death of Dr. BigBad, the Death of [[SacrificialLion Francis]] in fighting Dr. BigBad, the Return of [[DisneyDeath Alice,]] the Dawn of the Golden Age of Troperia, the Wedding of [[TheHero Bob]] and [[TheLancer Claire]] and the Birth of their First Three Children Danny, Evelyn, and [[DeadGuyJunior Francis]], Alice's Retirement into Candlemaking, [[TheSmartGirl Gretchen's]] Foundation of a School for Heroes, The redemption of [[TheBigGuy Harry's]] Return to his Homeland, Claidheamh]], and [[TagalongChronicler Irene's]] Compilation of the FiveManBand's Adventures into a Series of Novels Called'' Tales of Troperia.
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** Even if readers know what will happen, the book had good critics about how it maintains suspense, to the point some readers thought the events told in the title wouldn't happen, making it the most critically acclaimed and a best-seller.

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** Even if readers know what will happen, the book had good critics about how it maintains suspense, to the point some readers thought the events told in the title wouldn't happen, making it the most critically acclaimed of the saga and a best-seller.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Fans have been waiting to see Dr. BigBad die, so fans buy it en masse to see it.

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Fans have been waiting to see Dr. BigBad die, so fans buy it en masse to see it.it.
** Even if readers know what will happen, the book had good critics about how it maintains suspense, to the point some readers thought the events told in the title wouldn't happen, making it the most critically acclaimed and a best-seller.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ''Dr. BigBad'': [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]] I can't die! But it was the title, so it must be.

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* '''Lampshaded''': ''Dr. BigBad'': [[BigNo Dr. BigBad: "[[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]] I can't die! But it was the title, so it must be."



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* '''Downplayed''': The novel is called ''Final Death'', which could refer to Dr. BigBad or Francis.

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The novel is called ''Final Death'', which could refer to Dr. BigBad or Francis.Francis.
** The title is a spoiler for the end due to one of its double meanings. The other meaning, and one that’s frequently more conventional, refers to something more innocuous.

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* '''Parodied''': The preceding book was called ''The Finding of the {{Macguffin}} Emerald Enabling the FiveManBand to Defeat Dr. BigBad, Leading to the Death of Dr. BigBad, the Death of Francis, the Return of Alice...'' In fact, the each preceding novel spoiled not only the events of the book itself but all of the following books, so the audience knew the end of the series before even picking up the first book.

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The preceding book was called ''The Finding of the {{Macguffin}} Emerald Enabling the FiveManBand to Defeat Dr. BigBad, Leading to the Death of Dr. BigBad, the Death of Francis, the Return of Alice...'' In fact, the each preceding novel spoiled not only the events of the book itself but all of the following books, so the audience knew the end of the series before even picking up the first book.book.
** The title of the book is literally the entire climax.
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* '''Parodied''': The preceding book was called ''The Finding of the {{Macguffin}} Emerald Enabling the FiveManBand to Defeat Dr. BigBad, Leading to the Death of Dr. BigBad, the Death of Francis, the Return of Alice...]] In fact, the each preceding novel spoiled not only the events of the book itself but all of the following books, so the audience knew the end of the series before even picking up the first book.

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* '''Parodied''': The preceding book was called ''The Finding of the {{Macguffin}} Emerald Enabling the FiveManBand to Defeat Dr. BigBad, Leading to the Death of Dr. BigBad, the Death of Francis, the Return of Alice...]] '' In fact, the each preceding novel spoiled not only the events of the book itself but all of the following books, so the audience knew the end of the series before even picking up the first book.
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* '''Justified''': The readers are fed up with [[CompleteMonster Dr.]] [[TheScrappy Big Bad]] being a KarmaHoudini and readership of the previous novel was noticeably down. To try to bring people back to ''Tales of Troperia'', they promise [[TakeThatScrappy Dr. Big Bad will have a satisfying death]].

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* '''Justified''': The readers are fed up with [[CompleteMonster [[HateSink Dr.]] [[TheScrappy Big Bad]] being a KarmaHoudini and readership of the previous novel was noticeably down. To try to bring people back to ''Tales of Troperia'', they promise [[TakeThatScrappy Dr. Big Bad will have a satisfying death]].

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* '''Straight Trope''': The title of the last ''Tales of Troperia'' book is called ''The Death of Dr. BigBad''.

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* '''Straight Trope''': '''Straight''': The title of the last ''Tales of Troperia'' book is called ''The Death of Dr. BigBad''.



* '''Subverted''': In ''Final Death'', both Frankie and Alice have DisneyDeaths, and Dr. BigBad is simply arrested instead of killed. At the end of the book, it appears no one died.

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* '''Subverted''': In ''Final Death'', both Frankie and Alice have DisneyDeaths, {{Disney Death}}s, and Dr. BigBad is simply arrested instead of killed. At the end of the book, it appears no one died.



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* '''Enforced''': See Justified.

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* '''Justified''': The readers are fed up with [CompleteMonster Dr.]] [[TheScrappy Big Bad]] being a KarmaHoudini and readership of the previous novel was noticeably down. To try to bring people back to ''Tales of Troperia'', they promise [[TakeThatScrappy Dr. Big Bad will have a satisfying death]].

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* '''Justified''': The readers are fed up with [CompleteMonster [[CompleteMonster Dr.]] [[TheScrappy Big Bad]] being a KarmaHoudini and readership of the previous novel was noticeably down. To try to bring people back to ''Tales of Troperia'', they promise [[TakeThatScrappy Dr. Big Bad will have a satisfying death]].



* '''Parodied''': The preceding book was called ''The Finding of the {{Maguffin}} Emerald Enabling the FiveManBand to Defeat Dr. BigBad, Leading to the Death of Dr. BigBad, the Death of Francis, the Return of Alice...]] In fact, the each preceding novel spoiled not only the events of the book itself but all of the following books, so the audience knew the end of the series before even picking up the first book.

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* '''Parodied''': The preceding book was called ''The Finding of the {{Maguffin}} {{Macguffin}} Emerald Enabling the FiveManBand to Defeat Dr. BigBad, Leading to the Death of Dr. BigBad, the Death of Francis, the Return of Alice...]] In fact, the each preceding novel spoiled not only the events of the book itself but all of the following books, so the audience knew the end of the series before even picking up the first book.



* '''Averted''': The book is called ''The Maguffin Emerald'', which doesn't spoil anything but still applies to the book.

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* '''Averted''': The book is called ''The Maguffin Macguffin Emerald'', which doesn't spoil anything but still applies to the book.



* '''Lampshaded''': ''Dr. BigBad'': [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]] I can't die! But it was the title, so it must be,

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* '''Lampshaded''': ''Dr. BigBad'': [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]] I can't die! But it was the title, so it must be,be.
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* '''Exploited''': Not wanting to be defeated by the lowly FiveManBand but knowing the end is near because of the title, Dr. BigBad takes his own life.
* '''Defied''': The book is titled ''Moss'', [[NonIndicativeTitle even though no character is named Moss nor does moss play any role in the story.]] It confuses fans to no end.
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* '''Conversed''': ?
* '''Deconstructed''': Since fans already know how it ends, no one actually buys the book.
* '''Reconstructed''': Fans have been waiting to see Dr. BigBad die, so fans buy it en masse to see it.
* '''Played for Laughs''': ?
* '''Played for Drama''': ?

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* '''Downplayed''' The novel is called ''Final Death'', which could refer to Dr. BigBad or Francis.

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* '''Downplayed''' '''Downplayed''': The novel is called ''Final Death'', which could refer to Dr. BigBad or Francis.Francis.
* '''Justified''': The readers are fed up with [CompleteMonster Dr.]] [[TheScrappy Big Bad]] being a KarmaHoudini and readership of the previous novel was noticeably down. To try to bring people back to ''Tales of Troperia'', they promise [[TakeThatScrappy Dr. Big Bad will have a satisfying death]].
* '''Inverted''': The title is the events of the previous book.
* '''Subverted''': In ''Final Death'', both Frankie and Alice have DisneyDeaths, and Dr. BigBad is simply arrested instead of killed. At the end of the book, it appears no one died.
* '''Double Subverted''': But in the epilogue, they [[DroppedABridgeOnHim drop a bridge on]] [[ButtMonkey Jason.]] [[KilledOffForReal He stays dead,]] [[LampshadedTrope and the narrator calls it a]] [[TitleDrop "Final Death".]]
* '''Parodied''': The preceding book was called ''The Finding of the {{Maguffin}} Emerald Enabling the FiveManBand to Defeat Dr. BigBad, Leading to the Death of Dr. BigBad, the Death of Francis, the Return of Alice...]] In fact, the each preceding novel spoiled not only the events of the book itself but all of the following books, so the audience knew the end of the series before even picking up the first book.
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* '''Averted''': The book is called ''The Maguffin Emerald'', which doesn't spoil anything but still applies to the book.
* '''Enforced''': See Justified.
* '''Lampshaded''': ''Dr. BigBad'': [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]] I can't die! But it was the title, so it must be,
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'''Basic Trope''': The title of a work spoils the ending.
* '''Straight Trope''': The title of the last ''Tales of Troperia'' book is called ''The Death of Dr. BigBad''.
* '''Exaggerated''': The title is ''The Death of Dr. BigBad, the Death of [[SacrificialLion Francis]] in fighting Dr. BigBad, the Return of [[DisneyDeath Alice,]] the Dawn of the Golden Age of Troperia, the Wedding of [[TheHero Bob]] and [[TheLancer Claire]] and the Birth of their First Three Children Danny, Evelyn, and [[DeadGuyJunior Francis]], Alice's Retirement into Candlemaking, [[TheSmartGirl Gretchen's]] Foundation of a School for Heroes, [[TheBigGuy Harry's]] Return to his Homeland, and [[TagalongChronicler Irene's]] Compilation of the FiveManBand's Adventures into a Series of Novels Called'' Tales of Troperia.
* '''Downplayed''' The novel is called ''Final Death'', which could refer to Dr. BigBad or Francis.

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