History PlayingWith / TheGoomba

* '''Inverted''': Trope-Xs are powerful enough that one qualifies as an early-game boss, and require the player to expand the strategies they have developed for dealing with Mooks. By the time Trope-Xs are common, it's because the Hero is StormingTheCastle and the final battle will begin shortly.

* '''Straight''': [[MechaMooks Trope-Xs]] are the first and weakest enemies encountered in [[PlatformGame Troperian Chronicles]]. All they can do is walk back and forth causing CollisionDamage. And they are defeated by a single GoombaStomp

* '''Exploited''': Trope-Xs are so weak that they [[DirtyCoward know they can’t win and run from the player.]] Later puzzles involve a Trope-X carrying a valuable item and several dangerous traps, forcing the player to move around and guide it indirectly through them.

* '''Defied''': Trope-Xs are shown lifting weights and drinking protein shakes ([[RidiculouslyHumanRobot despite being robots]]) in the first level, and are much stronger as a result.

** Despite their inherent weakness Trope-Xs are easy to produce in large quantities, making them popular as minions.

** The Trope-Xs [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman have an ability]] that isn't relevant in the early game, but makes them much more formidable when the player begins using more advanced gameplay mechanics.

* '''Subverted''': The Trope-Xs fought in the early game are nothing to worry about. Black Trope-Xs fought near the end of the game are [[BossInMookClothing much stronger]].

* '''Straight''': [[MechaMooks Trope-Xs]] are the first and weakest enemies encountered in [[PlatformGame Troperian Chronicles]]. All they can do is walk back and forth causing CollisionDamage. And they are defeated by a simple GoombaStomp

* '''Straight''': [[MechaMooks Trope-Xs]] are the first and weakest enemies encountered in [[PlatformGame Troperian Chronicles]]. All they can do is walk back and forth causing CollisionDamage.

* '''Straight''': [[MechaMooks Trope-Xs]] are the first and weakest enemies encountered in [[PlatformGame Troperian Chronicles]].

* '''Straight''': [[MechaMooka Trope-Xs]] are the first and weakest enemies encountered in [[PlatformGame Troperian Chronicles]].

* '''Straight''': Trope-Xs are the first and weakest enemies encountered in Troperian Chronicles.

** The first few levels have no enemies except for increasing amounts of Trope-Xs. It is expected that the player will be able to deal with Trope-Xs instinctively later in the game.
** You have to try very hard to actually die to a Trope-X. Troperian Chronicles [[NonstandardGameOver takes notice]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''':
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Straight''': Trope-Xs are the first enemies encountered in Troperian Chronicles.

* '''Enforced''': "The player needs something that will teach them about the game's combat mechanics before harder foes start appearing. Let's design a simplistic ([[WaddlingHead in every sense of the word]]) monster to ease players into combat."

* '''Enforced''':
** "The player needs something that will teach them about the game's combat mechanics before harder foes start appearing. Let's design a simplistic ([[WaddlingHead in every sense of the word]]) monster to ease players into combat."

** The player will need EXP to be able to fight stronger enemies at all. Having actual combat in the tutorial against simple (in every sense of the word) enemies also helps to immerse the player and ease them into the experience.
** Troperia Chronicles is designed to feel familiar to the target audience.

** Despite their inherent weakness Trope-Xs are easy to produce in large quantities, making them suitable as minions.

** You have to try very hard to actually die to a Trope-X. [[LampshadeHanging Troperian Chronicles takes notice]].

* '''Justified''': ???

* '''Subverted''': The Trope-Xs fought in the early game are defective clones used by the heroes to train. Actual Trope-Xs can kill unprepared heroes.
* '''Double Subverted''': The intelligence of fully-functional Trope-Xs is not much better, and the heroes acquire better gear in time to plough through the real deal just as easily.

* '''Justified''':

* '''Zig Zagged''':
* '''Averted''':

* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''':

* '''Enforced''': The player will need EXP to be able to fight stronger enemies at all. Having actual combat in the tutorial against simple (in every sense of the word) enemies also helps to immerse the player and ease them into the experience.

* '''Parodied''': Trope-Xs are named as such because a cross on their head marks the point you should jump on to instantly kill them.

'''Basic Trope''': The most barely functional enemy in a given game intended to teach the player how to attack or otherwise help them adjust to the game.

* '''Exaggerated''': The first few levels have no enemies except for increasing amounts of Trope-Xs. It is expected that the player will be able to deal with Trope-Xs instinctively later in the game.
* '''Downplayed''': After two Trope-Xs have been defeated, the first Trope-Y will be encountered. Trope-Xs will appear sporadically from then on, occasionally appearing in swarms or as part of an ambush so that they present a legitimate threat or distract from stronger enemies.

* '''Inverted''': Trope-Xs are powerful enough that one qualifies as an early-game boss, and require the player to expand the strategies they have developed for dealing with Mooks.

'''Basic Trope''': TheGoomba is TooDumbToLive.

* '''Subverted''':
* '''Double Subverted''':
* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Enforced''': The player will need EXP to be able to fight stronger enemies at all. Having actual combat in the tutorial against simple (in every sense of the word) enemies also helps to immerse the player.

* '''Enforced''':