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-->-- ''Literature/{{Twilight}}: [[http://www.the-editing-room.com/twilight.html The Abridged Script]]''

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-->-- ''Literature/{{Twilight}}: ''Film/{{Twilight}}: [[http://www.the-editing-room.com/twilight.html The Abridged Script]]''
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Compare SlidingScaleOfViewerIntelligence.

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Compare SlidingScaleOfViewerIntelligence.
See also CreatorViewerReactionsIndex, which covers opinions the creator can have about the audience, as well as adjacent concepts.
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* AscendedFanboy
* TheEveryman
* GreekChorus
* HeroicMime allows videogames to pretend you get to write your dialogue.
* LeadYouCanRelateTo
* ThisLoserIsYou is a negative view of the assumed audience.
* UnfazedEveryman

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* AscendedFanboy
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* TheEveryman
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* GreekChorus
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* HeroicMime allows HeroicMime: videogames to pretend you get to write your dialogue.
* LeadYouCanRelateTo
* ThisLoserIsYou
LeadYouCanRelateTo: The PointOfView character is a supposed to share many traits with the audience.
* ThisLoserIsYou: A
negative view of the assumed audience.
* UnfazedEveryman
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'''This trope is about the last one, as the other two have tropes of their own.'''

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'''This trope is about the last one, as the other two three have tropes of their own.'''



VideoGames usually use a variant of this, the HeroicMime. ThisLoserIsYou is an Audience Surrogate by definition. SuperTrope for AscendedFanboy, TheEveryman, GreekChorus and UnfazedEveryman (See CanonicalListOfSubtleTropeDistinctions for an explanation of the difference), and related to EscapistCharacter and OtakuSurrogate. Parent of LeadYouCanRelateTo (see parent/child relationships page). Examples below should not cover these.

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VideoGames usually use a variant of this, the HeroicMime. This trope is broad enough, several subtropes have evolved from more specific usage:
* AscendedFanboy
* TheEveryman
* GreekChorus
* HeroicMime allows videogames to pretend you get to write your dialogue.
* LeadYouCanRelateTo
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ThisLoserIsYou is an Audience Surrogate by definition. SuperTrope for AscendedFanboy, TheEveryman, GreekChorus and UnfazedEveryman (See CanonicalListOfSubtleTropeDistinctions for an explanation a negative view of the difference), and assumed audience.
* UnfazedEveryman

This trope is also
related to EscapistCharacter and OtakuSurrogate. Parent of LeadYouCanRelateTo (see parent/child relationships page). Examples below should not cover these.OtakuSurrogate.
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The audience surrogate is often present to help the audience identify with a character within the work. This can happen several ways;

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->'''Nikki Reed (Rosalie Hale):''' So, Kristen, there must be something really special about you for Creator/{{Robert|Pattinson}} to take such a liking to you and risk the lives of his entire family. Tell us about yourself.\\
'''Creator/KristenStewart (Bella Swan):''' Me? Oh, no. I'm just a hollow placeholder for all of the teenage girls in the audience to project their personalities onto. I have none of my own whatsoever.
-->-- ''Literature/{{Twilight}}: [[http://www.the-editing-room.com/twilight.html The Abridged Script]]''

The audience surrogate is often present to help the audience identify with a character within the work. This can happen The immersion supports the SuspensionOfDisbelief, and the audience feels a strong sympathy to those characters, often facilitating a ProtagonistCenteredMorality. To create an audience surrogate, several ways;techniques are available:
# The character is responsible for [[PointOfView providing the audience with the story]].
# The character [[TheWatson asks questions of the other characters to clarify their thoughts]].
# The character [[MetaGuy says things the audience would say]].
# A character who the audience (or the children in the audience) doesn't just sympathize with, but are supposed to actively see themselves as -- by desire, by default, or by author inference.

'''This trope is about the last one, as the other two have tropes of their own.'''

Compare SlidingScaleOfViewerIntelligence.

VideoGames usually use a variant of this, the HeroicMime. ThisLoserIsYou is an Audience Surrogate by definition. SuperTrope for AscendedFanboy, TheEveryman, GreekChorus and UnfazedEveryman (See CanonicalListOfSubtleTropeDistinctions for an explanation of the difference), and related to EscapistCharacter and OtakuSurrogate. Parent of LeadYouCanRelateTo (see parent/child relationships page). Examples below should not cover these.
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The audience surrogate is often present to help the audience identify with a character within the work. This can happen several ways;

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