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%% * AnAesop: The Aesop 2.0 stories end in one (in big gold letters too), but [[SubvertedTrope not the one you'd expect]].
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Heavily inspired by {{Webcomic/xkcd}}.
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* ShoutOut: All the character names in [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/adsforyou/ Ads For You]] are taken from works where the AI goes bad (Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey, Literature/RobotSeries, Film/TheMatrix)

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* ShoutOut: All the character names in [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/adsforyou/ Ads For You]] are taken from works where the AI goes bad (Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey, (''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey, Literature/RobotSeries, Film/TheMatrix)Film/TheMatrix'')

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Family Unfriendly Aesop has been renamed. Also, minor cleanup.


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* AIIsACrapshoot : an [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/adsforyou/ ad-serving AI]] is very serious about increasing revenue.
* AnAesop : the Aesop 2.0 stories end in one (in big gold letters too), but [[SubvertedTrope not the one you'd expect]].
* BlatantLies : "Satirizing the Internet Since 1841."
* BotheringByTheBook : The EU cookie notification gives the information necessary for the user to make the most informed decision. '''ALL''' the information.
* ButThouMust : [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/mobileapp/ A Torrid Martian Night]] is really pushy about its mobile app.
* CerebusSyndrome : Occasionally has serious [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/adsforyou/ articles]]. Fortunately, it gives a gigantic red warning when you're about to read one.
* ClicheStorm : A common feature of [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/troperoulette1/ TropeRoulettes]]
* CrossOver : Highly encouraged in [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/ Make-A-Story.]] See [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/#preset=forest-spongebob this]], [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/#preset=mystery-kingkong this]], and [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/#preset=scifi-tripleH this]] for examples.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop : What usually happens to the StockAesops from the classic stories when told in the modern day.
* HashtagForLaughs : features prominently in the Aesop 2.0 stories.
* HelloInsertNameHere : The whole point of [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/ Make-A-Story]], but for ALL the characters. See [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/#preset=kungfu-hoganT this story]], where Mr. T and Hulk Hogan fight kung-fu master Anne Frank with help from Queen Elizabeth II.
* MoodWhiplash : drastic changes between every section of [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/late/ Late (A Writing Exercise)]]. Especially between the 4th and 5th.
* NameAndName : In the titles for [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/ Make-A-Story.]]
* NewTechnologyIsEvil : Certainly a common theme across multiple stories, but it's [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop really people who are evil all along]].
* NoFourthWall : They said you can never make cookie notifications or share buttons funny. Well, they were wrong.
* {{Parody}} : [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/crywolf/ Instagram]], [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/wagoner/ reddit]], [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/adsforyou/ Google Ads]], [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/foxgrapes/ twitter]] and [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/goosegoldenegg/ techcrunch.com]] among others.
* RandomEventsPlot : What usually happens in a [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/troperoulette1/ TropeRoulette]]
* RotatingProtagonist : Ads For You follows 5 'protagonists' as it tells the story of an ad-serving AI.
* ShoutOut : All the character names in [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/adsforyou/ Ads For You]] are taken from works where the AI goes bad (Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey, Literature/RobotSeries, Film/TheMatrix)
* SocialMediaBeforeReason : In The Boy Who Cried Wolf 2.0.
* StickFigureComic : Not quite a comic, but uses stick figures liberally.
* StockAesop : [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] repeatedly, in the Aesop 2.0 stories.
* UnresolvedSexualTension : in A Torrid Martian Night [[spoiler: It's a joke. And not main joke either.]]
* UsefulNotes/WebTwoPointOh : Um, it has Javascript it in. That's Web 2.0, right?

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* AIIsACrapshoot : an AIIsACrapshoot: An [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/adsforyou/ ad-serving AI]] is very serious about increasing revenue.
%% * AnAesop : the AnAesop: The Aesop 2.0 stories end in one (in big gold letters too), but [[SubvertedTrope not the one you'd expect]].
* BlatantLies : BlatantLies: "Satirizing the Internet Since 1841."
* BotheringByTheBook : BotheringByTheBook: The EU cookie notification gives the information necessary for the user to make the most informed decision. '''ALL''' the information.
* ButThouMust : ButThouMust: [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/mobileapp/ A Torrid Martian Night]] is really pushy about its mobile app.
* CerebusSyndrome : CerebusSyndrome: Occasionally has serious [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/adsforyou/ articles]]. Fortunately, it gives a gigantic red warning when you're about to read one.
%% * ClicheStorm : ClicheStorm: A common feature of [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/troperoulette1/ TropeRoulettes]]
* CrossOver : CrossOver: Highly encouraged in [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/ Make-A-Story.]] See [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/#preset=forest-spongebob this]], [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/#preset=mystery-kingkong this]], and [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/#preset=scifi-tripleH this]] for examples.
%% * FamilyUnfriendlyAesop : What usually happens to the StockAesops from the classic stories when told in the modern day.
* HashtagForLaughs : features
HashtagForLaughs: Features prominently in the Aesop 2.0 stories.
%% * HelloInsertNameHere : HardTruthAesop: What usually happens to the StockAesops from the classic stories when told in the modern day.
* HelloInsertNameHere:
The whole point of [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/ Make-A-Story]], but for ALL the characters. See [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/#preset=kungfu-hoganT this story]], where Mr. T and Hulk Hogan fight kung-fu master Anne Frank with help from Queen Elizabeth II.
%% * MoodWhiplash : drastic MoodWhiplash: Drastic changes between every section of [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/late/ Late (A Writing Exercise)]]. Especially between the 4th and 5th.
%% * NameAndName : NameAndName: In the titles for [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/ Make-A-Story.]]
* NewTechnologyIsEvil : NewTechnologyIsEvil: Certainly a common theme across multiple stories, but it's [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop [[HardTruthAesop really people who are evil all along]].
* NoFourthWall : NoFourthWall: They said you can never make cookie notifications or share buttons funny. Well, they were wrong.
* {{Parody}} : {{Parody}}: [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/crywolf/ Instagram]], [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/wagoner/ reddit]], [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/adsforyou/ Google Ads]], [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/foxgrapes/ twitter]] and [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/goosegoldenegg/ techcrunch.com]] among others.
%% * RandomEventsPlot : RandomEventsPlot: What usually happens in a [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/troperoulette1/ TropeRoulette]]
* RotatingProtagonist : RotatingProtagonist: Ads For You follows 5 'protagonists' as it tells the story of an ad-serving AI.
* ShoutOut : ShoutOut: All the character names in [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/adsforyou/ Ads For You]] are taken from works where the AI goes bad (Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey, Literature/RobotSeries, Film/TheMatrix)
%% * SocialMediaBeforeReason : SocialMediaBeforeReason: In The Boy Who Cried Wolf 2.0.
* StickFigureComic : StickFigureComic: Not quite a comic, but uses stick figures liberally.
%% * StockAesop : StockAesop: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] repeatedly, in the Aesop 2.0 stories.
%% * UnresolvedSexualTension : in UnresolvedSexualTension: In A Torrid Martian Night [[spoiler: It's a joke. And not main joke either.]]
* UsefulNotes/WebTwoPointOh : Um, it has Javascript it in. That's Web 2.0, right?
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* {{Parody}} : [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/crywolf/ Instagram]], [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/wagoner/ reddit]], [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/adsforyou/ Google Ads]] and [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/goosegoldenegg/ techcrunch.com]] among others.

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* {{Parody}} : [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/crywolf/ Instagram]], [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/wagoner/ reddit]], [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/adsforyou/ Google Ads]] Ads]], [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/foxgrapes/ twitter]] and [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/goosegoldenegg/ techcrunch.com]] among others.
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* HelloInsertNameHere : The whole point of [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/ Make-A-Story]], but for ALL the characters. See [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/#preset=kungfu-hoganT this story]], where Mr. T and Hulk Hogan fight kung-fu master Anne Frank with help from Queen Elizabeth III.

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* HelloInsertNameHere : The whole point of [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/ Make-A-Story]], but for ALL the characters. See [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/makeastory/#preset=kungfu-hoganT this story]], where Mr. T and Hulk Hogan fight kung-fu master Anne Frank with help from Queen Elizabeth III.II.

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