Line #10 PlayingWith/PunyParachute

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1	'''Basic Trope:''' A character uses a parachute that would realistically be too small for them.
2	* '''Straight:''' Charlie's parachute is only 4 feet in diameter.
3	* '''Exaggerated:''' Charlie's parachute is only about 18 inches in diameter, and yet it still manages to work properly.
4	* '''Downplayed:''' Charlie owns a parachute with a 9.5-foot diameter, slightly smaller than one in real life.
5	* '''Justified:'''
6	** Charlie hails from a species of really tiny people, his parachute being big enough to hold him.
7	** Charlie couldn't find any parachute his size at the store, and the 4-foot one was the closest available.
8	** Charlie wants to test out what size is reasonable for him.
9	** It's an ImprovisedParachute made with what little material Charlie had at the time.
10	** Charlie is on a planet, dwarf planet, or other object with really weak gravity.
11	* '''Inverted:''' Charlie's parachute is a whopping '''150 feet''' in diameter-way bigger than needed in real life.
12	* '''Subverted:'''
13	** It may look small, but Charlie's parachute is much bigger underneath the cloth.
14	** That's just the pilot chute. [[note]][[OhCrap Did it just rip away before it could pull out the main chute?]][[/note]]
15	* '''Double Subverted:''' But that's just excess material that was never cut off.
16	* '''Parodied:''' ???
17	* '''Zigzagged:''' [[YourSizeMayVary The size of the parachute varies]] depending on its appearance.
18	* '''Averted:'''
19	** Charlie uses a parachute of a reasonable size.
20	** Charlie doesn't use a parachute.
21	* '''Enforced:''' The creators want to make the parachute and the wearer visible to the audience in their full form.
22	* '''Lampshaded:''' "You sure this parachute is big enough?"
23	* '''Invoked:''' ???
24	* '''Exploited:''' The BigBad takes advantage of this and tricks Charlie into skydiving, giving him a parachute too small for him so he won't stop the EvilPlan.
25	* '''Defied:''' Charlie does his research and decides to buy a parachute that's big enough for him.
26	* '''Discussed:''' ???
27	* '''Conversed:''' ???
28	* '''Deconstructed:''' Charlie opens up his 4-foot parachute, but it turns out to have no effect on his descent, and at the end he dies or gets seriously injured.
29	* '''Reconstructed:''' ???
30	* '''Played for Laughs:''' ???
31	* '''Played for Drama:''' ???

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