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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