Line #24 PlayingWith/DarkestAfrica


1	'''Basic Trope''': An African country is portrayed as an uncivilized CrapsackWorld.
2	* '''Straight''': Tropeland is full of jungles, natives, and torn apart by civil war.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Tropeland is a WretchedHive, full of [[NoBloodForPhlebotinum fights over natural resources]], [[RapeAsDrama rape]], war, extreme poverty, disease, and [[AnarchyIsChaos just general lawlessness]].
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** Tropeland may be less civilized than the other regions, but still a pretty decent place for the natives to live.
6	** Tropeland has a combination of high and low tech, such as people using tablets and smartphones in their mud huts.
7	** Parts of Tropeland are developed and "civilized" but its more remote and rural areas are still fairly primitive and undeveloped.
8	* '''Justified''':
9	** Tropeland is a Third-World country still governed by tribalism.
10	** Tropeland is a failed state, [[AnarchyIsChaos with little or no government or infrastructure]].
11	* '''Inverted''': Tropeland is a wonderful, peaceful place full of natural beauty, and has a rich culture.
12	* '''Subverted''': The people of Tropeland fight until eventually it becomes a stable place to live.
13	* '''Double Subverted''': Until a disagreement erupts, resulting in [[WarIsHell war and everything bad that goes with it again]].
14	* '''Parodied''': The sunlight never reaches Tropeland.
15	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
16	* '''Averted''':
17	** Tropeland is poor but peaceful; it is neither Hell nor Paradise.
18	** [[DeathWorld Every other region we see outside of Tropeland is equally a hellscape to live in. If not, even worse.]]
19	* '''Enforced''':
20	** "We need to portray Africa in a way familiar to Westerners".
21	** The writer is discussing a place in Africa that really ''has'' suffered.
22	* '''Lampshaded''': "Finish your Spinach Surprise! There are starving children in {{Bulungi}} who would be grateful to have even one bite of it!"
23	* '''Invoked''': War erupts in a rural area of Tropeland, and authorities are powerless to stop it because it happens in such a remote area.
24	* '''Exploited''': [[AliceAndBob Bob]] goes on a vacation to Tropeland to go on a killing spree. Nobody will care anyway while they're busy with international problems.
25	* '''Defied''':
26	** Tropeland has a good government, and is very proud of its rich culture and history.
27	** Alice and Bob try to make Tropeland a better place to live and make peace.
28	** Tropeland has its good and bad, such as showing Bob going from a populated and rather well off town into the more wild, uncivilized area.
29	* '''Discussed''': "That whole continent is full of barbarians."
30	* '''Conversed''': "This is the fifth show I've seen with such an uncivilized African country!"
31	* '''Implied''': During a short scene, Bob is being chased by barbarians. Later, when asked where he was, he responds "You know where. The worst continent ever!"
32	* '''Played For Laughs''': The natives are portrayed as backwards idiots.
33	* '''Played For Drama''': The suffering Africans are the main characters or otherwise sympathetic.
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39	%%* '''Implied''': ???
40	%%* '''Deconstructed''':???

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