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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37 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
38 | %% |
39 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
40 | %%* '''Deconstructed''':??? |
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