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1	'''Basic Trope''': An animal is motivated to move by dangling food in front of its face on a stick.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice has a mule. She rides it around, using a carrot on a stick to keep it going.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice's mule goes from 'refuses to move' to 'faster than light' the second it sees the carrot.
4	* '''Downplayed''': ???
5	* '''Justified''': The mule is dumb enough not to realize that it won't get the carrot.
6	* '''Inverted''': Alice uses a scary object on a stick to make the mule go the other direction.
7	* '''Subverted''': The mule was walking forward of its own free will, as the TalkingAnimal explains before eating the carrot mid-walk.
8	* '''Double Subverted''': But later it turns out the mule was trying to save face for being tricked so easily.
9	* '''Parodied''': Alice rides around on a {{Kaiju}}. She has an elaborate setup to dangle an appetizing human in front of it.
10	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
11	* '''Averted''': Alice uses some other means to motivate her mule.
12	* '''Enforced''': RuleOfFunny
13	* '''Lampshaded''': "Would you do it for a carrot on a stick?"
14	* '''Invoked''': ???
15	* '''Exploited''': The mule feigns unwillingness so it can get a chance at the carrot.
16	* '''Defied''': The mule refuses to be fooled and stays where it is.
17	* '''Discussed''': ???
18	* '''Conversed''': ???
19	* '''Deconstructed'''
20	** The mule streches out its neck and eats the carrot.
21	** The mule realizes eventually that it will never get the carrot.
22	* '''Reconstructed'''
23	** Alice gets a longer stick to hang her next carrot from.
24	** Alice occasionally lets the mule have its carrot, which ensures that it will continue.
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34	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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