1 | '''Basic Trope''': An alert that's used when something bad happens. |
2 | * '''Straight''': The Starship ''Yorktown'' encounters an enemy ship, and TheCaptain sounds the "Red Alert" siren and orders his crew to battle stations. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': An entire fleet of starships go to Red Alert upon sighting an enemy fleet. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': The ''Yorktown'' encounters an unidentified ship, and the captain orders "Yellow Alert" until it can be determined if the ship is hostile or not. |
5 | * '''Justified''': The sirens and intra-ship announcement are the most efficient means of telling the entire crew that something bad is happening and they need to get to their stations ''now''. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': |
7 | * '''Subverted''': |
8 | ** The ''Yorktown'' goes to Red Alert upon encountering another ship, but said ship turns out to be non-hostile, and the Red Alert is cancelled. |
9 | ** While [[NewMeat Cadet Bob]] panics over what might be wrong, his bunkmate merely notes that their clock is an hour behind based on the Monthly Siren Test. |
10 | * '''Double Subverted''': [[ThisIsNotAdrill The clock is not behind.]] |
11 | * '''Parodied''': The party ship ''Boogie Wonderland'' goes to Red Alert -- which activates the disco lights and the Music/EarthWindAndFire music. Let's groove tonight! |
12 | * '''Zig Zagged''': |
13 | * '''Averted''': |
14 | * '''Enforced''': |
15 | * '''Lampshaded''': "The alert sirens just went off? Looks like the battle's about to begin." |
16 | * '''Invoked''': |
17 | * '''Exploited''': |
18 | * '''Defied''': |
19 | * '''Discussed''': "You hear this siren? ''[plays "Red Alert" siren]'' When you hear this sound, you get straight to your station." |
20 | * '''Conversed''': "Just outta curiosity, why is it '''Red'' Alert'? Why not 'chartreuse'?" |
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22 | Back to RedAlert |
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25 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
26 | %%* '''Implied''': |
27 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': |
28 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': |
29 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': |
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