| 1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character ruins the balance of the world and is promptly punished. |
| 2 | * '''Straight''': Bob pushes the [[CosmicKeystone Statues of Power]] out of place and ruins the landmass he's standing on. |
| 3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Bob breaks the balance so completely that [[BreakingTheFourthWall the show Bob stars in gets cancelled]]. |
| 4 | * '''Downplayed''': The balance only applies to an area spanning an entire city, but upsetting it still has consequences. |
| 5 | * '''Justified''': |
| 6 | ** Manipulating the balance of the world is a good thing because said balance was put in place by the [[OrderIsNotGood Council of Tyranny]]. |
| 7 | ** The balance itself is inadequate, so it is replaced with a better balance. This may include a CosmicRetcon. |
| 8 | * '''Inverted''': |
| 9 | ** Bob is praised for upsetting the balance instead of being punished for it. |
| 10 | ** Charlies is punished for trying to maintain the balance. |
| 11 | * '''Subverted''': The citizens of planet Earth worry that someone might destroy it this way, but nobody tries it. |
| 12 | * '''Double Subverted''': The heroes of Earth party over the prophesied ruin of the balance not coming true, only for it to happen the very next day. |
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