Basic Trope: The generic term for giant robots in a particular series.
- Straight: In Televised Trope Sigma, the generic term is Tropizer.
- Exaggerated: Televised Trope Sigma have generic terms for nearly every Mecha that appears.
- Downplayed: The term Tropizer is used almost exclusively by the developers, with others content to call whatever.
- Justified: The developers of the Tropizers wanted their units to stand out and get across some of the general idea.
- Inverted: The various Tropizers, Evulz Engines, Powers Be, etc develop a generic term that any of them can be called.
- Subverted: It appears that Tropizer is the term for the mecha in Televised Trope Sigma, but it turns out to be the name for the mech's name.
- Double Subverted:
- ...Tropyion however is indeed the generic term.
- …Tropizer has genericized since then.
- Parodied: "How about we call them Mobile Su-" (This developer gets beaten up by a bunch of lawyers) "T-Tropizers!! I meant Tropizers!!"
- Zig Zagged: It is assumed the Mecha are called Tropizer due to how frequently its said, then its revealed that refers to their weapon systems. Tropyion is then assumed to be it, but that's eventually revealed to refer to a special line than the mecha overall. With no comments painting Troper as something else about the mecha, they're called that... Until someone reveals to the pilots as Tropers.
- Averted: Nobody puts in the effort of designing special terminology.
- Enforced: "We need a name for the mecha in Televised Trope Sigma. I know, call them Tropizers!"
- Lampshaded: "Tropizer? Why don't we just call them giant robots?"
- Invoked: The media starts referring to the giant robots as Tropizers, and the developers just go along with it.
- Exploited: The developers trademark the name Tropizer™.
- Defied: The developers of the revolutionary mecha technology considers calling them Tropizers, but decides it would be worthless terminology.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "So why does everyone that make giant robots got to call it something specific?" "Well, if they were all called mecha it would be hard to tell what show someone is actually talking about."
- Implied: The term Tropizer is frequently mentioned, yet its never seen referring to anything specifically, with the mecha being one of the only unusual technologies they have.
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