Basic Trope: One quirk defines an entire world/species.
- Straight: Everybody on the planet of Troperia points out tropes in their daily lives, most job titles are character tropes, and the most common names for Troperians are Alice and Bob.
- Exaggerated: In addition, TV Tropes is considered a text of great religious significance, only the most esteemed members of society may update it, schools teach the tropes like earth schools teach math and science, and creating new works that don't adhere firmly to tropes is considered a crime punishable by death.
- Downplayed: The inhabitants of Troperia steal cable, and are familiar with the popular culture of the earth, but they still have jobs and a culture of their own.
- Justified:
- Troperia is a relatively new planet established by Benevolent Precursors that used TV Tropes as a cheat sheet to speed up the development of Troperian culture.
- The culture is actually in a relatively small area (only a few thousand square kilometers), so its culture is very similar.
- Troperians are a Hive Mind in the strictest sense, and all share the exact same thoughts.
- Inverted: Troperia is a collection of vastly different cultures. Stereotypes only really apply to individual cultures.
- Subverted: The Troperian Robert introduces himself to the cast by saying he is not a trope spouting loon like the High Troperians the cast met before him...
- Double Subverted: ...he then laughs and announces that was a Subverted Trope. Classic Troperian humor!
- Parodied: Every Troperian has a literal hat.
- Zig Zagged: Sometimes the Troperian characters go entire episodes without announcing tropes as they occur. In other episodes, all of their dialogue is comprised of lampshades.
- Averted: Troperia is not defined by any one particular quirk.
- Enforced: "We need to establish what Troperians are like as quickly as possible so the viewers can distinguish them from humans. Let's make them all Trope spouting pop culture geeks."
- Lampshaded:
- "I'm Lampshading the Lampshade. Mother would be so proud of me."
- Or...
Grant: For the last time, my name is Grant, not "The Big Guy".
Bob the Troperian: I'm sorry, I thought that would be a much more flattering name than "Dumb Muscle", Big Guy. - Invoked: The Troperians intentionally embrace and emphasize their trope-based culture, actively encouraging the use of tropes in their daily lives and interactions.
- Exploited:
- Troperians are visually indistinguishable from humans so in order to determine Alice's species, Alicia asks Alice how she would best describe Alicia and her four companions.
- A villainous Troperian named Evulz points out Hobbes Was Right and demands all the Troperians Kneel Before Zod. In turn, Alice and Bob reply that Evulz was committing the Original Position Fallacy because even if Hobbes Was Right, who is to say he'd be the tyrant they put in charge? Besides, everyone knows Rousseau Was Right.
- Defied: Troperians adopt skills, cultures, and subcultures from the earth, removing their distinctive natures.
- Discussed: "Tell Mister The Dragon he's not Calling His Attacks. That ought to make his movements a little more predictable."
- Conversed: Two Troperian characters engage in a conversation about their favorite tropes, discussing the ways they have observed them in various works of fiction and sharing their interpretations and analyses.
- Deconstructed: Due to their insistence on living and dying based on Tropes, Troperians experience Crippling Overspecialization and Creative Sterility, causing Troperian cultures and civilization to collapse.
- Reconstructed: Our Non-Troperians protagonists establish an agreement with the Troperians to help them write new tropes to help them grow.
- Played For Drama: Troperians have gone to war over arguments about the correct application of certain tropes. Both sides still agree on War Is Hell.
- Implied: In a scene where Troperians are discussing their favorite works of fiction, it is implied that they often identify and analyze the tropes present in those works, even though it is not explicitly shown.
- Played For Laughs: A Troperian character intentionally exaggerates and plays up tropes for comedic effect, often leading to over-the-top situations or humorous misunderstandings. For example, a Troperian might insist on speaking in rhymes, mimicking the Rhyming Episode trope, to everyone's amusement.
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