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Troper48 Since: May, 2020
#1: May 22nd 2020 at 1:20:41 PM

I have seen this done a few times before, the only example I have currently is "Failed a Spot Check / Selective Obliviousness" on this page. I am wondering this because I recently launched the trope Flashback-Montage Realization and have added it to some pages that have "Eureka!" Moment listed, where the two tropes are basically referring to the same thing. So I'm wondering is this a generally accepted practice to put 2 tropes under the same bullet point if the situation is similar enough? Also sorry if this has been posted before, I've tried to search for an answer to this question but couldn't find anything.

WarJay77 Big Catch, Sparkle Edition (Troper Knight)
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#2: May 22nd 2020 at 1:21:50 PM

Nope:

From How to Write an Example:

  • Do Not Add Multiple Tropes With A Slash/Adding Multiple Tropes With A Slash Is Bad: See what we did there? Don't do that either. It's lazy, causes duplicate examples to pop up when other tropers notice that a given trope is missing from its proper alphabetical position, not realizing it's slashed with another trope, creates confusion when there are multiple examples (which examples apply to which trope?), and overall just looks bad. If two or more tropes apply to a contextual description, put each trope separately in its correct place.

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Troper48 Since: May, 2020
WarJay77 Big Catch, Sparkle Edition (Troper Knight)
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#4: May 22nd 2020 at 1:24:09 PM

If you see it, it's best to either split them up or delete one of the tropes; sometimes one of them is being misused.

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