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Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#1: Nov 28th 2020 at 2:32:58 AM

This one is tricky to illustrate. The trope is that an organization is stated to be large and far-spread, but all we see on-screen is a small team. It's similar to Informed Ability, in that the size of the group is informed but never shown.

The image shows the small team, but not that this is (supposed to be) a large and widespread organisation. It basically looks like a standard hero party or Rag Tag Bunch Of Misfits. So it fails to illustrate this trope.

Perhaps as a result of this image, the trope does get misused for any small hero team, i.e. the first examples listed are various superhero teams with half a dozen members.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#2: Dec 2nd 2020 at 7:05:53 AM

I can't really tell anything about any of them to start with, and the quality's a little off too. Voting to pull on those factors.

TheUnsquished Filthy casual from Southern Limey Land (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Married to the job
Filthy casual
jandn2014 Very Spooky from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
Very Spooky
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#5: Dec 2nd 2020 at 8:03:22 AM

Done and tagged.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4775380_3749065735_45123117.jpg
Pictured: The Nebulous Evil Organisation set out to Take Over the World. All ten of them.

TheUnsquished Filthy casual from Southern Limey Land (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Married to the job
Filthy casual
#6: Dec 8th 2020 at 9:53:49 AM

BUPKIS?

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Kappaclystica 『  』 from The 'hood (of a pasty upper-middle class suburb) Since: Jan, 2019
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#7: Dec 8th 2020 at 10:15:39 AM

I'm reluctant to BUPKIS stuff right off the bat. I'm sure we can find a lampshade somewhere.

Willbyr MOD Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
rjd1922 he/him | Image Pickin' regular from the United States Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
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#9: Dec 15th 2020 at 7:48:32 PM

I don't have a replacement suggestion, but the old image was uncredited fanart, so good pull.

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Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
How sweet it is
#10: Dec 19th 2020 at 9:39:20 AM

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