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** A {{Mook}} splits into several smaller {{Mooks}} upon being defeated.
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* PuzzleBoss:
** A DamageSpongeBoss you can defeat with a CheeseStrategy.
** A boss with a unique mechanic. You know what? Scratch that, it can even be a semi-unique mechanic that the game doesn't attempt to hide from you.
** A boss that takes even a modicum of critical thinking to defeat successfully.
** Little known fact: this trope can actually mean whatever you want! Use it to list any and all bosses in the game which you personally found hard or defeated unconventionally.
** Complain about how [[ThatOnePuzzle the solution to the boss is too hard to figure out]] and make sure to [[Administrivia/WalkthroughMode give needlessly elaborate and detailed instructions on how to beat it]].
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* RogerRabbitEffect: Any use of CGI in a live-action work, especially if it's [[SpecialEffectFailure particularly unconvincing]] but meant to be taken as real.
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** Any dramatic and memorable line that describes something that just blatantly happened onscreen (like announcing a character is dead right after they gets beheaded) also qualifies.

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** Any dramatic and memorable line that describes something that just blatantly happened onscreen (like announcing a character is dead right after they gets get beheaded) also qualifies.
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* BreatherBoss: A boss which ''should'' pose a challenge given the point in the story it's fought at, but is instead rather easy. You'll notice this is the exact same definition as AntiClimaxBoss, so feel free to use them interchangeably.
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* InNameOnly: Use this to complain about an adaptation you don't like of a work you like, regardless of how faithful it is to the source material. Suggesting it doesn't deserve to be linked to the beloved source material is the highest MedalOfDishonor a hated adaptation can get.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: A BossBattle which is not as difficult as the one(s) immediately before or after it. You'll notice this is the exact same definition as BreatherBoss, so feel free to use them interchangeably.
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The amount of people who don't know the difference between these tropes is staggering.

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* AntiClimaxBoss: A BossBattle which is not as difficult as the one(s) immediately before or after it. You'll notice this is the exact same definition as BreatherBoss, so feel free to use them interchangeably.


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* BreatherBoss: A boss which ''should'' pose a challenge given the point in the story it's fought at, but is instead rather easy. You'll notice this is the exact same definition as AntiClimaxBoss, so feel free to use them interchangeably.
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Page is now YMMV, so I’m moving this to the YMMV subpage


* NintendoHard:
** Any game more challenging than ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn''.
** [[HarderThanHard A difficulty level that's above "Hard".]]
** Any singular part of the game that's difficult, even if it's an obvious outlier to the rest of the game. [[ThatOneLevel We definitely]] [[ThatOneBoss don't have pages]] [[ThatOnePuzzle for those.]]
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** Anyone who shouts even once.
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* GainaxEnding: Any ending you found confusing or shocking. Even if it made perfect sense in the context of the story, the fact that you were confused/shocked by it is enough to qualify it for this trope.

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Any ending you found confusing or shocking. Even if it made perfect sense in the context of the story, the fact that you were confused/shocked by it is enough to qualify it for this trope.trope.
** Any ending you don't like.
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* DreadfulMusician: Any musician you don't like.
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* NukeEm: Nuclear weapons exist. Failing that, [[FantasticNuke something remotely comparable to a nuclear weapon]] exists.
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* GenreBusting:
** Use this to downplay a work you like being in a genre you normally don't like.
** A work you think is too cool to be labelled anything, even if the labels are accurate.

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* MadnessMantra:
** A character [[SurvivalMantra repeats a phrase to steel themselves or bolster their courage]].
** Any time a character [[BrokenRecord says something over and over]]. No exceptions.
** When listing your example, [[Administrivia/ZeroContextExample just write out the repeated phrase a dozen times or so rather than actually explaining how the example is related to the trope. After all, the only thing which prevents an example from having context is how physically long it is]]!



** A {{Mook}} can [[EnemySummoner make other mooks]].

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** A {{Mook}} can [[EnemySummoner make summon other mooks]].mooks but clearly isn't the one actually creating them]].
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* BuffySpeak: Pothole to this page every time you use "thing" and/or the suffix "-y" to describe something.

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* BuffySpeak: BuffySpeak:
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Pothole to this page every time you use "thing" and/or the suffix "-y" to describe something.something.
** Complain about dialogue not being as sophisticated as you think it should be.
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Three Amigos is a disambiguation


* ThreeAmigos: Any trio of friends, regardless of gender ratio.
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* HorrorComedy:
** A BlackComedy in which you can feasibly finagle several examples of dark humor into being "scary". See NightmareFuel for more information.
** [[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse A series which has both scary moments and is comedic, AKA 95 percent of all series in existence]].
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* AllJewsAreAshkenazi: Ashkenazi Jews exist. Or maybe just people who speak YiddishAsASecondLanguage exist.
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redefined trope


* TheRez: [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs Native American reservations exist.]]
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* QueerPeopleAreFunny: An LGBT+ character is at any point involved in a comedic moment. Because this trope is praising the queer community for their great sense of humor, and not about demeaning jokes being made at their expense.
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* ThatOneCase: A funnier name for ThatOneLevel when referring to a difficult section from a game in the MysteryFiction genre. Don't worry about it being an objective trope, you can put it on the YMMV page anyway.
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Cloning Blues has been renamed to Clone Angst and redefined to only be about people angsting about discovering they're a clone. Removing "clones exist" usage.


* CloningBlues: Cloning technology exists in this story, even if the ethics of cloning aren't really explored.
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* {{Tradesnark}}:
** Snark about trademarks being marked as trademarks in contexts that you personally find silly. You might think this would constitute an AudienceReaction, but it doesn't, because reasons.
** Complain about trademark and copyright enforcement you don't like. Again, the fact that this isn't filed under YMMV shouldn't give you pause -- actually, it just means that TV Tropes officially considers your complaint an objective fact about the work.
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* CrystalDragonJesus: A cooler name for MessianicArchetype.
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* AncientGrome: [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome existed.]]
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** Anything you don't find funny, even if it isn't BlackComedy.
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This was removed, but I think it's still deserving of being on the page given its purpose.

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* ButNotTooBlack: Ignore that this is about InUniverse colorism, and just list every black character whose skin is lighter than Wesley Snipes'.
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* TheBadGuyWins: A character you don't like comes out on top, even if they're a neutral or heroic character.


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** A character you don't like doesn't die.
** Any ending you don't like.
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* EvilerThanThou: Villain A is more evil than Villain B. Whether or not Villain A ''defeats'' Villain B to show that Villain A is the bigger threat is irrelevant.

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