History Main / DefiedTrope

* [[{{Anime/Monster}} Johan Liebert]] defies the trope of being ObviouslyEvil, and on the surface, he seems like a really nice guy.

* In ''TheIncredibles'' , superhero costume designer Edna Mode specifically states the hazards of [[SuperheroesWearCapes capes]], which turns out to be a ''[=~Chekhov's Gun~=]'' with a villain.
* Raven from ''TeenTitans'' is aware of the BadPowersBadPeople trope, and despite the fact that [[spoiler: her powers come from her demon father]] she does her best to be a good gal.

* When FinalFantasyVII was still in the storyline stage, the game initially had only three characters: Cloud, Aerith, and Barret. So, instead of [[BlackDudeDiesFirst killing Barret,]] [[WordOfGod Nomura]] decided to TakeAThirdOption since that was already overused and wouldn't have enough impact on the player. [[InternetBackdraft Guess what]] [[KillTheCutie happened]].

* In the ''{{Myst}}'' novel, Atrus comes across one of the infamous D'ni puzzle-locks and tries to decipher it in the standard Myst SolveTheSoupCans fashion. His father Gehn picks up a blunt instrument and smashes it open.

* In ''{{Dogma}}'', Serendipity tries to goad Azrael into explaining his evil scheme to them, but he says, "Oh, no you dont: I've seen enough JamesBond movies to know that you never reveal all the details of your plan, no matter ''how'' close you think you are to winning."

* Done in ''[=~It's Kind of a Funny Story~=]'', where the main character Craig refuses the possibility of heroin, because "If I were doing heroin, then I'd be a depressed teenager ''on heroin''. I didn't need to be that cliché."

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* Basically the entire point of the EvilOverlordList.
* In [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] "Extreme Super Christmas Special #1" review, the ghosts from AChristmasCarol show up. Linkara flatly tells them that he does not want to make a YetAnotherChristmasCarol, and tells them to promptly GTFO.
* In [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony's]] review of the ''Wing Commander'' movie, he takes one look at the cover (showing Matthew Lillard and Freddie Prinze Jr.) and shrieks in terror. He explains thusly: "You know that thing, [[CoversAlwaysLie you can't trust a book by its cover?]] Well fuck you! That's books, not movies!"

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* An episode of the ''EarthwormJim'' cartoon almost ends with a "HereWeGoAgain" ending (actually called that) after a ResetButton of the episode's events. Jim won't stand for it, and just [[DropTheCow drops a cow]] on the villain before he can enact his scheme again.
* Attempted, but failed in the smoking episode of SouthPark. Kyle wants to just confess what they did to avoid the usual antics, and it doesn't work.

* In ''TheIncredibles'' , superhero costume designer Edna Mode specifically states the hazards of [[SuperheroesWearCapes capes]], which turns out to be a ''[[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]]'' with a villain.

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* ''Left4Dead'' has one of the guys who write the the saferoom graffiti proclaim that [[HumansAreBastards "WE ARE THE REAL MONSTERS"]]. The guy ''underneath'' him says "No, that's the zombies".
** Have you been outside JACKASS!!
** I think it's them stupid
** I hope you are DEAD now
** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny I miss the internet]]
* Capcom openly defied NoExportForYou when they worked to clear the legal hurdles and get ''TatsunokoVsCapcom'' localized overseas.
* [[EvilDead Evil Dead: Hail To The King]] was pretty much a straight up Resident Evil clone with an Evil Dead look, including the puzzles (though, thankfully, most were much less obtuse and nonsensical than RE). However, in the latter part of the game, Ash, in a cutscene, reads the plaque on a door. After noting the overly complicated puzzle mechanism required to open it, and [[DungeonBypass just shoots the door open with his boomstick]] in the game's CrowningMomentOfFunny.
* In FreedomFighters, you can prevent [[RespawningEnemies soviet reinforcements]] from coming in by blowing up the bridges their armored transport cars cross, and blowing up the helipads supplying assault and transport helicopters.
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When a character knows that a trope is about to happen, either due to being GenreSavvy or because someone is trying to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] it, and then actively attempts to [[AvertedTrope avert]] or [[SubvertedTrope subvert]] it, or maybe even [[InvertedTrope invert]] it.

When a character knows that a trope is about to happen, due to being GenreSavvy or because someone is trying to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] it, actively attempts to [[AvertedTrope avert]] or [[SubvertedTrope subvert]] it, or maybe even [[InvertedTrope invert]] it.

* In ''{{Dogma}}'' Serendipity tries to goad Azrael into explaining his evil scheme to them, but he says, "Oh, no you dont: I've seen enough JamesBond movies to know that you never reveal all the details of your plan, no matter ''how'' close you think you are to winning."

** Also, [[spoiler:Jinx eventually does the same]]

* ''Newt'' was a [[Pixar]] movie scheduled to be released in 2012, which had [[DuelingMovies similar premise to two other movies scheduled to be released first]]. As a result, the movie was canceled. Fans of Pixar can only hope the movie is brought back to life once this is no longer seen as an issue.

* In ''Dogma'' Serendipity tries to goad Azrael into explaining his evil scheme to them, but he says, "Oh, no you dont: I've seen enough James Bond movies to know that you never reveal all the details of your plan, no matter ''how'' close you think you are to winning."

-->'''Ira Kane''': "Snag it and put it in the bucket"\\
'''Harry Block''': "I've seen this movie; the BlackDudeDiesFirst. You snag it."\\
-- '''''{{Evolution}}'''''

* At the end of volume 2 of ''{{Empowered}}'' the titular superheroine saves the life of a criminal who's holding her hostage, [[WhatMeasureIsAMook because he's still a human being with a wife and a daughter.]]

** Rather than raze the village to the ground as his ancestors would have done, which he realised would have only fulfilled the prophecy as the boy would inevitably escape the slaughter somehow and take his revenge, Mogrash tries to avert the prophecy by being nice, instituting reforms, and raising the boys who could be threats as his own sons. [[SelfFulfillingProphecy In the end the prophecy is fulfilled, one of the boys becomes his heir, his empire is changes irrevocably and he decided to leave his palace.]]

*** [[RunningGag So, knowing that, he probably kills you at step one.]] [[OverlyLongGag But that means that he ACTUALLY kills you right n---]]
**** [[RunningGag He killed you]] [[{{Watchmen}} thirty-five minutes ago.]]

* [[{{Monster}} Johan Liebert]] defies the trope of being ObviouslyEvil, and on the surface, he seems like a really nice guy.

* [[EvilDead Evil Dead: Hail To The King]] was pretty much a straight up Resident Evil clone with an Evil Dead look, including the puzzles (though, thankfully, most were much less obtuse and nonsensical than RE). However, in the latter part of the game, Ash, in a cutscene, reads the plaque on a door. After noting the overly complicated puzzle mechanism required to open it, and [[{{whydontyajustshoothim}} just shoots the door open with his boomstick]] in the game's [[{{crowningmomentoffunny}} Crowning Moment Of Funny]].

Contrast with ExploitedTrope, DiscussedTrope.

A GenreSavvy character, knowing that a trope is about to happen, actively attempts to [[AvertedTrope avert]] or [[SubvertedTrope subvert]] it, or maybe even [[InvertedTrope invert]] it.

Contrast with InvokedTrope, ExploitedTrope, DiscussedTrope.

* In ''GalaxyQuest'', Guy is, in essence, a DefiedTrope in character form.

Contrast with InvokedTrope, DiscussedTrope.

* FinalFantasyVII directors wanted to kill off [[TheHero Cloud]], [[TheBrute Barret]], or [[TheChick Aeris]]. In defiance of BlackDudeDiesFirst, [[ItWasHisSled Aeris dies.]]