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* {{Hardcore}}: Instead of something extreme or intense, it's a picture of a avocado core that is impossible to cut.

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* {{Hardcore}}: Instead of something extreme or intense, it's a picture of a an avocado core that is impossible to cut.


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* Administrivia/PermanentRedLinkClub: A picture of [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] in red clothes, not a link to a page this wiki doesn't have.
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* BrokenAce: The "ace" pictured is a playing card, not a well-performing individual.

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* BrokenAce: The "ace" pictured is a playing card, {{playing card|Motifs}}, not a well-performing individual.



* FlyingBrick: A real flying brick is a Superhero that combines {{Flight}} with SuperStrength, not a actual brick with wings.

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* FlyingBrick: A real flying brick is a Superhero that combines {{Flight}} with SuperStrength, not a an actual brick with wings.



* PutOnABusToHell: It's about being written out of the show in an especially mean-spirited way, not about taking an actual bus to hell.

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* PutOnABusToHell: It's about being written out of the show in an especially mean-spirited way, not about taking an actual bus to hell.{{Hell}}.



* SquarePegRoundTrope: Since it's impossible to actually illustrate trope misuse without using a lot of text, the image just shows a square peg being pushed into a round hole.

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* SquarePegRoundTrope: Since it's impossible to actually illustrate trope misuse without using [[WallOfText a lot of text, text]], the image just shows a square peg being pushed into a round hole.



* TeenyWeenie: Since a straight example would be {{NSFW}}, the image depicts some miniature hot dogs instead.

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* TeenyWeenie: Since a straight example would be {{NSFW}}, the image depicts is of some miniature hot dogs instead.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] fits this trope most of the time, the image is photoshopped in universe.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Young [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker]]'s shadow appearing as Darth Vader is a good VisualPun for the trope, but as ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' was made after ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack,'' this is actually an example of a CallForward.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] fits this trope most of the time, the image is photoshopped in universe.InUniverse.

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* TeenyWeenie: Since a straight example would be {{NSFW}}, the image depicts some miniature hot dogs instead.
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* EvilTwin: The picture is one of [[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit the Frog]] photoshopped to make him look evil. Kermit has never had an actual evil twin (Constantine from ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'' is an example of IdenticalStranger and CriminalDoppelganger instead). The picture is kept per admin request.
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* InvincibleHero: [[ComicStrip/TomTheDancingBug God-Man]] is a parody of overpowered heroes, not a straight example.

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* InvincibleHero: [[ComicStrip/TomTheDancingBug God-Man]] is a [[ComicallyInvincibleHero parody of overpowered heroes, heroes]], not a straight example.
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* NapoleonDelusion: [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]] didn't really ''think'' he was UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, he was merely pretending to be so he could get away with a crime on grounds of insanity.

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* NapoleonDelusion: [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]] didn't really ''think'' he was UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, he was merely pretending to be so he could [[InsanityDefense get away with a crime on grounds of insanity.insanity]].
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* NecessaryWeasel: Shows an actual weasel, not an illogical trope considered vital to a genre.
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* AccentuateTheNegative: A diacritic above a film negative. The caption complaining about the VisualPun is an example, however.
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: [[VisualPun It's a picture of a large cock, but not the type you'd expect]].

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* AccentuateTheNegative: A diacritic above a film negative. The caption complaining about the VisualPun is Visual Pun ''is'' an example, however.
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: [[VisualPun It's a picture of a large cock, but not the type you'd expect]].expect.



* Darthwiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck: Has a picture of a castle on fire, not the worst moment of a work.

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* Darthwiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck: DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck: Has a picture of a castle on fire, not the worst moment of a work.



* GoingColdTurkey: [[VisualPun An image of a turkey in the snow]], not an attempt at avoiding an addiction.
* {{Hardcore}}: Instead of something extreme or intense, it's a picture of a avocado core that [[VisualPun is impossible to cut]]
* {{Hentai}}: As actual pictures of Hentai are a no-no, the image is a picture [[VisualPun of a hen wearing a necktie]].

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* GoingColdTurkey: [[VisualPun An image of a turkey in the snow]], snow, not an attempt at avoiding an addiction.
* {{Hardcore}}: Instead of something extreme or intense, it's a picture of a avocado core that [[VisualPun is impossible to cut]]
cut.
* {{Hentai}}: As actual pictures of Hentai are a no-no, the image is a picture [[VisualPun of a hen wearing a necktie]].necktie.



* TheMole: Trope is about the villain joining the hero's team to stab them in the back in the future. Image is a group of actual molehills.

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* TheMole: Trope The trope is about the villain joining the hero's team to stab them in the back in the future. Image The image is a group of actual molehills.



* SourGrapesTropes: Sour Grape tropes demonstrate that what you desire doesn't always turn out well. The image is a [[VisualPun literal picture of grapes]].
* {{Spoiler}}: A VisualPun showing an Army Major named Spoiler, not a plot point that viewers don't want revealed.

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* SourGrapesTropes: Sour Grape The index is about tropes demonstrate demonstrating that what you desire doesn't always turn out well. The image is a [[VisualPun literal picture of grapes]].
grapes.
* {{Spoiler}}: A VisualPun Visual Pun showing an Army Major named Spoiler, not a plot point that viewers don't want revealed.



* TheWarOnStraw: It's a picture of a literal strawman. The Strawmen referred to in the trope, are fallacious arguments or stereotypes made to make the AuthorTract look better in comparison.

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* TheWarOnStraw: It's a picture of a literal strawman. The Strawmen referred to in the trope, trope are fallacious arguments or stereotypes made to make the AuthorTract look better in comparison.



These images aren't played seriously. Instead they come from parodies.

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* AllegedlyFreeGame: The image refers to ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', which is generally agreed to give free players a worthwhile experience, despite how much money it's possible to spend on it.

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* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: [[VisualPun An image of a turkey in the snow]], not a difficult attempt at avoiding an addiction.


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* GoingColdTurkey: [[VisualPun An image of a turkey in the snow]], not an attempt at avoiding an addiction.
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* BrokenAce: The "ace" pictured is a playing card, not a well-performing individual.
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* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: The image depicts the "Lava Lagoon" stage in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest''. The catch is that, despite the level's name, the "lava" is actually implied to be super-hot water instead, since it can be turned into normal water with Clapper's help. Other levels in [[LethalLavaLand Crocodile Cauldron]] have actual lava which [[SubvertedTrope isn't depicted this way]].

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* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: The image depicts the "Lava Lagoon" stage in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest''. The catch is that, despite the level's name, the "lava" is actually implied to be super-hot water instead, since it can be turned into normal water with Clapper's help. Other levels in [[LethalLavaLand Crocodile Cauldron]] have actual lava which [[SubvertedTrope [[AvertedTrope isn't depicted this way]].
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* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: The image depicts the "Lava Lagoon" stage in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2''. The catch is that, despite the level's name, the "lava" is actually implied to be super-hot water instead, since it can be turned into normal water with Clapper's help. Other levels in [[LethalLavaLand Crocodile Cauldron]] have actual lava which [[SubvertedTrope isn't depicted this way]].

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* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: The image depicts the "Lava Lagoon" stage in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2''.''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest''. The catch is that, despite the level's name, the "lava" is actually implied to be super-hot water instead, since it can be turned into normal water with Clapper's help. Other levels in [[LethalLavaLand Crocodile Cauldron]] have actual lava which [[SubvertedTrope isn't depicted this way]].
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* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: The image depicts the "Lava Lagoon" stage in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2''. The catch is that, despite the level's name, the "lava" is actually implied to be super-hot water instead, since it can be turned into normal water with Clapper's help. Other levels in [[LethalLavaLand Crocodile Cauldron]] have actual lava which [[SubvertedTrope isn't depicted this way]].
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* NapoleonDelusion: [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]] didn't really ''think'' he was UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, he was merely pretending to be so he could get away with a crime on grounds of insanity.
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* TheBusCameBack: Typically, returning to a show doesn't involve departing from an actual bus.

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* OneSceneWonder: The image is a poster highlighting Creator/ChristopherWalken's tendency for that kind of scene-stealing small part. However, the picture of Walken is taken from ''Film/TheRundown'', where he has a large role as the main villain.



* OneSceneWonder: The image is a poster highlighting Creator/ChristopherWalken's tendency for that kind of scene-stealing small part. However, the picture of Walken is taken from ''Film/TheRundown'', where he has a large role as the main villain.
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* OneSceneWonder: The image is a poster highlighting Creator/ChristopherWalken's tendency for that kind of scene-stealing small part. However, the picture of Walken is taken from ''Film/TheRundown'', where he has a large role as the main villain.

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* NippleAndDimed: Not the type of nipple you would find on women, but rather the type you find on baby bottles.
* {{Power}}: Usually does not involve a button that turns something on or off.



* NippleAndDimed: Not the type of nipple you would find on women, but rather the type you find on baby bottles.

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* {{Dominatrix}}: A real picture of a dominatrix is way too NotSafeForWork, so we have a picture of the Usefulnotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingsBoard's M-rating.
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* BusCrash: Deaths offscreen do not normally involve a literal bus crash.
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* TheMole: Trope is about the villain joining the hero's team to stab them in the back in the future. Image is a group of actual molehills.
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* AccentuateTheNegative: A diacritic above a film negative. The caption complaining about the VisualPun is an example, however.


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* StrawFan: A hand fan made of straw instead of how the makers of a work view the UnpleasableFanbase.

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* ItTastesLikeFeet: Depicts someone eating a literal foot, instead of comparing a food's unpalatibility with something no sane person would have eaten/tasted.



* TheWarOnStraw: It's a picture of a literal strawman. The Strawmen referred to in the trope, are fallacious arguments or stereotypes made to make the AuthorTract look better in comparison.



* ItTastesLikeFeet: Depicts someone eating a literal foot, instead of comparing a food's unpalatibility with something no sane person would have eaten/tasted.
* TheWarOnStraw: It's a picture of a literal strawman. The Strawmen referred to in the trope, are fallacious arguments or stereotypes made to make the AuthorTract look better in comparison.



* DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' isn't officially considered horrible, and is on none of the subpages, but rather SoBadItsGood.

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* DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' isn't officially usually considered horrible, and is on none of the subpages, but rather SoBadItsGood.



** DarkerAndEdgier/ComicBooks: ComicBook/{{Asterix}} is also parodying the Dark age.

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** DarkerAndEdgier/ComicBooks: ComicBook/{{Asterix}} ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' is also parodying the Dark age.
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* SourGrapesTropes: Sour Grape tropes demonstrate that what you desire doesn't always turn out well. The image is a [[VisualPun literal picture of grapes]]

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* SourGrapesTropes: Sour Grape tropes demonstrate that what you desire doesn't always turn out well. The image is a [[VisualPun literal picture of grapes]]grapes]].



* SinisterMinister: While he is a minister,[[ComicBook/{{Preacher}} Jesse Custer]] isn't evil, but rather an AntiHero.
* DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial isn't officially considered horrible, and is on none of the subpages, but rather SoBadItsGood.

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* SinisterMinister: While he is a minister,[[ComicBook/{{Preacher}} minister, [[ComicBook/{{Preacher}} Jesse Custer]] isn't evil, but rather an AntiHero.
* DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' isn't officially considered horrible, and is on none of the subpages, but rather SoBadItsGood.



* LighterAndSofter: The real VideoGame/DiabloIII is a fairly dark game. This is a parody of the expectations of Creator/{{Blizzard}} fans.

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* LighterAndSofter: The real VideoGame/DiabloIII ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' is a fairly dark game. This is a parody of the expectations of Creator/{{Blizzard}} fans.



* StalkingIsLove: The comic panel comes from a parody of Literature/{{Twilight}}''.

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* StalkingIsLove: The comic panel comes from a parody of Literature/{{Twilight}}''.''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.



* LawfulGood: While the mainstream ComicBook/{{Superman}} usually fits this alignment, there are other versions that are more chaotic, and some that are [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs downright evil]].

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* LawfulGood: While the mainstream ComicBook/{{Superman}} Franchise/{{Superman}} usually fits this alignment, there are other versions that are more chaotic, and some that are [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs downright evil]].
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* SquarePegRoundTrope: Since it's impossible to actually illustrate trope misuse without using a lot of text, the image just shows a square peg being pushed into a round hole.



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* ChaoticStupid: [[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Elan]] is both chaotic and stupid, and he can be silly sometimes (like in the pictured panel), but he's not chaotic stupid.
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There are some pages whose images really don't portray their trope. Sometimes the image is a VisualPun or other joke. Sometimes it's a literal restatement of the title. Other times the trope is too {{NSFW}} to portray normally. Other times it's a trope involving plot or characterization that's hard to portray in a picture.

This doesn't refer to images that are poor quality, or which barely represent the trope. If the image is completely inaccurate, you should go [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/conversations.php?topic=images to the Image Pickin' forum]]. All the images here are deliberate examples.

Don't confuse this with TheTreacheryOfImages.

See also, ThisIndexIsNotAnExample, for TropeNamers.

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[[folder:Visual Puns]]
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: [[VisualPun It's a picture of a large cock, but not the type you'd expect]].
* BlindDate: A blind woman, not a date where the two people don't know each other.
* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: [[VisualPun An image of a turkey in the snow]], not a difficult attempt at avoiding an addiction.
* Darthwiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck: Has a picture of a castle on fire, not the worst moment of a work.
* EarTrumpet: Nothing to do with real trumpets. They are a type of archaic hearing aids.
* FlyingBrick: A real flying brick is a Superhero that combines {{Flight}} with SuperStrength, not a actual brick with wings.
* {{Hardcore}}: Instead of something extreme or intense, it's a picture of a avocado core that [[VisualPun is impossible to cut]]
* {{Hentai}}: As actual pictures of Hentai are a no-no, the image is a picture [[VisualPun of a hen wearing a necktie]].
* HeroicBSOD: It has a character actually suffering a blue screen of death. The real meaning is more of a metaphor for freaking out.
* KudzuPlot: It's an actual picture of the Kudzu plant, not an plot that doesn't resolve its questions.
* LongBusTrip: It's about characters who depart the show for long stretches of time, not lengthy buses.
* PutOnABus: Being written out of the show without being killed off usually does not involve an actual bus.
* PutOnABusToHell: It's about being written out of the show in an especially mean-spirited way, not about taking an actual bus to hell.
* NippleAndDimed: Not the type of nipple you would find on women, but rather the type you find on baby bottles.
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: It's literally "(an) old hat", not something that was once considered trendsetting before it loses that appeal after being imitated so often.
* SockPuppet: Sockpuppet accounts on forums and wikis are usually not controlled by actual sockpuppets.
* SourGrapesTropes: Sour Grape tropes demonstrate that what you desire doesn't always turn out well. The image is a [[VisualPun literal picture of grapes]]
* {{Spoiler}}: A VisualPun showing an Army Major named Spoiler, not a plot point that viewers don't want revealed.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's a picture of a mouse, not a plot point that isn't resolved.
* ItTastesLikeFeet: Depicts someone eating a literal foot, instead of comparing a food's unpalatibility with something no sane person would have eaten/tasted.

* TheWarOnStraw: It's a picture of a literal strawman. The Strawmen referred to in the trope, are fallacious arguments or stereotypes made to make the AuthorTract look better in comparison.
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[[folder:Not Really an example]]

They might look like an example at first glance, but they really don't fit.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] fits this trope most of the time, the image is photoshopped in universe.
* SinisterMinister: While he is a minister,[[ComicBook/{{Preacher}} Jesse Custer]] isn't evil, but rather an AntiHero.
* DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial isn't officially considered horrible, and is on none of the subpages, but rather SoBadItsGood.
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[[folder:Parodies]]

These images aren't played seriously. Instead they come from parodies.

* CommonMarySueTraits: Not a serious character, but rather a ParodySue.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Franchise/TheSmurfs have always been family friendly. This is a satire of UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks.
** DarkerAndEdgier/ComicBooks: ComicBook/{{Asterix}} is also parodying the Dark age.
* GodModeSue: [[ComicStrip/TomTheDancingBug God-Man]] is more of a ParodySue.
* InNameOnly: The ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' film adaptation referred to by ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' never happened.
* InvincibleHero: [[ComicStrip/TomTheDancingBug God-Man]] is a parody of overpowered heroes, not a straight example.
* LighterAndSofter: The real VideoGame/DiabloIII is a fairly dark game. This is a parody of the expectations of Creator/{{Blizzard}} fans.
* MarySueClassic: ''Webcomic/HeadTrip'' making fun of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Bella Swan]].
* MeaninglessMeaningfulWords: Webcomic/HiImDaisy is mocking VideoGame/MetalGearSolid.
* SelfFanservice: An image mocking the phenomenon, not a straight example.
* StalkingIsLove: The comic panel comes from a parody of Literature/{{Twilight}}''.
* TooDumbToLive: The image comes from ''Film/ScaryMovie'', which mocks the cliches of horror movies, such as idiotic victims.
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[[folder:Zig Zaggers]]

These images might have qualified at one point, but not another. It might be a case of SubvertedTrope, DependingOnTheWriter, or ZigzaggedTrope.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: While the [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 Sunnyside Daycare Center]] starts off as it played straight, the [[spoiler: ending makes it an actually happy place.]]
* LawfulGood: While the mainstream ComicBook/{{Superman}} usually fits this alignment, there are other versions that are more chaotic, and some that are [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs downright evil]].
* OmnicidalManiac: ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} has varying motivations. While in ComicBook/FinalCrisis he plays that straight, most of the time he just wants to remove free will or take over the universe.
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[[folder:Other Examples]]
* ConvictionByCounterfactualClue: The picture is a reference to ''Literature/TwoMinuteMysteries'', where Daniel Sabot says that mules can't get pregnant. It has really nothing to do with the trope on its own.
* {{Dominatrix}}: A real picture of a dominatrix is way too NotSafeForWork, so we have a picture of the Usefulnotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingsBoard's M-rating.
* MarySue: Just a picture of a name button, not an actual Sue.
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