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* RivalsTeamUp: As the image caption indicates, Superman and Lex Luthor are ArchEnemies, with Lex being a villainous BigBad instead of a rival to Superman, making their team up an EnemyMine situation.

* MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow: In ''[[Literature/AsianSaga Tai-Pan]]'', May-May (the Chinese woman from the poster) is a manipulative, strong-willed DragonLady, something that Dirk Struan (the white man) is fully aware of and adores in her, while unknowingly doing all her biddings. She quite literally strikes a submissive pose in-universe in the scene from which the poster image comes.

* [[WordOfGay/WesternAnimation Word of Gay.Western Animation]]: Much like the aforementioned Dumbledore, Sasha used to be an example before ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'''s DistantFinale came out, where there ''is'' an actual indication of her bisexuality via a sticker depicting the bisexual pride flag on her car.

* HeroicSacrifice: The heroic sacrifice featured in The ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' comic is a parody that is implied by the comic's caption to be propaganda [[WrittenByTheWinners added by the dinosaurs after taking over the school board to make themselves look like heroes]].

* ABirthdayNotABreak: The Birthday Boy acts as if he's celebrating the birthday party of his victims before killing them as his M.O, but there's no implication that it's actually the victim's birthday.

* HotSauceDrinking: The "hot sauce" in question is actually ketchup with a swapped label, done so [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Jackie and her son Tobias]] could win a competition without going through the immense pain of downing an actual bottle, making it a subversion.

* HotSauceDrinking: The "hot sauce" in question is actually ketchup with a swapped label, done so [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Jackie and her son Tobias]] could win a competition without going through the immense pain of downing an actual bottle.

For instance, if in issue 4 of a comic, Repus Oreh dies on-panel; then in issue 7 it is revealed that this was actually a hologram made by his mad scientist friend, then panels from issue 4 can still serve as an image for DeathTropes. Although fans of the comic know that he didn't ''actually'' die in that scene, most tropers or readers will ''not'' know, and need not know.

Most importantly, readers are assumed to be ''unfamiliar'' with whatever work the image is from. That means that if a picture ''looks'' like a good example, but fans of the work know it is ''technically'' not, or it gets retconned or subverted later in the work; then it can still be a good image! The reverse is also true; if an image requires knowledge of the work to understand it in the first place, then it is usually [[Administrivia/JustAFaceAndACaption a poor choice]].

* DyingClue: Dustin Prince from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'', the person in the image, did not write the message; it was written by the killer in order to pin the blame on someone else.

* DyingClue: The message was written by the killer in order to pin the blame on someone else.

* MagnificentBastard: There is an image of a bastard sword on the page. The trope is actually about a charming schemer who thinks on their feet.

* CompleteMonster: A complete pack of Monster energy drink, not a heinous villain with no redeeming qualities.

* NoEnding: On top of the fact that ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' consists of ''several'' {{Story Arc}}s and would continue even after the end of Tarquin's, the nature of Tarquin as a WrongGenreSavvy ControlFreak makes abandoning him without a satisfactory conclusion to what ''he thinks'' his story is makes a perfect ending to what his story ''actually'' is.

* AlternateContinuity: For the most part, the Creator/MarvelComics and Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse exist as two separate continuities, with the latter being an adaptation of the former. However, there are some works, such as ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', that treat these continuities as existing within a single canon as {{Alternate Universe}}s. The designations "Earth-616" and "Earth-199999" come from these interdimensional stories and refer to universes rather than continuities. The numbering is [[DependingOnTheWriter also not consistent]], as the main MCU is shown to be Earth 616 (sharing the earth name of the comics) in films like ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' and ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', while it's designated as Earth-199999 in works made outside of the MCU (such as the aforementioned ''Across the Spider-Verse''); see [[AlternateUniverse/MarvelUniverse Alternate Universe.Marvel Universe]] for more information.

* AlternateContinuity: For the most part, the Creator/MarvelComics and Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse exist as two separate continuities, with the latter being an adaptation of the former. However, there are some works, such as ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', that treat these continuities as existing within a single canon as {{Alternate Universe}}s. The designations "Earth-616" and "Earth-199999" come from these interdimensional stories and refer to universes rather than continuities. The numbering is also not consistent, as the MCU is referred to as Earth-616 (sharing the same number as the comics) InUniverse, while it's designated as Earth-199999 outside of the MCU; see [[AlternateUniverse/MarvelUniverse Alternate Universe.Marvel Universe]] for more information.

* AlternateContinuity: For the most part, the Creator/MarvelComics and Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse exist as two separate continuities, with the latter being an adaptation of the former. However, there are some works, such as ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', that treat these continuities as existing within a single canon as {{Alternate Universe}}s. The designations "Earth-616" and "Earth-199999" come from these interdimensional stories and refer to universes rather than continuities; see [[AlternateUniverse/MarvelUniverse Alternate Universe.Marvel Universe]] for more information.

* ExiledFromContinuity: While the ComicBook/XMen, ComicBook/TheFantasticFour, and ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} did qualify for years, Creator/{{Disney}} would buy Creator/20thCenturyFox and the film rights to those characters in 2019, bringing the once-exiled teams/characters back under Marvel's full control for the first time in years and allowing them to appear in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' (which they have or are planning to).

* ExpansionPackWorld: While it looks like ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' was making up new continents with each expansion, most of these areas had been established in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII''. They just weren't accessible yet, and therefore had no reason to be on the map. The size of islands like Zandalar and the Dragon Isles is also exaggerated relative to their canon size. However, all of those were examples in ''Warcraft III'' itself, and the Dragon Isles can be considered a straight example in ''World of Warcraft'' as they had only been given brief mentions before the ninth expansion.

* SugarBowl: While The Glade of Dreams from ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' is a bright and surreal land, it is not exactly a [[CrapsaccharineWorld happy-go-lucky place]], as it is full of terrifying monsters, dangerous and dark locales, and is threatened by villains on a regular basis. Later games beginning with ''VideoGame/Rayman2TheGreatEscape'' would also shift away from the bright and colorful look of the first game in favor of a DarkerAndEdgier (but still surreal and fantastical) aesthetic.