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* DeusExMachina: A previously unforeshadowed character, force, or circumstance arrives at the last moment to save the day, rather going through the effort to either have the protagonists figure out how to solve the problem themselves or writing a logical but depressing DownerEnding.
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* DeusExMachina: A previously unforeshadowed character, force, or circumstance arrives at the last moment to save the day, rather than going through the effort to either have the protagonists figure out how to solve the problem themselves or writing a logical but depressing DownerEnding.
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A cop out is when a story builds to a certain climax and the writer suddenly seems to wuss out and the work instead has a different, less ambitious or less satisfying ending, or worse, [[NoEnding chooses not to end the story at all]]. This may come out of ExecutiveMeddling, RealLifeWritesThePlot, CreatorBreakdown, [[WritersSuck lack of talent or experience]], or simply an incomprehensible creative choice. Often results in a BrokenBase.
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A writer cop out is when a story builds to a certain climax and the writer suddenly seems to wuss out and the work instead has chooses a different, less ambitious or less satisfying ending, or worse, [[NoEnding chooses not to end the story at all]]. This may come out of ExecutiveMeddling, RealLifeWritesThePlot, CreatorBreakdown, [[WritersSuck lack of talent or experience]], or simply an incomprehensible creative choice. Often results in a BrokenBase.
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A cop out is when a story builds to a certain climax and the writer suddenly wusses out and chooses a different, less ambitious or less satisfying ending, or worse, [[NoEnding chooses not to end the story at all]]. This may come out of ExecutiveMeddling, RealLifeWritesThePlot, CreatorBreakdown, [[WritersSuck lack of talent]], or simply an incomprehensible creative choice. Often results in a BrokenBase.
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A cop out is when a story builds to a certain climax and the writer suddenly wusses seems to wuss out and chooses the work instead has a different, less ambitious or less satisfying ending, or worse, [[NoEnding chooses not to end the story at all]]. This may come out of ExecutiveMeddling, RealLifeWritesThePlot, CreatorBreakdown, [[WritersSuck lack of talent]], talent or experience]], or simply an incomprehensible creative choice. Often results in a BrokenBase.
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* DiabolusExMachina: Although the heroes logically should win in the circumstances depicted, something unexpected happens to cause them to lose, because if they had won the story would be over, or because the author wanted a DownerEnding but accidentally made his protagonists too competent or the villains too incompetent.
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* DiabolusExMachina: Although the heroes logically should win in the circumstances depicted, something unexpected happens to cause them to lose, lose either because if they had won the story would be over, or because the author wanted a DownerEnding but accidentally made his protagonists the heroes too competent or and/or the villains too incompetent.
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* AudienceAlienatingEnding: A common reaction to these tropes is for the audience to avoid a work because of how it ended.
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* AudienceAlienatingEnding: A common reaction If used to these tropes is for the end a story, audience to avoid a work because dislike of how it ended.the ending may be the end result.
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* DiabolusExMachina: Although the heroes logically should win in the circumstances depicted, something unexpected happens to cause them to lose, because if they had won the story would be over, or because the author wanted a DownerEnding but accidentally made his protagonists too competent or the villains to incompetent.
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* DiabolusExMachina: Although the heroes logically should win in the circumstances depicted, something unexpected happens to cause them to lose, because if they had won the story would be over, or because the author wanted a DownerEnding but accidentally made his protagonists too competent or the villains to too incompetent.
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* DeusExitMachina: Something unexpected and illogical takes a powerful force would could easily resolve the plot out of the way so that it doesn't ruin the drama of the climax.
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* DeusExitMachina: Something unexpected and illogical takes a powerful force would that could easily resolve the plot out of the way so that it doesn't ruin the drama of the climax.
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* ShaggyDogStory: A story that ends with the protagonist's efforts turning out to be pointless.
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* ShaggyDogStory: A story that ends with the protagonist's efforts turning out to be pointless.story's buildup has no payoff.
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Capitalization was fixed from Main.Off Page Villainy to Main.Offpage Villainy. Null edit to update index.
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According to Wiki/ThatOtherWiki, "Cop out is an idiom meaning to avoid taking responsibility for an action or to avoid fulfilling a duty." (Which, of course, is [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant not related in the slightest]] to the other idiomatic meaning of "cop" as in CopsAndDetectives, nor to the film ''Film/CopOut''.)
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According to Wiki/ThatOtherWiki, Website/ThatOtherWiki, "Cop out is an idiom meaning to avoid taking responsibility for an action or to avoid fulfilling a duty." (Which, of course, is [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant not related in the slightest]] to the other idiomatic meaning of "cop" as in CopsAndDetectives, nor to the film ''Film/CopOut''.)
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: An intriguing plot thread is never explored in an interesting way.
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* AllJustAPrank: Similar to AllJustADream, the events of the story are rendered irrelevant by revealing that it was an elaborate prank.
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* DeusExMachina
DeusExMachina: A previously unforeshadowed character, force, or circumstance arrives at the last moment to save the day, rather going through the effort to either have the protagonists figure out how to solve the problem themselves or writing a logical but depressing DownerEnding.
*DeusExitMachina
DeusExitMachina: Something unexpected and illogical takes a powerful force would could easily resolve the plot out of the way so that it doesn't ruin the drama of the climax.
*DiabolusExMachinaDiabolusExMachina: Although the heroes logically should win in the circumstances depicted, something unexpected happens to cause them to lose, because if they had won the story would be over, or because the author wanted a DownerEnding but accidentally made his protagonists too competent or the villains to incompetent.
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GainaxEnding: Rather than actually having to decide on having a HappyEnding or DownerEnding and alienating fans who expected one or the other, the writer instead writes a completely incomprehensible one [[{{Irony}} and alienates both]].
*JumpingOffTheSlipperySlopeJumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Rather than allow a morally ambiguous character to remain morally ambiguous and force the audience to think about ethics, the character suddenly does something unquestionably evil so that it becomes explicitly clear whose side we are supposed to be on before the finale.
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* NoEndingNoEnding: The plot just simply isn't resolved at the end. It's a cop out if the author simply didn't know how to end it.
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* NotBloodSiblings
NotBloodSiblings: Rather than forcing the characters to wrestle with their incestuous feelings or forcing the audience to deal with actual incest, it turns out the characters were actually never related.
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NotHimself: Only a cop out when the reason the character acts differently is never explained, beyond "because we needed them to act that way to cause the plot".
*NowWhat
NowWhat: When the driving conflict of the story is resolved, it ends, rather than attempting to depict the consequences.
*OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow
OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow: The characters are put into a situation where the only solution to their problems is a DeusExMachina.
*OffscreenMomentOfAwesome
OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: This is a cop out when a character does something really cool, but it's not depicted because it'd be difficult or expensive to do so.
*OffstageVillainy
OffstageVillainy: The villains only do bad things offscreen, because if their actions were shown directly it would either take the focus away from the protagonist or it would increase the work's rating.
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ResetButton: Rather than actually dealing with the consequences of story events, something happens to reset things to how they were beforehand, in order to preserve tension or avoid resolving the premise of the work.
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* RelationshipWritingFumbleResetButtonEnding: The consequences of the ''whole work'' are avoided by resetting to the status quo ante at the end of the work, so as to allow re-use of resolved plot threads in a follow-on work.
** SequelReset: A work that was not originally intended to have a sequel receives one, but the driving conflict of the original work was resolved in its ending. Rather than come up with a new conflict or deal with the consequences of the original, something happens at the beginning of the sequel to set things back to the way they were at the very beginning and allow basically the same story to be told again.
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** SequelReset: A work that was not originally intended to have a sequel receives one, but the driving conflict of the original work was resolved in its ending. Rather than come up with a new conflict or deal with the consequences of the original, something happens at the beginning of the sequel to set things back to the way they were at the very beginning and allow basically the same story to be told again.
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* ThirdActStupidityThirdActStupidity: Characters which have acted competently in the first two acts suddenly take idiotic actions because if they'd done the smart thing, the story would be over already.
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* AudienceAlienatingEnding: A common reaction to these tropes is for the audience to avoid a work because of how it ended.
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* EndingAversion: A common reaction to these tropes is for the audience to avoid a work because of how it ended.
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Not what Writer Cop Out means. Writer Cop Out implies setting up a situation and then SUDDENLY chooses something less impressive. No such build-up is necessary for Toilet Humor.
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* ToiletHumour: Often a sign that [[BottomOfTheBarrelJoke the writer has run out of comedy ideas.]]
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Renamed to Audience Alienating Ending, and corrected the descriptor
* AudienceAlienatingEnding: A common reaction to these tropes is for the audience to avoid a work because of how it ended.
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* EndingAversion: A common reaction to these tropes is for the audience to voice their dislike of how the work ended.
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A cop out is when a story builds to a certain climax and the writer suddenly wusses out and chooses a different, less ambitious or less satisfying ending, or worse, [[NoEnding chooses not to end the story at all]]. This may come out of ExecutiveMeddling, RealLifeWritesThePlot, CreatorBreakdown, lack of talent, or simply an incomprehensible creative choice. Often results in a BrokenBase.
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A cop out is when a story builds to a certain climax and the writer suddenly wusses out and chooses a different, less ambitious or less satisfying ending, or worse, [[NoEnding chooses not to end the story at all]]. This may come out of ExecutiveMeddling, RealLifeWritesThePlot, CreatorBreakdown, [[WritersSuck lack of talent, talent]], or simply an incomprehensible creative choice. Often results in a BrokenBase.
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* NoEndorHolocaust: Situations that would logically result in civilian deaths don't.
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Shocking Swerve has now been merged into Ass Pull.
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* ShockingSwerve: A PlotTwist without any set up, and very little payoff.
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one of my pet peeve tropes
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* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Evil is defeated but the hero managed to keep his hands clean.
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* ToiletHumour: Often a sign that [[Main/BottomOfTheBarrelJoke the writer has run out of comedy ideas.]]
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* ToiletHumour: Often a sign that [[Main/BottomOfTheBarrelJoke the writer has run out of comedy ideas.]]
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It should be added that not all cases of the below are always "cop outs"; to provide two examples, a particularly heinous bit of OffstageVillainy can be used to make a vile villain even worse with very little effort ("What is it with you heroes and fathers? I killed my father too, and you don't hear me whining about it!"), or a DisneyDeath being treated as highly suspicious at the time ("I won't believe he's actually dead unless you actually saw his corpse, after so many false reports of him being killed.").
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A cop out is when a story builds to a certain climax and the writer suddenly wusses out and chooses a different, less ambitious or less satisfying ending, or worse, [[NoEnding chooses not to end the story at all]]. This may come out of ExecutiveMeddling, CreatorBreakdown, lack of talent, or simply an incomprehensible creative choice. Often results in a BrokenBase.
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A cop out is when a story builds to a certain climax and the writer suddenly wusses out and chooses a different, less ambitious or less satisfying ending, or worse, [[NoEnding chooses not to end the story at all]]. This may come out of ExecutiveMeddling, RealLifeWritesThePlot, CreatorBreakdown, lack of talent, or simply an incomprehensible creative choice. Often results in a BrokenBase.
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* DebateAndSwitchDebateAndSwitch: When a debate is short-circuited by another consideration. Not always a full cop-out.
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* ShockingSwerveShockingSwerve: A PlotTwist without any set up, and very little payoff.
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* AssPull: The story comes to an end because of a revelation or solution that comes out of nowhere and completely disregards what has already been established in the story. The name comes from the idea that the author just pulled an answer from their ass out in desperation for a quick and convenient way to end the conflict.
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* AssPull: The story comes to an end because of a revelation or solution that comes out of nowhere and completely disregards what has already been established in the story. The name comes from the idea that the author just pulled an answer from their ass out in of desperation for a quick and convenient way to end the conflict.
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AbortedArc: The series never gets around to resolving a story arc that was started earlier.
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AllJustADream: All the events of the story are rendered irrelevant by revealing that the protagonist was only dreaming.
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AssPull: The story comes to an end because of a revelation or solution that comes out of nowhere and completely disregards what has already been established in the story. The name comes from the idea that the author just pulled an answer from their ass out in desperation for a quick and convenient way to end the conflict.
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CliffhangerCopout: A story ends on a cliffhanger with the rest of the series never explaining the outcome of the cliffhanger.
*ConvenientMiscarriageConvenientMiscarriage: Might not be convenient for the character if she actually ''wanted'' children, but it is convenient for the writers to have the mother-to-be miscarry if the character having a child would make the storytelling more complicated.
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DisneyDeath: A character initially appears to die, but subsequently turns out to still be alive or is miraculously brought back to life.
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoItLikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: The character's importance prevents the audience from actually believing that the character will be killed off, no matter how convincing the creators make the character's apparent death.
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* ShaggyDogStoryShaggyDogStory: A story that ends with the protagonist's efforts turning out to be pointless.
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ShootTheShaggyDog: A story where the protagonist ends up dying and their efforts are rendered pointless to add insult to injury.
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VillainExitStageLeft: At the end of the story, the bad guy escapes before he can be punished.
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According to Wiki/ThatOtherWiki, "Cop out is an idiom meaning to avoid taking responsibility for an action or to avoid fulfilling a duty." (Which, of course, is [[IThoughtItMeant not related in the slightest]] to the other idiomatic meaning of "cop" as in CopsAndDetectives, nor to the film ''Film/CopOut''.)
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According to Wiki/ThatOtherWiki, "Cop out is an idiom meaning to avoid taking responsibility for an action or to avoid fulfilling a duty." (Which, of course, is [[IThoughtItMeant [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant not related in the slightest]] to the other idiomatic meaning of "cop" as in CopsAndDetectives, nor to the film ''Film/CopOut''.)
