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** The "ear bones" are skull fragments have drifted into her ears.



* '''Played For Drama:''' Molly suffers from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrodysplasia_ossificans_progressiva Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva]], [[TruthInTelevision where soft tissue regrows as bone]].

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Molly suffers from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrodysplasia_ossificans_progressiva Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva]], [[TruthInTelevision where soft tissue regrows as bone]].bone]].
** A trauma surgeon has been called in for Justified #4.
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** X-rays consistently show Molly with ear bones, but her ears can be bent like they're made of catrilage.

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* '''Downplayed:''' When Molly is zapped with X-Ray Sparks, her inner ear bones[[note]]The Malleus, Incus and Stapes[[/note]] are inside the pointy parts of her ears, and also much larger and more visible than they should be.



* '''Subverted:''' Pan to Gerald the GadgeteerGenius, who turns off a switch labeled "cartilage" on his zapping device (which is next to another switch labeled "bones").
* '''Double Subverted:''' When Gerald insists Molly wear a [[TechnoBabble diamagnetic electrophobic]] helmet in his lab, he discovers Molly's ears are unusually stiff and actually have bones in them. This puzzles Gerald.



* '''ZigZagged''': Sometimes Molly has bones in her ears, sometimes she doesn't.

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Sometimes Molly has bones in her ears, sometimes she doesn't. doesn't.
** When Gerald zaps a shark and accidentally zaps himself, the X-Ray Sparks show the cartilage in the shark's body, but not the cartilage in Gerald's nose and ears.



* '''PlayedForHorror''': Molly is actually an AnimalisticAbomination that [[BizarreAlienBiology has bones in its ears, for some reason]].

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* '''PlayedForHorror''': '''Played For Horror''': Molly is actually an AnimalisticAbomination that [[BizarreAlienBiology has bones in its ears, for some reason]].

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** Molly belongs to a species of animals (possibly [[TheDogIsAnAlien extraterrestrial]]) that happens to have additional bones or to deposit dermal bone in some body parts, simply as a result of natural evolution.

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** Molly belongs to a species of animals (possibly [[TheDogIsAnAlien extraterrestrial]]) that happens to have [[BizarreAlienBiology additional bones or to deposit dermal bone in some body parts, parts]], simply as a result of natural evolution.evolution.
** The "ear bones" are actually the cartilage in Molly's ears and are given their own outlines separate from the skull.
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* '''Defied''': Someone draws an inaccurate cat skeleton with full ear bones, and Bob says "Oh come on, cats don't have full ear bones! In fact, name ONE animal like that!"

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* '''Defied''': Someone draws an inaccurate cat skeleton with full ear bones, and Bob says says, "Oh come on, cats don't have full ear bones! In fact, name ONE animal like that!"

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** Molly belongs to a species of animals that happens to have additional bones or to deposit dermal bone in some body parts, simply as a result of natural evolution.

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** Molly belongs to a species of animals (possibly [[TheDogIsAnAlien extraterrestrial]]) that happens to have additional bones or to deposit dermal bone in some body parts, simply as a result of natural evolution.


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* '''Defied''': Someone draws an inaccurate cat skeleton with full ear bones, and Bob says "Oh come on, cats don't have full ear bones! In fact, name ONE animal like that!"

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* '''ZigZagged''': Sometimes Molly has bones in her ears, sometimes she doesn't.



* '''Played For Drama:''' Molly suffers from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrodysplasia_ossificans_progressiva Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva]], where soft tissue regrows as bone.

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* '''Played For Drama:''' Molly suffers from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrodysplasia_ossificans_progressiva Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva]], [[TruthInTelevision where soft tissue regrows as bone.bone]].
* '''PlayedForHorror''': Molly is actually an AnimalisticAbomination that [[BizarreAlienBiology has bones in its ears, for some reason]].
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** When Molly the cat is zapped with X-Ray Sparks, her skeleton is made entirely of {{Stock Femur Bone}}s.
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** Molly is taken to the vet, who points to her x-rays while talking about increasingly ridiculous Latin nomenclature for bones such as the ossum auricularis, processum ossificatus labialis, and greater femurus tongous.

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** Molly is taken to the vet, who points to her x-rays while talking about [[CanisLatinicus increasingly ridiculous Latin nomenclature nomenclature]] for bones such as the ossum auricularis, processum ossificatus labialis, and greater femurus tongous.
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* '''Conversed:''' "The artists seem to forget that ears don't have bones."
* '''Played For Drama:''' Molly suffers from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrodysplasia_ossificans_progressiva Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva]], where soft tissue regrows as bone.
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** Molly lands headfirst from a long fall and yells "Ow, my ear bone!"

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** Molly lands headfirst from a long fall and yells "Ow, "[[OwMyBodyPart Ow, my ear bone!"bone!]]"
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'''Basic Trope:''' Bones are present in body parts that don't have bones.
* '''Played Straight:''' When Molly the cat is zapped with XRaySparks, she has bones visible in her ears.
* '''Exaggerated:'''
** When Molly the cat is zapped with XRaySparks, she's shown as a solid mass of bone.
** Every living creature is shown to have bones in every major body part -- ear bones, feather bones, hair bones, leaf bones...
* '''Justified:'''
** Molly has a rare disorder that causes her to grow bone in some of her soft tissues.
** Molly belongs to a species of animals that happens to have additional bones or to deposit dermal bone in some body parts, simply as a result of natural evolution.
* '''Inverted:''' When Molly the cat is zapped with XRaySparks, she only has a handful of major bones -- skull, ribs and femurs -- and is missing all the others.
* '''Parodied:'''
** Molly lands headfirst from a long fall and yells "Ow, my ear bone!"
** Molly is taken to the vet, who points to her x-rays while talking about increasingly ridiculous Latin nomenclature for bones such as the ossum auricularis, processum ossificatus labialis, and greater femurus tongous.
* '''Averted:''' When Molly the cat is zapped with XRaySparks, she has a perfectly normal feline skeleton with no supernumerary or missing parts.
* '''Lampshaded:''' "... why does this x-ray say that you've got bones in your ears?"
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