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'''Basic Trope''': An otherwise comedic work has a moment that is meant to be serious and often dramatic, usually to give the work some more depth.
* '''Straight''': ''The Tropers'' is mostly a lighthearted comedy, but the scene where Bob has a DisneyDeath is PlayedForDrama, and the additional characters are genuinely saddened by his apparent death.
* '''Exaggerated''': ''The Tropers'' is a hilarious comedy until [[TheHeroDies Bob's successful]] HeroicSacrifice, and [[HalfwayPlotSwitch the rest of the film becomes a drama]].
* '''Downplayed''': Most of the work is a comedy, but there's a short TearJerker moment where Alice talks about her DisappearedDad.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': SeriousWorkComedicScene
* '''Subverted''': The DisneyDeath looks like it's going to be taken seriously, but it instead has Bob suddenly jump up and yell "Surprise!" instead, revealing he planned it all along.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, the other characters [[DudeNotFunny don't find it funny]], and it leads to a PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure which ''is'' taken seriously.
* '''Parodied''': The film suddenly has a moment where all of the characters tell sad stories in a CrossesTheLineTwice way because "we have to make this story have depth ''somehow!''", which is just treated as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment once it's over.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** ''The Tropers'' is a {{Dramedy}} and remains that way.
** There are no dramatic scenes in the comedy ''The Tropers''.
* '''Enforced''':
** The writers were worried that [[ComedyGhetto audiences wouldn't like the movie as much due to it being a comedy]], so they add some dramatic moments to give the movie some more depth.
** The actors are trying to show how [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct they really can act]].
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "''The Tropers'' has a lot of SugarWiki/FunnyMoments, but I almost cried at the scene where Bob apparently died."
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%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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