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* '''Subverted''': One character throws another and claims they'll be thrown "[[MediumAwareness to the next panel]]", only for the comic to pan and follow him.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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One character throws another and claims they'll be thrown "[[MediumAwareness to the next panel]]", only for the comic to pan and follow him.him.
** Bob seems to throw Charles into the next panel, but as Charles notes, [[BarrierBustingBlow he was actually thrown into the next door neighbors' home]].

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* '''Played for Horror:''' The things beyond the panel are deadly.

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* '''Played for Horror:''' Horror:'''
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The things beyond the panel are deadly.deadly.
** The space outside the borders represents the EldritchLocation.
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* '''Defied:''' The frame is MadeOfIndestructium

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* '''Inverted''': The frame is broken from the outside.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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The frame is broken from the outside.outside.
** The frame is repaired.
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'''Basic Trope''': The scene interacts with its borders
* '''Straight''': A character falls outside the frame.
* '''Exaggerated''': Someone finds gold outside the frame, and starts a town there.
* '''Downplayed''': The characters try and fail to break the frame.
* '''Inverted''': The frame is broken from the outside.
* '''Subverted''': One character throws another and claims they'll be thrown "[[MediumAwareness to the next panel]]", only for the comic to pan and follow him.
* '''Double Subverted''': Until the character tries again and succeeds.
* '''Averted''': The frame is never touched or interacted with.
* '''Parodied''': The characters break frames repeatedly.
* '''Lampshaded:''' "I shouldn't be able to get here."
* '''Exploited:'''
** The characters break from one panel to another, and establish communication, or to break someone out of prison.
** Throwing someone out of the panel is a good way to get rid of them.
* '''ZigZagged:''' The characters interact with the panel borders, but they're also shown to be a room's walls in their universe.
* '''Conversed:''' "Don't you love it when they break the panels?"
* '''Discussed:''' "If all else fails, break the panel."
* '''Played for Laughs:''' Most straight examples
* '''Played for Horror:''' The things beyond the panel are deadly.
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