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* '''Justified''': Bob is a tuner for drag racing cars and is deliberately trying to produce the best performance possible, regardless of whether he matches the model or manufacturer.

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* '''Justified''': Bob is a tuner for drag racing cars and is deliberately trying to produce the best most optimized performance possible, regardless of whether he matches the parts match the model or manufacturer.
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Bob's... "Car" [[VisualPun has side view mirrors that look like bolts, and a really raised roof that has a stitch decal way near the very top of the car's windshield]].
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* '''Defied''': Bob gets the idea to rebuilt his Corvette with a Mustang engine. Alice asks if she can have some of what he's been smoking.

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* '''Defied''': Bob gets the idea to rebuilt rebuild his Corvette with a Mustang engine. Alice asks if she can have some of what he's been smoking.smoking, and Bob decides it's a dumb idea.
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* '''Enforced''': The work is an adaptation where Bob had an old Corvette as a HerosClassicCar, but the production team couldn't find a genuine Corvette of the specified model year, so the props department built a Franken-Corvette that looked close enough and the writers wrote it in.

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* '''Enforced''': The work is an adaptation of a novel where Bob had an old Corvette as a HerosClassicCar, but the production team couldn't find a genuine Corvette of the specified model year, so the props department built a Franken-Corvette that looked close enough and the writers wrote it in.
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* '''Conversed''': "Putting a Mustang engine in a Corvette has gotta be the biggest piece of automotive heresy I've ever seen on TV.

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* '''Conversed''': "Putting a Mustang engine in a Corvette has gotta be the biggest piece of automotive heresy I've ever seen on TV."
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob's Corvette is made of several different model years of 'vettes, but they were all the same generation of Corvette.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob's Corvette is made of was rebuilt from parts salvaged from several different model years of 'vettes, but they were all the same generation ''generation'' of Corvette.Corvette, so the parts are the same.
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'''Basic Trope''': A vehicle is made up of components of several other vehicles.
* '''Straight''': Bob's car has the body of a Chevrolet Corvette but the engine from a Ford Mustang.
* '''Exaggerated''': Literally every last nut and bolt on the car came from a different vehicle altogether, sometimes not even actual vehicles: the door handles were salvaged from house doors.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob's Corvette is made of several different model years of 'vettes, but they were all the same generation of Corvette.
* '''Justified''': Bob is a tuner for drag racing cars and is deliberately trying to produce the best performance possible, regardless of whether he matches the model or manufacturer.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': Alice incorrectly assumes Bob's Corvette is a Franken-car and is corrected.
* '''Double Subverted''': Bob has ''two'' Corvettes: the one Alice was looking at in his driveway is OEM, but the project car in his garage really is being rebuilt with whatever Bob can salvage.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob's car is fully OEM without any modifications.
* '''Enforced''': The work is an adaptation where Bob had an old Corvette as a HerosClassicCar, but the production team couldn't find a genuine Corvette of the specified model year, so the props department built a Franken-Corvette that looked close enough and the writers wrote it in.
* '''Lampshaded''': "How in the hell did you even get an engine from a Shelby Mustang in there, Bob?" Bob simply replies, "Talent."
* '''Invoked''': Bob specifically set out to build the weirdest vehicle he could because he thought it would be a good challenge.
* '''Exploited''': Bob enters his Franken-Corvette in a contest for "Weirdest Car" and wins.
* '''Defied''': Bob gets the idea to rebuilt his Corvette with a Mustang engine. Alice asks if she can have some of what he's been smoking.
* '''Discussed''': "So, I couldn't find the carburetors I needed for the 'vette at a cheap enough price, but it turns out the ones from this other GM vehicle are close enough I was able to kitbash them in."
* '''Conversed''': "Putting a Mustang engine in a Corvette has gotta be the biggest piece of automotive heresy I've ever seen on TV.
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