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** TB3 breaks Quebec content laws, making it illegal to sell there.

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** TB3 [=TB3=] breaks Quebec content laws, making it illegal to sell there.

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* '''Justified''': It's not the company's fault, it's just that the shops weren't very good at selling it in Quebec.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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It's not the company's fault, it's just that the shops weren't very good at selling it in Quebec.Quebec.
** TB3 breaks Quebec content laws, making it illegal to sell there.
** [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents TB3 centers on a kind of evil that Quebec had to suffer through just before the game was ready for release and the producers decided that it would be better not to expose the Quebecois to a reminder of it]].
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ughhh so this is really awkward i just used quebec as an example without knowing why games were banned from it


* '''Averted''': Despite the company's low budget, the game is sold in all of Canada.

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* '''Averted''': Despite the company's low budget, the The game is sold in all of Canada.avoids running into legal issue entirely.



* '''Defied''': A fan goes out of their way to sell a clone of ''Trope Boy 3'' in Quebec.

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* '''Defied''': A fan goes out of their way to sell makes a freeware clone of ''Trope Boy 3'' in Quebec.
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** In the American version of ''Trope Boy 3'', trying to set your location to "Quebec" results in a fake crash, with the error being that value "EXPORT_PROFIT" is a number less or equal to zero.

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** In the American version of ''Trope Boy 3'', trying to set your location to "Quebec" results in a fake crash, with the error being that value "EXPORT_PROFIT" boolean "LEGALITY" is a number less or equal set to zero.False.
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* '''Discussed''': "Woah, Trope Boy, that kind of humor could get you [[BannedInChina banned from eastern Canada!]]"

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* '''Discussed''': "Woah, "You know, Trope Boy, that this kind of humor could get you [[BannedInChina banned from eastern Canada!]]"gambling would be unacceptable in Quebec."

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* '''Exaggerated''': The game will display an error message if you even try to ''play it'' in Quebec!

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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The game will display an error message if you even try to ''play it'' in Quebec!Quebec!
** The game is not sold, but only in a specific and seemingly random town in Quebec.

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* '''Parodied''': A map of Canada in-game has a [[UnPerson suspicious gap]] on the east side of it...

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* '''Parodied''': A map '''Parodied''':
** In the American version
of Canada in-game ''Trope Boy 3'', trying to set your location to "Quebec" results in a fake crash, with the error being that value "EXPORT_PROFIT" is a number less or equal to zero.
** ''Trope Boy 3'' is not sold in Quebec, because the company allegedly
has a [[UnPerson suspicious gap]] on NoBudget and the east side of it...artist doesn't know how to draw an uppercase Q.



* '''Averted''': The game is sold in all of Canada.

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* '''Averted''': The Despite the company's low budget, the game is sold in all of Canada.



* '''Exploited''': ''Charlie Quest 4'' manages to beat out ''Trope Boy 3'' by focusing on gamers in Quebec.
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': An online review of the game criticizes it for not being available in Quebec.

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* '''Exploited''': ''Charlie Quest 4'' manages to beat out ''Trope Boy 3'' in the market by focusing on gamers in from Quebec.
* '''Defied''': ???
A fan goes out of their way to sell a clone of ''Trope Boy 3'' in Quebec.
* '''Discussed''': ???
"Woah, Trope Boy, that kind of humor could get you [[BannedInChina banned from eastern Canada!]]"
* '''Conversed''': ???
"Alice, those two ''Trope Boy'' games you showed me were awesome. I can't wait for the third one!" "If it's that easy for you to pack up and move from Quebec, sure!"
* '''Implied''': An online review of the game criticizes it for not being available in Quebec.the reviewer's hometown. A quick profile check shows that they live in Quebec.
* '''Deconstructed''': The company is completely unaware that most of their greatest fans were from Quebec, and sales go down drastically.
* '''Reconstructed''': The fans from Quebec soon get a new game, with the same type of action as ''Trope Boy 3'' that's only available in their province.



At least you can still play it in Nebrask- [[OfferVoidInNebraska ah dammit!]]

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At Hey, at least you can still play it in Nebrask- [[OfferVoidInNebraska ah dammit!]]



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'''Basic Trope''': A product or service isn't available in a specific area.
* '''Straight''': ''Trope Boy 3'' is not being sold in Quebec.
* '''Exaggerated''': The game will display an error message if you even try to ''play it'' in Quebec!
* '''Downplayed''': A half-off deal for the game is available everywhere but Quebec.
* '''Justified''': It's not the company's fault, it's just that the shops weren't very good at selling it in Quebec.
* '''Inverted''': NoExportForYou
* '''Subverted''': After the game makes enough sales, gaming stores in Quebec start picking it up.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, the game is quickly dropped from Quebec due to legal issues.
* '''Parodied''': A map of Canada in-game has a [[UnPerson suspicious gap]] on the east side of it...
* '''Zig-Zagged''': The UpdatedRerelease clears up any legal issues that prevented the original from being sold, but it's not very popular among most gamers, especially those in Quebec...
* '''Averted''': The game is sold in all of Canada.
* '''Enforced''': The company executives decide that ''Trope Boy 3'' would be inappropriate for people in Quebec.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ''Charlie Quest 4'' manages to beat out ''Trope Boy 3'' by focusing on gamers in Quebec.
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': An online review of the game criticizes it for not being available in Quebec.
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At least you can still play it in Nebrask- [[OfferVoidInNebraska ah dammit!]]
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