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* '''Played for Laughs:''' ???

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* '''Played for Laughs:''' ???The old building was a medieval castle.

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* '''Justified:''' The school is located in a relatively poor city which can't afford to upgrade or replace the old building.

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* '''Justified:''' '''Justified:'''
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The school is located in a relatively poor city which can't afford to upgrade or replace the old building.
** The school-building is a registered historic landmark, they'll have to relocate if they want a better
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* '''Subverted:''' ???
* '''Double Subverted:''' ???
* '''Parodied:''' ???

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* '''Subverted:''' ???
The school only looks old, but it was actually built recently and made to look old.
* '''Double Subverted:''' ???
The new school turns out to be a reconstruction of an old school, which was destroyed in a natural disaster.
* '''Parodied:''' ???The school dates back to the first days of human civilization.



* '''Discussed:''' ???

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* '''Discussed:''' ???"Wow, our school is very old…" "I wonder if my grandparents went here."



* '''Implied:''' ???
* '''Deconstructed:''' ???

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* '''Implied:''' ???
The school is said to be "very old", but isn't discussed further.
* '''Deconstructed:''' ???Due to the school being very old, it begins to fall apart, with students being put in danger by ceiling tiles, as well as a general degradation of the structure due to bad weather.
* '''Reconstructed:''' However, it gets renovated, and the very old school is now safe for students to attend.



* '''Played for Horror:''' ???

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* '''Played for Horror:''' ???The school is used as the setting for a ghost story.
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Basic Trope: An outdated building used as (part of) a school.

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Basic Trope: '''Basic Trope:''' An outdated building used as (part of) a school.



* '''Downplayed:''' The school has several buildings, and one of them was built in TheFifties the postwar era]].

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* '''Downplayed:''' The school has several buildings, and one of them was built in TheFifties [[TheFifties the postwar era]].
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Basic Trope: An outdated building used as (part of) a school.

* '''Straight:''' The main building of Troperville High School was built in the [[TheEdwardianEra the 1900s]].
* '''Exaggerated:''' The school consists of only a pre-revolutionary building from the mid 18th century.
* '''Downplayed:''' The school has several buildings, and one of them was built in TheFifties the postwar era]].
* '''Justified:''' The school is located in a relatively poor city which can't afford to upgrade or replace the old building.
* '''Inverted:''' The school has a building that was built in [[TheNewTens The Mid 2010s]].
* '''Subverted:''' ???
* '''Double Subverted:''' ???
* '''Parodied:''' ???
* '''Zig-Zagged:''' The school has buildings built from various different time periods, from TheGildedAge to the 21st century.
* '''Averted:''' The school is neither old nor new, having been built in TheEighties.
* '''Enforced:''' ???
* '''Lampshaded:''' "Dang, Principal Troperman, this building is so old I swear its gonna collapse on itself any second.
* '''Invoked:''' ???
* '''Exploited:''' Charlie is a TeenHater who plans to make Troperville High's oldest building collapse with a hundred students inside of it.
* '''Defied:''' ???
* '''Discussed:''' ???
* '''Conversed:''' Alice and Bob talk about how they're worried about how Troperville High's old building may collapse on the students in their favorite series ''The Tropeman Show''.
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* '''Deconstructed:''' ???
* '''Played for Laughs:''' ???
* '''Played for Drama:''' ???
* '''Played for Horror:''' ???

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