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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"For a second, I thought we were battling Emperor Evulz and his mooks for real, Bob!"



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"I thought this would start epically."
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* '''Double Subverted''': However, the camera zooms out again, revealing it was another ShowInAShow.

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* '''Double Subverted''': However, the camera zooms out again, revealing it was another ShowInAShow.ShowWithinAShow.
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* '''Straight''': The show "The Adventures of Alice and Bob" has an opening scene in its first episode where its titular characters appear to be in a tense action sequence. However, the camera zooms out to show that they were on the set of a ShowWithinAShow, and their director says "Cut, that's a wrap!"

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* '''Straight''': The show "The Adventures of Alice and Bob" has an opening scene in its first episode where its titular characters appear to be Alice and Bob are in a tense action sequence.battle with Emperor Evulz and his mooks. However, the camera zooms out to show that they were on the set of a ShowWithinAShow, and their director says "Cut, that's a wrap!"



* '''Downplayed''': The episode opens with an intense action sequence, but this is soon after revealed to just be an ImagineSpot.

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* '''Downplayed''': The episode opens with an intense action sequence, sequence with Alice, Bob and Emperor Evulz, but this is soon after revealed to just be an ImagineSpot.



* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
The opening scene appears to be a set of a ShowWithinAShow... then suddenly Emperor Evulz and his mooks attack the television studio.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???However, the camera zooms out again, revealing it was another ShowInAShow.



* '''Enforced''': To add a BaitAndSwitch.

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* '''Enforced''': To The creators wanted to add a BaitAndSwitch.FakeActionPrologue.
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** Some time after the camera reveals it's an in-series production, it zooms out ''again'' to show that it's a ShowWithinAShow WIthin A Show.

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** Some time after the camera reveals it's an in-series production, it zooms out ''again'' to show that it's a ShowWithinAShow WIthin Within A Show.
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** Some time after the camera reveals it's an in-series production, it zooms out ''again'' to show that it's a ShowWithinAShow WIthin A Show.
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'''Basic Trope''': A scene where it's revealed that the audience is actually witnessing an in-series production such as a ShowWithinAShow.
* '''Straight''': The show "The Adventures of Alice and Bob" has an opening scene in its first episode where its titular characters appear to be in a tense action sequence. However, the camera zooms out to show that they were on the set of a ShowWithinAShow, and their director says "Cut, that's a wrap!"
* '''Exaggerated''':
** It isn't revealed that "The Adventures of Alice and Bob" was actually a ShowWithinAShow the whole time until the SeriesFinale.
** All of the episodes of "The Adventures of Alice and Bob" have this happen.
* '''Downplayed''': The episode opens with an intense action sequence, but this is soon after revealed to just be an ImagineSpot.
* '''Justified''': "The Adventures of Alice and Bob" is about a group of actors who regularly take part in shows like these, so it's understandable for the episode to begin with them showing their job.
* '''Inverted''': A scene involves what is expected to be a ShowWithinAShow, but it's revealed that it was actually what was happening in the episode.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': The ShowWithinAShow that Alice and Bob are in is filled with BadBadActing and other types of StylisticSuck, but it still attempts to be a surprise when it's revealed that it wasn't actually happening.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice and Bob are both actors and adventurers - some scenes with them in intense adventures are revealed to be some kind of ShowWithinAShow, but others aren't.
* '''Averted''': There are no events revealed to be in-series productions.
* '''Enforced''': To add a BaitAndSwitch.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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