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* '''Reconstructed''': The social development of the world turns out to be as accelerated as its tech development, and Bob encounters plenty of [[ActionGirl suffragettes]], [[ChummyCommies early socialists]], non-European [[MadScientist mad geniuses]] and [[{{Swashbuckler}} swashbuckling heroes]], and other assorted "miscreants" who challenge the status quo - really putting the "punk" in "steampunk".
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* '''Played For Horror''': ???
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* '''Played For Horror''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
Bob ends up having to fight a [[DrFakenstein Victor Frankenstein wannabe]] or a similarly terrifying MadScientist.
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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???the Victorian era author did not foresee the development of other means of mechanical propulsion.
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* '''Justified''': ???The world has some kind of natural phenomenon that makes electricity unusable, and lacks natural gas and oil deposits, so for the lack of better alternatives, people in the setting built on and perfected their already existing steam-based technology.



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

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* '''Double Subverted''': ???The world seems like it's inspired by the Victorian era without any futuristic technology, but in reality it exists, just hidden from the eyes of the common people.



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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???It appears that Bob lives in a Victorian era setting with futuristic technology, but then it turns out the technology isn't steam-based and people just adopted the aesthetics as a fad, only for it to be later revealed to be using steam-engines after all, but they are so advanced they are closer to AppliedPhlebotinum.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???The stetting uses Victorian-inspired aesthetics on some machinery, but the technology otherwise isn't steampowered.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob encounters the oppression and horrors of the 19th century such as imperialism, racism, poverty, slavery, and classism - which are all further fueled by advanced technology.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob encounters the oppression and horrors of the 19th century such as imperialism, racism, poverty, slavery, and classism - which are all further fueled exaggerated by advanced technology.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The world is rife with the oppression and horrors of the 19th century such as imperialism, racism, poverty, slavery, and classism - which are all further fueled by advanced technology.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The world is rife with Bob encounters the oppression and horrors of the 19th century such as imperialism, racism, poverty, slavery, and classism - which are all further fueled by advanced technology.
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'''Basic Trope''': A Victorian-inspired setting that uses futuristic steampowered technology.
* '''Straight''': Bob is the captain of a flying steampowered airship, and he flies around a world that mirrors the technology of the 19th century Victorian era but more advanced.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob uses social media with his steampowered smartphone. The Internet is powered by aquatic machines that capture the sonar of dolphins.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Subverted''': The world is inspired by the Victorian era, but doesn't contain futuristic technology.
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* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': The world is rife with the oppression and horrors of the 19th century such as imperialism, racism, poverty, slavery, and classism - which are all further fueled by advanced technology.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is captured by SkyPirates and gets in a battle with them.
* '''Played For Horror''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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