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** TheCoconutEffect has caused Bob to mistakenly believe certain things work in real life the way they do in fiction.

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* '''Justified''': Bob frequently ''needs'' to be reminded this is reality, and not just a dream or the like.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Bob frequently ''needs'' to be reminded this is reality, and not just a dream or the like.like.
** Bob's idea is based on flawed logic or outright denial of established science.
** [[EldritchAbomination The Elder Thing]] is a monster that becomes stronger if more people [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve believe]] in it. To weaken the entity to the point that it can eventually be killed or contained, people are encouraged to dismiss it or stuff like it.
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** Alice is actually extremely WrongGenreSavvy about the nature of reality and RealityEnsues in highly unorthodax ways, proving her wrong.

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** Alice is actually extremely WrongGenreSavvy about the nature of reality and RealityEnsues SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs in highly unorthodax unorthodox ways, proving her wrong.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Though Alice points out the impossibility of something happening natively within their reality, she's open minded enough to accept the unrealistic and thus only uses the phrase will she honestly believes it doesn't apply.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Though Alice points out the impossibility of something happening natively within their reality, she's open minded enough to accept the unrealistic and thus only uses the phrase will when she honestly believes it doesn't apply.

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* '''Parodied''': Many fantastical creatures attack the city, causing chaos and destruction, but Alice explicitly refuses to acknowledge this situation because it's not realistic.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Many fantastical creatures attack the city, causing chaos and destruction, but Alice explicitly refuses to acknowledge this situation because it's not realistic.realistic.
** "Gemstones are magic, friendship is the most powerful substance in the universe, birds fly and water is wet. This is [[FantasyKitchenSink the real world]], Bob. Grow up."



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* '''Invoked''': ???"Oh, and before you tell me 'This isn't some TV show', I checked. ''[[RealityIsUnrealistic This should not be happening.]]''"

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* '''Discussed''': "In fiction, when somebody complains that the world isn't going the way they'd like it, the world ''listens''. It may or may not like what the complainer is saying, but it listens enough to adjust itself for the next time we get to look at it. Here? We don't know what's running this world or if it's even listening, but it's not going to solve our complaints now."

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* '''Discussed''': "In fiction, when somebody complains that the world isn't going the way they'd like it, the world ''listens''. It may or may not like what the complainer is saying, but it listens enough to adjust itself for the next time we get to look at it. Here? We don't know what's running this world or if '''Discussed''':
--> '''Bob:''' I keep telling you,
it's even listening, but it's not going dumb. ''Charlie's'' has flying cars, sentient machines, and food that can taste like anything you want without getting allergic! And their upper limit is ''self-counting cash''?\\
'''Alice:''' You know, fiction has
to solve our complaints now."have its limits too.
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* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"In fiction, when somebody complains that the world isn't going the way they'd like it, the world ''listens''. It may or may not like what the complainer is saying, but it listens enough to adjust itself for the next time we get to look at it. Here? We don't know what's running this world or if it's even listening, but it's not going to solve our complaints now."
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'''Bob:''' ''(pouting)'' They only say that in the movies so the heroes don't solve their problems the fun way.

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'''Bob:''' ''(pouting)'' They only say that in the movies so the heroes don't solve their problems the fun ''fun'' way.

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* '''Conversed''': ???'''Conversed''':
--> '''Alice:''' That sounds so ridiculous, even ''the movies'' would have someone saying "This isn't a movie" to that plan.\\
'''Bob:''' ''(pouting)'' They only say that in the movies so the heroes don't solve their problems the fun way.

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** Alice, firmly believing only her reality is real, isn't able to deal with the abnormal let alone other realities. Ergo, the idea of reality itself becomes incredably subjective.
** Alice is actually extremely WrongGenreSavvy about the nature of reality and the revelation on how wrong she is ''breaks'' her to say the least.

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** Alice, firmly believing only her Alice ends up in a ''different'' reality is real, isn't able to deal with than the abnormal let alone other realities. Ergo, the idea one she is used to. It is just as real as her own yet operate under a much different set of rules. Ultimately, reality itself becomes incredably subjective.subjective to where claiming something is real loses significance.
** Alice is actually extremely WrongGenreSavvy about the nature of reality and the revelation on how wrong she is ''breaks'' RealityEnsues in highly unorthodax ways, proving her to say the least.wrong.

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** Alice, firmly believing only her reality is real, isn't able to deal with the abnormal let alone other realities.
** Alice is actually extremely WrongGenreSavvy about the nature of reality and this causes her to act out.

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** Alice, firmly believing only her reality is real, isn't able to deal with the abnormal let alone other realities.
realities. Ergo, the idea of reality itself becomes incredably subjective.
** Alice is actually extremely WrongGenreSavvy about the nature of reality and this causes the revelation on how wrong she is ''breaks'' her to act out.say the least.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': "But I was just kidding, we ''are'' fully aware of the fourth wall, right?" "Wait, you mean ''we're not real?!''" "''You didn't know?!''" "''AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaah!''"

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* '''Zig Zagged''': "But I was just kidding, we ''are'' fully aware of the fourth wall, right?" "Wait, you mean ''we're not real?!''" "''You didn't know?!''" "''AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaah!''""''Aaaaaaaaah!''"
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???"But I was just kidding, we ''are'' fully aware of the fourth wall, right?" "Wait, you mean ''we're not real?!''" "''You didn't know?!''" "''AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaah!''"
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* '''Justified''': Bob frequently ''needs'' to be reminded this is reality.

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* '''Justified''': Bob frequently ''needs'' to be reminded this is reality.reality, and not just a dream or the like.
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** Alice is acutally extremely WrongGenreSavvy about the nature of reality and this causes her to act out.

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** Alice is acutally actually extremely WrongGenreSavvy about the nature of reality and this causes her to act out.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice, firmly believing only her reality is real, isn't able to deal with the abnormal let alone other realities.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Alice, firmly believing only her reality is real, isn't able to deal with the abnormal let alone other realities.
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** Alice is acutally extremely WrongGenreSavvy about the nature of reality and this causes her to act out.
** Alice is hit hard with RealityIsUnrealistic when things start going against what she and others expected or believed.
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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Bob reminds Alice that they are, in fact, fictional characters fully aware of the fourth wall.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
"...which is what I would say if we were fictional characters, but we are real!"
* '''Parodied''': ???Many fantastical creatures attack the city, causing chaos and destruction, but Alice explicitly refuses to acknowledge this situation because it's not realistic.

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'''Basic Trope''': Character dismisses an idea because it is unrealistic.
* '''Straight''': Alice points out to Bob narrative tropes don't work in reality.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice extensively breaks all of Bob's notions, taking hours to do so.

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'''Basic Trope''': Character Trope''': Character dismisses an idea because it is unrealistic.
* '''Straight''': Alice '''Straight''': Alice points out to Bob narrative tropes don't work in reality.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice '''Exaggerated''': Alice extensively breaks all of Bob's notions, taking hours to do so.



* '''Justified''': Bob frequently ''needs'' to be reminded this is reality.
* '''Inverted''': Bob strongly exerts that reality isn't present as things become stranger and stranger.
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* '''Double Subverted''': 

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* '''Justified''': Bob '''Justified''': Bob frequently ''needs'' to be reminded this is reality.
* '''Inverted''': Bob '''Inverted''': Bob strongly exerts that reality isn't present as things become stranger and stranger.
* '''Subverted''': 
'''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''': ???



* '''Zig Zagged''': 
* '''Averted''': Either nobody complains about the unrealistic or nobody brings it up.
* '''Enforced''': "We can't let the impressionable children think that's realistic, so have the characters explain that's unrealistic."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Reality existing at all should be impossible, so what's your point?"

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* '''Zig Zagged''': 
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* '''Averted''': Either '''Averted''': Either nobody complains about the unrealistic or nobody brings it up.
* '''Enforced''': "We '''Enforced''': "We can't let the impressionable children think that's realistic, so have the characters explain that's unrealistic."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Reality '''Lampshaded''': "Reality existing at all should be impossible, so what's your point?"



* '''Exploited''': [[EldritchAbomination The Elder Thing]] uses humanity's dismissal of stuff such as it to go unopposed.
* '''Defied''': Alice relentlessly persues fiction so she'll be willing to accept the unrealistic.

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* '''Exploited''': [[EldritchAbomination '''Exploited''': [[EldritchAbomination The Elder Thing]] uses humanity's dismissal of stuff such as it to go unopposed.
* '''Defied''': Alice '''Defied''': Alice relentlessly persues fiction so she'll be willing to accept the unrealistic.



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



* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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'''Played For Drama''': ???
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'''Basic Trope''': Character dismisses an idea because it is unrealistic.
* '''Straight''': Alice points out to Bob narrative tropes don't work in reality.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice extensively breaks all of Bob's notions, taking hours to do so.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice dismisses Bob's plan as unlikely to happen, but considers the possibility nonetheless.
* '''Justified''': Bob frequently ''needs'' to be reminded this is reality.
* '''Inverted''': Bob strongly exerts that reality isn't present as things become stranger and stranger.
* '''Subverted''': 
* '''Double Subverted''': 
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': 
* '''Averted''': Either nobody complains about the unrealistic or nobody brings it up.
* '''Enforced''': "We can't let the impressionable children think that's realistic, so have the characters explain that's unrealistic."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Reality existing at all should be impossible, so what's your point?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': [[EldritchAbomination The Elder Thing]] uses humanity's dismissal of stuff such as it to go unopposed.
* '''Defied''': Alice relentlessly persues fiction so she'll be willing to accept the unrealistic.
* '''Discussed''': ???
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* '''Implied''': Alice always cringes when Bob brings up a unrealistic plan, but why she does isn't explained.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice, firmly believing only her reality is real, isn't able to deal with the abnormal let alone other realities.
* '''Reconstructed''': Though Alice points out the impossibility of something happening natively within their reality, she's open minded enough to accept the unrealistic and thus only uses the phrase will she honestly believes it doesn't apply.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice insists Bob's claim of sentient gelatin to be crazy, even as posters for non-anthromorphic cats and dogs run for presidency.
* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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