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** The [[WorldsStrongestMan most dangerous fighter in the cast]] boasts (both with pride and sarcasm) that he [[HadToBeSharp learned to fight]] on the streets of Trope City.

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** The BarbaricBully Flash Young, [[WorldsStrongestMan the most dangerous fighter in the cast]] cast]], boasts (both with pride and sarcasm) that he [[HadToBeSharp learned to fight]] on the streets of Trope City.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Trope City's tourist board is incredibly corrupt and pushes people into genuine poverty.

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Trope City's tourist board is incredibly corrupt and pushes people into genuine poverty. poverty.
** Trope City is a shiny metropolis [[ExactWords now]]. You don't want to know [[VillainousGentrification what was done to clean up the place... or keep it clean]].

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* '''Parodied''': The sign on Trope City's limits says, "Welcome to Trope City! A good place to die."

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* '''Parodied''': The sign on Trope City's limits says, says any of the following:
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"Welcome to Trope City! A good place to die."
** "Welcome to Trope City! New Jersey has NOTHING on us.
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* '''Implied''': Trope City is never actually seen, but everyone reacts with disgust when it's mentioned.

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Trope City is never actually seen, but everyone reacts with disgust when it's mentioned.mentioned.
** The [[WorldsStrongestMan most dangerous fighter in the cast]] boasts (both with pride and sarcasm) that he [[HadToBeSharp learned to fight]] on the streets of Trope City.
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'''Basic Trope''': A big city that is a truly awful place.
* '''Straight''': Trope City is a polluted, crime-ridden hellhole dominated by gangsters and evil corporations.
* '''Exaggerated''': Trope City is actually ''worse than hell.''
* '''Downplayed''': Trope City is a dingy city with realistic levels of crime and corruption, but living there still has some upsides.
* '''Justified''': The sheer number of people in a big city results really does present an administrative challenge.
* '''Inverted''': Trope City is a SolarPunk ShiningCity that everyone loves to live in, with endless excitement and activity. Meanwhile, the surrounding small towns are fill of HillbillyHorrors.
* '''Subverted''': Trope City is notably gritty, but it turns out to be a cultivated aesthetic. In reality, it's a well-run, affluent place that pretends to be a WretchedHive to appeal to tourists.
* '''Double Subverted''': Trope City's tourist board is incredibly corrupt and pushes people into genuine poverty.
* '''Parodied''': The sign on Trope City's limits says, "Welcome to Trope City! A good place to die."
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Trope City has a heavy level of economic equality, and only some neighborhoods are hellscapes.
* '''Averted''': Trope City is not a notably awful place.
* '''Enforced''': The producers need to appeal to nostalgia for the gritty cities of the seventies.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Well, that's life in the big city...IAlwaysWantedToSayThat."
* '''Invoked''': Emperor Evulz has been quietly subverting Trope City to make it more dangerous as part of his evil plan.
* '''Exploited''': The mayor of a struggling rural town manages to convince people to move in, as it's not as bad as Trope City.
* '''Defied''': After Trope City starts having problems, most of its citizens [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere immediately leave]], turning it into a GhostTown.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': Trope City is never actually seen, but everyone reacts with disgust when it's mentioned.
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