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* '''Downplayed''': Some citizens in Tropetown form a neighborhood watch to deter criminals and to report them to the TPD.
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* '''Downplayed''': Some citizens townspeople in Tropetown form a neighborhood watch to deter criminals and to report them to the TPD.
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* '''Enforced''': [[VigilanteMan Bob]] has his first militiamen take an oath to fight their mission until the bitter end.
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* '''Enforced''': [[VigilanteMan Bob]] has his first militiamen take an oath to fight their mission until ExecutiveMeddling insists showing about the bitter end.evils of this trope after a particularly bad case of it in real life happened.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': A band of citizens upset about the increase in crime decide to approach Bob to ask him to teach them how to fight and organize. Bob refuses because he is a lone wolf. So they decide to fight themselves (and lose members in the bumbling mess) until Steve comes along and recruits them. Then Bob decides they are screwing up too much and [[GoodIsNotNice for their own good he's going to have to force them to disband]]. They manage [[ZergRush to overwhelm Bob]] and steal his equipment and resources to bolster their own. And then the police begins to crack down on vigilantism. So several members of the group [[DetectiveMole become cops to throw chaff on the crackdown]] and maybe recruit more members amongst the cops. And the continuous escalation from the crooks to try to get rid of this obstacle? For every time they make Steve's Militia bleed, they only make them ''[[ThisMeansWar meaner]]''.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': A band of citizens upset about the increase in crime decide to approach Bob to ask him to teach them how to fight and organize. Bob refuses because he is a lone wolf. So they decide to fight themselves (and lose members in the bumbling mess) until Steve comes along and recruits them. Then Bob decides they are screwing up too much and [[GoodIsNotNice for their own good he's going to have to force them to disband]]. They manage [[ZergRush to overwhelm Bob]] and steal his equipment and resources to bolster their own. And then the police begins to crack down on vigilantism. So several members of the group [[DetectiveMole become cops to throw chaff on the crackdown]] and maybe recruit more members amongst the cops. And then some idiot members of the band hurt innocents in an act of [[PoliceBrutality Vigilante brutality]]. And so the band decides to [[DoWithHimAsYouWill hand them over to the angry citizens as a peace offering]], which ironically leads to more citizens wanting to become members knowing that the band is above "code of silence" crap. And the continuous escalation from the crooks to try to get rid of this obstacle? For every time they make Steve's Militia bleed, they only make them ''[[ThisMeansWar meaner]]''.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"When you can't be Batman or Creator/CharlesBronson, the best alternative is strength in numbers."
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** So Bob won't be their leader. No biggie. They will just have to march to their own tune, then.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???A band of citizens upset about the increase in crime decide to approach Bob to ask him to teach them how to fight and organize. Bob refuses because he is a lone wolf. So they decide to fight themselves (and lose members in the bumbling mess) until Steve comes along and recruits them. Then Bob decides they are screwing up too much and [[GoodIsNotNice for their own good he's going to have to force them to disband]]. They manage [[ZergRush to overwhelm Bob]] and steal his equipment and resources to bolster their own. And then the police begins to crack down on vigilantism. So several members of the group [[DetectiveMole become cops to throw chaff on the crackdown]] and maybe recruit more members amongst the cops. And the continuous escalation from the crooks to try to get rid of this obstacle? For every time they make Steve's Militia bleed, they only make them ''[[ThisMeansWar meaner]]''.
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** Criminals escalate. Bob's Band [[CycleOfRevenge escalates in turn]]. The result is a MobWar in all but name, with nothing to show for it but a lot of dead people.
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* '''Deconstructed''':
** The police arrest Bob's Band because vigilantism is illegal.
** Bob's Band winds up committing several crimes themselves in their efforts to protect Tropetown.
** The police arrest Bob's Band because vigilantism is illegal.
** Bob's Band winds up committing several crimes themselves in their efforts to protect Tropetown.
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* '''Inverted''': ???The police in Tropetown are so [[AlwaysGetsHisMan competent]] and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure-hearted]] that the remaining criminals form TheSyndicate just to have any chance.
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* '''Exploited''': When Alice's little sister Carol is raped by a police officer's son she instead takes the case to Bob's Band. Sure enough, in a matter of days the assailant is found dead in an alleyway.
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* '''Exploited''': When Alice's little sister Carol is raped by a man the police officer's son won't go after, she instead takes the case accusation to Bob's Band. Sure enough, in a matter of days the assailant is found dead in an alleyway. Band because she knows they'll get results.
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'''Basic Trope''': An organization of crime-fighters which aren't officially connected to the government.
* '''Straight''': In order to protect the people of Tropetown from criminals, citizens formed a militia called Bob's Band to take matters into their own hands. Bob's Band is not connected to the Tropetown Police Department.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's Brethren is effectively an army, operating with military hardware and having complete control over its region.
* '''Downplayed''': Some citizens in Tropetown form a neighborhood watch to deter criminals and to report them to the TPD.
* '''Justified''':
** The TPD is [[DirtyCop corrupt]], letting criminals go for bribes or favors.
** The TPD is simply too undermanned and underfunded to even put a dent in Tropeland's massive crime rate.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''':
** Bob the VigilanteMan is approached by a group of fellow-citizens asking to join his fight against crime. He [[IWorkAlone rejects their offer of assistance]].
** Bob's Band turns out to have been deputized by a Sheriff, making it a {{Posse}} and thus fully legal.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** After a fight against a gang leaves Bob bedridden for a month, he decides to form a militia after all.
** When the sheriff who deputized them is fired, Bob's Band refuses to disband.
* '''Parodied''': Bob's Band starts selling merchandise to help fund their activities, including militiamen plushies.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Nobody attempts to take the law into their own hands.
* '''Enforced''': [[VigilatneMan Bob]] has his first militiamen take an oath to fight their mission until the bitter end.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': A CorruptPolitician [[VillainWithGoodPublicity with an undeserved reputation for justness]] forms a militia under the guise of fighting crime. He uses them to go after his equally-corrupt political rivals.
* '''Exploited''': When Alice's little sister Carol is raped by a police officer's son she instead takes the case to Bob's Band. Sure enough, in a matter of days the assailant is found dead in an alleyway.
* '''Defied''':
** The Tropetown government cracks down hard on all vigilantes.
** Alternatively, the Tropetown government gives up on fighting Bob's Band and instead makes them the new police force. This legitimizes their activities in the eyes of the law.
* '''Discussed''': "A vigilante militia? Bob, if we do that we'll probably end up killing innocent people by mistkae. We'll certainly end up behind bars when the proper police catch up with us."
* '''Conversed''': "If this were a summer blockbuster then we'd have formed a militia by now."
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* '''Straight''': In order to protect the people of Tropetown from criminals, citizens formed a militia called Bob's Band to take matters into their own hands. Bob's Band is not connected to the Tropetown Police Department.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's Brethren is effectively an army, operating with military hardware and having complete control over its region.
* '''Downplayed''': Some citizens in Tropetown form a neighborhood watch to deter criminals and to report them to the TPD.
* '''Justified''':
** The TPD is [[DirtyCop corrupt]], letting criminals go for bribes or favors.
** The TPD is simply too undermanned and underfunded to even put a dent in Tropeland's massive crime rate.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''':
** Bob the VigilanteMan is approached by a group of fellow-citizens asking to join his fight against crime. He [[IWorkAlone rejects their offer of assistance]].
** Bob's Band turns out to have been deputized by a Sheriff, making it a {{Posse}} and thus fully legal.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** After a fight against a gang leaves Bob bedridden for a month, he decides to form a militia after all.
** When the sheriff who deputized them is fired, Bob's Band refuses to disband.
* '''Parodied''': Bob's Band starts selling merchandise to help fund their activities, including militiamen plushies.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Nobody attempts to take the law into their own hands.
* '''Enforced''': [[VigilatneMan Bob]] has his first militiamen take an oath to fight their mission until the bitter end.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': A CorruptPolitician [[VillainWithGoodPublicity with an undeserved reputation for justness]] forms a militia under the guise of fighting crime. He uses them to go after his equally-corrupt political rivals.
* '''Exploited''': When Alice's little sister Carol is raped by a police officer's son she instead takes the case to Bob's Band. Sure enough, in a matter of days the assailant is found dead in an alleyway.
* '''Defied''':
** The Tropetown government cracks down hard on all vigilantes.
** Alternatively, the Tropetown government gives up on fighting Bob's Band and instead makes them the new police force. This legitimizes their activities in the eyes of the law.
* '''Discussed''': "A vigilante militia? Bob, if we do that we'll probably end up killing innocent people by mistkae. We'll certainly end up behind bars when the proper police catch up with us."
* '''Conversed''': "If this were a summer blockbuster then we'd have formed a militia by now."
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