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Perpetual Tourist is now a redirect for Tropical Epilogue


* PerpetualTourist: Yes, people like this do live in places that are generally considered "for tourism only."
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* RuralGangsters: Many recent organized crime groups began in rural areas.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: The death penalty where it is still imposed, ''many'' wars at least nominally (even if they really were about resources etcetera), imprisonment in places with cruel or nonrehabilitative prison systems (especially if PrisonRape is a possibility or even expected), self-defense with lethal weapons.

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* PayEvilUntoEvil: The death penalty where it is still imposed, ''many'' wars at least nominally (even if they really were about resources etcetera), imprisonment in places with cruel or nonrehabilitative prison systems (especially if PrisonRape is a possibility or even expected), self-defense with lethal weapons.weapons, vigilantism.
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* RoadkillForDinner: It can put you at risk of illness and is illegal in many jurisdictions, but a '''fresh''' roadkill isn't any more dangerous to eat than an animal you hunted, and it means not having to buy meat.
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* RemoteControlRuckus: Anyone who's ever had siblings has inevitably fought over the remote control at least once.
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* PersecutingProsecutor: Just about every profession will have some amoral people in it. Whether or not the legal profession attracts such people, or tends to quash morality, is debatable, but lawyers lacking ethics can cause a lot of harm, and so tend to be noticed and remembered.
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* QuizzicalHeadTilt: Some people have a habit of doing this.

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* QuizzicalHeadTilt: QuizzicalTilt: Some people have a habit of doing this.
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* QuizzicalHeadTilt: Some people have a habit of doing this.
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* PocketProtector: Saved US President Theodore Roosevelt from a [[AssassinOutclassin wannabe assassin's bullet]]. And Creator/JamesDoohan from being killed by a jumpy [[FriendOrFoe fellow Canadian SXoldier who mistook him for a German infiltrator during D-Day]]. His [[{{Fingore}} right middle finger was famously not so lucky]].

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* PocketProtector: Saved US President Theodore Roosevelt from a [[AssassinOutclassin wannabe assassin's bullet]]. And Creator/JamesDoohan from being killed by a jumpy [[FriendOrFoe fellow Canadian SXoldier soldier who mistook him for a German infiltrator during D-Day]]. His [[{{Fingore}} right middle finger was famously not so lucky]].
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* PocketProtector: Saved US President Theodore Roosevelt from a [[AssassinOutclassin wannabe assassin's bullet]].

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* PocketProtector: Saved US President Theodore Roosevelt from a [[AssassinOutclassin wannabe assassin's bullet]]. And Creator/JamesDoohan from being killed by a jumpy [[FriendOrFoe fellow Canadian SXoldier who mistook him for a German infiltrator during D-Day]]. His [[{{Fingore}} right middle finger was famously not so lucky]].
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* PedophilePriest: Whether it became a trope because it was truth, or the true scope of it as truth became widely known, a ''huge'' scandal for at least the Roman Catholic Church starting in TheNoughties (though the abuses were happening far, far earlier...) and ongoing as of TheNewTens.

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* PedophilePriest: Whether it became a trope because it was truth, or the true scope of it as truth became widely known, a ''huge'' scandal for at least the Roman Catholic Church starting in TheNoughties (though the abuses were happening far, far earlier...) and ongoing as of TheNewTens.TheNew10s.



* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Happens generally with middle class people when they're the ones doing the choosing (e.g. they can and will interact with both poor and rich people, sometimes romantically) A variant of "having the poor to choose from" happens to rich people who still have social interaction with poor people (e.g. a musician who works in a scene where there's everything from fellow millionaire legacy artists, who hit it big in TheEighties or TheNineties, to the broke StarvingArtist trying to get their first pay-for-play live gig in TheNewTens, is likely to interact with both rich and poor people if he or she chooses to do so)

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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Happens generally with middle class people when they're the ones doing the choosing (e.g. they can and will interact with both poor and rich people, sometimes romantically) A variant of "having the poor to choose from" happens to rich people who still have social interaction with poor people (e.g. a musician who works in a scene where there's everything from fellow millionaire legacy artists, who hit it big in TheEighties The80s or TheNineties, The90s, to the broke StarvingArtist trying to get their first pay-for-play live gig in TheNewTens, TheNew10s, is likely to interact with both rich and poor people if he or she chooses to do so)
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* PuppyLove: Yes, even in elementary school, children can experience having romantic feelings.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Is there a chapter in the Mexican 19th century that doesn't has one of these? Also, any revolutionary group in the history of ''forever''.

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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Is there a chapter in the Mexican 19th century that doesn't has have one of these? Also, any revolutionary group in the history of ''forever''.

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* PredatoryBigPharma: There have been numerous scandals all over the world of pharmaceutical companies misappropriating or misusing either their money or their products (usually both) to the detriment of people in general, ruining lives and causing deaths.



** Many small children are fond of going barefoot, and they may resist attempts by thier parents to put shoes and socks on them.

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** Many small children are fond of going barefoot, and they may resist attempts by thier their parents to put shoes and socks on them.
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* RiddleForTheAges: Even taking paranormal phenomena like Cryptids or UFOs out of the equation; real life still has plenty of unsolved mysteries from missing/unidentified people, unsolved murders, unexplainable phenomena, and unanswerable philosophical questions. And depending on how old they are, many will likely never be solved for a very long time, if at all.
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trope is renamed Prefers Going Barefoot. Dewicking old name

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* PrefersGoingBarefoot:
** As the following phrase implies, "barefoot runners" believe they can make their feet tougher and more resilient by running around without shoes on.
** Many small children are fond of going barefoot, and they may resist attempts by thier parents to put shoes and socks on them.
** Woman and girls are ''much'' more likely to go barefoot in a given context than men and boys for the following reasons: taking better aesthetic care of their feet, being less self-conscious about showing them, and their footwear being much more cumbersome and easier to remove.

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