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3'''[[GratuitousGerman Achtung, stillgestanden!]]''' Dies hierrr ist eine Aufzählung von Trrropen, die mit dem [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Führrrerrr]], seinem [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Wirrrkungsorrrt]] und seinen [[ThoseWackyNazis Spiessgesellen]] in Verrrbindung gebrrracht werrrden!
4[[labelnote:translation]]''(Attention! This herrre is a listing of trrropes referring to the [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Führrrerrr]], his [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany place of worrrk]], and his [[ThoseWackyNazis crrronies]].)''[[/labelnote]]
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6Und nun wirrrd [[MusicToInvadePolandTo Marrrschmusik]] gespielt! [[IsntItIronic Links zwo drrrei vierrr, links zwo drrrei vierrr, links zwo drrrei vierrr, links zwo drrrei vierrr, links zwo drrrei vierrr]],...[[labelnote:*]]''(For those of you that don't get it, those were the lyrics to the Rammstein song "Links 2-3-4". Links is German for "left" and was made by the band to dispel rumors that they were Nazis.)''[[/labelnote]]
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11'''UsefulNotes:'''
12* UsefulNotes/NaziGermany
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14* AdolfHitlarious: Making fun of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler by portraying him as a comically incompetent buffoon.
15* AllGermansAreNazis: Stereotyping all German people as being Nazis or Neo-Nazis.
16* AlternateHistoryNaziVictory: Alternate history scenarios in which Nazis won World War II or World War II stopped with them still in power.
17* ApocalypseHitler: Adolf Hitler somehow comes back from the dead.
18* ArgentinaIsNaziland: Argentina and other South American countries are portrayed as being havens for fugitive Nazi war criminals who fled Europe at the end of World War II.
19* BlackShirt: Closet EvilMinions yearning for the day the villain brings about his empire of evil.
20* BritishNazis: The tendency to have Nazis played by British actors, sometimes accent included. May also be a de-facto EvilBrit.
21* LesCollaborateurs: People from the countries that Nazi Germany invaded who helped the occupying forces in various ways.
22* CommieNazis: Mixing Nazi/Communist imagery to symbolize evil.
23* DayOfTheJackboot: Fascism takes over a country.
24* DoctorVonTurncoat: A scientist switches sides in a conflict and avoids punishment due to their scientific expertise. Usually a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of a Project Paperclip scientist.
25* FascistButInefficient: Fascism, Nazism, and the like may place a big emphasis on maintaining order and running things efficiently like clockwork, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's actually true at all.
26* FinalSolution: Genocide of an entire race of people. The Nazi Holocaust gives the trope its name.
27* FourthReich: Nazi Germany and its empire somehow get resurrected.
28* {{Ghostapo}}: Nazis dabbling with occult magic and the supernatural.
29* GodwinsLaw: The longer a debate lasts, the more likely the chance of bringing Nazis into it grows.
30* GodwinsLawOfFacialHair: The Toothbrush Mustache is associated with authority and is used to reference Hitler.
31* GodwinsLawOfTimeTravel: Changing the past will always make the Nazis win.
32* GratuitousNazis: Want an easy stand-in for evil? Bring Nazis in your work, even if it makes little sense.
33* HitlerAteSugar: Something is bad because Nazis like it.
34* HitlerCam: A view from slightly below a person standing alone to make them look tall and important, like Hitler in the documentaries of Creator/LeniRiefenstahl.
35* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: Using time travel to stop/kill Hitler never ends well.
36* JewsPlayingNazis: A Nazi character is portrayed by a Jewish actor.
37* MasterRace: A race that proclaims itself superior to others, as the Nazis did.
38* MusicToInvadePolandTo: Music (usually German, preferably by Music/RichardWagner) that the Nazis favored.
39* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Character portrayed as a Nazi in everything but name.
40* NaziGold: Treasure hunt for the Nazis looted when occupying Europe.
41* NaziGrandpa: An aging Nazi, who may or may not have committed war crimes back in the day.
42* NaziHunter: A character who hunts down Nazi fugitives who fled prosecution for their war crimes.
43* NaziNobleman: [[AristocratsAreEvil People of wealth and privilege]] who were working with the Nazis or embraced their cause.
44* NaziProtagonist: The story centers on a Nazi protagonist, typically a VillainProtagonist.
45* {{Nazisploitation}}: Exploitation films with torture porn, gratuitous nudity, and Nazi flavor, often set in prisons or concentration camps.
46* NaziZombies: Nazis coming back as undead zombies to continue fighting the war.
47* NoSwastikas: Bans on the use of Nazi symbols and the various ways to write around them.
48* PiggybackingOnHitler: A fictional villain teams up with the Nazis.
49* PuttingOnTheReich: Using visual elements that strongly evoke Nazi Germany.
50* TheQuisling: The leader of LesCollaborateurs. Named after Vidkun Quisling, who was appointed as the puppet ruler of German-occupied Norway.
51* StateSec: A secret police or paramilitary force that rids the regime of its racial, political, etc. enemies, like the Schutzstaffel (SS) of Nazi Germany.
52* StupidJetpackHitler: Advanced, futuristic technology and super-weapons developed by the Nazis.
53* ThoseWackyNazis: Stereotyped portrayals of Nazis, often as hilariously stupid and/or batshit crazy.
54* WeDidntStartTheFuhrer: Adolf Hitler was never human in the first place.
55* YouClonedHitler: Cloning Adolf Hitler.
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58Some single tropes not covered by any of these:
59* The German text on top of this page plays with Hitler's way of speaking forcefully, but with [[TrrrillingRrrs ridiculously rolled r's]]. Nowadays, one cannot do this anymore in German without sounding like a parody of Hitler.

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