Line #16 PlayingWith/Uberwald


1	'''Basic Trope''': An Eastern/Central European Main/FantasyCounterpartCulture is a land of Main/GothicHorror
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3	* '''Played Straight''': Tropesylvania is a vaguely Germanic or Slavic country filled with [[Main/OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], [[Main/OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]], [[Main/OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts]] and [[Main/MadScientist mad scientists]].
4	* '''Exaggerated''': Tropesylvania is Germany or Russia in all but name and has more monsters than people.
5	* '''Downplayed''': Tropesylvania is clearly Eastern European, but doesn't have many more monsters than any other place in the setting
6	* '''Justified''': Tropesylvania’s backwardness and superstition makes it an ideal hunting ground for the supernatural.
7	* '''Inverted''': Tropesylvania is the only region in the setting without monsters.
8	* '''Subverted''': Alice visits a spooky castle in the mountains, presided over by Count Bob, dressed in black. He does not fear crosses, hates blood and loves garlic...
9	* '''Double Subverted''': Because he’s not a vampire. He’s a [[Main/OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf.]]
10	* '''Parodied''':
11	** Tropesylvanian accents are completely impossible to understand, noblemen are required to be a monster of some kind and locals can sign up to a "Be eaten by the ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight TODAY!" program.
12	** Everything supernatural and gothic in Tropesylvania is faked with actors and special effects to entertain the tourists. The vampire count is a FakeAristocrat, and the werewolves are wearing rubber and faux-fur suits. The MadScientist is actually a scientist, though -- he has to pay off his college debt ''somehow''.
13	* '''Invoked''': A vampire deliberately suppresses modern technology in order to make Tropesylvania like this.
14	* '''Exploited''': Monsters hide in Tropesylvania because the ignorance and superstition makes the locals easy prey.
15	* '''Enforced''': Diese Fernsehsendung wurde von Nachtbuilde unter der Reihenfolge von [[UsefulNotes/GermanTVStations ZDF]] produziert. [[labelnote:translation]] This television show was produced by Nachtbuilde under the order of ZDF.[[/labelnote]]
16	* '''Lampshaded''': "Why is every {{Ruritania}} infested with monsters!?"
17	* '''Discussed''': "These kinds of places are so isolated that monsters hide in them a lot."
18	* '''Defied''': During [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII World War II]] werewolves and vampires were rendered extinct by the militaries of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union respectively for being [[FantasticRacism subhuman filth]] and [[AristocratsAreEvil literal blood-sucking aristocrats]], also respectively. Any place which looks the part is either using the castle as a tourist attraction if they have plenty of traffic or for storage otherwise.
19	* '''Conversed''': "Haven't you seen one of those old Film/HammerHorror movies where all monsters come from some place Eastern European?"
20	* '''Deconstructed''': The skewed predator-to-prey relationships cause [[Main/HumanitysWake humans to be wiped out]] in Tropesylvania.
21	** The humans get sick of being trodden down by the supernatural and [[Main/WoodenStake sharpen unused bits of wood]], [[Main/SilverBullet melt down old silver]], [[Main/HolyBurnsEvil stock up on crucifixes]] and break out the Main/TorchesAndPitchforks.
22	** Tropesylvania never even made it to the renaissance under vampiric rulers, let alone Frankenstein time frames. Being walking unholy blasphemies lead to simultaneous [[EnemyMine Crusades and Jihads]] being declared on them as Christians and Muslims both agree that those abominations need to be slain.
23	* '''Reconstructed''': This makes Tropesylvania a favorite hunting ground for [[HunterOfMonsters monster hunters]] because they don`t have to worry about collateral damage.
24	** [[Main/TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse The monsters become experts at hiding in plain sight]]

Context PlayingWith / Uberwald