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1	This page is under construction. But so am I, so we have that at least.
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3	Favorite tropes:
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5	* GoneHorriblyRight.
6	* FantasticTimeManagement (really, anything involving TimeTravel).
7	* AchievementsInIgnorance, but see Pet Peeves, below.
8	* MundaneUtility
9	* CerebusSyndrome - Seriously, I love series where everything start out all cheerful and happy and then the cracks begin to show and people slowly figure out that they live in a CrapsaccharineWorld.
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11	Least favorite tropes:
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13	* HollywoodHistory.
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15	Tropes that can go either way, depending on the writing:
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17	* PoorCommunicationKills.
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19	Pet Peeves:
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21	I hate when a trope is described in a way that is clear, specific, and unambiguous, yet people still get it wrong ''all the time.'' I understand that sometimes you have a brain-skip, and think something is an example of a trope when it really isn't (I've done that occasionally), but there are some tropes that, for whatever reason, are perpetually misunderstood.
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23	The one that's currently grating on my nerves is AchievementsInIgnorance. The trope, as it's described, is: A person does something thought to be impossible, because they didn't realize it was supposed to be impossible. Currently, most of the examples (and wicks) are for: A person is stupid, but accomplishes something amazing anyway.
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25	This was brought to the trope repair shop, where it languished for a while and died. I'd like to bring it back, and I'd even be willing to fix it myself, but I just don't have the time.
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27	In my opinion, it needs to be split up into 3 tropes:
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29	1) Someone accomplishes something even though they have no idea what they're doing. (For example, everything [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsPatrickStar Patrick Star]] has ever done.) - This one will keep the "Achievements In Ignorance" name, since this is the definition most people think it has.
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31	2) Someone accomplishes something that is ''physically impossible,'' because they're too dumb to realize that it's impossible. (For example, [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner Wile E Coyote]] stepping off a cliff and not falling, or Roger creating upside-down fire in the page image currently on the AchievementsInIgnorance page.) - This one could be named "Ignorance Trumps The Laws of Physics". Note that since this involves breaking the laws of physics, it cannot, by definition, have any real-life examples.
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Context Tropers / AccidentalTroper