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Basic Trope: A title uses part of a quote. The part that was removed says something about what the title is for.

  • Straight: In Cyber-Riderz 2, Chapter 5 is called "A Friend Indeed". Halfway through the chapter, Bob lends Alice his prized vehicle when she ends up busting all of hers, displaying the trope A Friend in Need, which completes the quote "A friend in need is a friend indeed."
  • Exaggerated: Every chapter in Cyber Riderz 2 is titled like this, and the game itself is called "Cyber Riderz 2: Deus E.X.", of which the missing part is obviously "Machina".
  • Downplayed: ???
  • Justified: The show's Framing Device is Bob putting together a book of important in-universe quotes, and each chapter is based around where Bob heard the quote.
  • Inverted: Chapter 5 is titled "A Friend In Need", putting the relevant part of the quote in the title.
  • Subverted: It turns out that Alice was playing a Wounded Gazelle Gambit in order to run off with Bob's stuff.
  • Double Subverted: This makes Bob the "friend in need" that Master PNG has to save at a personal cost.
  • Parodied: ???
  • Zig-Zagged: ???
  • Averted: Chapter 5 is called "Bugbreaker", after the weapon used to crush Alice's weapons in the first place. Nothing else follows quote-based naming schemes either.
  • Enforced: Rule of Cool.
  • Lampshaded: "Why did you say the quote like that? You look like you're waiting for someone to applaud you."
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: ???
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???

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