Typical forms
- Played Straight: Alice is taking a look at a picture where Bob appears riding a bike. Both Bob and the bike begin to move in the photo, in front of Alice's eyes.
- Justified: The photo is enchanted, and suddenly Bob and his bike appear in front of Alice.
- Inverted:
- Subverted: Alice is taking a look at a picture where Bob appears riding a bike. Both Bob and the bike begin to move in the photo, in front of Alice's eyes. Turns out it's All Just a Dream.
- Double Subverted: Alice is taking a look at a picture where Bob appears riding a bike. Both Bob and the bike begin to move in the photo, in front of Alice's eyes. Turns out it's All Just a Dream... except That Was Not a Dream.
- Parodied:
- Deconstructed: The work is a documentary about mental health, and delusions that a patient may go into. One of these is apophenia, seeing things where there aren't none.
- Reconstructed:
- Zigzagged: Alice is taking a look at a picture where Bob appears riding a bike. Both Bob and the bike begin to move in the photo, in front of Alice's eyes. Turns out it's All Just a Dream... except it's That Was Not a Dream. Then Alice wakes up. Rinse and repeat.
- Averted: The photo doesn't move.
- Enforced: The work is an ad. It shows the wonderful benefits of a product by using the trope. The product's been applied in the photo's world, and everyone is having happy lives because of it.
- Implied: While we don't see the picture moving, Alice screams "It's moving! The photo is moving!"
- Logical Extreme:
Tone and Style
- Exaggerated: Alice is sent into a Disney Acid Sequence.
- Downplayed:
- Played for Laughs:
- Played for Drama:
- Played for Horror:
Specific characters
- Lampshaded: "As if the content of the photo could really move." - Alice
- Invoked: "I'm going to do a prank to Cecil. I'll craft a photo that appears to be moving." - Alice
- Defied:
- Exploited:
- Discussed:
- Conversed:
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