Basic Trope: A work where everybody suffers.
- Straight: My Life in Troperville revolves around Alex and friends suffering injuries, getting bullied, and slipping off banana peels.
- Exaggerated: My Life in Troperville revolves around all characters, good and bad, suffering in the most cruelest and disgusting ways possible, which goes on for every 20 minutes of each episode.
- Downplayed: My Life in Troperville has a few Throw the Dog a Bone moments, but other than that, bad things happen to all the characters for the most part.
- Justified:
- The characters are assholes who deserve it.
- The author is a sadist.
- The characters live in a Crapsack World.
- Inverted: My Life in Troperville revolves around characters experiencing every good thing to happen in their lives.
- Subverted:
- By the season finale, Alex's life turns around for the better.
- At the end of the first season, Alex's girlfriend, Kristi, (who he started dating through an insanely improbably chain of events), proposes to him. The second season premiere starts with their wedding.
- Double Subverted:
- At least until a truck runs Alex over, much to the delight of a group of bystanders.
- Their marriage began with Kristi taking a level in jerkass as she berates him, humiliates him, and even beats him up for petty reasons. Alex is stuck in a miserable marriage.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig Zagged: Some episodes of My Life in Troperville are cynical and sadistic while some episodes are filled with some good moments. In some episodes, there's a mixture of both good and bad.
- Averted: No one suffers during the course of the show.
- Enforced: "These days, people thrive on shows where everyone is miserable. Let's create My Life in Troperville to give them what they want!"
- Lampshaded: "The creators of the show are nothing but sick-minded fucks!"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: "Nah. Troperville isn't gonna be like that. No need to pander to the sicko audience."
- Discussed: "What is the hell is wrong with the creators of the show?"
- Conversed: "Wonder what the next episode would be? Alex getting mauled by a bear while everyone watches in amusement?"
- Deconstructed: The humor in ''My Life in Troperville'' ends up being too dark for the audience to stomach.
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