Down in the Dumps/Playing With


 * Basic Trope: The setting is a garbage dump or junkyard.
 * Played Straight: An episode takes place in a dump or junkyard.
 * Exaggerated: The entire series takes place there
 * Inverted: The show is all about garbage dumps and junkyards, but those places are never the setting for the show.
 * Justified: The main character or a Chekhov's Gunman lives and/or works in such a setting.
 * Subverted: The main story doesn't take place in a dump or junkyard.
 * Double Subverted: But a side story does.
 * Deconstructed:
 * Reconstructed:
 * Parodied: The story is told from the perspective of...the garbage.
 * Lampshaded: "What are we doing in a dump like this?"
 * Averted: The series makes no mention of a dump or junkyard.
 * Enforced: We need a setting that could best be described as Darker and Edgier
 * Invoked: Someone tries to get a MacGuffin back that wound up in the garbage.
 * Defied: The characters refuse to go to a dump or junkyard, feeling that it's too dangerous or gross.
 * Discussed:
 * Conversed:
 * Played For Laughs: Hey! I think I found the MacGuffin! *pulls out old boot*
 * Played For Drama: A fight takes place in the junkyard

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