Negative Space Wedgie/Playing With

Basic Trope: An unexplained phenomenon used as a major plot point IN SPACE!
 * Played Straight: The Starship Future Hope is sucked into a "black hole".
 * Exaggerated: The black hole is, in fact, a wormhole to another dimension.
 * Justified: All sorts of weird things can happen in an unfamiliar environment such as outer space
 * Inverted: Being sucked into the black hole is a Big Lipped Alligator Moment, not a major plot point.
 * The Star Trek Shake inducing plot point is something a little less...out there.
 * Subverted: The crew manages to pull the ship out of the gravitational pull of the black hole.
 * Double Subverted: Only to wind up in a tailspin and crash land on Planet Eris.
 * Deconstructed:
 * Reconstructed:
 * Parodied: A road sign near the black hole reads, "Major Plot Point Ahead!"
 * Zig Zagged: Sometimes these events are major plot points, sometimes minor or side plot points, sometimes a Big Lipped Alligator Moment, sometimes not used at all.
 * Lampshaded: "Captain, we're being...sucked into...some sort of cosmic void..."
 * Averted: Plot points are things like Good Versus Evil and other more "mundane" plot points.
 * Enforced: "You know, a lot of stuff can happen in space that just can't happen in any other setting..."
 * Invoked: Someone challenges the authority of The Captain, causing the crew to veer off course when they aren't paying attention.
 * Defied: The writers choose to stick to more mundane plots.
 * The crew never gets lost or sucked into black holes, always avoiding them well in advance.
 * Discussed: "There's a black hole ahead, but we can avoid it by going into hyperspace, Captain."
 * Conversed: "Why are these people always getting sucked into black holes?"
 * Played For Laughs: The black hole is, in fact, someone's overpowered vacuum cleaner.
 * Played For Drama: Almost always is.

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