Growing the Beard/Playing With


 * Basic Trope: A series improves because of some change.
 * Played Straight: Series X improves greatly because Bob is given more screen time.
 * Exaggerated: The show turns from a So Bad it's Horrible show to the greatest show ever made when Bob is given more screen time.
 * Inverted: Jumping the Shark, They Changed It, Now It Sucks
 * Justified: A change in the execution of a series can be just what it needs to be refreshed.
 * Subverted: Bob's being given more screen time seems to be a mistake.
 * Double Subverted: When fans complain, Bob is given more screen time than originally, but not to Marty Stu levels like currently.
 * Deconstructed:
 * Reconstructed:
 * Zig Zagged: Some changes to the series are good, others...not so much.
 * Parodied:
 * Lampshaded:
 * Averted:
 * No changes are made to the story or characters.
 * The series jumps the shark or enters a Dork Age as a result of They Changed It, Now It Sucks.
 * The show is great from the beginning, so no changes are necessary.
 * Enforced: Executive Meddling
 * Invoked: Bob rises to meet a challenge he didn't (or wouldn't have) before, and everyone thinks this is his Crowning Moment of Awesome and looks forward to seeing more of that.
 * Defied: No lasting changes are made to Series X.
 * Discussed:
 * Conversed:
 * Played For Laughs: And There Was Much Rejoicing as The Scrappy was Killed Off for Real
 * Played For Drama:

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