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Basic Trope: Some Hollywood hack gets something wrong again.

• Straight: The creators of Generic Science Show generally get things like units of measure wrong.
• Exaggerated:
  • The creators of the show get everything wrong, so that the only value is the Guilty Pleasure value.
  • Critical Research Failure.
• Downplayed: The creators of the show tend to get only obscure things wrong.
• Justified:
  • They're TV executives, not scientists. You can't blame them for everything.
  • A character states something factually incorrect, but the character is known to be an idiot.
• Inverted: Shown Their Work
• Subverted:
  • The producers actually start researching things to make the show credible. Or they are correct by accident.
  • The subject is so outlandishly absurd that one would naturally think there's no way it could be correct, until they find out that it is.
• Double Subverted:
  • But that was just to get the FCC off their backs, and they're back to their old antics within a few weeks.
  • See Dan Browned.
• Parodied:
  • The opening narration openly admits that they don't do a lick of research.
  • Alternatively: They do the research, then replace all the correct details with incorrect ones on purpose.
• Deconstructed:
  • The show is popular enough to where Six-Pack thinks that most of what they say is true, even when it isn't...much to the consternation of anyone who did the research.
  • See Dan Browned.
• Reconstructed:
  • The show's lack of research causes people to become genuinely interested in the subject matter - to the point where they're willing to do their own research.
  • See Dan Browned.
• Zig Zagged: They increased the quality, but that was just to appease the FCC. But even after that period ends, the quality is still higher overall.
• Averted: The work is fairly accurate, but makes no attempt to go into detail.
• Enforced: "Ah, I've got too much to do - I don't have time to research that science stuff!"
• Lampshaded:
  • "You sure this is how it actually happened?"
  • "Yes, we know it wouldn't really happen this way. Just go with it."
• Invoked:
  • See "Enforced" and "Parodied".
  • Acceptable Breaks From Reality.
• Defied: The producers decide to actually do their research before the show starts airing.
• Discussed: "Are you sure we can halve the cooking time by doubling the temperature?" "No; and frankly the colossal mess we're about to make is the sole reason why we even have viewers. Now, did the recipe say degrees Kelvin or Fahrenheit?" "Eh, lets flip a coin!"
• Conversed: "Generic Science Show? Oh, goody, another person who thinks they're talking truth."

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