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[[D Generation X]] is a [[Professional Wrestling]] [[Power Stable]] that began in the [[Attitude Era]] of the [[Monday Night Wars]] (roughly late 1997) and ended in March
Now, that's the boring answer. So, [[Catch Phrase|are you ready?]], No [[TV Tropes]], [[Memetic Mutation|I said ARE YOU READY?]] [[Ear Worm|Break it down!]]. Ahem, D-Generation X exemplified the [[Refuge in Vulgarity]] craziness of the late 1990s [[
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* [[Arch Enemy]]: The Hart Foundation, The Nation of Domination, and [[The Corporation]] were all enemies of DX in succession.
* [[Animal Motif]]: The Road [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: The entire damn stable. From where [[Seme|Triple H]] stands in relation to [[Uke|Shawn Michaels]] when they hit the ring to the [[Black Comedy Rape|setup]] to Road Dogg's Pumphandle Powerslam to the random lips painted all over Billy Gunn's trunks along with his moniker of "Mr. Ass". D-X reeks of this trope.
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** When your catchphrase is "Let's get ready to suck it!", this trope is pretty much inevitable.
* [[Appropriated Appellation]]: [[Bret Hart]] called them a pack of degenerates, so they took on that name for themselves.
* [[Breakup Breakout]]: [[Triple H]], who went from a smart-assed comic-relief type to [[Magnificent Bastard|a guy called "the Cerebral Assassin"]] and a ''thirteen-time'' world champion.
* [[But You Screw One Goat!]]: One one episode of Smackdown, DX puts together a recap package of them humiliating various superstars they were in feuds with such as [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]], [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] and [[Kane (
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: From 1999-2000, DX was a revolving door.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Shawn and Hunter in the final incarnation of DX firmly hit this trope.
* [[Crowd Song]]: "We got two words for ya: SUCK IT!" and these two for the New Age Outlaws:
** "Oh you didn't know?! Yo' ass better caaaaaall somebodyyyyyy!" (Even when it was removed from Road Dogg's entrance theme, the crowd would still do it.)
** "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, D-Generation X proudly presents to you the World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions of the Wooooorld...The Road Dogg Jesse James! Bad Ass Billy Gunn! [[
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: [[Triple H]], hell, the main reason he got pushed was because [[Shawn Michaels]] thought Trips was hilarious, the audience certainly agreed.
* [[Delinquents]]: Their major gimmick, due to [[Shawn Michaels]] and [[Triple H]]'s [[Real Life]] backstage hijinks.
* [[Depraved Bisexual
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The original, very brief, and easily forgotten DX incarnation featuring Rick Rude as the group Enforcer. This roster only lasted about three months before Rude split for [[WCW]] and famously appeared on Raw and Nitro on the same night. Soon after [[Shawn Michaels]] went on indefinite leave because of injuries, DX brought in Chyna as their new Enforcer and the New Age Outlaws as full-time members, evolving from sophomoric jokes and insults into the revolutionary "DX Army" incarnation they're best remembered for.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Shawn. Just - [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|Shawn]], and to a lesser but still significant extent, [[Triple H]].
* [[Fanon Discontinuity]]: Hornswoggle in DX? What is this that you speak of?
** For some people, any part of DX that involved X-Pac.
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*** Billy Gunn was pushed as the WWF's best pure athlete in 1998-99 all while calling himself Mr. Ass. Chyna was the bodyguard of Hunter Hearst Helmsley and that role evolved into [[The Enforcer]] of DX, but her doctor would constantly evolve her with [[Breast Expansion|improvements]] to the point where she was a Playboy covergirl. So, those last two roles are pretty much interchangeable.
* [[Hostile Show Takeover]]
* [[WWE
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* [[Kick the Dog]]: One of the most cruel acts committed by DX was during the Thanksgiving '99 episode of Smackdown when they invited a group of homeless into the arena for a Thanksgiving feast. Instead of offering them the food, DX tortured the homeless people by waving food in front of their faces. Of course, the whole segment was [[Rule of Funny|played]] [[For the Evulz|for]] [[Dead Baby Comedy|laughs]].
* [[Merchandise-Driven]]: DX circa 2010 ran off of this trope, at least they made it funny.
* [[No Fourth Wall]]: All the damn time.
** On a segment posted on WWE.com:
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** The constant references to [[Stephanie McMahon|Triple H's real-life wife]] and him being the father of her children.
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* [[Only Sane Man]]: Chyna, most of the time.
* [[Pirate]]: X-Pac certainly looked like one.
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* [[Power Stable]]
* [[Putting the Band Back Together]]: Shawn and Hunter, post-2000. They teased a DX reunion during Shawn's original 2002 comeback, but that lead to a [[Holy Shit Quotient|heel turn]] for Hunter and a three-year rivalry. They finally pulled the trigger in mid-2006, and ran with it until Shawn's retirement in 2010.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The [[Hot
** Inverted in the reunion with [[Triple H]] making all the bawdy jokes and a mellowed-out Shawn cringing off to the side.
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Their signature. Among many instances:
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** Shawn sticking the Canadian flag up his nose . . . in ''Calgary''.
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Played with [[Shawn Michaels]] and [[Triple H]]'s run from 2006-2010.
* [[Sickly Green Glow]]: Part of the DX aesthetic was bright neon green letters, arena lighting, merchandise and glowsticks.
* [[Sixth Ranger]]: In late 1998 to 1999, [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] was a unofficial member of the group during their war with the Corporation and, in fact, DX was watching [[Mick Foley|Mankind]]'s back during his famous first world title win. After the match, DX hoisted him on their shoulders with smiles too big not to be real.
** [[Kane (
* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: All the damn time.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Any time Shawn Michaels was in the ring, but for maximum tropage:
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* [[This Is Sparta]]: "ARE? YOU?? REEEAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDYYYYYY???????"
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Road Dogg and Billy Gunn.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: During their late 1999 heel run, the group had the opportunity to bring [[Kane (
* [[True Companions]]: DX was born out of a [[Real Life]] group of these in [[The Kliq]].
* [[Wacky Fratboy Hijinx]]: Probably the poster children for this trope. If we tried to list all of DX's juvenile pranks, promos, and segments, we'd be here all <s>year</s> decade.
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