Lightning bolt was a card introduced in the early generations, and is widely regarded as being overpowered. For example, Ow's flavor text is "Have you ever noticed how some flavor text has no relevance whatsoever to the card it's on?" Also shows up occasionally in the regular game.
Leaning on the Fourth Wall is for things which make sense in the story but also have a second meaning outside of the story. Once again, Lampshade Hanging is when attention is drawn to something that is so strange it threatens to break the Willing Suspension of Disbelief. Not to be confused with Lampshade Wearing. No Fourth Wall happens when characters not only discuss tropes, but the writers as well. Compare Discussed Trope, Postmodernism and Playing with a Trope. Sometimes takes the form of This Is the Part Where.
Meta Guy is the fellow who does this all the time. Hypocrisy Nod and Inspiration Nod are specific types of this. If large numbers of lampshades are hung, then the writers believe lampshades are Better than a Bare Bulb, this trope's Logical Extreme.Īt times you may even just have a Puff of Logic, because of this. Can also be combined with an active attempt to avoid the trope, in which case the Lampshade Hanging turns into a Defied Trope.Ĭommonly seen in the self-aware shows that make up the Deconstructor Fleet rarely used in the presence of a Drop-In Character. When breaking internal consistency is deliberate this trope can be used to show that, yes, it is deliberate instead of a plot hole. The Turkey City Lexicon refers to this flavor of Lampshade Hanging as a "Signal from Freud", and reminds the author that if your characters are complaining about how stupid the latest plot development is, maybe your subconscious is trying to tell you something.Ĭan also be combined with a Hand Wave, sometimes invoking an unreveal, to make explaining a plot inconsistency unnecessary. The creators are using the tactic of self-deprecatingly pointing out their own flaws themselves, thus depriving critics and opponents of their ammunition. It also assures the audience that the world of the story is like Real Life: what's implausible for you is just as implausible for these characters, and just as likely to provoke an incredulous response. This assures the audience that the author is aware of the implausible plot development that just happened, and that they aren't trying to slip something past the audience. Lampshade Hanging (or, more informally, "Lampshading") is the writers' trick of dealing with any element of the story that threatens the audience's Willing Suspension of Disbelief, whether a very implausible plot development, or a particularly blatant use of a trope, by calling attention to it and simply moving on.
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