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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