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| rdfs:comment | - It's been said that "a trope can't be partially subverted any more than a woman can be a little bit pregnant". So then what do you call it when The Butler Did It, but "it" was eating the last cookie in the jar? Or when a powerful weapon glows so little you can't even notice it in good light? Or when someone only becomes slightly agitated at being called a certain nickname? In case the introduction didn't tip you off, many cases of Not a Subversion fall into this trope's territory. A form of Playing with a Trope. Compare Subverted Trope, Parodied Trope. Contrast Exaggerated Trope.
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| abstract | - It's been said that "a trope can't be partially subverted any more than a woman can be a little bit pregnant". So then what do you call it when The Butler Did It, but "it" was eating the last cookie in the jar? Or when a powerful weapon glows so little you can't even notice it in good light? Or when someone only becomes slightly agitated at being called a certain nickname? A Downplayed Trope is when a trope is played to a much smaller extent than it usually is. In particularly extreme cases, the lack of extent to which the trope is played is Played for Laughs for the same reason as its antithesis, the Exaggerated Trope. The exact definition varies on a case-by-case basis, but the above works as a general rule. It's also why The Same but Less doesn't really make a new trope, since Tropes Are Flexible. In case the introduction didn't tip you off, many cases of Not a Subversion fall into this trope's territory. A form of Playing with a Trope. Compare Subverted Trope, Parodied Trope. Contrast Exaggerated Trope. Examples of Downplayed Trope include:
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