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Faux Adventure Story
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A work of fiction that attracts the reader/viewer with the entourage of pulp adventures, superhero action, etc. in order to tell an entirely different story, which can be humorous and parodying the genre cliches, or darker and more serious in nature. For example, imagine that an Indiana Jones-style adventurer dies unexpectedly in the first part of the movie, and the rest of the story is about his loved ones coming to terms with his death? Or imagine that a Gotham-style megalopolis and a superhero defending it from organized crime is all in the head of a mental patient? Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Be careful though, as the viewer may feel cheated if the work is not what they both expected and paid for. A Sister Trope related to detective/mystery plots is Mockstery Tale (they may also overlap). |
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Watchmen could be considered an example of that. While it stars superheroes, there is a minimal amount of actual fighting, and the book mostly consists of people talking, character building flashbacks and protagonists unveiling a conspiracy thriller that doesn't even feature a typical supervillain - while there is a supervillain character, he dies halfway through. Instead, the villain is another superhero. | |
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) employs the aesthetics of a superhero movie, but is actually a Black Comedy/psychological drama about a former blockbuster actor attempting to start a career in theater. | |
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Spec Ops: The Line starts off (and was marketed as) just another gung-ho modern military Third-Person Shooter in the vein of Call of Duty, but turns out to be a ugly and grim deconstruction of the genre, rife with PTSD, war crimes, and a nihilistic exploration of the hero complex. | |
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