Basic Trope: Character or event breaks previously established physical rules * Straight: Mysterious Mentor outlines and defines Bob's powers, but Bob breaks them for some reason * Exaggerated: So many rules are broken so regularly that magic devolves into a game of Calvin Ball * Justified: Bob figures out weaknesses in the system of magic that underlies his powers and manipulates it in ways his mentor never thought of. * Inverted: Magic A Is Magic A. * Subverted: Bob isn't breaking the rules, pre say, but exploiting Loophole Abuse. * Double Subverted The Powers That Be decree an Obvious Rule Patch but it doesn't deter Bob. * Zig Zagged: Bob claims to have broken the rules, but is actually exploiting Loophole Abuse. An Obvious Rule Patch makes further expolitation