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A dialogue trope where a character makes a list of items, groups or individuals and then deviates from the pattern established with the last one, sometimes the penultimate one. Usually Played for Laughs. In literary criticism, this is called a syllepsis, or semantic zeugma. Typically used for comedy, the last item is normally a focus of insult or Butt Monkey status. However it is possible to just delight in the subversion of the theme listing. A Sub-Trope of Non Sequitur. A Super-Trope to: Compare Step Three: Profit. Examples of The Last of These Is Not Like the Others include:

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