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Shoehorn
Shoehorn verb - To fit (people or things) into a tight space.
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Lyrical Shoehorn: Dylan has a lot of things he wants to say in "Hurricane".We wanna put his ass in stir!
Source: Music / Desire -
Each episode, there's a scene of the director forcing the writer to put his 'stamp of approval' on that episode's script, which is invariably a haphazard attempt to shoehorn his characters into a variety of inappropriate genres.
Source: Stylistic Suck -
While there is room for an Anti-Villain to be put in the viewpoint role, tropers have a tendency to shoehorn any main character who are occasionally Jerkasses (like an Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist), Karmic Tricksters, or Anti Heroes.
Source: Square Peg, Round Trope
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