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* '''Lampshaded''': "[[JoinTheArmyTheySaid And they told me being an assassin would be glamorous]]... I feel more like a zookeeper!"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "[[JoinTheArmyTheySaid And "And they told me being an assassin would be glamorous]]...glamorous... I feel more like a zookeeper!"
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** Charlotte sends a tortoise with a switcblade taped to the top of its shell to assassinate Dave.

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** Charlotte hides a venomous snake in Dave's room so Dave won't see her coming when she attacks him
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but when she drops it and runs to find a doctor, it hides on its own, and later bites Dave anyway.

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** Charlotte hides a venomous snake in Dave's room so to distract Dave so that he won't see her coming when she attacks him
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but when she drops it and runs to find a doctor, it hides on its own, and later bites Dave anyway.anyway.
** ...the snake bites Dave before Charlotte gets the opportunity to attack.

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* '''Defied''': Dave has his room thoroughly checked before he goes into it, and makes certain there isn't any way for something to be slipped in while he's asleep.

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Dave has his room thoroughly checked before he goes into it, and makes certain there isn't any way for something to be slipped in while he's asleep.



* '''Deconstructed''': Charlotte is shown having so much trouble acquiring, looking after, and delivering the snake that she realises what a waste of time it all is.

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Charlotte is shown having so much trouble acquiring, looking after, and delivering the snake that she realises what a waste of time it all is.



* '''Reconstructed''': But the snake ends up in Daves hotel room anyway, bites him, and the death is dismissed as an accident. The expenses Charlotte incurred finding and caring for the snake are more than offset by her payment for the job.

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But the snake ends up in Daves Dave's hotel room anyway, bites him, and the death is dismissed as an accident. The expenses Charlotte incurred finding and caring for the snake are more than offset by her payment for the job.



* '''Played For Drama''':



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** Charlotte, having a sudden attack of PragmaticVillainy, decided it would be much easier to just shoot the bastard, and releases the snake to relative safety.



* '''Reconstructed''': But the snake ends up in Daves hotel room anyway, bites him, and the death is dismissed as an accident. The expenses Charlotte incurred finding and carring for the snake are more than offset by her payment for the job.

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** By default, [[NonMaliciousMonster a snake has little interest in biting humans]] with the exception of those disturbing it. When the snake is released, it just huddles next to the radiator and stays there until animal control picks it up.
* '''Reconstructed''': But the snake ends up in Daves hotel room anyway, bites him, and the death is dismissed as an accident. The expenses Charlotte incurred finding and carring caring for the snake are more than offset by her payment for the job.job.
** The snake in question has been [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke selectively bred for aggressiveness,]] [[AnimalEyeSpy magically controlled,]] or otherwise made abnormalcy complaint to Charlotte's needs. Furthermore, due to the above difficulties in employing this trope, most insvitgators dismiss the death as an accident and miss the telltale signs that the snake is in any way abnormal.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob is a FriendtoAllLivingThings, and ends up keeping the snake as a pet... To Charlotte's eternal frustration.
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* '''Justified''': Snakes are a problem on the island, so Charlotte has good reason to believe that the police will dismiss Dave's death as an accident.

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Snakes are a problem on the island, so Charlotte has good reason to believe that the police will dismiss Dave's death as an accident.
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** Alternatively, Dave adopts the animal in question.



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** Alternatively, Dave adopts the animal in question.
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* The snake is anthropomorphic or at least a TalkingAnimal and actually hires itself out as an assassin.

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* ** The snake is anthropomorphic or at least a TalkingAnimal and actually hires itself out as an assassin.
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* The snake is anthropomorphic or at least a TalkingAnimal and actually hires itself out as an assassin.
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* '''Discussed''': "What, you think this snake got in here by accident? Haven't you ever ''seen'' a JamesBond film?"

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* '''Discussed''': "What, you think this snake got in here by accident? Haven't you ever ''seen'' a JamesBond ''Film/JamesBond'' film?"

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* '''Parodied''': Every time Dave steps into his hotel room, he staggers out again shortly afterwards, having been [[AmusingInjuries comically savaged]] by some new spider, scorpion, snake, or jellyfish that was hidden in there.

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Every time Dave steps into his hotel room, he staggers out again shortly afterwards, having been [[AmusingInjuries comically savaged]] by some new spider, scorpion, snake, or jellyfish that was hidden in there.
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** Dave has a pet snake as a guardian against assassination.


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** The snake is dressed up like a hitman.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Charlotte is shown having so much trouble acquiring, looking after, and delivering the snake that she realises what a waste of time it all is.
* '''Reconstructed''': But the snake ends up in Daves hotel room anyway, bites him, and the death is dismissed as an accident. The expenses Charlotte incurred finding and carring for the snake are more than offset by her payment for the job.




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* '''Deconstructed''': Charlotte is shown having so much trouble acquiring, looking after, and delivering the snake that she realises what a waste of time it all is.
* '''Reconstructed''': But the snake ends up in Daves hotel room anyway, bites him, and the death is dismissed as an accident. The expenses Charlotte incurred finding and carring for the snake are more than offset by her payment for the job.



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* '''Downplayed''': The snake is only meant to hurt Dave, not kill him.



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* '''Conversed''': "Why do movie assassins always use animals? They're so unreliable."

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* '''Inverted''': Charlotte hides Dave in a snake pit.

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Charlotte hides Dave in a snake pit.



* '''Subverted''': Charlotte tries to hide a venomous snake in Dave's hotel room, but it bites her instead.

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Charlotte tries to hide a venomous snake in Dave's hotel room, but it bites her instead.



* '''Averted''': Charlotte decides [[NoNonsenseVillain to just shoot him.]]

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Charlotte decides [[NoNonsenseVillain to just shoot him.]]
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** Charlotte hides a venomous snake in Dave's room so Dave won't see her coming when she attacks him
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* '''Enforced''': The execs insist that Dave [[{{Ptitledr2p2k8t}} can't go around hitting girls]], so the writers need to find ways for Charlotte to threaten Dave's life indirectly rather than in a straight-out fight.

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* '''Enforced''': The execs insist that Dave [[{{Ptitledr2p2k8t}} [[WouldntHitAGirl can't go around hitting girls]], so the writers need to find ways for Charlotte to threaten Dave's life indirectly rather than in a straight-out fight.

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* '''Averted''': Charlotte decides [[{{ptitlel164s0xw}} to just shoot him.]]

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* '''Averted''': Charlotte decides [[{{ptitlel164s0xw}} [[NoNonsenseVillain to just shoot him.]]
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** Or [[KillItWithFire kills]] Dave some [[DeathOfAThousandCuts other]] [[BackStab way]].
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** Dave is [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman "the animal"]] and needs to [[EccentricExterminator take out the snakes]].
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* '''Reconstructed''':

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* '''Reconstructed''': But the snake ends up in Daves hotel room anyway, bites him, and the death is dismissed as an accident. The expenses Charlotte incurred finding and carring for the snake are more than offset by her payment for the job.

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