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* '''Reconstructed''': Evil Elliot [[ISurrenderSuckers "surrendered"]] to Alice, who knew that it was a trick. By giving him an opportunity to attack her, she can prove to everyone that he was lying.

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* '''Reconstructed''': The reason Alice was hoping that Evil Elliot would try and backstab her, was that Evil Elliot [[ISurrenderSuckers "surrendered"]] to Alice, who knew Alice and backstabbed her before (thank goodness she survived that one), and now this time she knows that it was a trick. By giving him an opportunity to attack her, she can prove to everyone that he was lying.



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* '''Invoked''': "Don't turn your back on him, Alice! He looks like he wants to stab somebody and probably still has a weapon on him somewhere!"

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* '''Invoked''': "Don't turn your Alice deliberately turns her back on him, Alice! He looks like he wants to stab somebody Elliot so she can provoke him into attacking and probably still has a weapon on him somewhere!"giving her just cause to kill him.



* '''Defied''': Elliot knows not to try and backstab Alice.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Elliot knows not to try and backstab Alice.Alice.
** "Don't turn your back on him, Alice! He looks like he wants to stab somebody and probably still has a weapon on him somewhere!"

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* '''Justified''': Alice is willing to forgive, but promised Evil Elliot that the next time he did anything evil, she would kill him. And she always keeps her promises.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Alice is willing to forgive, but promised Evil Elliot that the next time he did anything evil, she would kill him. And she always keeps her promises.
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** Alice is a LivingMacguffin who needs to die or else Elliot will also die, so he figures by backstabbing her he at least has a chance of surviving.
** Elliot is suicidal and just wanted to kill Alice before he died anyway, knowing he would be killed he does this as SuicideByCop.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's act of sparing Evil Elliot is a trick. She was hoping for him to try to backstab her from the beginning. This would give Alice a perfect justification to kill Evil Elliot and remain a pure heroine in the eyes of everybody and/or avoid the moral implications of killing a downed opponent.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Alice's act of sparing Evil Elliot is a trick. She was hoping for him to try to backstab her from the beginning. This would give Alice a perfect justification to kill Evil Elliot and remain a pure heroine in the eyes of everybody and/or avoid the moral implications of killing a downed opponent.opponent.
** Evil Elliot's backstab convinces Alice that showing mercy is a mistake. When another foe genuinely tries to surrender later on, Alice executes them in cold blood because she is expecting another betrayal.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Evil Elliot runs at Alice from behind with his blade drawn, feeling certain that Alice will react to his very loud and obvious attack by killing him and ending his miserable existence. However, Elliot slips in a pool of his own blood and stumbles, inadvertently dodging Alice's decapitating slash. Then he bounces off the opposite wall and crashes into Alice dagger-point first, killing her. Oops.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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Evil Elliot runs at Alice from behind with his blade drawn, feeling certain that Alice will react to his very loud and obvious attack by killing him and ending his miserable existence. However, Elliot slips in a pool of his own blood and stumbles, inadvertently dodging Alice's decapitating slash. Then he bounces off the opposite wall and crashes into Alice dagger-point first, killing her. Oops.Oops.
**Once Alice walks away, Evil Elliot stands up and starts walking in the same direction as Alice because his fortress is that way. Alice misinterprets, and stabs Evil Elliot to death.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Elliot is beaten by Alice, and accepts her offer of mercy. Once she's out of the room, he orders his soldiers to seize her and kill her, which backfires horribly and leaves him without any resources, but doesn't kill him... yet. That happens when he shows up at her home, trying to take her parent(s), sibling(s), spouse or child(ren) hostage. This angers her enough that she has no problem with killing him for real this time.

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* '''Inverted''': Evil Elliot is the superior fighter and has defeated Alice, who is the hero. Elliot is very evil, but nevertheless he just doesn't feel like killing Alice right now, so he starts walking away. Alice can't let such a dangerous person run free, so she desperately rushes at him from behind...and is promptly dispatched by Elliot.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Evil Elliot is the superior fighter and has defeated Alice, who is the hero. Elliot is very evil, but nevertheless he just doesn't feel like killing Alice right now, so he starts walking away. Alice can't let such a dangerous person run free, so she desperately rushes at him from behind...and is promptly dispatched by Elliot.
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* '''Enforced''': The writers want to give Elliot karmic justice, and decides that if she tries to backstab alice and failed, it would give the right message.

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* '''Enforced''': The writers want to give Elliot karmic justice, and decides that if she he tries to backstab alice Alice and failed, it would give the right message.



* '''Defied''': Elliot knows not to try and backstab alice.

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* '''Defied''': Elliot knows not to try and backstab alice.Alice.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice defeats Evil Elliot in a game of checkers, being one turn away from victory. Alice turns to talk to Barry real quick and Elliot swaps pieces around. This ends up upseting the balance of the table and it sets off a chain reaction that ends in Elliot's death.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Alice defeats Evil Elliot in a game of checkers, being one turn away from victory. Alice turns to talk to Barry real quick and Elliot swaps pieces around. This ends up upseting the balance of the table and it sets off a chain reaction that ends in Elliot's death.death.
** Evil Elliot tries to backstab Alice after being beaten in a TrialByCombat, only to be shot by both Alice's troops and his own.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's act of sparing Evil Elliot is a wile. She was hoping for him to try to backstab her from the beginning. This would give Alice a perfect justification to kill Evil Elliot and remain a pure heroine in the eyes of everybody and/or avoid the moral implications of killing a downed opponent.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's act of sparing Evil Elliot is a wile.trick. She was hoping for him to try to backstab her from the beginning. This would give Alice a perfect justification to kill Evil Elliot and remain a pure heroine in the eyes of everybody and/or avoid the moral implications of killing a downed opponent.opponent.
* '''Reconstructed''': Evil Elliot [[ISurrenderSuckers "surrendered"]] to Alice, who knew that it was a trick. By giving him an opportunity to attack her, she can prove to everyone that he was lying.



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** DefeatMeansFriendship
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* '''Parodied''': Instead of killing Elliot when he charges at her, Alice disarms him, beats him down again, and gives him a LastSecondChance. Angry at being humiliated once again, Elliot charges at her again, only to fail again. Rinse and repeat until Elliot is so badly beaten up that the only thing keeping him from trying to attack Alice yet again is the fact that all his limbs are broken.

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* '''Parodied''': Instead of killing Elliot when he charges at her, Alice disarms him, beats him down again, and gives him a LastSecondChance. Angry at being humiliated once again, Elliot charges at her again, only to fail again. Rinse and repeat until Elliot is so badly beaten up that the only thing keeping him from trying to attack Alice yet again is the fact that all his limbs are broken. Not that it stops him from shouting curses and demands for her to come back and face him.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice beats Elliot and lets her live. When walking away, Elliot tries to backstab Alice but a cautious Alice placed a small trap in case this happened.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice beats Elliot and lets her him live. When walking away, Elliot tries to backstab Alice but a cautious Alice placed a small trap in case this happened.
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* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???
Alice defeats Evil Elliot in a game of checkers, being one turn away from victory. Alice turns to talk to Barry real quick and Elliot swaps pieces around. This ends up upseting the balance of the table and it sets off a chain reaction that ends in Elliot's death.
* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice beats Elliot and lets her live. When walking away, Elliot tries to backstab Alice but a cautious Alice placed a small trap in case this happened.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The writers want to give Elliot karmic justice, and decides that if she tries to backstab alice and failed, it would give the right message.



* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???
Alice is aware killing Elliot is in bad taste, so she waits until she can make it look like an accident.
* '''Defied''': ???Elliot knows not to try and backstab alice.
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Instead of killing Elliot when he charges at her, Alice disarms him, beats him down again, and gives him a LastSecondChance. Angry at being humiliated once again, Elliot charges at her again, only to fail again. Rinse and repeat until Elliot is so badly beaten up that the only thing keeping him from trying to attack Alice yet again is the fact that all his limbs are broken.

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's act of sparing Evil Elliot is a wile. She was hoping for him to try to backstab her from the beginning. This would give Alice a perfect justification to kill Evil Elliot and remain a pure heroine in the eyes of everybody and/or avoid the moral implications of killing a downed opponent.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's act of sparing Evil Elliot is a wile. She was hoping for him to try to backstab her from the beginning. This would give Alice a perfect justification to kill Evil Elliot and remain a pure heroine in the eyes of everybody and/or avoid the moral implications of killing a downed opponent. '''Parodied''': ???
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* '''Enforced''': ???




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* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's act of sparing Evil Elliot is a wile. She was hoping for him to try to backstab her from the beginning. This would give Alice a perfect justification to kill Evil Elliot and remain a pure heroine in the eyes of everybody and/or avoid the moral implications of killing a downed opponent.


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* '''Averted''': Evil Elliot accepts his defeat and allows Alice to take him to the cops who are waiting outside to arrest him.

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* '''Averted''': Evil '''Averted''':
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Elliot accepts his defeat and allows Alice to take him to the cops who are waiting outside to arrest him.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice act of sparing Evil Elliot is a wile. She was hoping for him to try to backstab her from the beginning. This would give Alice a perfect justification to kill Evil Elliot and remain a pure heroine in the eyes of everybody and/or avoid the moral implications of killing a downed opponent.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice Alice's act of sparing Evil Elliot is a wile. She was hoping for him to try to backstab her from the beginning. This would give Alice a perfect justification to kill Evil Elliot and remain a pure heroine in the eyes of everybody and/or avoid the moral implications of killing a downed opponent.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice act of sparing Evil Elliot is a wile. She was hoping for him to try to backstab her from the beginning. This would give Alice a perfect justification to kill
Evil Elliot and remain a pure heroine in the eyes of everybody and/or avoid the moral implications of killing a downed opponent.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice act of sparing Evil Elliot is a wile. She was hoping for him to try to backstab her from the beginning. This would give Alice a perfect justification to kill
kill Evil Elliot and remain a pure heroine in the eyes of everybody and/or avoid the moral implications of killing a downed opponent.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice act of sparing Evil Elliot is a wile. She was hoping for him to try to backstab her from the beginning. This would give Alice a perfect justification to kill
Evil Elliot and remain a pure heroine in the eyes of everybody and/or avoid the moral implications of killing a downed opponent.
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* '''Straight''': Anna fights Evil Ellie and wins. She has mercy on the poor, defeated, seemingly helpless wretch and begins to walk away. Ellie tries to stab her in the back, but Anna dodges the knife thrust and buries her own blade in Ellie's chest before she can try again.
* '''Justified''': Anna is willing to forgive, but promised Evil Ellie that the next time she did anything evil, she would kill her. And she always keeps her promises.
* '''Inverted''': Evil Ellie is the superior fighter and has defeated Anna, who is the hero. Ellie is very evil, but nevertheless she just doesn't feel like killing Anna right now, so she starts walking away. Anna can't let such a dangerous person run free, so she desperately rushes at her from behind...and is promptly dispatched by Ellie.
* '''Subverted''': After her defeat at the hands of the mighty Anna, Evil Ellie runs at her from behind with her blade drawn, but she doesn't expect or intend to hurt Anna by doing so. She is actually hoping that Anna will kill her, because Ellie is a DeathSeeker.
* '''Double Subverted''': Evil Ellie runs at Anna from behind with her blade drawn, feeling certain that Anna will react to her very loud and obvious attack by killing her and ending her miserable existence. However, Ellie slips in a pool of her own blood and stumbles, inadvertently dodging Alice's decapitating slash. Then she bounces off the opposite wall and crashes into Anna dagger-point first, killing her. Oops.
* '''Averted''': Evil Ellie accepts her defeat and allows Anna to take her to the cops who are waiting outside to arrest her.

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* '''Straight''': Anna Alice fights Evil Ellie Elliot and wins. She has mercy on the poor, defeated, seemingly helpless wretch and begins to walk away. Ellie Elliot tries to stab her in the back, but Anna Alice dodges the knife thrust and buries her own blade in Ellie's Elliot's chest before she he can try again.
* '''Justified''': Anna Alice is willing to forgive, but promised Evil Ellie Elliot that the next time she he did anything evil, she would kill her.him. And she always keeps her promises.
* '''Inverted''': Evil Ellie Elliot is the superior fighter and has defeated Anna, Alice, who is the hero. Ellie Elliot is very evil, but nevertheless she he just doesn't feel like killing Anna Alice right now, so she he starts walking away. Anna Alice can't let such a dangerous person run free, so she desperately rushes at her him from behind...and is promptly dispatched by Ellie.
Elliot.
* '''Subverted''': After her his defeat at the hands of the mighty Anna, Alice, Evil Ellie Elliot runs at her from behind with her his blade drawn, but she he doesn't expect or intend to hurt Anna Alice by doing so. She He is actually hoping that Anna Alice will kill her, him, because Ellie Elliot is a DeathSeeker.
* '''Double Subverted''': Evil Ellie Elliot runs at Anna Alice from behind with her his blade drawn, feeling certain that Anna Alice will react to her his very loud and obvious attack by killing her him and ending her his miserable existence. However, Ellie Elliot slips in a pool of her his own blood and stumbles, inadvertently dodging Alice's decapitating slash. Then she he bounces off the opposite wall and crashes into Anna Alice dagger-point first, killing her. Oops.
* '''Averted''': Evil Ellie Elliot accepts her his defeat and allows Anna Alice to take her him to the cops who are waiting outside to arrest her.him.



** Evil Ellie succeeds in killing Anna when she's off-guard.
* '''Lampshaded''': "What were you thinking, Ellie? Have you ever heard of this actually working?"
* '''Invoked''': "Don't turn your back on her, Anna! She looks like she wants to stab somebody and probably still has a weapon on her somewhere!"

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** Evil Ellie Elliot succeeds in killing Anna Alice when she's off-guard.
* '''Lampshaded''': "What were you thinking, Ellie? Elliot? Have you ever heard of this actually working?"
* '''Invoked''': "Don't turn your back on her, Anna! She him, Alice! He looks like she he wants to stab somebody and probably still has a weapon on her him somewhere!"
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* '''Straight''': Alice fights Evil Elliott and wins. She has mercy on the poor, defeated, seemingly helpless wretch and begins to walk away. Elliott tries to stab her in the back, but Alice dodges the knife thrust and buries her own blade in Elliott's chest before he can try again.
* '''Justified''': Alice is willing to forgive, but promised Evil Elliot that the next time he did anything evil she would kill him. And she always keeps her promises.
* '''Inverted''': Evil Elliott is the superior fighter and has defeated Alice, who is the hero. Elliott is very evil, but nevertheless he just doesn't feel like killing Alice right now, so he starts walking away. Alice can't let such a dangerous person run free, so she desperately rushes at him from behind...and is promptly dispatched by Elliott.
* '''Subverted''': After his defeat at the hands of the mighty Alice, Evil Elliott runs at her from behind with his blade drawn, but he doesn't expect or intend to hurt Alice by doing so. He is actually hoping that Alice will kill him, because he is a DeathSeeker.
* '''Double Subverted''': Evil Elliott runs at Alice from behind with his blade drawn, feeling certain that she will react to his very loud and obvious attack by killing him and ending his miserable existence. However, Elliott slips in a pool of his own blood and stumbles, inadvertently dodging Alice's decapitating slash. Then he bounces off the opposite wall and crashes into Alice dagger-point first, killing her. Oops.
* '''Averted''': Evil Elliott accepts his defeat and allows Alice to take him to the cops who are waiting outside to arrest him.

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* '''Straight''': Alice Anna fights Evil Elliott Ellie and wins. She has mercy on the poor, defeated, seemingly helpless wretch and begins to walk away. Elliott Ellie tries to stab her in the back, but Alice Anna dodges the knife thrust and buries her own blade in Elliott's Ellie's chest before he she can try again.
* '''Justified''': Alice Anna is willing to forgive, but promised Evil Elliot Ellie that the next time he she did anything evil evil, she would kill him.her. And she always keeps her promises.
* '''Inverted''': Evil Elliott Ellie is the superior fighter and has defeated Alice, Anna, who is the hero. Elliott Ellie is very evil, but nevertheless he she just doesn't feel like killing Alice Anna right now, so he she starts walking away. Alice Anna can't let such a dangerous person run free, so she desperately rushes at him her from behind...and is promptly dispatched by Elliott.
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* '''Subverted''': After his her defeat at the hands of the mighty Alice, Anna, Evil Elliott Ellie runs at her from behind with his her blade drawn, but he she doesn't expect or intend to hurt Alice Anna by doing so. He She is actually hoping that Alice Anna will kill him, her, because he Ellie is a DeathSeeker.
* '''Double Subverted''': Evil Elliott Ellie runs at Alice Anna from behind with his her blade drawn, feeling certain that she Anna will react to his her very loud and obvious attack by killing him her and ending his her miserable existence. However, Elliott Ellie slips in a pool of his her own blood and stumbles, inadvertently dodging Alice's decapitating slash. Then he she bounces off the opposite wall and crashes into Alice Anna dagger-point first, killing her. Oops.
* '''Averted''': Evil Elliott Ellie accepts his her defeat and allows Alice Anna to take him her to the cops who are waiting outside to arrest him.her.



** Evil Elliot succedes in killing Alice when she's off-guard.
* '''Lampshaded''': "What were you thinking, Elliott? Have you ever heard of this actually working?"
* '''Invoked''': "Don't turn your back on him, Alice! He looks like he wants to stab somebody and probably still has a weapon on him somewhere!"

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** Evil Elliot succedes Ellie succeeds in killing Alice Anna when she's off-guard.
* '''Lampshaded''': "What were you thinking, Elliott? Ellie? Have you ever heard of this actually working?"
* '''Invoked''': "Don't turn your back on him, Alice! He her, Anna! She looks like he she wants to stab somebody and probably still has a weapon on him her somewhere!"
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* '''Justified''': Alice is willing to forgive, but promised Evil Elliot that the next time he did anything evil she would kill him. And she always keeps her promises.

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