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** The symbol of the butterfly deity is a corpse.



* '''Double Subverted''': ...and then, when Alice is actually killed from Yomi and Yami's attack, black-blue butterflies burst from her body, and she's BackFromTheDead.
* '''Parodied''': Swarm of black-blue butterflies are 1up in ''Death Tropers'', complete with big shiny "1UP" letters floating above them. Picking them up gives you the message "You don't need to worry the next time we kill you!", [[{{Moe}} cheerfully voiced]] by Yomi and Yami's voice actresses.
* '''Zig Zagged''': [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou Some black-blue butterflies kill Alice instantly when they touch her]]. Others act as 1up. And then, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation when Alice is actually killed in the story]], it's not just the butterflies who swarm to her and bring her back to life, the other insects get to play a role... [[{{Squick}} as in, beetles and roaches]].

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* '''Double Subverted''': ...Subverted''':
** ...
and then, when Alice is actually killed from Yomi and Yami's attack, black-blue butterflies burst from her body, and she's BackFromTheDead.
** We learn that they have been following her because she is undead.
* '''Parodied''': Swarm '''Parodied''':
** Swarms
of black-blue butterflies are 1up 1ups in ''Death Tropers'', complete with big shiny "1UP" letters floating above them. Picking them up gives you the message "You don't need to worry the next time we kill you!", [[{{Moe}} cheerfully voiced]] by Yomi and Yami's voice actresses.
** Butterflies are treated like zombies.
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[[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou Some black-blue butterflies kill Alice instantly when they touch her]]. Others act as 1up. And then, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation when Alice is actually killed in the story]], it's not just the butterflies who swarm to her and bring her back to life, the other insects get to play a role... [[{{Squick}} as in, beetles and roaches]].roaches]].
** Butterflies raise the dead but kill those who have already been resurrected.



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* '''Conversed''': ???

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** Alice prevents caterpillars from metamorphosing to stop all necromancy.
* '''Discussed''': ???
“Anyone else notice that every time someone comes back from the dead, butterflies are involved?”
* '''Conversed''': ???“Why does every show use butterflies to symbolize rebirth?”



* '''Played For Drama''': Only one species of butterfly can bring people back from the dead, causing a war over access to them.
* '''Played For Horror''': Only corpse-feeding butterflies can raise the dead, so people only come back after they have decayed extensively.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
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Only one species of butterfly can bring people back from the dead, causing a war over access to them.
** Butterflies are the spirits of the dead, and sacrifice themselves to bring others back.
* '''Played For Horror''': Horror''':
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Only corpse-feeding butterflies can raise the dead, so people only come back after they have decayed extensively.extensively.
** Butterflies cause the zombie apocalypse.

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* '''Inverted''': Being surrounded by magical butterflies prevent ghosts from arising from corpses.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Being surrounded by magical butterflies prevent ghosts from arising from corpses.corpses.
** Butterflies symbolize pregnancy.



* '''Averted''': ''Death Tropers'' doesn't use butterflies for symbolism.

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* '''Averted''': ''Death '''Averted''':
**''Death
Tropers'' doesn't use butterflies for symbolism.symbolism.
**''Death Tropers'' doesn’t contain butterflies.



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* '''Played For Laughs''': ???People turn into butterflies to become immortal.

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* '''Justified''': In the world of ''Death Tropers'', black-blue butterflies do have magic power to bring people BackFromTheDead.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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In the world of ''Death Tropers'', black-blue butterflies do have magic power to bring people BackFromTheDead.BackFromTheDead.
** Truth in Television, some butterflies are attracted to corpses because they provide extra nutrients.



* '''Invoked''': Bob covers Alice in nectar to attract butterflies so they will resurrect Alice.
* '''Exploited''': Alice becomes a butterfly collector to try and cheat death.
* '''Defied''': Knowing that black-blue butterflies are dangerous, Alice bring a can of insecticide spray with her.

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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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Bob covers Alice in nectar to attract butterflies so they will resurrect Alice.
* '''Exploited''': ** Alice becomes a butterfly collector to try and cheat death.
* '''Defied''': '''Exploited''':
** Police follow butterflies to find murder victims.
** Butterflies are used to figure out if someone practices necromancy.
** Adventurers avoid butterflies because the often follow zombies.
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Knowing that black-blue butterflies are dangerous, Alice bring a can of insecticide spray with her.her.
** Evulz uses lots of bug spray to avoid being identified as a necromancer.



* '''Played For Horror''': Only corpse-feeding butterflies can raise the dead, so

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* '''Played For Horror''': Only corpse-feeding butterflies can raise the dead, so people only come back after they have decayed extensively.
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* '''Implied''':
* '''Deconstructed''': Butterflies
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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* '''Implied''':
'''Implied''': We see caterpillars crawling on Alice’s corpse and then it cuts to Alice coming back from the dead and brushing empty chrysalises off her body.
* '''Deconstructed''': Butterflies
Butterflies spread diseases because they’re constantly landing on dead people and bring them back.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???Then a genetically and/or magically modified butterfly is developed, which has self-sterilizing feet.



* '''Played For Horror''': Only corpse-feeding butterflies can

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* '''Played For Horror''': Only corpse-feeding butterflies can raise the dead, so

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** A caterpillar teaches Alice a resurrection spell.



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* '''Downplayed''': A disheartened Alice sees a butterfly and is inspired to [[ButterflyOfTransformation change herself]] to overcome her problem.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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A disheartened Alice sees a butterfly and is inspired to [[ButterflyOfTransformation change herself]] to overcome her problem.problem.
** Butterfly wings are a component of a resurrection spell.



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* '''Enforced''': ???The author’s kids demand butterflies to have an important role in the story.



* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???
Bob covers Alice in nectar to attract butterflies so they will resurrect Alice.
* '''Exploited''': ???Alice becomes a butterfly collector to try and cheat death.



* '''Implied''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Butterflies
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': Only one species of butterfly can bring people back from the dead, causing a war over access to them.
* '''Played For Horror''': Only corpse-feeding butterflies can



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* '''Exaggerated''': Those black-blue butterflies are Alice's new power, which in game is represented as one hit kill.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Those black-blue butterflies are Alice's new power, which in game is represented as one hit kill.a OneHitKill.
** A butterfly is the resident {{psychopomp}} or [[EverybodyHatesHades death god]] of the ''Death Tropers'' universe.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Butterflies? That means Alice is gonna come back! Yippee!"

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* '''Downplayed''': A disheartened Alice sees a butterfly and is inspired to change herself to overcome her problem.

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* '''Downplayed''': A disheartened Alice sees a butterfly and is inspired to [[ButterflyOfTransformation change herself herself]] to overcome her problem.
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* '''Double Subverted''': ...and then, when Alice is actually killed from Yomi and Yami' attack, black-blue butterflies burst from her body, and she's BackFromTheDead.

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* '''Double Subverted''': ...and then, when Alice is actually killed from Yomi and Yami' Yami's attack, black-blue butterflies burst from her body, and she's BackFromTheDead.
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* '''Downplayed''': A disheartened Alice sees a butterfly and is inspired to change herself to overcome her problem.
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* '''Straight''': In the horror RPG ''Death Tropers'', the protagonist Alice is BackFromTheDead after [[CreepyTwins Yomi and Yami]] killed her, and Alice now has enough power to take them down. Alice's resurrection is heralded by a swarm of black-blue butterfly.

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* '''Straight''': In the horror RPG ''Death Tropers'', the protagonist Alice is BackFromTheDead after [[CreepyTwins Yomi and Yami]] killed her, and Alice now has enough power to take them down. Alice's resurrection is heralded by a swarm of black-blue butterfly.butterflies.

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