History PlayingWith / CerebusRetcon

'''Basic Trope''': A previously comical moment is {{retcon}}ned as having been very serious.

* '''Enforced''': "All right, gang, we need to make this show more serious. What gags have we done that are actually quite deadly?"

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob trips up on a banana and falls onto a spiked ball nearby, causing him to jump up and hit his head on the fan. [[AmusingInjuries At first it's just a gag]], but later it's revealed [[RealityEnsues Bob died from it]], and was a [[TheUndead zombie]] this whole time, living in constant pain from the wounds he received but unable to say anything about it because he was under magic control.

'''Basic Trope''': A previously comical moment is retconned as having been very serious.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob trips up on a banana and falls onto a spiked ball nearby, causing him to jump up and hit his head on the fan. [[AmusingInjuries At first it's just a gag]], but later it's revealed [[RealityEnsues Bob died from it]], and was a zombie this whole time, living in constant pain from the wounds he received but unable to say anything about it because he was under magic control.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob slips on a banana for a gag. Later, Alice chews out Mike for not having disposed of it properly.

* '''Inverted''': [[{{Narm}} Bob finds out he has cancer. He later finds it to be]] ''[[{{Narm}} hilarious]]''[[{{Narm}} .]]
* '''Subverted''': Bob starts to feel sad, but just forgets about it...
* '''Double Subverted''': ...then remembers it lately and is deeply hurt about it.
* '''Parodied''': Bob complains about tripping on a banana, crying and wailing, but no one cares and he just sighs and forgets about it.

** Bob avoids the banana.
** Alternatively, Bob doesn't complain and [[MadeOfIron he may as well never have tripped on the banana.]]

* '''Conversed''': "In shows where everything starts getting serious, people always feel sad about things that happen to them comedically."

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

'''Basic Trope''': A previously comical moment is retconned to being something completely serious.
* '''Straight''': Bob trips up on an banana for a gag. Later it's revealed to have caused brain damage that ended in a coma.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob trips up on a banana, falls on to a spiked ball also on the floor, causing him to jump up and hit his head on the fan. At first it's just a gag, but later it's revealed Bob died from it, and was a zombie this whole time, living in constant pain from the wounds he received but he could not say anything about it because he was under magic control.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob slips on a banana peal for a gag. Later Alice gets chewed out over it.
* '''Justified''': Some supposedly wacky stunts really ''are'' dangerous.
* '''Inverted''': [[{{Narm}} Bob finds out he has cancer. He later finds it to be ''hilarious''.]]

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

** Alternatively, Bob doesn't complain and he may as well never have tripped on the banana.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Who'd a thought bananas would be so dangerous."
* '''Invoked''': The EvilOverlord deliberately plants bananas all over the floor so that everyone will think he's harmless before realizing that tripping over a banana is exceptionally deadly.

* '''Defied''': "I'm about to slip on that banana, then I'll be really hurt! I'll just step over it then."

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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob trips up on a banana, falls on to a spiked ball also on the floor, causing him to jump up and hit his head on the fan. At first it's just a gag, but later it's revealed bob died from it, and was a zombie this whole time, living in constant pain from the wounds he received but he could not say anything about it because he was under magic control.

* '''Straight''': Bob trips up on an banana for a gag. Later it's revealed to have caused brain damage that ended in a coma

'''Basic Trope''': A previously comical act is retconned to being something completely serious.

* '''Straight''': Bob trips up on an banana and is really hurt that Alice would just leave it lying around on the floor.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob trips up on a banana, falls on to a spiked ball also on the floor, causing him to jump up and hit his head on the fan. He then dies.
* '''Downplayed''': ???

'''Basic Trope''': A previously comical act is retconned to being something completely serious.

* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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* '''Averted''': Bob avoids the banana.

** Alternatively, Bob doesn't complain and he may as well never of tripped on the banana.

* '''Inverted''': [[Narm Bob finds out he has cancer. He later finds it to be ''hilarious''.]]

* '''Inverted''': Bob finds out he has cancer. He later finds it to be ''hilarious''.