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* '''Implied''': One of the treasure at the maritime museum is a human enveloped by nacre, which [[GeniusBonus considering how pearls are made]]... tells a lot about how he died.



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* '''Straight''': Bob is eaten by a giant clam.

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* '''Straight''': Bob is eaten bitten by a giant clam.



* '''Inverted''': Bob eats the clam.
* '''Subverted''': Bob watches in terror as the giant clam closes its shell around him... but it's moving so slowly that Bob can swim out of the clam with little effort.

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Bob eats the clam.
** The clam spawns smaller creatures by spitting them out.
* '''Subverted''': Bob watches in terror as the a giant clam closes its shell around him... but it's moving so slowly that Bob can swim out of the clam with little effort.



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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Watch out for clams. They tend to bite people with their shells."



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* '''Defied''': ???Bob sees a clam and {{Palate Prop|ping}}s it with a stick to make sure it doesn't bite him.
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'''Basic Trope''': A clam bites or eats someone with its shell.
* '''Straight''': Bob is eaten by a giant clam.
* '''Exaggerated''': The clam actually rips Bob apart like a shark.
* '''Downplayed''': A scallop gently closes its shell against Bob's body, but doesn't actually hurt him.
* '''Justified''': The clam is a ChestMonster.
* '''Inverted''': Bob eats the clam.
* '''Subverted''': Bob watches in terror as the giant clam closes its shell around him... but it's moving so slowly that Bob can swim out of the clam with little effort.
* '''Double Subverted''': Then the clam jumps out and eats him anyway.
* '''Parodied''': Bob has an AbsurdPhobia of clams because he thinks they're all carnivores.
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* '''Averted''': Clams pose no threat to anyone.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Major Merman, an ocean-themed villain, locks Bob up in a cage made to look like a giant clam.
* '''Exploited''': Bob dispatches Major Merman by dropping him into a clam bed, where Merman gets his JustDesserts.
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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