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* '''Zig-Zagged''': There are several possible causes of death for Bob, and it's left ambiguous as to which one is true.

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''':
** … triggered by Charlie. (Jury's still out on if he knew what his actions would do)
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There are several possible causes of death for Bob, and it's left ambiguous as to which one is true.

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* '''Deconstructed''':
**Alice makes many guesses on how Bob died, but all her statement are proven false. She then decides that enough is enough and quits being a detective out of resentment towards her peers.
**Alice keeps on being fed lies as to how Bob died, which drives her towards depression and fear of people.
* '''Reconstructed''':
**Alice actually makes for [[YouarebetterthanYouthinkYouare a whole lot better detective than she thinks she is]] according to her parents, which restores her motivation to deduce how Bob actually died.
**Alice is told to not trust the people who lied to her about Bob's death, and asks for help from the more trustworthy people who have more reliable evidence.



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* '''Justified''': Alice got her information on Bob's death from a non-reputable source.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Alice got her information on Bob's death from a non-reputable source.source.
** Critical information was not available when the accident was first investigated.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character discovers that they were wrong about how they believed someone died.
* '''Straight''': Alice believes that her friend Bob died in a car crash, but it turns out that Charlie murdered him instead.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice believes that Bob was killed in a car crash... but he didn't actually die at all, and is still out there.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice believes that Bob died in a car accident, and that he was deemed dead on arrival. In reality, Bob actually survived the initial crash, but emergency workers couldn't revive him.
* '''Justified''': Alice got her information on Bob's death from a non-reputable source.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is falsely told that Bob is still alive, when in fact he's dead.
* '''Subverted''': Alice learns that Bob actually wasn't murdered by Charlie...
* '''Double Subverted''': ...in fact, he died of a heart attack.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': There are several possible causes of death for Bob, and it's left ambiguous as to which one is true.
* '''Averted''':
** Bob never dies.
** Alice finds out how Bob dies, and it turns out to be accurate the first time.
* '''Enforced''': The show's writers wanted to retcon the cause of Bob's [[KilledOffscreen offscreen death]], so they stated that the original report of his death was false.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Charlie gives Alice false information to cover his tracks.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alice doesn't believe the false information about Bob's death, and demands to know how he actually died.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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