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* '''Parodied''': The heroes learn that the serial killer is soon to operate in their town. The first thing they do is to hide every sex worker in said town.

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The heroes learn that the serial killer is soon to operate in their town. The first thing they do is to hide every sex worker in said town.town.
** The heroes disguise themselfs as sex workers to catch Dave.

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** Prostitutes are the only exception in Dave's SelectiveSlaughter, as [[FreudianExcuse his mother was one]] and, as they remember him of her and EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas, Dave will never kill a prostitute on purpose.

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** Prostitutes are the only exception in Dave's SelectiveSlaughter, as [[FreudianExcuse [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas his mother was one]] and, as one]], and they remember him of her and EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas, Dave will her; ergo, he would never kill a prostitute them on purpose.



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** Prostitutes are the only exception in Dave's SelectiveSlaughter, as [[FreudianExcuse his mother was one]] and, as they remember him of her and EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas, Dave will never kill a prostitute on purpose.
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** [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Alice]] has to kill to survive. To appease her conscious she does so by posing as a sex worker [[MuggingTheMonster and lives off of]][[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted serial killers]] ensuring that she ends up saving more lives than she takes.

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** [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Alice]] has to kill to survive. To appease her conscious she does so by posing as a sex worker [[MuggingTheMonster and lives off of]][[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted of]] [[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted serial killers]] ensuring that she ends up saving more lives than she takes.

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* '''Exploited''': Dave murders Alice and several other sex workers in order to conceal another crime, both to draw attention from his other crime and because he believes that no one will concern themselves greatly over the deaths of sex workers.

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Dave murders Alice and several other sex workers in order to conceal another crime, both to draw attention from his other crime and because he believes that no one will concern themselves greatly over the deaths of sex workers.

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** Dave is a SerialKiller who targets specifically chaste women and virgins. He wants to degrade and dephase them because, in his view, any woman who ISN'T a sex worker or an easy skank is a revolting hypocrite or an aberration that needs to know her place.

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** Dave is a SerialKiller who targets specifically chaste women and virgins. He wants to degrade and dephase debase them because, in his view, any woman who ISN'T a sex worker or an easy skank is a revolting hypocrite or an aberration that needs to know her place. place.
** Sex workers are the only ones guaranteed to never die. If attacked by a serial killer they will escape, and they will never get hurt during a shooting spree.


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** [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Alice]] has to kill to survive. To appease her conscious she does so by posing as a sex worker [[MuggingTheMonster and lives off of]][[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted serial killers]] ensuring that she ends up saving more lives than she takes.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is a important character, generally liked despite being a sex worker. Her violent death is a big deal for the heroes.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Alice is a important character, generally liked despite being a sex worker. Her violent death is a big deal for the heroes.

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** The sex industry is vital where Alice lives. After Bob murders her and several other strippers, the local sex workers stop working out fear for their lives. As a result, the economy suffers and a great amount of pressure is put on the police to stop Bob.



** The sex industry is vital where Alice lives. After Bob murders her and several other strippers, the local sex workers stop working out fear for their lives. As a result, the economy suffers and a great amount of pressure is put on the police to stop Bob.
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** The sex industry is vital where Alice lives. After Bob murders her and several other strippers, the local sex workers stop working out fear for their lives. As a result, the economy suffers and a great amount of pressure is put on the police to stop Bob.
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** Dave is a SerialKiller who targets women EXCEPT for sex workers. Alice, a crude prude, is his latest victim.

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** Dave is a SerialKiller who targets specifically chaste women EXCEPT for and virgins. He wants to degrade and dephase them because, in his view, any woman who ISN'T a sex workers. Alice, a crude prude, worker or an easy skank is his latest victim.a revolting hypocrite or an aberration that needs to know her place.

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* '''Parodied''':
** The heroes learn that the serial killer is soon to operate in their town. The first thing they do is to hide every sex worker in said town.

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'''Parodied''': The heroes learn that the serial killer is soon to operate in their town. The first thing they do is to hide every sex worker in said town.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Dave is a SerialKiller who only ever targets sex workers, and Alice is his latest victim.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Dave is a SerialKiller who only ever targets sex workers, none of whom are even ''reported'' as being killed (never mind investigated), and Alice is his latest victim.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Dave murdered Alice the stripper, but it took him 3,423 tries (of which we're shown 17). The only time Alice comments on this is during try #159, when Dave runs up to her while she's stripteasing and attempts to shoot her. The gun misfires, and Alice just says "You could've hurt me." The funny part was that she mistakened the gun for a lighter.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Dave murdered Alice the stripper, but it took him 3,423 tries (of which we're shown 17). The only time Alice comments on this is during try #159, when Dave runs up to her while she's stripteasing and attempts to shoot her. The gun misfires, and Alice just says "You could've hurt me." The funny part was that she mistakened mistook the gun for a lighter.lighter.
* '''Played For Drama''': Dave targets sex workers because his parents were murdered by one.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Dave is a SerialKiller who only ever targets sex workers, and Alice is his latest victim.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice was one of the prositute victims injured by Dave. She got better, [[MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome although the news did not cover much on her]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': Dave is a SerialKiller who only ever targets sex workers, and Alice is his latest victim.
victim.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice was one of the prositute prostitute victims injured by Dave. She got better, [[MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome although the news did not cover much on her]].



** Dave is a SerialKiller who targets women EXCEPT for sex workers. Alice, a crude prude, is his latest victim.

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** Dave is a SerialKiller who targets women EXCEPT for sex workers. Alice, a crude prude, is his latest victim.



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is a important character, generally liked despite being a sex worker. Her violent death is a big deal for the heroes.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice was a BitchInSheepsClothing. After finding out the heroes decide that she [[AssholeVictim isn't worth angsting about]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Dave's victims are murdered as a result of convenience rather than him targeting certain people; some are sex workers, some not.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is a important character, generally liked despite being a sex worker. Her violent death is a big deal for the heroes.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice was a BitchInSheepsClothing. After finding out the heroes decide that she [[AssholeVictim isn't worth angsting about]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Dave's victims are murdered as a result of convenience rather than him targeting certain people; some are sex workers, some not.



** Dave, realizing how pitiful Alice's life is that resulted her into a prositute, decided to spare her.

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** Dave, realizing how pitiful Alice's life is that resulted her into a prositute, prostitute, decided to spare her.



-->'''Detective Carol''': "Why is it when a sex worker dies, nobody cares, but when it's anyone else, [[AMillionIsAStatistic it's a]] [[MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome big deal?]]"
-->'''Detective Bob''': "People like distancing themselves from the vics. They don't like thinking it can happen to them. They like the idea that 'if you're not a streetwalker, you'll be ok.'"

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** Two cops have the next conversation:
-->'''Detective Carol''': "Why is it when a sex worker dies, nobody cares, but when it's anyone else, [[AMillionIsAStatistic it's a]] [[MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome big deal?]]"
-->'''Detective
deal?]]"\\
'''Detective
Bob''': "People like distancing themselves from the vics.victims. They don't like thinking it can happen to them. They like the idea that 'if you're not a streetwalker, you'll be ok.'"



* '''Played For Laughs''': Dave murdered Alice the stripper, but it took him 3,423 tries (of which we're shown 17). The only time Alice comments on this is during try #159, when Dave runs up to her while she's stripteasing and attempts to shoot her. The gun misfires, and Alice just says "You could've hurt me." The funny part was that she mistakened the gun for a lighter.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is a important character, generally liked despite being a sex worker. Her violent death is a big deal for the heroes.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice was a BitchInSheepsClothing. After finding out the heroes decide that she [[AssholeVictim isn't worth angsting about]].
* '''Played For Laughs''': Dave murdered Alice the stripper, but it took him 3,423 tries (of which we're shown 17). The only time Alice comments on this is during try #159, when Dave runs up to her while she's stripteasing and attempts to shoot her. The gun misfires, and Alice just says "You could've hurt me." The funny part was that she mistakened the gun for a lighter.






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* '''Justified''': The sex industry is, in many ways, a violent and dangerous world for those who operate in it, and often exists within a grey area commonly overlooked or disregarded by law enforcement. This makes those within it easy prey for a violent criminal.

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The sex industry is, in many ways, a violent and dangerous world for those who operate in it, and often exists within a grey area commonly overlooked or disregarded by law enforcement. This makes those within it easy prey for a violent criminal.



* '''Inverted''': Alice is a murderer who lures her male victims in by posing as a sex worker and promising sex.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Alice is a murderer who lures her male victims in by posing as a sex worker and promising sex.



* '''Subverted''': The scene is set up to make it look as if Dave will murder Alice. Instead, he leaves her alone.

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The scene is set up to make it look as if Dave will murder Alice. Instead, he leaves her alone.



* '''Double Subverted''': Dave changes his mind and murders Alice anyway.

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Dave changes his mind and murders Alice anyway.



* '''Parodied''': The heroes learn that the serial killer is soon to operate in their town. The first thing they do is to hide every sex worker in said town.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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The heroes learn that the serial killer is soon to operate in their town. The first thing they do is to hide every sex worker in said town.



* '''Defied''': Alice and her friends, fearing the risks of working the streets with potential violent killers, take measures to defend themselves and each other from those who threaten them.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Alice and her friends, fearing the risks of working the streets with potential violent killers, take measures to defend themselves and each other from those who threaten them.



* '''Discussed''': "We're cops. We're going to deal with a dead sex worker one of these days, you'll see."
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--->'''Detective Carol''': "Why is it when a sex worker dies, nobody cares, but when it's anyone else, [[AMillionIsAStatistic it's a]] [[MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome big deal?]]"
--->'''Detective Bob''': "People like distancing themselves from the vics. They don't like thinking it can happen to them. They like the idea that 'if you're not a streetwalker, you'll be ok.'"

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* '''Discussed''': '''Discussed''':
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"We're cops. We're going to deal with a dead sex worker one of these days, you'll see."
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--->'''Detective
-->'''Detective Carol''': "Why is it when a sex worker dies, nobody cares, but when it's anyone else, [[AMillionIsAStatistic it's a]] [[MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome big deal?]]"
--->'''Detective -->'''Detective Bob''': "People like distancing themselves from the vics. They don't like thinking it can happen to them. They like the idea that 'if you're not a streetwalker, you'll be ok.'"
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---> Detective Carol: "Why is it when a sex worker dies, nobody cares, but when it's anyone else, it's a big deal?"
---> Detective Bob: "People like distancing themselves from the vics. They don't like thinking it can happen to them. They like the idea that 'if you're not a streetwalker, you'll be ok.'"

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---> Detective Carol: --->'''Detective Carol''': "Why is it when a sex worker dies, nobody cares, but when it's anyone else, [[AMillionIsAStatistic it's a a]] [[MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome big deal?"
---> Detective Bob:
deal?]]"
--->'''Detective Bob''':
"People like distancing themselves from the vics. They don't like thinking it can happen to them. They like the idea that 'if you're not a streetwalker, you'll be ok.'"
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice was one of the prositute victims injured by Dave. She got better, although the news did not cover much on her.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice was one of the prositute victims injured by Dave. She got better, [[MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome although the news did not cover much on her.her]].
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice was one of the prositute victims injured by Dave. [[IGotBetter She got better]], although the new did not cover much on her.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice was one of the prositute victims injured by Dave. [[IGotBetter She got better]], better, although the new news did not cover much on her.
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** Dave, realizing how pitiful Alice's life is that resulted her into a prositute, decided to spare her.
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** Dave is a SerialKiller who targets women EXCEPT for sex workers. Alice, a crude prude, is his latest victim.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice was one of the prositute victims injured by Dave. [[IGotBetter She got better]], although the new did not cover much on her.

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* '''Straight''': Dave murders Alice, a prostitute.

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* '''Straight''': Dave murders Alice, a prostitute.stripper.



** Alice was ''not'' a sex worker, but her murderer mistook her for one.

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** Alice was ''not'' a sex worker, stripper, but her murderer Dave mistook her for one.



** It turns out Alice ''was'' a sex worker, but the people around her did not know this because she kept it secret and / or used an assumed name for her business.

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** It turns out Alice ''was'' a sex worker, stripper, but the people around that knew her did not know this because she kept it secret and / or used an assumed name for her business.



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is a important character, generally liked despite being a sex-worker. Her violent death is a big deal for the heroes.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice was a BitchInSheepsClothing. After finding outб the heroes decide that she [[AssholeVictim isn't worth angsting about]].

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is a important character, generally liked despite being a sex-worker.sex worker. Her violent death is a big deal for the heroes.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice was a BitchInSheepsClothing. After finding outб out the heroes decide that she [[AssholeVictim isn't worth angsting about]].



* '''Exploited''': Dave murders Alice and / several other sex workers in order to conceal another crime, either to draw attention from his other crime or because he believes that no one will concern themselves greatly over the deaths of prostitutes.

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* '''Exploited''': Dave murders Alice and / several other sex workers in order to conceal another crime, either both to draw attention from his other crime or and because he believes that no one will concern themselves greatly over the deaths of prostitutes.sex workers.



* '''Discussed''': "We're cops. We're going to deal with a dead prostitute one of these days, you'll see."

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* '''Discussed''': "We're cops. We're going to deal with a dead prostitute sex worker one of these days, you'll see."



---> Detective Alice: "Why is it when a prostitute dies, nobody cares, but when it's anyone else, it's a big deal"

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---> Detective Alice: Carol: "Why is it when a prostitute sex worker dies, nobody cares, but when it's anyone else, it's a big deal"deal?"



* '''Conversed''': "Betcha the VictimOfTheWeek is a prostitute this time."

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* '''Conversed''': "Betcha the VictimOfTheWeek is a prostitute sex worker this time.""
* '''Played For Laughs''': Dave murdered Alice the stripper, but it took him 3,423 tries (of which we're shown 17). The only time Alice comments on this is during try #159, when Dave runs up to her while she's stripteasing and attempts to shoot her. The gun misfires, and Alice just says "You could've hurt me." The funny part was that she mistakened the gun for a lighter.



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** ---> Detective Alice: "Why is it when a prostitute dies, nobody cares, but when it's anyone else, it's a big deal"

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---> Detective Alice: "Why is it when a prostitute dies, nobody cares, but when it's anyone else, it's a big deal"
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** ---> Detective Alice: "Why is it when a prostitute dies, nobody cares, but when it's anyone else, it's a big deal"
---> Detective Bob: "People like distancing themselves from the vics. They don't like thinking it can happen to them. They like the idea that 'if you're not a streetwalker, you'll be ok.'"
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* '''Reconstructed''': Alice was a BitchInSheepsClothing. After finding out the heroes decide that she [[AssholeVictim doesn't worth angsting about]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': Alice was a BitchInSheepsClothing. After finding out outб the heroes decide that she [[AssholeVictim doesn't isn't worth angsting about]].
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* '''Parodied''': The heroes learn that the serial killer is soon to operate tn their town. The first thing they do is hiding every sex worker in said town.

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* '''Parodied''': The heroes learn that the serial killer is soon to operate tn in their town. The first thing they do is hiding to hide every sex worker in said town.

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

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* '''Reconstructed''': ???Alice was a BitchInSheepsClothing. After finding out the heroes decide that she [[AssholeVictim doesn't worth angsting about]].
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** Dave intends to murder Alice, but Alice escapes from him.
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"We're cops. We're going to deal with a dead prostitute one of these days, you'll see."
* '''Conversed''': ???"Betcha the VictimOfTheWeek is a prostitute this time."
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* '''Parodied''': ???
The heroes learn that the serial killer is soon to operate tn their town. The first thing they do is hiding every sex worker in said town.
* '''Deconstructed''': ???Alice is a important character, generally liked despite being a sex-worker. Her violent death is a big deal for the heroes.

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