History PlayingWith / FakeKillScare

** Draco is training Bob to not let his emotion dominate him.

** Draco pretends to kill [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Maybelle]], and Bob [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing is thrilled to hear it]]. When it later turns out that Draco actually didn't kill her, Bob is rather disappointed.

** Draco pretends to kill [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Maybelle]], and Bob [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing is thrilled to hear it]].

** Draco pretends to kill Maybelle, and Bob is thrilled to hear it.
** Draco pretends to give Maybelle a paper cut, and [[MinorInjuryOverreaction Bob freaks out.]]

* '''Defied''': Draco knows if he pretends to kill Maybelle Bob will hunt him down to the ends of the earth, for his safety he uses her as only a hostage.

* '''Conversed''': [[GenreSavvy "Off-screen gunshot for the lead co-star? No way she's dead."]]

** Draco hasn't been able to catch or stop Bob, but Maybelle is much weaker, easier to catch, and very important to Bob.

* '''Downplayed''': "I have your precious little [[AndYourLittleDogToo goldfish]], Bob! ''[sound of toilet flushing]''"

** Alternatively, Draco really would have gladly had emotionally destroyed Bob by killing Maybelle, if it weren't for the fact that he needs her alive for another part of his plan.

** Draco might be a villain, but he isn't a killer (or he might be, but even so he isn't heartless enough to bring himself to kill a innocent), but he needs to emotionally destroy Bob somehow.

** Draco might be a villain, but he isn't a killer (or he might be, but he isn't heartless enough to bring himself to kill a innocent), but he needs to emotionally destroy Bob somehow.

* '''Justified''': Draco hasn't been able to catch or stop Bob, but Maybelle is much weaker, easier to catch, and very important to Bob.

** Draco pretends to give Maybelle a paper cut, and Bob freaks out.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Draco wants to kill Maybelle to upset Bob, but can't bring himself to actually hurt her. So he plans to kill her in front of Bob, but ends up accidentally killing her, thus upsetting Draco. But it turns out Maybelle faked her own death to freak out Draco, and Bob was in on the plan the whole time.

* '''Enforced''': "We need Bob to have some sort of deep motivation for going after Draco, something like the death of Maybelle, but we want to keep Maybelle alive and also show that Draco isn't a monster, although very manipulative."

* '''Conversed''': "Off-screen gunshot for the lead co-star? No way she's dead."

* '''Played For Laughs''': Draco can't bring himself to actually ''hurt'' Maybelle, so he fakes the sounds of her being "killed" by beating ''himself'' up -- Bob only hears the screaming and other noises, while viewers get to actually see Draco slamming his own head into the wall and screaming like a little girl.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...But then uses his evil powers to bring her back from the dead.

** Draco pretends to give Mabelle a paper cut, and Bob freaks out.

* '''Enforced''': "We need Bob to have some sort of deep motivation for going after Draco, something like the death of Maybelle, but we want to keep Maybelle alive and also show that Draco isn't a CompleteMonster, although very manipulative."

* '''Lampshaded''': Alice suggests to Bob why Maybelle's "death" is faked.

* '''Discussed''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ???

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

* '''Deconstructed''': The threat to Maybelle's life brings home to Bob that his hero's lifestyle can spill over into the lives of those he loves, Bob has to give serious consideration to whether fighting Draco is worth the risk to his family.
* '''Reconstructed''': He realizes that having his family involved just makes him more determined, and redoubles his efforts.

* '''Played For Laughs:''' Draco can't bring himself to actually ''hurt'' Maybelle, so he fakes the sounds of her being "killed" by beating ''himself'' up -- Bob only hears the screaming and other noises, while viewers get to actually see Draco slamming his own head into the wall and screaming like a little girl.
* '''Played For Drama:''' It looks as if Draco has killed Bob's sister and closest friend, Maybelle, in cold blood. Anguished, Bob sets out for revenge, and goes after Draco. After an intense and climactic battle, Bob defeats Draco and kills him. But Bob still can't get over the death of his sister, until he hears knocking from a nearby locked door. He unlocks the door and opens it to see his sister, Maybelle, still alive and glad to see him.

Back to FakeKillScare.
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* '''Parodied''': Draco pretends to kill Maybelle, and Bob is thrilled to hear it.

* '''Exaggerated''': Draco takes Bob's whole [[DoomedHometown hometown]] hostage and threatens to burn it to the ground unless Bob gives in to his demands.

* '''Subverted''': Draco kills Maybelle.