History PlayingWith / LotteryOfDoom

** The winner has to [[ShamefulStrip strip naked,]] paint themselves puce, and run around insulting themself.
** It's a [[ConScription draft lottery]], the 'winners' become CannonFodder.
* '''Justified''':

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': It's just an ordinary win-the-lottery-get-a-financial-windfall lottery.
* '''Enforced''': "Let's have a lottery of doom. It'll be interesting."

* '''Discussed''': "Listen, Mr. [[MeaningfulName Spadeheart]], this is no monetary lottery. This is a be-fed-to-the-Rain-God-to-avert-drought lottery."
* '''Conversed''': "All those poor girls think Emperor Evulz will, if not be faithful, at least keep the "winner" in luxury and comfort. From the screams behind that door a few scenes ago, however, it sounds like [[RapeAsDrama he makes Ted Bundy or Uday Hussein look decent by comparison]]."

* '''Played For Laughs:''' The winner of the lottery has to put up with a month of hazing by everyone else. To his dismay, the local ButtMonkey seems to win an awful lot...
* '''Played For Drama''': Our hero, Maya, is an ordinary citizen of TheEmpire just trying to keep her head down. Unfortunately, she wins the lottery and is sent to meet Emperor Evulz, having no idea just what ''happens'' to the winners summoned before him... only aware that it ''can't'' be anything good.

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* '''Downplayed''': The winner has to [[ShamefulStrip strip naked,]] paint themselves puce, and run around insulting themself.

* '''Justified''': The citizens of Saverton believe that the well is protected by a guardian spirit who is strengthened by the sacrifices; they fear that if they don't honor it, the well will dry up. The lottery is a "fair" way to select the new sacrifice.
* The lottery is used as a means of population control.

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

* '''Subverted''': Saverton has a lottery every year and [[TheWoobie Andrea]] wins it and ends up in the middle of town tied to an altar. The heroes move in to disrupt the ritual and it turns out the lottery is chosen to determine who gets their [[FunctionalMagic their potential]] awakened, determined randomly to help prevent conflict over who gets it.

* '''Parodied''': The Lottery is a sort of televised event, complete with a [[LargeHam hammy]] GameShowHost, and [[BlackComedy people get very excited knowing that they'll get a horrific death]].
* '''Deconstructed''': Naturally, not everyone who's ''eligible'' for the lottery wants to participate. More and more people refuse, leading to riots and an eventual upheaval of the whole system.
* '''Reconstructed''': To avoid riots, the lottery is secretly rigged so that those "chosen" are mainly malcontents and loners on the fringes of their society. Citizens are also taught that the system is fair, balanced and will benefit their society as a whole. This helps to keep any resistance movements from gaining traction.

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* '''Conversed''': "All those poor girls think Emperor Evulz will, if not be faithful, at least keep the "winner" in luxury and comfort. From the screams behind that door a few scenes ago, however, it sounds like [[RapeAsDrama he makes Ted Bundy or Uday Hussein]] [[CompleteMonster look decent by comparison]]."

* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Conversed''': "All those poor girls think Emperor Evulz will, if not be faithful, at least keep the "winner" in luxury and comfort. From the screams behind that door a few scenes ago, however, it sounds like he makes Ted Bundy or Uday Hussein look decent by comparison."

* '''Averted''': ???

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