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** Victor killed Alice, [[MutualKill getting mortally wounded in the process]].
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* '''Inverted''': Saving someone by doing nothing.

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* '''Inverted''': Saving Jack saves Victor someone by doing nothing.nothing, and not interfering with the people actually capable of saving his life.
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** Jack wouldn't have gotten to Victor in time anyway.

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** Jack doesn't save Victor from a burning house, given that Victor was the one who light it up in the first place.

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** Jack doesn't save Victor from a burning house, given that Victor was the one who light set it up on fire in the first place.



* '''Inverted''': Saving someone by doing nothing

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** Jack believes that Victor is irredeemable, that [[AssholeVictim he brought the fate upon himself]], and that even if Jack saved Victor, the latter [[UngratefulBastard would still carry on trying to hurt him and other people]]. Leaving him to his fate would ensure that [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty Victor had gotten away with his misdeeds for the last time]].
* '''Inverted''': Saving someone by doing nothingnothing.
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* '''Averted''': Jack doesn't allow Victor die from his injuries.

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* '''Averted''': Jack doesn't allow Victor to die from his injuries.
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** attempting to save Victor would only reveal Jack to the killer and make it harder to give the police a good ID on the perp.

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** attempting Attempting to save Victor would only reveal Jack to the killer and make it harder to give the police a good ID on the perp.
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** attempting to save Victor would only reveal Jack to the killer and make it harder to give the police a good ID on the perp.
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** Jack gives Victor a knife, despite that he is no match for the killer, armed or not.

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* '''Downplayed''': Jack doesn't prevent Victor from suffering a severe but non-fatal injury.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Jack doesn't prevent Victor from suffering a severe but non-fatal injury.injury.
** Jack doesn't save Victor from a burning house, given that Victor was the one who light it up in the first place.
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* '''Downplayed''': Jack doesn't prevent Victor from a severe but non-fatal injury.

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* '''Downplayed''': Jack doesn't prevent Victor from suffering a severe but non-fatal injury.
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* '''Inverted''': Jack chooses to save Victor, but it led him into dying.

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* '''Inverted''': Jack chooses to save Victor, but it led him into dying.Saving someone by doing nothing
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** Jack was preoccupied with something else extremely important, like cutting wires on a bomb.

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** Jack was preoccupied with something else extremely important, like cutting wires on a bomb.always wanted to murder Victor, and this way leaves less evidence.
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** Jack was preoccupied with something else extremely important, like cutting wires on a bomb.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Jack initially leaves Victor to die, but has second thoughts and goes back to help him.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Jack initially leaves Victor can't decide whether to die, but has second thoughts and goes back to help him.save Victor, mercy kill him, or leave him for dead.

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* '''Implied''': Jack walks by Victor, who's about to die, and doesn't look his way.



* '''Implied''': Jack walks by Victor, who's about to die, and doesn't look his way.



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

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* '''Exploited''': ???[[BigBad Victor]] already being in mortal peril saves Jack a moral dilemma, [[GoodIsNotNice at least in his eyes.]] If Victor dies now, Jack didn't kill him, [[LaserGuidedKarma he just had it coming.]]
* '''Implied''': Jack walks by Victor, who's about to die, and doesn't look his way.



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* '''Downplayed''': Jack doesn't prevent Jack from a severe but non-fatal injury.

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* '''Downplayed''': Jack doesn't prevent Jack Victor from a severe but non-fatal injury.

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* '''Discussed''': "Jack says that he [[ThouShaltNotKill doesn't kill anyone]], but leaving Victor to die kinda counts as murder."
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* '''Deconstructed''': Jack's decision in not saving Victor made him a social pariah and spends the rest of his life in prison.

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* '''Discussed''': "Jack says that he [[ThouShaltNotKill doesn't kill anyone]], but '''Discussed''':
-->'''Victor''': "Wait, you're
leaving Victor me to die kinda counts as murder.die?"\\
'''Jack''': "[[BluntYes Yes]]. You want to know why? Because you're a bastard and you deserve this to happen to you. But I won't kill you because your suffering will be too quick. I'll just stand there and bask in the moment of your long-awaited death.
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"The creator says that Jack [[ThouShaltNotKill doesn't kill anyone]], but leaving Victor to die kinda counts as murder IMHO."
* '''Deconstructed''': Jack's decision in not saving Victor made earns him a social pariah the harsh criticism from society and his friends and spends the rest of his life in prison.
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** Victor was a {{Jerkass}} who abuses Jack at every opportunity, so Jack thought that leaving him dying was a [[PayEvilUntoEvil good form of revenge]].

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** Victor was a {{Jerkass}} who abuses Jack at every opportunity, so Jack thought that leaving him dying for dead was a [[PayEvilUntoEvil good form of revenge]].

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* '''Deconstructed''': Jack's decision in not saving Victor made him a social pariah and spends the rest of his life in prison.
* '''Reconstructed''': But even so, other people [[AssholeVictim never liked Victor]] and [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing are glad that Jack left him for dead.]]



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* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???Jack chooses to save Victor, but it led him into dying.

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* '''Enforced''': Jack is ordered to leave Victor to his fate.
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* '''Invoked''':

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* '''Enforced''': Jack is ordered The author wants to make a point about how being a bystander will make you lose your humanity by having Jake leave Victor to his fate.
die.
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* '''Invoked''': Jack is ordered to leave Victor to his fate.



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

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* '''Discussed''': ???"Jack says that he [[ThouShaltNotKill doesn't kill anyone]], but leaving Victor to die kinda counts as murder."



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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''':
%%** [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Jack feels horrible afterward.]]
%%** [[StartOfDarkness Jack loses a bit of his humanity.]]

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%%** [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Jack feels horrible afterward.]]
%%** [[StartOfDarkness Jack loses a bit of his humanity.]]
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-->'''Victor''': "You're just going to leave me here, Jack!?"''

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-->'''Victor''': "You're just going to leave me here, Jack!?"''Jack!?"



* '''Defied''': '''''Jack''': "You think I'm just going to leave you here, Victor?!"''

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* '''Defied''': '''''Jack''': '''Defied''':
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"You think I'm just going to leave you here, Victor?!"''Victor?!"

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* '''Invoked''': '''''Victor''': "You're just going to leave me here, Jack!?"''

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* '''Invoked''': '''''Victor''': '''Invoked''':
-->'''Victor''':
"You're just going to leave me here, Jack!?"''

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

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* '''Parodied''': ???Victor actually [[DeathIsCheap cannot die permanently]], and no matter how many times Jack abandons him, he keeps coming back to die again.


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* '''Played For Laughs''': Victor's ghost comes back to haunt Jack with annoying reminders about the time Jack let Victor die.
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* '''Played For Drama''':
** [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Jack feels horrible afterward.]]
** [[StartOfDarkness Jack loses a bit of his humanity.]]

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Jack initially leaves Victor to die, but has second thoughts and goes back to help him.



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

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* '''Enforced''': ???Jack is ordered to leave Victor to his fate.



* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???'''''Victor''': "You're just going to leave me here, Jack!?"''



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

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* '''Defied''': ???'''''Jack''': "You think I'm just going to leave you here, Victor?!"''



%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???Drama''':
%%** [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Jack feels horrible afterward.]]
%%** [[StartOfDarkness Jack loses a bit of his humanity.]]
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Jack doesn't prevent Jack from a severe but non-fatal injury.
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'''Basic Trope''': Deliberately not saving someone from dying.
*'''Straight''': Jack chooses not to save Victor from being killed by a knife-wielding SerialKiller.
*'''Exaggerated''': Jack lets Victor to die an extremely slow and painful death from an incurable disease, even passing up any chance to give him a {{mercy kill}}ing.
*'''Downplayed''': ???
*'''Justified''':
** [[BystanderSyndrome Jack isn't concerned about the affairs of the world and is concerned about his own.]]
** Victor was a {{Jerkass}} who abuses Jack at every opportunity, so Jack thought that leaving him dying was a [[PayEvilUntoEvil good form of revenge]].
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*'''Subverted''': It were to look like Jack was going to leave Victor in a pool of his own blood until he jumps in to stop the serial killer.
*'''Double Subverted''': But after that, he leaves a wounded Victor behind, going on his own business.
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*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': Jack doesn't allow Victor die from his injuries.
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*'''Lampshaded''': ???
*'''Invoked''': ???
*'''Exploited''': ???
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