History PlayingWith / NoOneCouldSurviveThat

'''Basic Trope''': A character goes though an event that is indicated to be unsurvivable, but usually survives.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob fell off the cliff and died, became a ghost and haunted the BigBad. He was then brought back to life by one group of friends, but he CameBackWrong because another group already reincarnated his soul into another being.

** People go down and search for Bob, but are utterly shocked when the find him alive.

* '''Exploited''': Alice, knowing Bobs skill in rock climbing, makes a stand with Bob next too a cliff, hoping that if Bob is thrown off, maybe he can escape the BigBad's wrath.

* '''Justified''': Bob was trained in [[ChekhovsSkill rock climbing]] and had specialized gear on him.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob survives the fall, but is realistically injured and spends months recovering.

* '''Inverted''': "Bob is now in a [[PutOnABus sanctuary]]. Nothing {{b|usCrash}}ad happens there."

* '''Parodied''': The cliff was only 4 ft high, Bob sprained an ankle in the fall and it took him a while to get back up.

* '''Inverted''': Bob is now in a [[PutOnABus sanctuary]]. Nothing {{b|usCrash}}ad happens there.

* '''Inverted''': Bob is now in a [[PutOnABus sanctuary]]. Nothing [[BusCrash bad]] happens there.

* '''Exploited''': Alice, knowing Bobs skill in rock climbing, makes a stand with Bob next too a cliff, hoping that if Bob is thrown off, maybe he can escape the {{Big Bad}}'s wrath.

** The BigBad put [[SpikesOfDoom spikes]] at the bottom of the cliff in case this would happen.

** "I'm pretty sure he's dead down there. But just in case, go down and check. [[NeverFoundTheBody And don't come back without his body]]."

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The writers intended for Bob's death scene to be unquestionably fatal, but the fans come up with a way he could have survived it.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob falls off the cliff, and then rocks fall onto him, followed by a boulder, then out of nowhere a big boat. Just ask [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner Wile E Coyote]]

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

'''NoOneCouldSurviveThat''': A character goes though an event that is indicated to be unsurvivable, but usually survives.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice thinks Bob is dead, and her grief causes her to commit suicide.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Defied''': The BigBad put [[SpikesOfDoom spikes]] at the bottom of the cliff in case this would happen.

* '''Discussed''': "The river below the cliff is very fast. It would take a lot of effort to ensure that someone who fell in was actually dead."

* '''Played For Drama''': Joe stops Alice from running over to the cliff after Bob falls over it.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The writers intended for Bob's death scene to be unquestionably fatal, but the fans come up with a way he could have survived it.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob fell off the cliff and died, became a ghost and haunted the BigBad. He was then brought back to life by one group of friends, but he {{CameBackWrong}} because another group already reincarnated his soul into another being.

* '''Invoked''': When cornered, Bob jumps off the cliff, thinking that he could probably survive it and the {{BigBad}} would think he wouldn't

* '''Deconstructed''': ???

* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob falls off the cliff, and then rocks fall onto him, followed by a boulder, then out of nowhere a big boat. Just ask [[WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner Wile E Coyote]]

* '''Straight''': Bob was fell off a big cliff, but managed to cling to a branch before he went too far down.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob was eaten whole by a monster, who then fell off a cliff, followed by a bunch of rocks falling on him. Bob then manages to use his knife to rip out of the dead monster's body, and with heroic strength moves the rocks aside and comes to without a scratch.

* '''Subverted''': The {{BigBad}} saw Bob fall off a cliff and assumed he died. This was a correct assessment.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob fell off the cliff and died, became a ghost and haunted the BigBad. Was then brought back to life one group of friends, but he {{CameBackWrong}} because another group already reincarnated his soul into another being.
* '''Averted''': Bob never survives anything that would make everyone think he is dead. Either he dies when he fall, or he never falls.
* '''Enforced''': {{CliffHanger}}
* '''Lampshaded''': Alice tells Bob, who is in great pain after falling off the cliff, that the {{BigBad}} probably won't look for him, seeing as no one could have normally survived that fall.
* '''Invoked''': Alice knowing Bobs skill in rock climbing makes a stand with Bob next too a cliff, hoping that if Bob is thrown off, maybe he can escape the {{BigBad}}'s wrath.
* '''Exploited''': When cornered Bob jumps off the cliff, thinking that he could probably survive it and the {{BigBad}} would think he wouldn't
* '''Defied''': The {{BigBad}} put spikes at the bottom of the cliff in case this would happen.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The writers intended for Bob's death scene to be unquestionably fatal, but the fans come up with a way he could have survived it.

* '''Averted''': All the characters on the show can feel each other's life force and know when one of them dies.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob fell off the cliff and died, became a ghost and haunted the [[BigBad]]. Was then brought back to life one group of friends, but he {{CameBackWrong}} because another group already reincarnated his soul into another being.