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** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. Bob pokes her with a stick. Alice tells him to bog off.

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** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. Bob [[PokingDeadThingsWithAStick pokes her with a stick. Alice stick]]. Alice, however, is not dead tells him to bog off.quit doing that and call for emergency services.
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* '''Logical Extreme''': Alice '''erases Emperor Evulz from existence.''' Emperor Evulz comes back anyway.

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*** Alice has a heart attack, comes down with brain cancer, develops gangrene in both arms and both legs, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking gets a paper cut]]. In the next episode, she's alive and well.

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*** ** Alice has a heart attack, comes down with brain cancer, develops gangrene in both arms and both legs, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking gets a paper cut]]. In the next episode, she's alive and well.



** Alice didn't destroy Emperor Evulz' true being. As long as his [[SoulJar soul phylactery]] remains intact he can [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica regenerate his body with magic]].

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** Alice didn't destroy Emperor Evulz' true being. As long as his [[SoulJar soul phylactery]] remains intact he can [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica regenerate his body with magic]].magic.



*** Or she [[DroppedABridgeOnHim is crushed by a falling piano on her way out of the hospital]].
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*** Or she [[DroppedABridgeOnHim is crushed by a falling piano on her way out of the hospital]].
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** Alice didn't destroy Emperor Evulz' true being. As long as his soul phylactery remains intact he can [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica regenerate his body with magic]].

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** Alice didn't destroy Emperor Evulz' true being. As long as his [[SoulJar soul phylactery phylactery]] remains intact he can [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica regenerate his body with magic]].
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** Alice didn't destroy Emperor Evulz' true being. As long as his soul phylactery remains intact he can [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica regenerate his body with magic]].
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*** Alice has a heart attack, comes down with brain cancer, develops gangrene in both arms and both legs, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking gets a paper cut]]. In the next episode, she's alive an well.

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*** Alice has a heart attack, comes down with brain cancer, develops gangrene in both arms and both legs, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking gets a paper cut]]. In the next episode, she's alive an and well.
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*** Alice has a heart attack, comes down with brain cancer, develops gangrene in both arms and both legs, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking gets a paper cut]]. In the next episode, she's alive an well.

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* '''Straight''': Alice beats Emperor Evulz, then throws him off a cliff and drowns him. He shows up a few episodes later, ready for revenge.

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Alice beats Emperor Evulz, then throws him off a cliff and drowns him. He shows up a few episodes later, ready for revenge.



* '''Exaggerated''': Alice beats Emperor Evulz, then throws him off a cliff, drowns him, and orders a tactical airstrike over that part of the sea. She then orders a giant fishing boat to fish those waters clean and freeze everything they catch. However, despite all this, Emperor Evulz still comes back.
** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she's alive and well, [[TheSimpsons because it made her feel a lot better]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Alice beats Emperor Evulz, then throws him off a cliff, drowns him, and orders a tactical airstrike over that part of the sea. She then orders a giant fishing boat to fish those waters clean and freeze everything they catch. However, despite all this, Emperor Evulz still comes back.
** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she's alive and well, [[TheSimpsons [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons because it made her feel a lot better]].
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OnlyMostlyDead or AlmostDeadGuy



* '''Inverted''': Emperor Evulz dies permanently as soon as Alice displays the slightest bit of force.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Emperor Evulz dies permanently as soon as Alice displays the slightest bit of force.



* '''Parodied''': Emperor Evulz has an overly long "death" animation.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Emperor Evulz has an overly long "death" animation.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is expecting Emperor Evulz to return at any moment. And after a while, he does. However, as soon as he appears and explains to Alice how he's still alive, she kicks his ass and kills him off for real.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Zagged''':
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Alice is expecting Emperor Evulz to return at any moment. And after a while, he does. However, as soon as he appears and explains to Alice how he's still alive, she kicks his ass and kills him off for real.



* '''Averted''': Emperor Evulz dies the first time.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Emperor Evulz dies the first time.



* '''Enforced''': "OK, so Emperor Evulz has a lot of fans who would get pissed if he died. But Alice is TheHero and she has to win. Wait, I've got it..".

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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"OK, so Emperor Evulz has a lot of fans who would get pissed if he died. But Alice is TheHero and she has to win. Wait, I've got it..".



* '''Lampshaded''': "I know you thought I was dead, but that's why pencils have erasers!"

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* '''Lampshaded''': '''Lampshaded''':
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"I know you thought I was dead, but that's why pencils have erasers!"



* '''Invoked''': Emperor Evulz decides to goad Alice into throwing him into the ocean so he can live to fight another day.

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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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Emperor Evulz decides to goad Alice into throwing him into the ocean so he can live to fight another day.



* '''Exploited''': Emperor Evulz can't afford Alice disrupting the operations in his stronghold, so he faces her at a different location and "dies" so she'll believe her quest is done. While he recovers, business continues as usual.

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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
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Emperor Evulz can't afford Alice disrupting the operations in his stronghold, so he faces her at a different location and "dies" so she'll believe her quest is done. While he recovers, business continues as usual.



* '''Defied''': Alice, not entirely sure that Evulz is dead, decides to go make sure.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Alice, not entirely sure that Evulz is dead, decides to go make sure.



* '''Discussed''': "I don't know...I know I just killed Evulz, but I have this incredibly odd feeling in the back of my mind that he's just going to show up again to fight me".

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* '''Discussed''': '''Discussed''':
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"I don't know...I know I just killed Evulz, but I have this incredibly odd feeling in the back of my mind that he's just going to show up again to fight me".



* '''Conversed''': "Ah, I know how this thing ends. Right after they begin their celebration party for finally having killed the bad guy, he's gonna show up, ready and raring for Round Two".

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* '''Conversed''': '''Conversed''':
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"Ah, I know how this thing ends. Right after they begin their celebration party for finally having killed the bad guy, he's gonna show up, ready and raring for Round Two".

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** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she's alive and well.



** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she's alive and well, [[TheSimpsons because it made her feel a lot better]].



** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she's alive and well, but she feels very wobbly...



** Alice is a videogame character.



** Alice has a seizure in one episode, and never appears again.



** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, a ReplacementScrappy is in her place.



** ...which turns out to be Alice in disguise.



** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, a funeral is held for her, but the people who attend hear her scream "SURPRISE!" when she wakes up inside her coffin.



** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she's alive and well, but in the episode after, she has another one and is never seen again.



** Alice has a heart attack and is never seen again.



** Alice is the protagonist of the series, so it's impossible to kill her off after a heart attack.



** Bob: "How did you survive that heart attack?" Alice: "That's the way the cookie crumbles!"



** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she wakes up in the coffin confused about what's going on.



** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she feels better.



** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. Bob pokes her with a stick. Alice tells him to bog off.



** "Alice? What about the heart attack?"



** "Alice is ALIVE?!?! I thought she had a heart attack and died!!! NoOneShouldSurviveThat!!!"



** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she attends to ''her own funeral''.



** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, the vicar postpones her funeral, because she's alive and well.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she's alive and well, because she said it was for a practical joke.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice has a heart attack in one episode. She throws up and another Alice comes out.



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* '''Deconstructed''': Evulz' survival truly stymies Alice, which in turn makes her feel like her only option is to give up fighting - if she can't truly kill him, what good is she?

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Evulz' survival truly stymies Alice, which in turn makes her feel like her only option is to give up fighting - if she can't truly kill him, what good is she?



* '''Reconstructed''': Alice, though frightened at her archenemy's return, realizes that she has to train and get stronger in order to kill him for real.

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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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Alice, though frightened at her archenemy's return, realizes that she has to train and get stronger in order to kill him for real.

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** Emperor Evulz had a way of healing quickly, possibly HealingFactor or a device, and it would take a very detailed destruction of him to kill his body off for good.

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** Emperor Evulz had a way of healing quickly, possibly HealingFactor or a device, and it would take a very detailed destruction of him to kill his body off for good.can only be killed if that's neutralized first.



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

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* '''Exploited''': ???Emperor Evulz can't afford Alice disrupting the operations in his stronghold, so he faces her at a different location and "dies" so she'll believe her quest is done. While he recovers, business continues as usual.


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** Evulz' near-death experience deeply scars him, both physically and mentally. He develops an immense fear of Alice and falls into a deep depression.


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** Evulz trains himself to regain his lost strength and becomes even stronger than before, with the goal of crushing Alice and defeating his fear.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???OnlyMostlyDead or AlmostDeadGuy

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* '''Justified''': [[NighInvulnerable Emperor Evulz]] is ''very'' resilient. It takes a truly amazing amount of punishment to do him in.

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* '''Justified''': '''Downplayed''': ???
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[[NighInvulnerable Emperor Evulz]] is ''very'' resilient. It takes a truly amazing amount of punishment to do him in.



* '''Double Subverted''':

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':



* '''Deconstructed''': Evulz' survival truly stymies Alice, which in turn makes her feel like her only option is to give up fighting - if she can't truly kill him, what good is she?
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice, though frightened at her archenemy's return, realizes that she has to train and get stronger in order to kill him for real.



* '''Enforced''': "OK, so Emperor Evulz has a lot of fans who would get pissed if he died. But Alice is TheHero and she has to win. Wait, I've got it..."

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* '''Enforced''': "OK, so Emperor Evulz has a lot of fans who would get pissed if he died. But Alice is TheHero and she has to win. Wait, I've got it..."it..".



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



* '''Discussed''': "I don't know...I know I just killed Evulz, but I have this incredibly odd feeling in the back of my mind that he's just going to show up again to fight me."
* '''Conversed''': "Ah, I know how this thing ends. Right after they begin their celebration party for finally having killed the bad guy, he's gonna show up, ready and raring for Round Two."

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* '''Discussed''': "I don't know...I know I just killed Evulz, but I have this incredibly odd feeling in the back of my mind that he's just going to show up again to fight me."
me".
* '''Conversed''': "Ah, I know how this thing ends. Right after they begin their celebration party for finally having killed the bad guy, he's gonna show up, ready and raring for Round Two."Two".
* '''Deconstructed''': Evulz' survival truly stymies Alice, which in turn makes her feel like her only option is to give up fighting - if she can't truly kill him, what good is she?
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice, though frightened at her archenemy's return, realizes that she has to train and get stronger in order to kill him for real.



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* '''Subverted''': Alice is uneasy, expecting him to return at any moment. After a while, it becomes clear that he's dead for real.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, after a few months, he comes back, explaining that he only survived because he put himself into a temporary death state to survive her onslaught of attacks.

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Alice is uneasy, expecting him to return at any moment. After a while, it becomes clear that he's dead for real.
** The Emperor Evulz who reappears turns out to be an impostor.
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However, after a few months, he comes back, explaining that he only survived because he put himself into a temporary death state to survive her onslaught of attacks.attacks.
** ...An impostor hired by the real Emperor Evulz, who's still in intensive care from his not quite fatal wounds.
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** Emperor Evulz had a way of healing quickly, possibly HealingFactor or a device, and it would take a very detailed destruction of him to kill his body off for good.

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* '''Justified''': Emperor Evulz is ''very'' resilient. It takes a truly amazing amount of punishment to do him in.

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* '''Justified''': [[NighInvulnerable Emperor Evulz Evulz]] is ''very'' resilient. It takes a truly amazing amount of punishment to do him in.in.
** That's not really Emperor Evulz she killed. He just made a weak doppelganger to fool Alice.

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