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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice disguises herself as a doctor, goes to a hospital and moves from bed to bed giving every patient a lethal injection.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Alice disguises herself as a doctor, goes to a hospital and moves from bed to bed giving every patient a lethal injection.injection.
** Alice disguises herself as a doctor and outright bombs a hospital.

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* '''Subverted''': Alice tries to poison Bob while he is on his sickbed, but he gets better.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Alice tries to poison Bob while he is on his sickbed, but he gets better.better.
** It looked to be this, but Bob died of surgical trauma while Alice was visiting in an attempt to show good sportsmanship to her rival.
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** Bob is normally a force to be reckoned with, so Alice reasons that her best chance of taking him out the picture is when he is already weakened.

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** Bob is normally a force to be reckoned with, so Alice reasons that her best chance of taking him out of the picture is when he is already weakened.

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* '''Justified''': Alice wants Bob out of the way, and the cover of a natural death serves her purposes.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Alice wants Bob out of the way, and the cover of a natural death serves her purposes.purposes.
** Bob is normally a force to be reckoned with, so Alice reasons that her best chance of taking him out the picture is when he is already weakened.

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* '''Defied''': Bob kills Alice before she can kill him.
* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Bob kills Alice before she can kill him.
** Charlie sees Alice about to kill Bob and kills her first.
* '''Discussed''': ???"Bob's in the hospital. It should be easy to finish him off there."

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* '''Deconstructed''': The autopsy reveals that Bob was poisoned.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The autopsy reveals that Bob was poisoned. Killing Bob in his condition was easy, but evading punishment will be significantly more difficult.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice already has an escape plan in motion, so killing Bob is a matter of possibility rather than discretion.



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'''Basic Trope''': A person who is sick in bed is murdered, presumably in hopes that it will be passed off as a natural death.
* '''Straight''': Alice disguises herself as a doctor, visits Bob at a hospital, and gives him a lethal injection.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice disguises herself as a doctor, goes to a hospital and moves from bed to bed giving every patient a lethal injection.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice disguises herself as a doctor, visits Bob at a hospital, and gives him a non-lethal injection that will send him into a coma.
* '''Justified''': Alice wants Bob out of the way, and the cover of a natural death serves her purposes.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice visits Bob in hospital, and he kills her.
** Or, Alice saves Bob's life.
* '''Subverted''': Alice tries to poison Bob while he is on his sickbed, but he gets better.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...then has a relapse and dies.
* '''Parodied''': Charlie witnesses Alice killing Bob and the two have an argument similar to the "Dead Parrot" sketch from ''Monty Python'', with Alice repeatedly saying that Bob's not really dead..

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'''Basic Trope''': A person who is sick in bed is murdered, presumably in hopes that it will be passed off as a natural death.
death.
* '''Straight''': Alice disguises herself as a doctor, visits Bob at a hospital, and gives him a lethal injection.
injection.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice disguises herself as a doctor, goes to a hospital and moves from bed to bed giving every patient a lethal injection.
injection.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice disguises herself as a doctor, visits Bob at a hospital, and gives him a non-lethal injection that will send him into a coma.
coma.
* '''Justified''': Alice wants Bob out of the way, and the cover of a natural death serves her purposes.
purposes.
* '''Inverted''':
'''Inverted''':
** Alice visits Bob in hospital, and he kills her.
her.
** Or, Alice disguises herself as a doctor and saves Bob's life.
life, possibly because the real doctor is incompetent.
* '''Subverted''': Alice tries to poison Bob while he is on his sickbed, but he gets better.
better.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...then has a relapse and dies.
dies.
* '''Parodied''': Charlie witnesses Alice killing Bob and the two have an argument similar to the "Dead Parrot" sketch from ''Monty Python'', with Alice repeatedly saying that Bob's not really dead..dead.



* '''Averted''': Alice does not kill Bob on his sickbed.
* '''Enforced''': The author wants to show that Alice has crossed the MoralEventHorizon.
* '''Lampshaded''':

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* '''Averted''': Alice does not kill Bob on his sickbed.
sickbed.
* '''Enforced''': The author wants to show that Alice has crossed the MoralEventHorizon.
MoralEventHorizon.
* '''Lampshaded''': '''Lampshaded''':



'''Alice:''' Nope.
* '''Invoked''': Alice
* '''Exploited''': ???

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'''Alice:''' Nope.
Nope.
* '''Invoked''': Alice
Alice hears that Bob is in the hospital, and sees it as the perfect chance to murder him.
* '''Exploited''': ???Charlie films the murder, and uses the film footage to blackmail Alice.



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

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* '''Conversed''': ???"How did Alice fool all those doctors? This story already made no sense!"
* '''Deconstructed''': The autopsy reveals that Bob was poisoned.



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

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* '''Parodied''': ???Charlie witnesses Alice killing Bob and the two have an argument similar to the "Dead Parrot" sketch from ''Monty Python'', with Alice repeatedly saying that Bob's not really dead..

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

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* '''Enforced''': ???
The author wants to show that Alice has crossed the MoralEventHorizon.
* '''Lampshaded''': ??? '''Lampshaded''':
--> '''Bob:''' (''sees the knife in Alice's hand'') You're not here to wish me well, are you.\\
'''Alice:''' Nope.



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

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* '''Defied''': ???Bob kills Alice before she can kill him.
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* '''Inverted''': Alice visits Bob in hospital, and he kills her.
** Alternatively Alice saves Bob's life.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Alice visits Bob in hospital, and he kills her.
** Alternatively Or, Alice saves Bob's life.



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'''Basic Trope''': A person who is sick in bed is murdered, presumably in hopes that it will be passed off as a natural death.
* '''Straight''': Alice disguises herself as a doctor, visits Bob at a hospital, and gives him a lethal injection.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice disguises herself as a doctor, goes to a hospital and moves from bed to bed giving every patient a lethal injection.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice disguises herself as a doctor, visits Bob at a hospital, and gives him a non-lethal injection that will send him into a coma.
* '''Justified''': Alice wants Bob out of the way, and the cover of a natural death serves her purposes.
* '''Inverted''': Alice visits Bob in hospital, and he kills her.
** Alternatively Alice saves Bob's life.
* '''Subverted''': Alice tries to poison Bob while he is on his sickbed, but he gets better.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...then has a relapse and dies.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Alice does not kill Bob on his sickbed.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Alice
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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