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* '''Played For Horror''': Bob is stalking Alice without her noticing. Everytime she feels she's being followed, he just disapears, making her grow paranoid.
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** Alice was distracted the moment Bob came by/out, and thus didn't notice him appearing.
** Bob has teleportation skills, and thus can appear anywhere he chooses to without warning.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice is GenreSavvy enough to expect Bob to pop in out of nowhere. He uses the door for once.

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* '''Subverted''': Alice is GenreSavvy enough to expect expects Bob to pop in out of nowhere. He uses the door for once.
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* '''Enforced''': The writers want to make Bob look mysterious and {{Badass}}.

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* '''Enforced''': The writers want to make Bob look mysterious and {{Badass}}.badass.

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* '''Averted''': Bob never shows up or leaves unannounced and uses the door.

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Bob never shows up or leaves unannounced and uses the door.door.
** Bob appears and disappears while Alice is looking right at him.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob somehow makes Alice appear in front of him when he needs to talk to her and makes her disapear when the conversation is over.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob somehow makes Alice appear in front of him when he needs to talk to her and makes her disapear disappear when the conversation is over.
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** Bob seems to have disappeared after Alice looks away for a brief moment, but she soon spots him awkwardly trying to hide behind a piece of scenery that is not nearly large enough to conceal him.

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** Bob seems to have disappeared after Alice looks away for a brief moment, but she soon spots him awkwardly trying to hide behind a nearby piece of scenery that is not nearly large enough to conceal him.

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* '''Parodied''': Bob continually appears and disappears throughout the entire conversation until Alice becomes annoyed and shouts, "Stop that!"

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Bob continually appears and disappears throughout the entire conversation until Alice becomes annoyed and shouts, "Stop that!"that!"
** Bob seems to have disappeared after Alice looks away for a brief moment, but she soon spots him awkwardly trying to hide behind a piece of scenery that is not nearly large enough to conceal him.
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* '''Double Subverted''': Then,once the conversation is over, disappears from the room just to mess with her.
* '''Parodied''': Bob continually appears and disappears throughout the entire conversation until Alice becomes annoyed and shouts, "Stop that!".
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob alternates between different methods of entering and leaving the room. Sometimes he empoys this trope and sometimes he doesn't. Sometime Alice knows he's coming and sometimes she doesn't.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Then,once Then, once the conversation is over, disappears from the room just to mess with her.
* '''Parodied''': Bob continually appears and disappears throughout the entire conversation until Alice becomes annoyed and shouts, "Stop that!".
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob alternates between different methods of entering and leaving the room. Sometimes he empoys employs this trope and sometimes he doesn't. Sometime Sometimes Alice knows he's coming and sometimes she doesn't.



* '''Enforced''': The writers want to make Bob look mysterious and BadAss.

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* '''Enforced''': The writers want to make Bob look mysterious and BadAss.{{Badass}}.



* '''Invoked''': Bob just learned how to use this technique in Ninja School so he tries it out on Alice.

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* '''Invoked''': Bob just learned how to use this technique in Ninja School School, so he tries it out on Alice.

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* '''Implied''': Alice describes a meeting with Bob and briefy mentions that she has no idea how he came and went from the room.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice eventually gets tired of Bob doing this in conversations and grows increasingly paranoid and frustrated with him.

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* '''Implied''': Alice describes a meeting with Bob and briefy briefly mentions that she has no idea how he came and went from the room.
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Alice eventually gets tired of Bob doing this in conversations and grows increasingly paranoid and frustrated with him.
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** By leaving mid-sentence, Bob misses a crucial detail and makes a significant mistake.
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* '''Double Subverted''': Then,once the conversation is over, disappears form the room just to mess with her.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Then,once the conversation is over, disappears form from the room just to mess with her.

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* '''Parodied''': Bob continually appears and disappears throughout the entire conversation until Alice becomes annoyed and shouts, "Stop that!".



* '''Parodied''': Bob continually appears and disappears throughout the entire conversation until Alice becomes annoyed and shouts, "Stop that!".
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* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

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* %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

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'''Basic Trope''': A stealthy character appears and/or disappears without warning or explanation, often as the prelude or ending to a conversation.
* '''Straight''': Bob shows up in Alice's house without being seen or heard and freaks her out.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is flying in a crowded plane and Bob suddenly shows up in the passenger seat beside her somehow without being seen. Once he's finished talking to her, somehow leaves the plane just as easily.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is on the street and Bob sneaks up on her, using the crowd to hide himself until he gets close, then disappears just as easily.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob is using his ninja skills to intimidate Alice into giving him information.
** Bob needs to talk to Alice but she is in a secure area, requiring a great deal of stealth.
* '''Inverted''': Bob somehow makes Alice appear in front of him when he needs to talk to her and makes her disapear when the conversation is over.
* '''Subverted''': Alice is GenreSavvy enough to expect Bob to pop in out of nowhere. He uses the door for once.
* '''Double Subverted''': Then,once the conversation is over, disappears form the room just to mess with her.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob alternates between different methods of entering and leaving the room. Sometimes he empoys this trope and sometimes he doesn't. Sometime Alice knows he's coming and sometimes she doesn't.
* '''Parodied''': Bob continually appears and disappears throughout the entire conversation until Alice becomes annoyed and shouts, "Stop that!".
* '''Averted''': Bob never shows up or leaves unannounced and uses the door.
* '''Enforced''': The writers want to make Bob look mysterious and BadAss.
* '''Lampshaded''': "I guess this is the part where you disappear and everyone is impressed, right?"
* '''Invoked''': Bob just learned how to use this technique in Ninja School so he tries it out on Alice.
* '''Exploited''': Bob is purposefully being spooky and unpredictable to scare Alice.
* '''Defied''': Alice catches Bob sneaking in through the window.
* '''Discussed''': "So how the hell do you do that anyway?"
* '''Conversed''': Bob and Alice see this in a movie and wonder how the character managed to sneak in without anyone seeing.
* '''Implied''': Alice describes a meeting with Bob and briefy mentions that she has no idea how he came and went from the room.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice eventually gets tired of Bob doing this in conversations and grows increasingly paranoid and frustrated with him.
* '''Reconstructed''': Until he shows her how he does it. Then they take turns doing it to each other because it is just that darn fun to do.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob shows up in a random, inopportune place such as when Alice is at the dentist's office.
* '''Played For Drama''': When Bob does this, it frightens Alice and she has difficulty trusting him.
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