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** Evulz acid gun cannot withstand acid strong enough to dissolve bone.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Evulz destroys an entire city with his DeathRay, leaving behind hundreds of skeletons in the wreckage.
* '''Downplayed''': Evulz shoots a death ray at Alice, which promptly causes her to [[LudicrousGibs explode]]. Scattered bones are seen in the aftermath.

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Evulz destroys an entire city with his DeathRay, leaving behind hundreds of skeletons in the wreckage.
** Evulz becomes God and deletes all flesh from existence, creating the ultimate [[DemBones skeleton army]].
* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Evulz shoots a death ray at Alice, which promptly causes her to [[LudicrousGibs explode]]. Scattered bones are seen in the aftermath.aftermath.
** Evulz headshots Alice with an acid gun, only revealing the [[SkullForAHead skull]].
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* '''Played For Horror''': Alice is not turned into a bleached skeleton from science class, but rather a blood soaked skeleton with the gruesome remains of her muscles, ligaments, and tendons.

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* '''Discussed''': Bob: "This is all I have left of my girlfriend". Charlie: "Well, at least you have an entire skeleton left to bury".

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* '''Discussed''': Bob: "This is all I have left of my girlfriend". girlfriend." Charlie: "Well, at least you have an entire skeleton left to bury".bury."
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice learns to adjust to her new life as a living skeleton.



* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice learns to adjust to her new life as a living skeleton.




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* '''Parodied''': In this universe, everyone is a somehow a superhuman with a skeleton made of indestructible substances.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''': In this universe, everyone is a somehow a superhuman with a skeleton made of indestructible substances.

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* '''Parodied''':
** Alice is reduced to a skeleton, but survives and walks back home unaware. [[TomatoInTheMirror Then she notices that pieces of her seem to be falling off for some reason]]...

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* '''Parodied''':
** Alice
'''Parodied''': In this universe, everyone is reduced to a skeleton, but survives and walks back home unaware. [[TomatoInTheMirror Then she notices that pieces somehow a superhuman with a skeleton made of her seem to be falling off for some reason]]...indestructible substances.




** Bob's shoes are preserved and serve as a tragic reminder of his death.
** Scientists analyze Bob's shoes and use the data to develop new lava boots.
* '''Reconstructed''': [[ResetButton Alice takes the shoes to a lab, where they take a swab, clone Bob, and upload his memories.]] Bob makes millions selling his shoes on eBay.

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\n** Bob's shoes are preserved * '''Defied''': Evulz has set his ray to max power, to avoid leaving behind any evidence.
* '''Discussed''': Bob: "This is all I have left of my girlfriend". Charlie: "Well, at least you have an entire skeleton left to bury".
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice's boyfriend Bob finds her skeleton, buries it,
and serve as a tragic reminder of his death.
** Scientists analyze Bob's shoes and use
vows revenge on the data to develop new lava boots.
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* '''Reconstructed''': [[ResetButton '''Played For Laughs''': Alice takes the shoes learns to adjust to her new life as a lab, where they take a swab, clone Bob, and upload his memories.]] Bob makes millions selling his shoes on eBay.living skeleton.



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'''Basic Trope''': After obliteration, a character's skeleton is all that remains.
* '''Straight''': [[BigBad Alien Lord Evulz]] shoots [[RedShirt Alice]] with a DeathRay, stripping her of all her items, clothes, flesh, and organs, and reducing her to nothing but a skeleton.
* '''Exaggerated''': Evulz destroys an entire city with his DeathRay, leaving behind hundreds of skeletons in the wreckage.
* '''Downplayed''': Evulz shoots a death ray at Alice, which promptly causes her to [[LudicrousGibs explode]]. Scattered bones are seen in the aftermath.
* '''Justified''':
** Evulz's death ray is powerful enough to kill someone and nearly vaporize them, but too weak to destroy bone.
** Evulz is a [[CollectorOfTheStrange collector]], and plans to [[CreepySouvenir add Alice's skeleton to his collection]].
* '''Inverted''': Evulz's death ray passes through Alice's body and melts just her bones, leaving her a [[AndIMustScream throbbing, boneless mass]].
* '''Subverted''': The death ray vaporizes Alice layer-by-layer, with her skeleton being prominently shown, before she is reduced to a burn mark and a pile of ash.
* '''Double Subverted''': The incineration burns an image of Alice's skeleton on the ground.
* '''Parodied''':
** Alice is reduced to a skeleton, but survives and walks back home unaware. [[TomatoInTheMirror Then she notices that pieces of her seem to be falling off for some reason]]...
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Alice is incinerated completely.
* '''Enforced''': Alice was intended to explode into a [[{{Gorn}} bloody mess]], but this was way too disgusting for the executives, so a cleaner alternative was included instead.
* '''Lampshaded''': Alice: "Omigosh! Why are my legs turning to BONE!?"

** Bob's shoes are preserved and serve as a tragic reminder of his death.
** Scientists analyze Bob's shoes and use the data to develop new lava boots.
* '''Reconstructed''': [[ResetButton Alice takes the shoes to a lab, where they take a swab, clone Bob, and upload his memories.]] Bob makes millions selling his shoes on eBay.
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