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** Bob is right that he's in a superhero movie, but he's wrong about how dark the movie is.

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** Sgt. Bob [=McKyles=]: "I thought we were in a Blackhawk Down fight, not a fucking Dawn of the Dead zombie outbreak!!"



** Veronica thinking she is in an alien invader show is hilarious, because the aliens she's chasing are actually InnocentAliens, and it's funny how much chaos Veronica causes. Her sadism is scary though.

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** Veronica "Veronica thinking she is in an alien invader show is hilarious, because the aliens she's chasing are actually InnocentAliens, and it's funny how much chaos Veronica causes. Her sadism is scary though."
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** Bob thinks he's in a War movie, when he's actually in a zombie movie.

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** Bob thinks he's in a War movie, Movie, when he's actually in a zombie movie.Zombie Movie.
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** Bob thinks he's TheHero or at least a member of a FiveManBand in a Fighting {{Shonen|Demographic}} Anime, but he's actually a NobleDemon that is member of a QuirkyMinibossSquad, an evil FiveManBand (yes, surprisingly, the FiveManBand trope is NOT limited to just heroes) or even a BigBadDuumvirate.

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** Bob thinks he's TheHero or at least a member of a FiveManBand in a Fighting {{Shonen|Demographic}} Anime, but he's actually a NobleDemon that is member of a QuirkyMinibossSquad, an evil FiveManBand (yes, surprisingly, the (An evil FiveManBand trope is NOT limited wasn't unheard of, it used to just heroes) be called "Five Bad Band" before the idea was scrapped) or even a BigBadDuumvirate.
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** Bob thinks he's in a War movie, when he's actually in a zombie movie.


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** Sgt. Bob [=McKyles=] initially thinks that the zombies are a PTSD-induced hallucination caused by the war, until one violently grabs at his hair to reach for his brains, the pain being very real, and he shoots it off.
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** Bob is a doomsday cultist or a crazy conspiracy theorist, so of course he's quick to assume that the local disaster in the background is apocalyptic.
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** Bob is right on the money about the setting being a RomanticComedy, but he's entirely wrong about his role in it, as he turns out to be the Dogged Nice Guy's best friend being used to show the nice guy in a better light.

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** Bob is right on the money about the setting being a RomanticComedy, but he's entirely wrong about his role in it, as he turns out to be the Dogged Nice Guy's DoggedNiceGuy's best friend being used to [[DeliberatelyBadExample show the nice guy in a better light.light]].
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Back to WrongGenreSavvy, unless of course this is actually the scene where you're found dead at your computer, with a few last keystrokes giving a clue to the murderer.

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Back to WrongGenreSavvy, unless of course this is actually the scene where you're found dead at your computer, with a few last keystrokes giving a clue to the murderer.murderer (it's probably [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TV Tropes that did you in]]).
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* '''Played For Drama''': Veronica's wrong assumptions about the aliens on Earth cause the aliens to be in danger and [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters almost get killed by her]].

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* '''Played For Drama''': Veronica's attempts to act like the paranormal-obsessed kid/minor trying to save the Earth from an AlienInvasion and her wrong assumptions about the aliens on Earth being AlienInvaders (rather than the InnocentAliens they are) cause the aliens to be in danger and [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters almost get killed by her]].
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** Female Serial-Killer Killer: For fuck's sake, Bob, this is not Film/AmericanPie! Besides, I already have a boyfriend!"

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** Female '''Female Serial-Killer Killer: Killer:''' For fuck's sake, Bob, this is not Film/AmericanPie! Besides, I already have a boyfriend!"



** Female Serial-Killer Killer: "Bob, get your fucking hands off me! This is not Film/NationalLampoon!"

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** Female '''Female Serial-Killer Killer: Killer:''' "Bob, get your fucking hands off me! This is not Film/NationalLampoon!"
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** Veronica thinking she is in an alien invader show is hilarious, because the alien is actually an innocent alien, and it's funny how much chaos Veronica causes.

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** Veronica thinking she is in an alien invader show is hilarious, because the alien is aliens she's chasing are actually an innocent alien, InnocentAliens, and it's funny how much chaos Veronica causes.causes. Her sadism is scary though.
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** '''Well-Meaning Alien:''' "Veronica!! Stop that! I'm NOT trying to conquer Earth! [[YouWatchTooMuchX You watch to many of those alien invader movies/TV shows]]! And this is NOT one of them! All you're doing is harming my innocent family! YoureInsane!

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** '''Well-Meaning Alien:''' "Veronica!! Stop that! I'm NOT trying to conquer Earth! [[YouWatchTooMuchX You watch to many This is not one of those alien invader movies/TV shows]]! And this is NOT one of them! shows! All you're doing is harming my innocent family! YoureInsane!
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** '''Well-Meaning Alien:''' "Veronica!! Stop that! I'm NOT trying to conquer Earth! [[YouWatchTooMuchX You watch to many of those alien invader movies/TV shows]]! And this is NOT one of them! YoureInsane!

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** '''Well-Meaning Alien:''' "Veronica!! Stop that! I'm NOT trying to conquer Earth! [[YouWatchTooMuchX You watch to many of those alien invader movies/TV shows]]! And this is NOT one of them! All you're doing is harming my innocent family! YoureInsane!
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** '''Well-Meaning Alien:''' "Veronica!! I'm NOT trying to conquer Earth! This is not one of those AlienInvader movies or TV shows! YoureInsane!

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** '''Well-Meaning Alien:''' "Veronica!! Stop that! I'm NOT trying to conquer Earth! This is not one [[YouWatchTooMuchX You watch to many of those AlienInvader movies or TV shows! alien invader movies/TV shows]]! And this is NOT one of them! YoureInsane!
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** Writer X wanted to make a villainous parody of Dib Membrane from WesternAnimation/InvaderZim, so she made Veronica, who only THINKS she's saving the world, when she's really just causing chaos and tormenting InnocentAliens.

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** Writer X wanted to make a villainous parody of Dib Membrane from WesternAnimation/InvaderZim, as she thinks he'd be a cool villain in a story about InnocentAliens, so she made Veronica, who only THINKS she's saving the world, when she's really just an AxCrazy {{Sadist}} causing chaos and tormenting InnocentAliens.
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** Writer X is not really a big fan of [[Series/TheXFiles Agent Fox Mulder]] and decided that a HalloweenEpisode in which a Mulder wanna-be is chasing after the protagonists because he [[YouWatchTooMuchX saw too many "X-Files" episodes]] and [[MistakenForAlien assumed they were aliens]] would be good comedy fodder.

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** Writer X is not really a big fan of [[Series/TheXFiles Agent Fox Mulder]] and decided that a HalloweenEpisode in which a Mulder wanna-be is chasing after the protagonists because he [[YouWatchTooMuchX saw too many "X-Files" episodes]] and [[MistakenForAlien [[MistakenForAliens assumed they were aliens]] would be good comedy fodder.
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** Writer X is not really a big fan of [[Series/TheXFiles Agent Fox Mulder]] and decided that a HalloweenEpisode in which a Mulder wanna-be is chasing after the protagonists because he [[YouWatchTooMuchX saw too many "X-Files" episodes]] and [[MistakenForAlien assumed they were aliens]] would be good comedy fodder.
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** '''Well-Meaning Alien:''' "Veronica!! I'm NOT trying to conquer Earth! This is not one of those alien invader movies or TV shows! YoureInsane!

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** '''Well-Meaning Alien:''' "Veronica!! I'm NOT trying to conquer Earth! This is not one of those alien invader AlienInvader movies or TV shows! YoureInsane!



** Veronica thinking she is in an AlienInvader show is hilarious, because the alien is actually an InnocentAlien and it's funny how much chaos Veronica causes.

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** Veronica thinking she is in an AlienInvader alien invader show is hilarious, because the alien is actually an InnocentAlien innocent alien, and it's funny how much chaos Veronica causes.

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* '''Conversed''': "Bob thinking he was in a romcom was hilarious, up until he got eaten."

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* '''Conversed''': "Bob '''Conversed''':
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thinking he was in a romcom was hilarious, up until he got eaten.""
**Veronica thinking she is in an AlienInvader show is hilarious, because the alien is actually an InnocentAlien and it's funny how much chaos Veronica causes.
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** Writer X wanted to make a villainous parody of [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Dib Membrane]], so she made Veronica, who only THINKS she's saving the world, when she's really just causing chaos and tormenting InnocentAliens.

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** Writer X wanted to make a villainous parody of [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Dib Membrane]], Membrane from WesternAnimation/InvaderZim, so she made Veronica, who only THINKS she's saving the world, when she's really just causing chaos and tormenting InnocentAliens.

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* '''Enforced''': Writer X hated the "vampire romance" novel she read recently, so she's using Bob as a TakeThat at the subgenre.

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Writer X hated the "vampire romance" novel she read recently, so she's using Bob as a TakeThat at the subgenre.subgenre.
** Writer X wanted to make a villainous parody of [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Dib Membrane]], so she made Veronica, who only THINKS she's saving the world, when she's really just causing chaos and tormenting InnocentAliens.
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** Well-Meaning Alien: "Oh my gosh, Veronica, this isn't WesternAnimation/InvaderZim! I'm NOT trying to invade Earth! You're just insane!

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** Well-Meaning Alien: '''Well-Meaning Alien:''' "Oh my gosh, Veronica, this isn't WesternAnimation/InvaderZim! I'm NOT trying to invade Earth! You're just insane!



** Well-Meaning Alien: "Veronica!! I'm NOT trying to conquer Earth! This is not one of those alien invader movies or TV shows! YoureInsane!

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** Well-Meaning Alien: '''Well-Meaning Alien:''' "Veronica!! I'm NOT trying to conquer Earth! This is not one of those alien invader movies or TV shows! YoureInsane!

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