Line #17 PlayingWith/FatalFamilyPhoto


1	'''Basic Trope''': Anybody who shows off a photo of their family or loved ones bites the dust ''very soon'' after.
2	* '''Straight''': Before entering TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon, Bob shows Alice a photo of his family. He then [[HeroicSacrifice heroically sacrifices]] his life to defeat the BigBad.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** The moment the photo is visible to Alice, a super powerful death ray instantly incinerates Bob.
5	** The photo locket is booby-trapped, and explodes when opened.
6	** All of Alice's companions discuss their families, with Alice being the only one not to mention hers. In the end, [[EverybodyDiesEnding everyone dies]] with Alice being the SoleSurvivor.
7	* '''Downplayed''': Bob shows Alice his family photo midway in the war. He dies in the final battle.
8	* '''Justified''':
9	** During the part of the fight that required the most intense concentration, the family photo distracted Bob, enabling the Big Bad to strike Bob with one last attack.
10	** Bob pulls out the photo because he's about to die and he knows it, and felt he should share that bit with Alice before biting it.
11	** Bob looking at the photo shows us his family is on his mind, not the war he is in, meaning he is to distracted to survive.
12	* '''Inverted''':
13	** Bob dies as a result of NOT showing the family photo.
14	** Bob showing his photo is to demonstrate that he has been promoted to the main cast as a MauveShirt.
15	** Bob lives, but comes home to find his family dead.
16	** Bob is mortally wounded, and pulls out the family photo a second before his death and says goodbye.
17	** Bob lives and everyone else dies.
18	** Bob lives but the family photo is destroyed.
19	** Bob looking at his family photo gives him the adrenaline and motivation he needs to survive before help arrives.
20	* '''Subverted''':
21	** Bob defeats the big bad and emerges triumphantly from the burning, collapsing wreckage of the dungeon.
22	** [[PocketProtector The Photocase acts as a guard that saves him from a fatal blow. His picture doesn't make it but, he does.]]
23	** [[BigBad Evulz]] picks Bob's family photo after defeating him and gloats about how idiotic he was to believe insignificant MauveShirt like him could stop him. Bob exploits this distraction and [[SlashedThroat thrusts his knife through Evulz throat.]]
24	** Bob shows the photo to Alice, who wants to visit Bob's family, but she gets killed instead of Bob.
25	** Bob shows Alice a photo of his family before performing a HeroicSacrifice. He later turns up alive, mockingly revealing that he was TheMole, and the photo was a stock photo he used to mess with Alice's head.
26	** Claire sneaks up on Bob while he is looking at something in his hand. The object turns out to be a mirror he used to watch her and attack when she comes in reach.
27	* '''Double Subverted''':
28	** [[DiabolusExMachina Then a burning piece of debris falls in him,]] [[KaizoTrap simultaneously crushing and incinerating him.]]
29	** Then there's another gunshot heard. Bob then lies on the ground with blood splattered right next to his destroyed picture.
30	** Bob gets so distraught at Alice's death that he dies of heart attack.
31	** Bob secretly feels guilty about betraying Alice, looks at a photo of his real family to reassure himself, and then dies in his battle with Alice.
32	** Bob's counterattack fails and Claire kills him. As Claire loots his remains, she notices that there's a picture of Bob's family hidden within the mirror.
33	* '''Parodied''':
34	** [[RPGElements A locket with a family photo can be equipped as an "accessory". Doing so imposes a massive penalty to your luck stat]].
35	** The photo is of Bob’s wife naked and surprised at her BirthdaySuitSurpriseParty.
36	* '''Zig Zagged''': Everyone in the BadassCrew has a family photo, and they all take a moment before an impending SuicideMission to show each other. Some of them survive, others don't.
37	* '''Averted''':
38	** No one ever mentions or shows a family photo.
39	** Bob shows his family photo, but he survives and doesn't come close to dying.
40	* '''Enforced''': We need the audience to feel sorry for that guy and his family. Let's make him show a family photo, then have him die.
41	* '''Lampshaded''': Game over prompt: [[HaveANiceDeath Perhaps showing Alice that family photo wasn't such a good idea after all.]] [[Creator/{{Sierra}} Restore, Restart, Quit?]]
42	* '''Invoked''':
43	** Bob shows the family photo in order for the enemy soldiers to keep aiming at him, allowing his comrades to kill those enemies with ease.
44	** TheMole Alice talks Bob into showing her a picture of his family, sealing his fate. He dies shortly afterwards.
45	* '''Exploited''': While Bob is showing Alice his photo, Charlie sneaks up to Bob and kills him as he's distracted.
46	* '''Defied''': As Bob reaches into his pocket for the photo, Alice scolds him, loudly reminding him that showing a family photo during a major crisis is extremely bad luck, especially if the crisis is nearing resolution.
47	* '''Discussed''': "You know, if you had shown your family photo back when we were in the war, I bet you'd be dead by now".
48	* '''Conversed''': "That guy in the show just looked at a family photo. He's pretty much dead now."
49	* '''Deconstructed''': Alice concludes that family is a distraction, and becomes unwilling to emotionally connect with others, superstitiously believing it caused Bob's death.
50	* '''Reconstructed''': But once the world is saved, Alice opens up again; Bob's photo of his family becomes a reminder of what she was fighting ''for''.
51	* '''Implied''':
52	** Bob is seen showing the family photo. He gets shot and is never seen again, however, it is never outright confirmed that he died.
53	** After Bob is injured, the same family in the photo are seen weeping at the hospital.
54	* '''Played For Laughs''': Back at Bob's neighborhood, Charlie says to Diana "The neighbors are such daredevils. They have a family photo in their hallway and are always showing it off to visitors. Good thing this war isn't taking place at their place or they'd be dead by now!".
55	* '''Played For Drama''':
56	** Bob's heroic sacrifice is a very dramatic scene, complete with Bob saying his final goodbyes and Alice crying.
57	** The series shows the dehumanizing effects of war, when Bob's desperate attempts to remember his family and cling to his humanity end up getting him killed.
58	** Claire sneaks up on Bob, a mook, and kills him. She then sees the photo of his family he was holding, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone and feels guilty about killing him]].
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60	Back to FatalFamilyPhoto, and isn't my little girl [[{{Killed Midsentence}} the cutest-]]
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