Line #20 PlayingWith/TheyKilledKennyAgain


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character is [[DeathIsCheap killed off repeatedly]] for laughs.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob dies in many episodes and comes back [[UnexplainedRecovery with no explanation.]]
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob dies, however, he is seen okay in the very next scene within the same episode.
5	** Everybody, minor characters included, experiences this.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Bob always breaks his arms, legs, or even gets crippled for life, [[OnlyAFleshWound yet is as fresh as new the next episode]].
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Bob [[GoodThingYouCanHeal has a very high healing factor.]]
9	** The show's a comedic GroundhogDayLoop.
10	** Bob has ResurrectiveImmortality.
11	** Bob is from a world where medical technology has advanced so much, "death" is just a temporary and minor annoyance.
12	** Bob has been cloned numerous times. Each time one dies, the next one takes over.
13	** Similar to the previous example, Bob is a robot, so when his body is destroyed his A.I can just be put into another robot.
14	* '''Inverted''':
15	** Bob's always the SoleSurvivor of whatever unfortunate event that the creators throw at him and others, SurvivorGuilt optional.
16	** Bob is resurrected in every episode but is inexplicably dead again the next time around.
17	* '''Subverted''':
18	** The character dies all the time, but then he ends up getting KilledOffForReal... which makes it all the more heartbreaking because the characters and/or audience know that he isn't coming back.
19	** It's revealed that Bob is actually a bunch of clones, and each "return" was merely a replacement.
20	* '''Double Subverted''':
21	** ...and then comes back a few episodes later with no explanation.
22	** ...However, thanks to the use of BodyBackupDrive, Bob is able to transfer his consciousness and all relevant aspects of his original self to the next clone in line.
23	* '''Parodied''': Bob dies repeatedly in the same episode, and each time comes back with no explanation.
24	* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob dies, then comes back in the next episode. But then he gets KilledOffForReal... only to come back a season later. But then it turns out he’s a ghost. But then he gets revived in another body... and then dies shortly after. He’s back the next day.
25	* '''Averted''': Either Bob never dies, or Bob is KilledOffForReal.
26	* '''Enforced''': The executives want a memorable RunningGag and/or hate Bob’s character.
27	* '''Lampshaded''': "[[BigOMG Oh my God!]] They killed Bob again!" "You bastards!"
28	* '''Invoked''': Alice feeds Bob a healing potion that means DeathIsCheap for him.
29	* '''Exploited''': The team decides to make Bob their first line of defense, [[ImmortalLifeIsCheap knowing that if anything happens to him, he'll be back by the next episode.]]
30	* '''Defied''': Bob refuses to die.
31	* '''Discussed''': "Bob, how is it that you keep coming back after dying?" "I get better."
32	* '''Conversed''': "How do those characters always come back fine despite dying more than once?"
33	* '''Deconstructed''':
34	** [[CameBackWrong Repeatedly dying does a number on Bob's psyche]], and it doesn't help that no one even remembers that he ever died to begin with.
35	** Or, he's eventually brought back to life, and everyone laughs it off knowing he'll come back... and then immediately feels worse because no, he definitely isn't.
36	** In addition to being TheChewToy as well as being [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer hated, mistreated, and/or made fun of by everybody]] [[WithFriendsLikeThese even his own friends]], repeatedly dying just adds to the trauma, so Bob is DrivenToSuicide, but can’t because ''he’ll just be back by the next episode''.
37	* '''Reconstructed''':
38	** Bob doesn't remember dying either.
39	** Bob himself knows he's coming back, and it turns out dying isn't ''that'' unpleasant. So he faces each demise with a wry ThisIsGonnaSuck.
40	* '''Played For Laughs''': Nobody likes Bob, so [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing they get a good laugh out of watching him die every other day]].
41	* '''Played For Drama''': The show is a GroundhogDayLoop where Bob's death is the cause of the loops, causing much agony until he finally survives and [[EarnYourHappyEnding earns his happy ending]].
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43	Oh my God! TheyKilledKennyAgain! You bastards!
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45	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
46	%%* '''Implied''': ???

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