Line #23 PlayingWith/YouDontWantToCatchThis

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1	'''Basic Trope''': A character feigns illness in order to scare someone off.
2	* '''Straight''': Newsman Pete fakes a highly contagious disease in order to scare away a guard.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Newsman Pete scares away an entire army by faking the common cold.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Newsman Pete actually ''has'' a disease, but deliberately plays up the symptoms to put the guard on edge.
5	* '''Justified''': There has been an epidemic recently and Pete is able to perfectly fake some of the symptoms.
6	* '''Inverted''':
7	** Newsman Pete scares away a sick person by being healthy.
8	** Newsman Pete pretends that the ''guard'' is sick as part of a head game.
9	** Newsman Pete [[SickCaptiveScam pretends he's sick to lure the guard into checking on him]] so he can get close enough to swipe his keys.
10	* '''Subverted''':
11	** Newsman Pete starts clutching his stomach as if he's about to fake a disease, but when the guard calls him on it, Pete punches him out.
12	** Newsman Pete turns out to actually ''be'' sick, and collapses.
13	* '''Double Subverted''':
14	** After which he blames that attack on his highly contagious disease.
15	** But it's only a cold, and he's actually faking a more serious disease.
16	* '''Parodied''': Pete starts listing ailments for the disease that he obviously doesn't have (multicolored hair, missing limbs, etc.) and the guard still falls for it.
17	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
18	* '''Averted''': Newsman Pete does not fake a disease.
19	* '''Enforced''': "Have him act sick. That'll be funny."
20	* '''Lampshaded''': "I can't believe he fell for that."
21	* '''Invoked''': Pete decides to paint fake boils all over his arms and chest in case he has to scare away some guards.
22	* '''Exploited''': The guards use Pete's “disease” as an excuse to have him quarantined, preventing him from carrying out his mission.
23	* '''Defied''':
24	** Pete considers using the fake illness excuse, but decides that it's quicker to just knock out the guard himself.
25	** The guard tells Pete that he has no rights, and he doesn't care if he dies horribly from sickness so long as he does it in his cell. A put-out Pete stops faking sickness and pouts.
26	* '''Discussed''': "A guard's coming. Maybe we can pretend to be sick like in that one movie."
27	* '''Conversed''': "These Newsman Pete novels keep getting more sketchy. That tactic wouldn't work in real life."
28	* '''Deconstructed''': Newsman Pete fakes a highly contagious disease. The guard immediately declares a quarantine and seals off the area, trapping Pete until medical staff arrive to run tests on him that will expose his lie.
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30	(cough) Get (wheeze) away...(hacking cough) YouDontWantToCatchThis.
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34	%%* '''Implied''': ???
35	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
36	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
37	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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