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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