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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