Line #12 PlayingWith/AlreadyDoneForYou


1	'''Basic Trope''': A PlotTwist where another character in the story has accomplished one of your mission objectives for you.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob and co arrives at the stronghold of TheDragon Captain Badd, only to find out that AloofAlly Jack has already offed him.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob and co arrives at TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon to fight [[EvilOverlord Emperor Evulz]], only to find out that AloofAlly Jack has already offed him.
5	** Every time you reach a BossBattle, the other characters have already beaten it for you. When you reach one boss that makes a showy entrance, but is then mobbed by [=NPCs=], you start thinking the game is just trying to annoy you.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Bob and co arrive in Badd's chamber [[AlwaysClose just in time]] to see Badd strike AloofAlly Jack down, but not before Jack severely damages Badd/removes the armor covering Badd's [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak point]].
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Jack wants the MacGuffin that Badd/Evulz possess, which Bob and co also seek.
9	** You aren't the only one who Badd/Evulz has offended.
10	* '''Inverted''':
11	** Jack bites off more than he can chew fighting a dragon, and drags Bob and co into helping him defeat said dragon when they pass nearby. Suddenly, GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere!
12	** Alternately: Bob and co defeat the enemy, then Jack shows up stating he wanted to beat it and is told it's done already.
13	* '''Subverted''':
14	** Badd gets up after Jack fells him, and now fights Bob and co.
15	** Alternately: because the MacGuffin Bob and co seek is now in Jack's hand, the fight is now Bob and co versus Jack.
16	* '''Double Subverted''':
17	** Badd gets up, and promptly falls and dies from his injuries.
18	** Alternately: Badd gets up and kills Jack with a last shot before he dies. Bob and co escaped from the stronghold with the MacGuffin [[AlreadyDoneForYou for zero effort]].
19	* '''Parodied''': Bob and co never get to fight any boss, because Jack keeps offing them all.
20	* '''Zig Zagged''': Sometimes Jack kills the bosses before Bob and co arrive, otherwise it's Bob and co's job to kill the bosses.
21	* '''Averted''': [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything Bob and co do everything themselves]].
22	* '''Enforced''':
23	** "We need to show the players that this Jack guy is awesome beyond Bob and co's league."
24	** "We need to show that [[LittleHeroBigWar more than just Bob's unit is fighting this war]]."
25	* '''Lampshaded''': "Well, at least that guy spared us the trouble offing this guy."
26	* '''Invoked''': Bob and co rushes through an underground passage filled with high-level monsters, hoping that this time Jack will do the job defeating the [[BeefGate high-level boss]] for them too.
27	* '''Exploited''': Bob and co drop hints about which bosses they plan to kill soon.
28	* '''Defied''': Bob and co spray Jack with sleep gas before they go fight a boss.
29	* '''Discussed''': "You killed him? ...DAMMIT! I WANTED TO DO THAT!"
30	* '''Conversed''': "Oh hey, that stuck-up jerk Jack acutally did something beside stand there and snark! That's nice."
31	* '''Deconstructed''': Bob and co never level up since Jack gets all those humongous Experience Points from boss fights, leaving Bob and co underleveled.
32	* '''Reconstructed''': The ManBehindTheMan sends TheDragon to delay the heroes in order to successfully escape, but Jack manages to apprehend him while Bob and co fight TheDragon.
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34	Nothing to do here, because things are AlreadyDoneForYou.
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36	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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38	%%* '''Implied''': ???
39	%%* '''Untwisted''': ???
40	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
41	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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