1 | '''Basic Trope''': Security in video games seem to know the instant that you screw up. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Bob robs a store and the security guards are all over him in an instant. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': The moment Bob steals his PlotCoupon, fifty security guards materialize next to him. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': After a minute or so, a single security guard catches up to Bob. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** The security guard was staring at Bob the whole time he was in the store. |
7 | ** Security was responding to the silent unauthorized-entry-alarm, them appearing just when he broke the display holding the plot-coupon open was just coincidence. |
8 | * '''Inverted''': The security guard tries to steal something but Bob is all over him. |
9 | * '''Subverted''': A security guard appears after five minutes only to realize that Bob is long gone. |
10 | * '''Double Subverted''': He then breaks out his [[AppliedPhlebotinum teleporter]] and instantly hunts down Bob. |
11 | * '''Parodied''': Security Guards learn how to react instantly at bootcamp. |
12 | * '''Zig-zagged''': The security guard immediately appears before Bob. He runs, but no matter where he runs, that guard will always be there. |
13 | * '''Averted''': The security guard never shows up. |
14 | * '''Enforced''': The developers wanted to increase difficulty or railroad players by having the guards act like this. |
15 | * '''Lampshaded''': "How do security guards have such a quick reaction time?" |
16 | * '''Invoked''': At the 500m, everyone puts their money on the security guard. |
17 | * '''Exploited''': [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Lord Sinister]] is trying to escape the store, so Bob steals something and as the guard rushes toward him, he runs Sinister over. |
18 | * '''Defied''': "Tie up the security guard so he can't stop us". |
19 | * '''Discussed''': "You know, contrary to many video games, security guards aren't always that fast". |
20 | * '''Conversed''': "Of ''course'' security guards can teleport in a shitty game like this". |
21 | * '''Deconstructed''': The Security Guard gets whiplash from his quick response. |
22 | * '''Reconstructed''': The next time Bob robs the store, the guard is in a neck brace. |
23 | * '''Played For Laughs''': The store hires olympic runners for security guards. |
24 | * '''Played For Drama''': |
25 | ** The guard is injured on the way due to a trip or a hazardous object. |
26 | ** Security never chases Bob, even if he murders a cluster of innocents in front of the entire guard force. |
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28 | They know you've reached the end of the page. They're coming to get you. Better get back to ClairvoyantSecurityForce |
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30 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
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32 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
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