1 | '''Basic Trope''': A detective turns out to be a bad guy. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Jason, a police detective investigating a murder, was working with the criminals the whole time. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Jason was the mastermind. |
4 | ** Jason is the district chief of police. |
5 | * '''Downplayed''': |
6 | ** Jason was an accomplice, being blackmailed into helping the murderers. |
7 | ** Jason turns out to be investigating the crime on the behalf of another criminal. |
8 | * '''Justified''': Jason hoped that by pretending to help, that no one would suspect him. |
9 | * '''Inverted''': One of the criminals' supposed accomplice turns out to be an undercover police. |
10 | * '''Subverted''': Jason pretends to be a detective to get information on the police, but he undergoes BecomingTheMask. |
11 | * '''Double Subverted''': But in the final moments, chooses to stay faithful to the crooks. |
12 | * '''Parodied''': Jason is [[PaperThinDisguise obviously]] [[DevilInPlainSight the bad guy]], always giving obviously incorrect clues and leads, and intentionally distracting the investigators from any legitimate leads, but no one seems to notice. |
13 | * '''Zig Zagged''': ??? |
14 | * '''Averted''': There are no bad guys investigating the crime. |
15 | * '''Enforced''': ??? |
16 | * '''Lampshaded''': DaChief has a HeroicBSOD upon realizing who the killer is. |
17 | --> '''DaChief:''' "Why, Jason? Why did you do this? [[FallenHero You were one of my best men]] -- why?" |
18 | * '''Invoked''': Jason worked hard to earn a badge and a good reputation as a cop just for this moment that he can commit a crime and lead the other detectives astray. |
19 | * '''Exploited''': Because he is in a position of authority, nobody even ''bothers'' to think that Jason could have done it. Just like he planned. |
20 | ** Jason [[CharactersDroppingLikeFlies kills anyone]] [[HeKnowsTooMuch who even comes close to figuring out the mystery,]] using his position of authority to deflect suspicion for the murders and making everyone who is still alive think that they're dealing with a serial killer. |
21 | * '''Defied''': ??? |
22 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
23 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
24 | * '''Implied:''' Jason is seen walking into DaChief's office. He is next seen walking out in handcuffs. |
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28 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
29 | %% |
30 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
31 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
32 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
33 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
34 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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