1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character takes a seemingly fatal amount of damage, yet survives. |
2 | * '''Straight''': |
3 | ** Alice beats Emperor Evulz, then throws him off a cliff and drowns him. He shows up a few episodes later, ready for revenge. |
4 | ** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she's alive and well. |
5 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
6 | ** Alice beats Emperor Evulz, then throws him off a cliff, drowns him, and orders a tactical airstrike over that part of the sea. She then orders a giant fishing boat to fish those waters clean and freeze everything they catch. However, despite all this, Emperor Evulz still comes back. |
7 | ** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she's alive and well, [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons because it made her feel a lot better]]. |
8 | ** Alice has a heart attack, comes down with brain cancer, develops gangrene in both arms and both legs, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking gets a paper cut]]. In the next episode, she's alive and well. |
9 | * '''Logical Extreme''': Alice '''erases Emperor Evulz from existence.''' Emperor Evulz comes back anyway. |
10 | * '''Downplayed''': |
11 | ** OnlyMostlyDead or AlmostDeadGuy |
12 | ** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she's alive and well, but she feels very wobbly... |
13 | * '''Justified''': |
14 | ** [[NighInvulnerable Emperor Evulz]] is ''very'' resilient. It takes a truly amazing amount of punishment to do him in. |
15 | ** That's not really Emperor Evulz she killed. He just made a weak doppelganger to fool Alice. |
16 | ** Emperor Evulz had a way of healing quickly, possibly HealingFactor or a device, and can only be killed if that's neutralized first. |
17 | ** Alice is a videogame character. |
18 | ** Alice didn't destroy Emperor Evulz' true being. As long as his [[SoulJar soul phylactery]] remains intact he can regenerate his body with magic. |
19 | * '''Inverted''': |
20 | ** Emperor Evulz dies permanently as soon as Alice displays the slightest bit of force. |
21 | ** Alice has a seizure in one episode, and never appears again. |
22 | * '''Subverted''': |
23 | ** Alice is uneasy, expecting him to return at any moment. After a while, it becomes clear that he's dead for real. |
24 | ** The Emperor Evulz who reappears turns out to be an impostor. |
25 | ** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, a ReplacementScrappy is in her place. |
26 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
27 | ** However, after a few months, he comes back, explaining that he only survived because he put himself into a temporary death state to survive her onslaught of attacks. |
28 | ** ...An impostor hired by the real Emperor Evulz, who's still in intensive care from his not quite fatal wounds. |
29 | ** ...which turns out to be Alice in disguise. |
30 | * '''Parodied''': |
31 | ** Emperor Evulz has an overly long "death" animation. |
32 | ** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, a funeral is held for her, but the people who attend hear her scream "SURPRISE!" when she wakes up inside her coffin. |
33 | * '''Zig Zagged''': |
34 | ** Alice is expecting Emperor Evulz to return at any moment. And after a while, he does. However, as soon as he appears and explains to Alice how he's still alive, she kicks his ass and kills him off for real. |
35 | ** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she's alive and well, but in the episode after, she has another one and is never seen again. |
36 | * '''Averted''': |
37 | ** Emperor Evulz dies the first time. |
38 | ** Alice has a heart attack and is never seen again. |
39 | * '''Enforced''': |
40 | ** "OK, so Emperor Evulz has a lot of fans who would get pissed if he died. But Alice is TheHero and she has to win. Wait, I've got it..". |
41 | ** Alice is the protagonist of the series, so it's impossible to kill her off after a heart attack. |
42 | * '''Lampshaded''': |
43 | ** "I know you thought I was dead, but that's why pencils have erasers!" |
44 | ** Bob: "How did you survive that heart attack?" Alice: "That's the way the cookie crumbles!" |
45 | * '''Invoked''': |
46 | ** Emperor Evulz decides to goad Alice into throwing him into the ocean so he can live to fight another day. |
47 | ** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she wakes up in the coffin confused about what's going on. |
48 | * '''Exploited''': |
49 | ** Emperor Evulz can't afford Alice disrupting the operations in his stronghold, so he faces her at a different location and "dies" so she'll believe her quest is done. While he recovers, business continues as usual. |
50 | ** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she feels better. |
51 | * '''Defied''': |
52 | ** Alice, not entirely sure that Evulz is dead, decides to go make sure. |
53 | ** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. Bob [[PokingDeadThingsWithAStick pokes her with a stick]]. Alice, however, is not dead tells him to quit doing that and call for emergency services. |
54 | * '''Discussed''': |
55 | ** "I don't know...I know I just killed Evulz, but I have this incredibly odd feeling in the back of my mind that he's just going to show up again to fight me". |
56 | ** "Alice? What about the heart attack?" |
57 | * '''Conversed''': |
58 | ** "Ah, I know how this thing ends. Right after they begin their celebration party for finally having killed the bad guy, he's gonna show up, ready and raring for Round Two". |
59 | ** "Alice is ALIVE?!?! I thought she had a heart attack and died!!! NoOneShouldSurviveThat!!!" |
60 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
61 | ** Evulz' survival truly stymies Alice, which in turn makes her feel like her only option is to give up fighting - if she can't truly kill him, what good is she? |
62 | ** Evulz' near-death experience deeply scars him, both physically and mentally. He develops an immense fear of Alice and falls into a deep depression. |
63 | ** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she attends to ''her own funeral''. |
64 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
65 | ** Alice, though frightened at her archenemy's return, realizes that she has to train and get stronger in order to kill him for real. |
66 | ** Evulz trains himself to regain his lost strength and becomes even stronger than before, with the goal of crushing Alice and defeating his fear. |
67 | ** Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, the vicar postpones her funeral, because she's alive and well. |
68 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Alice has a heart attack in one episode. In the next, she's alive and well, because she said it was for a practical joke. |
69 | * '''Played For Drama''': Alice has a heart attack in one episode. She throws up and another Alice comes out. |
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75 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
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