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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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