Line #12 PlayingWith/StealthHiBye


1	'''Basic Trope''': A stealthy character appears and/or disappears without warning or explanation, often as the prelude or ending to a conversation.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob shows up in Alice's house without being seen or heard and freaks her out.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is flying in a crowded plane and Bob suddenly shows up in the passenger seat beside her somehow without being seen. Once he's finished talking to her, somehow leaves the plane just as easily.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Alice is on the street and Bob sneaks up on her, using the crowd to hide himself until he gets close, then disappears just as easily.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** Bob is using his ninja skills to intimidate Alice into giving him information.
7	** Bob needs to talk to Alice but she is in a secure area, requiring a great deal of stealth.
8	** Alice was distracted the moment Bob came by/out, and thus didn't notice him appearing.
9	** Bob has teleportation skills, and thus can appear anywhere he chooses to without warning.
10	* '''Inverted''': Bob somehow makes Alice appear in front of him when he needs to talk to her and makes her disappear when the conversation is over.
11	* '''Subverted''': Alice expects Bob to pop in out of nowhere. He uses the door for once.
12	* '''Double Subverted''': Then, once the conversation is over, disappears from the room just to mess with her.
13	* '''Parodied''':
14	** Bob continually appears and disappears throughout the entire conversation until Alice becomes annoyed and shouts, "Stop that!"
15	** Bob seems to have disappeared after Alice looks away for a brief moment, but she soon spots him awkwardly trying to hide behind a nearby piece of scenery that is not nearly large enough to conceal him.
16	* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob alternates between different methods of entering and leaving the room. Sometimes he employs this trope and sometimes he doesn't. Sometimes Alice knows he's coming and sometimes she doesn't.
17	* '''Averted''':
18	** Bob never shows up or leaves unannounced and uses the door.
19	** Bob appears and disappears while Alice is looking right at him.
20	* '''Enforced''': The writers want to make Bob look mysterious and badass.
21	* '''Lampshaded''': "I guess this is the part where you disappear and everyone is impressed, right?"
22	* '''Invoked''': Bob just learned how to use this technique in Ninja School, so he tries it out on Alice.
23	* '''Exploited''': Bob is purposefully being spooky and unpredictable to scare Alice.
24	* '''Defied''': Alice catches Bob sneaking in through the window.
25	* '''Discussed''': "So how the hell do you do that anyway?"
26	* '''Conversed''': Bob and Alice see this in a movie and wonder how the character managed to sneak in without anyone seeing.
27	* '''Implied''': Alice describes a meeting with Bob and briefly mentions that she has no idea how he came and went from the room.
28	* '''Deconstructed''':
29	** Alice eventually gets tired of Bob doing this in conversations and grows increasingly paranoid and frustrated with him.
30	** By leaving mid-sentence, Bob misses a crucial detail and makes a significant mistake.
31	* '''Reconstructed''': Until he shows her how he does it. Then they take turns doing it to each other because it is just that darn fun to do.
32	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
33	* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob shows up in a random, inopportune place such as when Alice is at the dentist's office.
34	* '''Played For Drama''': When Bob does this, it frightens Alice and she has difficulty trusting him.
35	* '''Played For Horror''': Bob is stalking Alice without her noticing. Everytime she feels she's being followed, he just disapears, making her grow paranoid.
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37	Now go back to StealthHiBye without anyone noticing.

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