'''Basic Trope''': The whole group is dead except the single survivor.
* '''Straight''': Alex and his RagtagBunchOfMisfits infiltrate the ElaborateUndergroundBase, destroy the DoomsdayDevice, kill the BigBad, and escape the pursuing EvilArmy... or rather, Alex escapes. The others [[HeDidntMakeIt do not make it]].
* '''Exaggerated''': The whole planet explodes but Alex is the only one to OutrunTheFireball.
* '''Downplayed''': The two {{Red Shirt}}s/{{Mauve Shirt}}s that were with Alex at the time die, leaving Alex on his own for a while.
* '''Justified''': Alex is the only experienced fighter in the team and his friends are painfully unqualified for a SuicideMission but there are no other options.
* '''Inverted''':
** After killing BigBad, [[YouShallNotPass Alex stays behind to hold off the]] [[FacelessGoons evil army]] while everyone else escapes safely.
** EverybodyLives
** Everyone, except TheHero Alex, survives.
* '''Subverted''':
** It looks like Alex is the only one who survived... and then he dies of poison that the BigBad injected him with earlier.
** A more optimistic alternative: At least some of Alex's friends weren't killed, only scattered by dimensional dislocation, and find their way back eventually.
* '''Double Subverted''': Alex dies of poison, but it turns out he wasn't the only survivor, after all.
* '''Parodied''': Everyone that Alex teams up with, even the [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection fat hacker geek who stayed back home to monitor Team Evils moves]], ends up dying. If they somehow survive the adventure, Alex will eventually kill them in a [[CrossesTheLineTwice hilarious freak accident]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alex dies of poison, but it turns out that Bertie was still alive - for two more seconds, as a spear pierces his heart. Then Cody is suddenly revealed to be alive, too, however, he succumbs to a concussion that he got earlier when ramming head first into TheBrute. [[OverlyLongGag Then Diane opens her eyes...]]
* '''Averted''': At least half of Alex's friends make it.
* '''Enforced''': Alex's friends are [[DroppedABridgeOnHim killed abruptly and pointlessly]] towards the end of the mission for the sake of additional drama.
* '''Lampshaded''': "It's one of those missions where just one of us makes it, buddy."
* '''Invoked''': "Forget about us! We are expendable, but YOU must make it! Alex, go!"
* '''Exploited''': Calcutron the [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain Not Evil At All Computer]] murders all but Alex in order to [[HeroicBSoD break him.]]
* '''Defied''': Rather than escape, Alex stays behind to help his friends against all odds.
* '''Discussed''': "Don't you dare die on me! How am I supposed to live on without you all?!" "It's OK, buddy. We weren't the best team for you, I'm afraid..."
* '''Conversed''': "Alex looks like the only guy who knows what he is doing, while the rest are just noobs. I bet everybody but him will die in the end."
* '''Deconstructed''': Alex is plagued by the SurvivorGuilt for the rest of his life.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alex gets over his SurvivorGuilt and becomes a [[TheStrategist careful planner]] [[TheMenFirst dedicated to never lose another teammate]].
* '''Played For Drama''': One team member must be chosen to BringNewsBack. Everybody knows that he or she will have the best chances of survival... by ''de facto'' abandoning his friends.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alex had stumbled into a group of his dead teammates. He promptly drops the following quip:
--> '''[[HeroicComedicSociopath Alex]]''': Wow, talk about a crazy party. Why didn't you fools invite me, huh?
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???