Basic Trope: Alice requests someone kill Bob and return with his severed head as proof.
- Straight: "Bring me the head of Bob."
- Exaggerated: "Bring me the head of Bob on a silver platter."
- Downplayed: "Bring Bob to me."
- Justified: ???
- Inverted: "Bring me Bob's headless body."
- Subverted: "Bring me the head of... Oh, wait, here it is."
- Double Subverted: "My mistake, this head belonged to somebody else. Bring me the head of Bob."
- Parodied: "Bring me Bob's headband."
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: "Leave Bob alone!"
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded:Alice: Bring me the head of Bob.Charlie: Just his head?Alice: Yes, just his head.
- Invoked: "There was this movie called Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia..."
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: "Bring me proof of Bob's death but nothing too morbid."
- Discussed:Bob: Charlie, I'm afraid of Alice. She's acting like she wants my head.
- Conversed:Bob: Why do you want to cut off my head so badly?Charlie: It's what Alice is paying me to do.
- Deconstructed: ???
- Reconstructed: ???
- Implied: On a blank plaque for hunting trophies, there's a note reading, "This space is reserved for Bob's head."
- Played for Laughs: Bob's severed head goes missing in a series of bizarre mishaps, and Charlie needs to try and recover it for Alice.
- Played for Drama: Bob's severed head is later presented to Alice, as she requested.
- Played for Horror: After being presented Bob's severed head, Alice delivers it in a box back to Bob's wife.
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