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* '''Subverted''': Bob has to talk to Alice, who is in prison, but decides to sneak in instead.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Bob has to talk to Alice, who is in prison, but decides to sneak in instead.



* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out his real plan was to get caught trying to sneak in so that he can talk to Alice when he gets incarcerated there out of convenience.

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It turns out his real plan was to get caught trying to sneak in so that he can talk to Alice when he gets incarcerated there out of convenience.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob was on the tail end of his parole already - he asks to be let back into jail under the pretense that he is worried about slipping up. He talks to Alice inside and waits out a few weeks for his sentence to be served.



** The plan fails because Bob is sent to a different prison - it turns out there is no guarantee that one will get sent to the same place.



* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???Knowing that the prison is watched too closely to get in undetected and that the guards are under orders to shoot Alice on a prison break attempt from the outside Bob gets imprisoned first under a lower profile to ensure that he can secure her before signaling for the attack.
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** Bob ends up in a different prison because his crime wasn't severe enough to wind up with Alice, an accused murderer.


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** However he ends up transferred there after beating up a prison guard.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob frames himself for multiple murders, knowing that he will get a LongerThanLifeSentence in the InescapablePrison. He has a plan to escape with Alice.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob frames himself for multiple murders, knowing that he will get a LongerThanLifeSentence in the InescapablePrison.TheAlcatraz. He has a plan to escape with Alice.



* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice is being kept in a minimum-security prison, and Bob could have just gone for a normal visit, if not for his ComplexityAddiction.



* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice is being kept in a minimum-security prison, and Bob could have just gone for a normal visit, if not for his ComplexityAddiction.



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'''Basic Trope''': A character needs to talk to or rescue someone in jail, so they get in trouble to get into jail with them.
* '''Straight''': Alice is in prison, and has some vital information. Bob commits a minor crime to get in and asks Alice his question during his time.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob frames himself for multiple murders, knowing that he will get a LongerThanLifeSentence in the InescapablePrison. He has a plan to escape with Alice.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': This is the most convenient way to get in to talk to her.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is in jail and has to escape to talk to Alice.
* '''Subverted''': Bob has to talk to Alice, who is in prison, but decides to sneak in instead.
* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out his real plan was to get caught trying to sneak in so that he can talk to Alice when he gets incarcerated there out of convenience.
* '''Parodied''': Alice is in detention. Bob skips class to get into detention with her, only to remember that he needed her to give him the answer sheet to a test in the class he blew off.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob finds another way to talk to Alice.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "Do any of your plans not involve getting thrown into prison?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Evulz expected this move, and prepares trumped-up charges to keep him in prison longer than expected.
* '''Defied''': Bob simply waits for Alice to escape or be released.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob angsts excessively about needing to commit a crime serious enough to get imprisoned.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice is being kept in a minimum-security prison, and Bob could have just gone for a normal visit, if not for his ComplexityAddiction.
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