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Basic Trope: Tricking someone into doing something deadly.

  • Straight: Alice tells Bob that the Big Good is waiting in a spot wanting to talk to him, having released a half-starved and abused bear into the spot.
  • Exaggerated: Alice tells Bob that the Big Good is waiting to talk to him in a spot where she released a half-starved, abused bear. She also gives him a poisoned drink and puts clothing on him she knows will irritate the local brutal bully.
  • Downplayed: Alice tells Bob about a shortcut to his destination, which is actually a rocky path, causing Bob to fall and injure himself.
  • Justified: Alice doesn't want to kill Bob in a way that could land her in trouble too easily.
  • Inverted: Bob is suicidal, so Alice sends him to a particular spot, saying it's very dangerous. That spot actually is a therapist's office, and Alice has warned him about Bob's problem.
  • Subverted: ???
  • Double Subverted: ???
  • Parodied: ???
  • Zig Zagged: ???
  • Averted:
    • No one dies in the work.
    • All deaths/deathly situations in the work were caused or decided by the victims of said situations, and not someone else.
  • Enforced: The author wants to make it more reasonable that Alice could keep her Villain with Good Publicity status.
  • Lampshaded: "You really believe I'll go to wherever you want? You could lead me to my death!"
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: "No, I won't come to wherever you want, Talk to me in [Semi-Public and Safe place here]."
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???
  • Implied: ???
  • Played For Drama: ???

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