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* ChopperOnStandby: There's a helicopter ready when they need one.


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* HellishCopter: If you see a helicopter, chances are it's going down.


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* ShortLivedAerialEscape: A group, usually the bad guys, try to escape the scene on an aircraft, only for the enemy to take it down before it gets far.
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* GoodnessExam: Being asked to do something good or heroic to prove your moral worth.
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* TelecomTree: When the hero needs aid and calls his friends for help, the friends will often save the hero time by calling others the hero has helped, leading to a massive group response.

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* TelecomTree: When Telecommunicating with allies (who spread the hero needs aid and calls his friends for help, the friends will often save the hero time by calling others the hero has helped, leading word) to help with a massive group response.situation.

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* ChekhovsExhibit: A standby of all Caper films, or any other action story where a museum is involved.

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* ChaseSceneObstacleCourse: Two characters/groups, where the second is in pursuit of the first, encounter several obstacles that heighten the drama of the chase.
* ChekhovsExhibit: A standby of all Caper [[TheCaper Caper]] films, or any other action story where a museum is involved.


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* ElevatorActionSequence: A fight in an elevator.


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* ElevatorSnare: In a chase, whoever took the stairs arrives first and ambushes whoever took the elevator.
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* BookedFullOfMooks: A character in a public space discovers that all the bystanders around them are actually another character's employees or co-conspirators.
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* UnguidedLabTour: A protagonist walks into a top-secret workplace, and only when the audience has had a complete lab tour does anyone notice the visitor.

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* UnguidedLabTour: A protagonist walks into a top-secret workplace, and only when the audience has had workplace is introduced by having a complete lab tour does anyone notice the visitor.character explore it unnoticed.
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* DrillTheLock: There's a locked door and it has to be opened as fast as possible. A power drill (or similar instrument) can be used to break the lock.


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* InstitutionalAllegianceConcealment: A scenario where a police officer/soldier/intelligence officer has to disguise themselves in public through by disposing their uniforms/using fake identities or by DressingAsTheEnemy.
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* FictionalCombatTroop
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* CuffsOffRubWrists: Luckily, only mild discomfort remains.
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* DeathTrapTango: A lot of {{Durable Deathtrap}}s can be overcome with precise movements.
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* NeutralFemale: When the hero and villain are fighting, the DistressedDamsel will just sit there and watch, or be ineffectual in what she tries to do.

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* NeutralFemale: When the hero and villain are fighting, the DistressedDamsel DamselInDistress will just sit there and watch, or be ineffectual in what she tries to do.
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* WrongWire: You cut the wrong wire and now the countdown's moving ''faster!'' OhCrap!
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* HuntingTheRogue: A rogue agent deserts from an organization they served and they're chased as a result.
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* FlamingEmblem: Have an IconicLogo? Make a big fire shaped like it.

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* FlamingEmblem: Have an IconicLogo? iconic logo? Make a big fire shaped like it.
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* CasualDangerDialog: Where heroes in danger will crack jokes or speak casually rather than gibbering in terror.

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* CasualDangerDialog: CasualDangerDialogue: Where heroes in danger will crack jokes or speak casually rather than gibbering in terror.
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* {{Locking MacGyver In The Store Cupboard}}: When good guys get locked in a cell, all of the equipment that they need to escape is in the cell with them.

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* {{Locking MacGyver In The Store Cupboard}}: LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard: When good guys get locked in a cell, all of the equipment that they need to escape is in the cell with them.
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* ThirdPartyStopsAttack: A character not in a fight physically stops it or an attack on another character.
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* DemandingTheirHead: A character wants another person dead and their severed head returned to them.
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* HeroesUnlimited: A StoryArc or season which features an [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters expansion]] of the general cast.

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* HeroesUnlimited: A StoryArc or season which features an [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters expansion]] expansion of the general cast.
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* DisasterDodgingDog: Dogs appearing in the main disaster sequence of a movie get out of harm's way unscathed.
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* SoloMissionBecomesGroupMission
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* HubUnderAttack: A HubLevel in an action-adventure game is attacked.
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* BystanderActionHorrorDissonance: An action sequence shifts to a much darker tone when we see how it's affecting those who aren't part of the fight.

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