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** The fact there are this many murder cases over such a short timeframe to begin with is indicative of how high the crime rate has gotten, and the story starts delving into the corrupt and inept government, the resulting social unrest and the dangerous mindsets embedded in the local culture that enable violence to become so commonplace.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice only looks into deaths that have been narrowed down to murder, and not one episode goes by where EverybodyLives.
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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice only looks into deaths that have been narrowed down to murder, and not one episode goes by whereEverybodyLives.EverybodyLives.
** Someone's ''clearly'' hanging by a noose. Alice still claims that it was a murder by forced hanging, even with a SuicideNote that reads: "GoodbyeCruelWorld"
** Alice only looks into deaths that have been narrowed down to murder, and not one episode goes by where
** Someone's ''clearly'' hanging by a noose. Alice still claims that it was a murder by forced hanging, even with a SuicideNote that reads: "GoodbyeCruelWorld"
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* '''Averted''': The show either never deals with murder cases, or they're just one of the many types of crime that the protagonists are shown to solve.
* '''Enforced''': "Death is dramatic, mysteries are dramatic, so murder mysteries are extremely dramatic. Get to it."
* '''Enforced''': "Death is dramatic, mysteries are dramatic, so murder mysteries are extremely dramatic. Get to it."
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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
** The show either never deals with murder cases, or they're just one of the many types of crime that the protagonists are shown to solve.
** The work isn't about crime at all.
*'''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
** "Death is dramatic, mysteries are dramatic, so murder mysteries are extremely dramatic. Get to it.""
** It's harder to write mysteries where the victim of the crime is still alive to tell their side of the story, so the writers stick exclusively (or almost exclusively) to murders.
** The show either never deals with murder cases, or they're just one of the many types of crime that the protagonists are shown to solve.
** The work isn't about crime at all.
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** "Death is dramatic, mysteries are dramatic, so murder mysteries are extremely dramatic. Get to it.
** It's harder to write mysteries where the victim of the crime is still alive to tell their side of the story, so the writers stick exclusively (or almost exclusively) to murders.
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* '''Defied''': ???Alice's superiors deliberately assign her to minor cases as often as possible because they fear she might become jaded from all the murders she has to solve.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice receives a case of manslaughter and misinterprets it as murder. She pieces things together so that the culprit is found guilty of murder anyway and given an undeserved death sentence.
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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
** Having to solve murders on a regular basis entails dealing with the grief of the victims' loved ones and figuring out methods and motives for murder that sometimes prove exceptionally horrifying, and all of it takes a toll on Alice's mental health.
** Alice receives a case of manslaughter and misinterprets it as murder. She pieces things together so that the culprit is found guilty of murder anyway and given an undeserved deathsentence.sentence.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice sees a therapist regularly to keep her job related mental health issues in check.
** Having to solve murders on a regular basis entails dealing with the grief of the victims' loved ones and figuring out methods and motives for murder that sometimes prove exceptionally horrifying, and all of it takes a toll on Alice's mental health.
** Alice receives a case of manslaughter and misinterprets it as murder. She pieces things together so that the culprit is found guilty of murder anyway and given an undeserved death
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice sees a therapist regularly to keep her job related mental health issues in check.
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** Even though Alice is a renowned detecive in the violent city of Tropistan, and nearly all murder cases are assigned to her, we see surprisingly few murder investigations in the series.
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** Even though Alice is a renowned detecive detective in the violent city of Tropistan, and nearly all murder cases are assigned to her, we see surprisingly few murder investigations in the series.
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* '''Averted''': Murder is only one of many crimes investigated on the show.
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* '''Averted''': Murder is only The show either never deals with murder cases, or they're just one of the many crimes investigated on types of crime that the show.protagonists are shown to solve.
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* '''Downplayed''': There are a few episodes with no body count every now and then, in which case the main crime is a kidnapping or robbery.
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** There are a few episodes with no body count every now and then, in which case the main crime is a kidnapping orrobbery.robbery.
** A few murder cases are depraved indifference murders such as a drug dealer using a toxic filler to cut his drugs.
** There are a few episodes with no body count every now and then, in which case the main crime is a kidnapping or
** A few murder cases are depraved indifference murders such as a drug dealer using a toxic filler to cut his drugs.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???It at first looks like murder but then turns out to be a suicide or an assault. However the investigation reveals clues that expose a murderer from another case who was either attacked out of revenge or set up to be the killer in the current case so someone still gets arrested for murder.
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Back to AlwaysMurder, found dead in its apartment building at 8 PM, riddled with gunshot wounds.
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Back to AlwaysMurder, found dead in its apartment building at 8 PM, riddled with gunshot wounds.gunshots.
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* '''Double Subverted''': In several episodes, the murder is set up to look so spontaneous that it can only be judged as manslaughter, but Alice sees through the killer's intentions and gets him arrested. %% some time ago, grammar standards were that a hypothetical subject of undecided gender could be referred to using male pronouns anyways. same logic behind "man" being a gender-neutral term. so this is at least somewhat valid, even if it's regarded as archaic, and I think using "him" instead of "them" in this case makes the sentence flow better.
* '''Parodied''': Alice has to prove that someone robbed a bank. Instead, she forges murder evidence and tries to get the suspect blamed on that, since solving murders is really all she knows how to do.
* '''Parodied''': Alice has to prove that someone robbed a bank. Instead, she forges murder evidence and tries to get the suspect blamed on that, since solving murders is really all she knows how to do.
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* '''Double Subverted''': In several episodes, the murder is set up to look so spontaneous that it can only be judged as manslaughter, but Alice sees through the killer's intentions and gets him them arrested. %% some time ago, grammar standards were that a hypothetical subject of undecided gender could be referred to using male pronouns anyways. same logic behind "man" being a gender-neutral term. so this is at least somewhat valid, even if it's regarded as archaic, and I think using "him" instead of "them" in this case makes the sentence flow better.
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** Alicehas is assigned to prove that someone robbed a bank. bank robbery case. Instead, she forges murder evidence and tries to get the suspect blamed on that, since solving murders is really all she knows how to do.do.
** Alice gets a bank robber arrested for murdering money, with all of the regular murder charges.
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** Alice gets a bank robber arrested for murdering money, with all of the regular murder charges.
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* '''Conversed''': "Why's this show all about murders? I mean, what happened to vandalism? And robberies? And hostage situations? It's like the writers aren't aware that there are crimes other than homicide!"
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* '''Conversed''': "Why's this show all about murders? I mean, what happened to vandalism? And robberies? And hostage situations? It's like the writers aren't aware that there are crimes other than homicide!"
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* '''Subverted''': The "murder" was a case of AccidentalMurder, or, well, manslaughter.
* '''Double Subverted''': The murder was set up to look so spontaneous that it could only be judged as manslaughter, but Alice sees through the killer's intentions and gets him arrested. %% some time ago, grammar standards were that a hypothetical subject of undecided gender could be referred to using male pronouns anyways. same logic behind "man" being a gender-neutral term. so this is at least somewhat valid, even if it's regarded as archaic, and I think using "him" instead of "them" in this case makes the sentence flow better.
* '''Double Subverted''': The murder was set up to look so spontaneous that it could only be judged as manslaughter, but Alice sees through the killer's intentions and gets him arrested. %% some time ago, grammar standards were that a hypothetical subject of undecided gender could be referred to using male pronouns anyways. same logic behind "man" being a gender-neutral term. so this is at least somewhat valid, even if it's regarded as archaic, and I think using "him" instead of "them" in this case makes the sentence flow better.
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* '''Subverted''': The In several episodes, the "murder" was a case of AccidentalMurder, or, well, manslaughter.
* '''Double Subverted''':The In several episodes, the murder was is set up to look so spontaneous that it could can only be judged as manslaughter, but Alice sees through the killer's intentions and gets him arrested. %% some time ago, grammar standards were that a hypothetical subject of undecided gender could be referred to using male pronouns anyways. same logic behind "man" being a gender-neutral term. so this is at least somewhat valid, even if it's regarded as archaic, and I think using "him" instead of "them" in this case makes the sentence flow better.
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'''Basic Trope''': Crime shows typically revolve around murder cases.
* '''Straight''': Alice, the protagonist, is a police detective who investigates homicides and innocent-seeming "accidents" that turn out to be murder.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice only looks into deaths that have been narrowed down to murder, and not one episode goes by where EverybodyLives.
* '''Downplayed''': There are a few episodes with no body count every now and then, in which case the main crime is a kidnapping or robbery.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice is a homicide detective, so every episode that focuses on a crime focuses on homicide.
** MurderIsTheBestSolution
* '''Inverted''':
** Bob, the protagonist, is a low-ranking consultant who is called in to solve all of the cases that are too minor for the big shots to waste their time on.
** Even though Alice is a renowned detecive in the violent city of Tropistan, and nearly all murder cases are assigned to her, we see surprisingly few murder investigations in the series.
* '''Subverted''': The "murder" was a case of AccidentalMurder, or, well, manslaughter.
* '''Double Subverted''': The murder was set up to look so spontaneous that it could only be judged as manslaughter, but Alice sees through the killer's intentions and gets him arrested. %% some time ago, grammar standards were that a hypothetical subject of undecided gender could be referred to using male pronouns anyways. same logic behind "man" being a gender-neutral term. so this is at least somewhat valid, even if it's regarded as archaic, and I think using "him" instead of "them" in this case makes the sentence flow better.
* '''Parodied''': Alice has to prove that someone robbed a bank. Instead, she forges murder evidence and tries to get the suspect blamed on that, since solving murders is really all she knows how to do.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Murder is only one of many crimes investigated on the show.
* '''Enforced''': "Death is dramatic, mysteries are dramatic, so murder mysteries are extremely dramatic. Get to it."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Another murder? Man, it's like the people here are just itching to see blood fall out of people."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "Yes, this really was just a successful robbery where no-one got hurt. It's not that unlikely, [[ThisIsReality we're not in Hollywood.]]"
* '''Conversed''': "Why's this show all about murders? I mean, what happened to vandalism? And robberies? And hostage situations? It's like the writers aren't aware that there are crimes other than homicide!"
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice receives a case of manslaughter and misinterprets it as murder. She pieces things together so that the culprit is found guilty of murder anyway and given an undeserved death sentence.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice cannot come to terms with her close friend's suicide, and tries, to no avail, to prove that there was a killer.
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%% * '''Played For Laughs''': ???
* '''Straight''': Alice, the protagonist, is a police detective who investigates homicides and innocent-seeming "accidents" that turn out to be murder.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice only looks into deaths that have been narrowed down to murder, and not one episode goes by where EverybodyLives.
* '''Downplayed''': There are a few episodes with no body count every now and then, in which case the main crime is a kidnapping or robbery.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice is a homicide detective, so every episode that focuses on a crime focuses on homicide.
** MurderIsTheBestSolution
* '''Inverted''':
** Bob, the protagonist, is a low-ranking consultant who is called in to solve all of the cases that are too minor for the big shots to waste their time on.
** Even though Alice is a renowned detecive in the violent city of Tropistan, and nearly all murder cases are assigned to her, we see surprisingly few murder investigations in the series.
* '''Subverted''': The "murder" was a case of AccidentalMurder, or, well, manslaughter.
* '''Double Subverted''': The murder was set up to look so spontaneous that it could only be judged as manslaughter, but Alice sees through the killer's intentions and gets him arrested. %% some time ago, grammar standards were that a hypothetical subject of undecided gender could be referred to using male pronouns anyways. same logic behind "man" being a gender-neutral term. so this is at least somewhat valid, even if it's regarded as archaic, and I think using "him" instead of "them" in this case makes the sentence flow better.
* '''Parodied''': Alice has to prove that someone robbed a bank. Instead, she forges murder evidence and tries to get the suspect blamed on that, since solving murders is really all she knows how to do.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Murder is only one of many crimes investigated on the show.
* '''Enforced''': "Death is dramatic, mysteries are dramatic, so murder mysteries are extremely dramatic. Get to it."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Another murder? Man, it's like the people here are just itching to see blood fall out of people."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "Yes, this really was just a successful robbery where no-one got hurt. It's not that unlikely, [[ThisIsReality we're not in Hollywood.]]"
* '''Conversed''': "Why's this show all about murders? I mean, what happened to vandalism? And robberies? And hostage situations? It's like the writers aren't aware that there are crimes other than homicide!"
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice receives a case of manslaughter and misinterprets it as murder. She pieces things together so that the culprit is found guilty of murder anyway and given an undeserved death sentence.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice cannot come to terms with her close friend's suicide, and tries, to no avail, to prove that there was a killer.
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%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played For Laughs''': ???
