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* '''Downplayed''':'''Downplayed''': Bob injures Alice as a result of the comment, but she lives.


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** Alice mocks Bob right before killing him.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character teases someone, so the one being teased kills the teaser.
* '''Straight''': AliceAndBob are fighting at night and Alice mockingly says, "Isn't it past your bedtime, Bobby?!" so Bob kills her.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob mutilates Alice just for smirking at him.
* '''Downplayed''':
* '''Justified''': Bob has no moral compass and is an experienced assassin.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice is a ghost and she makes the "past your bedtime" joke. Bob resurrects her.
** Alice expresses her respect for Bob, but he kills her anyway.
* '''Subverted''': Bob stabs Alice, but she survives and gets medical attention.
* '''Double Subverted''': Bob kills her later anyway.
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''': Alice, Carol, Dan, and Edward all tease Bob. Bob kills Alice, spares Carol, tries unsuccessfully to kill Dan, and Edward runs away before Bob can even try to kill him.
* '''Averted''':
** Bob does not kill Alice even though she teased him.
** Alice does not mock Bob.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "You insulted me?! Die!"
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''': With Alice out of the way, Bob can do what she was preventing him from doing.
* '''Defied''':
** Alice refuses to provoke Bob.
** Bob decides killing Alice because she mocked him isn't worth it.
* '''Discussed''': "Never tease Bob-- the last person to do so is now dead!"
* '''Conversed''': "Ooh, that character is mocking their opponent. Hope they don't die."
* '''Implied''': Bob is seen shooting at Alice, but [[UncertainDoom it's never revealed if she's dead or alive]].
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''': The death is played for BlackComedy.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice's death is a very sad, dramatic moment.
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