History PlayingWith / DraggedOffToHell

** The villain is dragged off to hell...and then we clearly see that he is now living in [[AcceptableTargets Russia]].

* '''Played Straight''': After his defeat, Bob gets dragged bodily into Hell.

* '''Played Straight''': Bob gets sent to hell.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob simply [[KilledOffForReal dies,]] with no explicit afterlife shown.

*** Unless the hero [[TakingYouWithMe drags the villain along with them]]. Or they [[{{Determinator}} keeps kicking butt in hell]] eventually [[EscapeHell breaking out]].

*** Unless the hero [[TakingYouWithMe drags the villain along with them]], or [[{{Determinator}} keeps kicking butt in hell]] eventually [[EscapedHell breaking out]].

*** Unless the hero [[TakingYouWithMe drags the villain along with them]], or [[Determinator keeps kicking butt in hell]] eventually [[EscapedHell breaking out]].

* '''Downplayed''': Bob [[KilledOffForReal dies.]]

** A truly DownerEnding where the hero is dragged off to hell in one way or another.

* '''Parodied''': The villain is dragged off to hell...and then we clearly see that he is now living in [[AcceptableTargets Russia]].

'''Played Straight''': Bob gets sent to hell.

'''Exaggerated''': In a fight scene where Bob and his EvilMinions fight the heroes, Bob causes an explosion that sucks ''all'' of the characters in the vicinity into hell, heroes as well as villains. (Of course, what with all these characters now trapped in hell, this variation sounds much more like the beginning of a adventure than this trope's more common use as an [[EndingTropes ending]] to the villain's story.)

'''Downplayed''': Bob [[KilledOffForReal dies.]]

'''Justified''': Bob made a DealWithTheDevil.

'''Inverted''': A truly DownerEnding where the hero is dragged off to hell in one way or another.

'''Invoked''': The hero breaks the villain's amulet, and the effect is to [[NoOntologicalInertia break all the villain's spells]] and send him to hell.

'''Defied''': The villain substituted an artifact that simply [[ArtifactOfDoom kills the hero who breaks it]].

'''Subverted''': The hero breaks an amulet, thinking it will break all the villain's spells and send him off to hell, but what actually happens is that the villain turns into a OneWingedAngel demon and fights the hero.

'''Double Subverted''': The demon can only survive outside hell for a few minutes. After one last destructive rampage, it does get dragged off to hell, never to be heard from again.

'''Parodied''': The villain is dragged off to hell...and then we clearly see that he is now living in [[AcceptableTargets Russia]].

'''Enforced''': The villain and his BlackMagic are so evil that nothing less could be bad enough for him, [[KarmicDeath karmically speaking]].

'''Basic Trope''': A person gets sent to the bowels of [[Main/{{Hell}} Hell]].

'''Exaggerated''': Bob gets sent to [[Main/{{CessationOfExistence}} the pit of fire.]]
** In a fight scene where Bob and his EvilMinions fight the heroes, Bob causes an explosion that sucks ''all'' of the characters in the vicinity into hell, heroes as well as villains. (Of course, what with all these characters now trapped in hell, this variation sounds much more like the beginning of a adventure than this trope's more common use as an [[EndingTropes ending]] to the villain's story.)

'''Downplayed''': Bob [[Main/{{KilledOffForReal}} dies.]]

'''Justified''': Bob made a [[Main/{{DealWithTheDevil}} Deal with the devil.]]

'''Defied''': The villain was too DangerouslyGenreSavvy to allow this, and he substituted an artifact that simply [[ArtifactOfDoom kills the hero who breaks it]].

'''Parodied''': The villain is dragged off to hell...and then we clearly see that he is now living in [[AcceptableTargets Russia]].

** The villain had previously suffered the fate of being dragged off to hell, and his surviving minions use SummoningMagic to bring him back out of hell.

** In a fight scene where Bob and his EvilMinions fight the heroes, Bob causes an explosion that sucks ''all'' of the characters into hell, heroes as well as villains. (Of course, what with all these characters now trapped in hell, this variation sounds much more like the beginning of a adventure than this trope's more common use as an [[EndingTropes ending]] to the villain's story.)

'''Double Subverted''': The demon can only survive outside hell for a few minutes. After doing one last destructive rampage, it does get dragged off to hell, never to be heard from again.

'''Inverted''' A truly DownerEnding where the hero is dragged off to hell in one way or another.

'''Subverted''': The hero breaks an amulet that he thinks will break all the villain's spells and send him off to hell, but what actually happens is that the villain turns into a OneWingedAngel demon and fights the hero.

'''Double Subverted''': The demon can only survive outside hell for a few minutes. After doing one last destructive rampage, it does get dragged off to hell, never to be heard from again.

** In a fight scene where Bob and his EvilMinions fight the heroes, Bob causes an explosion that sucks ''all'' of the characters into hell, heroes as well as villains. (Of course, what with all these characters now trapped in hell, this variation sounds much more like the beginning of a adventure than this trope's more common use as an [[ending EndingTrope]] to the villain's story.)

'''Basic Trope''': A person gets sent to the bowels of [[Main/{{Hell}} Hell]]

** In a fight scene where Bob and his EvilMinions fight the heroes, Bob causes an explosion that sucks ''all'' of the characters into hell, heroes as well as villains. (Of course, what with all these characters now trapped in hell, this variation sounds much more like the beginning of an
adventure than this trope's more common use as an [[ending EndingTrope]] to the villain's story.)

** In a fight scene where Bob and his EvilMinions fight the heroes, Bob causes an explosion that sucks ''all'' of the characters into hell, heroes as well as villains. (Of course, what with all these characters now trapped in hell this variation sounds much more like the beginning of an

** In a fight scene where Bob and his EvilMinions fight the heroes, Bob causes an explosion that sucks ''all'' of the characters into hell, heroes as well as villains. (Of course, what with all these characters now trapped in hell this variation sounds much more like the beginning of an adventure than this trope's more common use as an [[ending EndingTrope]] to the villain's story.)

'''Inverted''' A truly DownerEnding where the hero is dragged off to hell in one way or another.

'''Justified''': Bob made a [[Main/{{DealWithTheDevil}} Deal with the devil.]]