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* '''Discussed''': "Ever notice that an AssholeVictim has no shortage of people who agree that the world's better off without them in it? You'd think a team-up like this would happen more often."

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* '''Discussed''': "Ever notice that an AssholeVictim has no shortage of people who agree that the world's better off without them in it? it that reached the decision to do it the exact same day [[ContrivedCoincidence and do it within minutes of each other]]? You'd think a team-up like this would happen more often."
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** Alice was just a part of the conspiracy with everyone else, though she personally feels she was most responsible.
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* '''Played For Horror''':
** Bob's death was a very violent lynching and everybody in town was part of said event.
** Escalating the "played for drama" example above, Detective Alice discovers how far the chain of perpetrators go (and even then [[WeAreEverywhere she can't be sure it's all of them]]) when [[HeKnowsTooMuch they band together to try to silence her]].

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* '''Played For Drama''': Detective Alice is cornered when she discovers there are far more conspirators, even within the ranks, leaving her outnumbered.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
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Detective Alice is cornered when she discovers there are far more conspirators, even within the ranks, leaving her outnumbered.outnumbered.
** The humongous chain of people involved in this mess (be it actual perpetrators or those slapped with a FelonyMurder rap no matter how unfair) definitely lead to a number of unnecessarily destroyed lives when the police arrest them all.

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* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"There's a bunch of hints that any of them could have done it. It's like they ''all'' did."


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*'''Played For Drama''': Detective Alice is cornered when she discovers there are far more conspirators, even within the ranks, leaving her outnumbered.
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** For the first one: But later we find out that Hazel was involved in the scheme to murder Bob.
** For the first one: Hazel is subsequently subjected to [[GuiltByAssociationGag guilt by association]].
** For the second one: Alice was lying. Claire, Danny, Ethan, Franklin, and Gretchen really did do it.

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** For the first one: But later we find out that Hazel was involved in the scheme to murder Bob.
** For the first one: Hazel is subsequently subjected to [[GuiltByAssociationGag guilt by association]].
** For the second one: Alice was lying. Claire, Danny, Ethan, Franklin, and Gretchen really did do it.

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* '''Subverted''': Alice rounds up Claire, Danny, Ethan, Franklin, Gretchen, and Hazel, the last of whom turns out to be innocent and is promptly let go.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Alice rounds up Claire, Danny, Ethan, Franklin, Gretchen, and Hazel, the last of whom turns out to be innocent and is promptly let go.go.
** Alice says that Claire, Danny, Ethan, Franklin, and Gretchen did it, but it turns out that Alice was framing them; [[UnreliableNarrator ''she'']] committed the murder.



** But later we find out that Hazel was involved in the scheme to murder Bob.
** Hazel is subsequently subjected to [[GuiltByAssociationGag guilt by association]].

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** For the first one: But later we find out that Hazel was involved in the scheme to murder Bob.
** For the first one: Hazel is subsequently subjected to [[GuiltByAssociationGag guilt by association]].association]].
** For the second one: Alice was lying. Claire, Danny, Ethan, Franklin, and Gretchen really did do it.



* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Alice concludes that Claire, Danny, Ethan, Franklin, and Gretchen murdered Bob together, but it turns out that she framed them. Later, we discover that she honestly believed that Claire, Danny, Ethan, Franklin, and Gretchen did it, and that the evidence that led Alice to believe that was planted by 5 of her colleagues, who were acting together to ruin Alice's career. Then we find out that that was just a red herring: Only Alice's colleague Hazel framed her and Hazel also committed the crime.

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* '''Reconstructed''': At the same time, it proves that everyone really ''can'' be a suspect, [[ParanoiaFuel and they might not actially have all of them]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': At the same time, it proves that everyone really ''can'' be a suspect, [[ParanoiaFuel and they might not actially actually have all of them]].them]].
* '''Played For Laughs''': The suspects individually attempted to kill Bob, and had no idea about each other until they were all found guilty.




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* '''Deconstructed''': The more people are in on the conspiracy, the easier it will be for law enforcement to find a weak link to lean on and unravel the whole thing.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The more people who are in on the conspiracy, the easier it will be for law enforcement to find a weak link to lean on and unravel the whole thing.thing.
* '''Reconstructed''': At the same time, it proves that everyone really ''can'' be a suspect, [[ParanoiaFuel and they might not actially have all of them]].

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* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???
Bob had plenty of enemies, but in the end it was just his ex-wife, acting alone.
* '''Enforced''': ???The book is a logic puzzle where everyone is guilty of something, and it's just a matter of who did what.



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* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???
Bob knows he's dying, but wants to take his enemies down with him, so he arranges a ThanatosGambit so that his enemies will strike, inevitably screw up somewhere, get caught, and Bob will have the last laugh from beyond the grave.
* '''Exploited''': ???
With so many suspects, cross-checked alibis, and plausible deniability, defense attorneys have a field day and the prosecution can't pin down a single one to convict.
* '''Defied''': ???
Bob killed himself and attempted to frame his enemies.
* '''Discussed''': ???"Ever notice that an AssholeVictim has no shortage of people who agree that the world's better off without them in it? You'd think a team-up like this would happen more often."



* '''Implied''': "Bob's three ex-wives, the ex-boyfriend, three old ladies he swindled out of their life savings, the business partner he framed, the Russian mobster he double-crossed, his cocaine dealer, and they're ''all'' in the same house with him over the weekend. What did he think was gonna happen?"
* '''Deconstructed''': The more people are in on the conspiracy, the easier it will be for law enforcement to find a weak link to lean on and unravel the whole thing.



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* '''Parodied''': Even Detective Alice murdered Bob!

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Even Detective Alice murdered Bob!Bob!
** As a TomatoSurprise, ''everyone'' was independently planning to kill Bob. This includes Alice, the entire police force, and [[DrivenToSuicide Bob himself]].
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** Hazel is subsequently subjected to GuiltByAssociationGag.

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** Hazel is subsequently subjected to GuiltByAssociationGag.[[GuiltByAssociationGag guilt by association]].

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* '''Double Subverted''': But later we find out that Hazel was involved in the scheme to murder Bob.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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But later we find out that Hazel was involved in the scheme to murder Bob.Bob.
** Hazel is subsequently subjected to GuiltByAssociationGag.
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* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???They all hated Bob.



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Basic Trope: All of the suspects are equally guilty.
* '''Straight Trope''': Detective Alice rounds up Claire, Danny, Ethan, Franklin, and Gretchen as suspects for the murder of Bob, before discovering that they were all conspiring to kill Bob together.

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Basic Trope: '''Basic Trope''': All of the suspects are equally guilty.
* '''Straight Trope''': '''Straight''': Detective Alice rounds up Claire, Danny, Ethan, Franklin, and Gretchen as suspects for the murder of Bob, before discovering that they were all conspiring to kill Bob together.



* '''Inverted''': No one did it, Bob died of natural causes.



* '''Inverted''' No one did it, Bob died of natural causes.



* '''Zigzagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Only Claire is guilty.

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* '''Zigzagged''': '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Only Claire is guilty.???
* '''Enforced''': ???



* '''Enforced''': ???



* '''Defied''': Detective Alice also rounds up Hazel, even though she knows she couldn't have murdered Bob, for the sake of thoroughness.
* '''Exploited''': Claire, Danny, Ethan, Franklin, and Gretchen want to confess, so they all go to Detective Alice.

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* '''Defied''': Detective Alice also rounds up Hazel, even though she knows she couldn't have murdered Bob, for the sake of thoroughness.
* '''Exploited''': Claire, Danny, Ethan, Franklin, and Gretchen want to confess, so they all go to Detective Alice.???
* '''Defied''': ???



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Basic Trope: All of the suspects are equally guilty.
* '''Straight Trope''': Detective Alice rounds up Claire, Danny, Ethan, Franklin, and Gretchen as suspects for the murder of Bob, before discovering that they were all conspiring to kill Bob together.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every character, even the extras, were equally responsible for Bob's murder.
* '''Downplayed''': Detective Alice rounds up Bob and Claire, who turn out to be working together.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Subverted''': Alice rounds up Claire, Danny, Ethan, Franklin, Gretchen, and Hazel, the last of whom turns out to be innocent and is promptly let go.
* '''Double Subverted''': But later we find out that Hazel was involved in the scheme to murder Bob.
* '''Inverted''' No one did it, Bob died of natural causes.
* '''Parodied''': Even Detective Alice murdered Bob!
* '''Zigzagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Only Claire is guilty.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Detective Alice always gets her man. All of them."
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Defied''': Detective Alice also rounds up Hazel, even though she knows she couldn't have murdered Bob, for the sake of thoroughness.
* '''Exploited''': Claire, Danny, Ethan, Franklin, and Gretchen want to confess, so they all go to Detective Alice.
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