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* '''Exploited''': Daniel comforts "horror film victims" at the cost of a few sweets.
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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
** Daniel comforts "horror film victims" at the cost of a fewsweets.sweets.
** Seven-year-old Alice watches a horror movie that her babysitter Bob put on, with him not knowing she was watching. When he hears her screaming, he panics and starts giving her whatever she requests to make her feel better. Then her mother comes home and sees the movie still on and reveals Alice actually ''loves'' horror movies. [[HereWeGoAgain Bob's the sixth babysitter Alice has pulled this on]].
** Daniel comforts "horror film victims" at the cost of a few
** Seven-year-old Alice watches a horror movie that her babysitter Bob put on, with him not knowing she was watching. When he hears her screaming, he panics and starts giving her whatever she requests to make her feel better. Then her mother comes home and sees the movie still on and reveals Alice actually ''loves'' horror movies. [[HereWeGoAgain Bob's the sixth babysitter Alice has pulled this on]].
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* '''Played For Horror''': [[Ludicrous Gibs they explode into just after screaming out of fear for some reason.]]
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* '''Played For Horror''': [[Ludicrous Gibs [[LudicrousGibs they explode into just after screaming out of fear for some reason.]]
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** Alice and Bob are as old as an early-high school/late middle school student, and after watching the film a few times in a row, they both get a uncomfortable and have chills, but their sleep didn't go horribly aside from occasional jumpscares in their sleep from time to time.
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** Alice and Bob are as old as an early-high school/late middle school student, in their early teenage years, and after watching the film a few times in a row, they both get a uncomfortable and have chills, but their sleep didn't go horribly aside from occasional jumpscares in their sleep from time to time.horribly, also, they get startled without actual screaming when a scary part comes.
***Alternatively they don't get directly scared, but more disgusted than actually scared.
***Alternatively they don't get directly scared, but more disgusted than actually scared.
** (For the teenage downplayed example) Alice and Bob are not used to watching those type of movies and are normally only going for light-hearted works.
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* '''Reconstructed''': When Alice and Bob grow up, they decide (or get forced) to re-watch the film for some reason. This time, they enjoy it. They also ensure that their children don't watch horror films before they're mature enough.
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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
** When Alice and Bob grow up, they decide (or get forced) to re-watch the film for some reason. This time, they enjoy it. They also ensure that their children don't watch horror films before they're matureenough.enough.
** Their parents (or a guardian who's drastically older) are near enough to hear the screaming, and later comfort them.
** When Alice and Bob grow up, they decide (or get forced) to re-watch the film for some reason. This time, they enjoy it. They also ensure that their children don't watch horror films before they're mature
** Their parents (or a guardian who's drastically older) are near enough to hear the screaming, and later comfort them.
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*** They scream so loud, they managed to bringing the house (or the even the entire city) into having a power outage, shattering every glass object, or both.
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*** They scream so loud, they managed to bringing the bring their house (or the even the entire city) into having a power outage, shattering every glass object, or both.both.
****Alternatively, they screamed so loud, they caused a sonic boom.
****Alternatively, they screamed so loud, they caused a sonic boom.
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* '''Played For Horror''': [[Ludicrous Gibs they explode into just after getting scared.]]
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* '''Played For Horror''': [[Ludicrous Gibs they explode into just after getting scared.screaming out of fear for some reason.]]
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* '''Logical Extreme''': Alice and Bob are literal babies that, somehow, just somehow, managed to be smart enough to operate to gain access to the film, and just one minor JumpScare and the two get a heart attack.
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** Alice and Bob are as old as an early-high school/late middle school student, and after watching the film a few times in a row, they both get a uncomfortable and have chills, but their sleep didn't go horribly aside from occasional jumpscares in their sleep from time to time.
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*** They scream so loud, they managed to bringing the house (or the even the entire city) into having a power outage, shattering every glass object, or both.
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* '''Played For Horror''': [[Ludicrous Gibs they explode into just after getting scared.]]
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** The kids end up traumatized by the film... not because it was scary, but because it was [[SuckinessIsPainful that horrible]] of [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible a film]].
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** The kids end up traumatized by the film... not because it was scary, but because it was [[SuckinessIsPainful that horrible]] horrible of [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible a film]].
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** The kids end up traumatized by the film... not because it was scary, but because it was [[SuckinessIsPainful that horrible]] of [[invoked]] [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible a film]].
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** The kids end up traumatized by the film... not because it was scary, but because it was [[SuckinessIsPainful that horrible]] of [[invoked]] [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible a film]].
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** The film is actually an example of SpookyKidsMedia, and is pretty light in tone and has a happy ending, but AliceAndBob still get nightmares from watching it.
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** Alice and Bob start having nightmares more often after watching the movie, but it turns out that the movie had nothing to do with the cause of their nightmares.
** ''Vampires of the Cottage'' actually isn't a horror film after all.
** ''Vampires of the Cottage'' actually isn't a horror film after all.
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** While Alice and Bob didn't have nightmares about the movie, they ''were'' still pretty scared by it.
** Even though ''Vampires of the Cottage'' isn't supposed to be a horror film, it does still contain content that Alice and Bob find scary/disturbing.
** Even though ''Vampires of the Cottage'' isn't supposed to be a horror film, it does still contain content that Alice and Bob find scary/disturbing.
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** Alice and Bob are too young to realize that it's a work of fiction. They think that the people who were killed in the movie also died in real life, and that vampires also exist.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice and Bob are scared while watching the film, but are okay afterward.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, when summer comes and they're going to their cousin's cottage, they're terrified of going there.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, when summer comes and they're going to their cousin's cottage, they're terrified of going there.
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** Alice and Bob are scared while watching the film, but are okay afterward.
** Alice and Bob are about to watch the film. A lot of TemptingFate from them (e.g. "This can't be so scary, can it?") ensues, but when they start watching, they don't find the movie that scary.
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** However, when summer comes and they're going to their cousin's cottage, they're terrified of goingthere.there.
** About halfway through the film, there's a scary part that Alice and Bob ''are'' genuinely frightened by, though.
** Alice and Bob are scared while watching the film, but are okay afterward.
** Alice and Bob are about to watch the film. A lot of TemptingFate from them (e.g. "This can't be so scary, can it?") ensues, but when they start watching, they don't find the movie that scary.
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** However, when summer comes and they're going to their cousin's cottage, they're terrified of going
** About halfway through the film, there's a scary part that Alice and Bob ''are'' genuinely frightened by, though.
** Alice and Bob's parents don't allow their kids to watch scary movies, at least not until they're aware that it's all just a movie and there's nothing to be afraid of.
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* '''Implied''': After watching the film, Alice and Bob start getting less sleep.
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* '''Implied''': '''Implied''':
** After watching the film, Alice and Bob start getting lesssleep.sleep.
** Alice and Bob suddenly become afraid of vampires, despite the work taking place in a setting where vampires don't exist.
** After watching the film, Alice and Bob start getting less
** Alice and Bob suddenly become afraid of vampires, despite the work taking place in a setting where vampires don't exist.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice and Bob do various weird things to "protect themselves from vampires".
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Laughs''':
** Alice and Bob do various weird things to "protect themselves fromvampires". vampires".
** Alice and Bob keep laughing to each other because [[TemptingFate the movie "isn't that scary"]]. Then the ''real'' scary part shows up, and they start screaming.
** Alice and Bob do various weird things to "protect themselves from
** Alice and Bob keep laughing to each other because [[TemptingFate the movie "isn't that scary"]]. Then the ''real'' scary part shows up, and they start screaming.
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** Alice and Bob ''have'' to watch the movie for Englash Class homework, and there's no substitute they can do instead.
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** Alice and Bob ''have'' to watch the movie for Englash English Class homework, and there's no substitute they can do instead.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Alice and Bob have a good reason to be terrified: They have witnessed a murder in the past, and the killings in the film remind them of it.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
** Alice and Bob have a good reason to be terrified: They have witnessed a murder in the past, and the killings in the film remind them ofit.it.
** Alice and Bob ''have'' to watch the movie for Englash Class homework, and there's no substitute they can do instead.
** Alice and Bob have a good reason to be terrified: They have witnessed a murder in the past, and the killings in the film remind them of
** Alice and Bob ''have'' to watch the movie for Englash Class homework, and there's no substitute they can do instead.
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* '''Justified''': The film has genuinely gruesome and scary scenes that children understand.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** The film has genuinely gruesome and scary scenes that childrenunderstand.understand.
** The child has PTSD due to [[DarkAndTroubledPast a traumatic]] [[HarmfulToMinors event]] and the horror film has scenes that depict similar events, which further traumatises the child.
** The film has genuinely gruesome and scary scenes that children
** The child has PTSD due to [[DarkAndTroubledPast a traumatic]] [[HarmfulToMinors event]] and the horror film has scenes that depict similar events, which further traumatises the child.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "So you have nightmares too? I guess watching that film wasn't good for us..."
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* '''Lampshaded''': '''Lampshaded''':
** "So you have nightmares too? I guess watching that film wasn't good for us...""
** WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids
** "So you have nightmares too? I guess watching that film wasn't good for us...
** WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids
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** The film is not (strictly) in the horror genre, but was still R-rated and contains intense NightmareFuel for Alice and Bob.
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** The film is not (strictly) in the horror genre, but was is still R-rated and contains intense NightmareFuel for Alice and Bob.
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** The film is not (strictly) in the horror genre, but is still R-rated and contains intense NightmareFuel for Alice and Bob.
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** The film is not (strictly) in the horror genre, but is was still R-rated and contains intense NightmareFuel for Alice and Bob.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob suffer nightmares the night after watching the film, but that's it.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** Alice and Bob suffer nightmares the night after watching the film, but that'sit.it.
** The film is not (strictly) in the horror genre, but is still R-rated and contains intense NightmareFuel for Alice and Bob.
** The film is DefangedHorrors that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids really was intended for children]], but is still too scary for Alice and Bob.
** Alice and Bob suffer nightmares the night after watching the film, but that's
** The film is not (strictly) in the horror genre, but is still R-rated and contains intense NightmareFuel for Alice and Bob.
** The film is DefangedHorrors that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids really was intended for children]], but is still too scary for Alice and Bob.
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** The kids end up traumatized by the film... not because it was scary, but because it was [[invoked]] [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible that horrible a film]].
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** The kids end up traumatized by the film... not because it was scary, but because it was [[SuckinessIsPainful that horrible]] of [[invoked]] [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible that horrible a film]].
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** The kids end up traumatized by the film... not because it was scary, but because it was [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible that horrible a film]].
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** The kids end up traumatized by the film... not because it was scary, but because it was [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible that horrible a film]].
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* '''Averted''': Alice and Bob don't watch a horror film.
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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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** Alice and Bob watch a horror film, but don't get scared.
** Alice and Bob don't watch a horror
** Alice and Bob watch a horror film, but don't get scared.
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* '''Discussed''': "I don't want think watching that horror film is a good idea. What if we end up traumatized?"
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* '''Discussed''': "I don't want think watching that horror film is a good idea. What if we end up traumatized?"
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** Alice and Bob both act terrified, but they both end up laughing, admitting that they weren't really scared.
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* '''Enforced''': The producers want to ScareEmStraight with AnAesop about why this kind of film is for adults and not children.
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* '''Enforced''': The producers or [[ExecutiveMeddling meddling executives]] want to ScareEmStraight with AnAesop about why this kind of film is for adults and not children.
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* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob watch it with their parents. Alice and Bob don't find it scary at all, while their parents end up terrified.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** Alice and Bob watch it with their parents. Alice and Bob don't find it scary at all, while their parents end upterrified.terrified.
** Alice and Bob don't get scared by the horror film, but do get scared by films that are supposed to be child-friendly.
** Alice and Bob watch it with their parents. Alice and Bob don't find it scary at all, while their parents end up
** Alice and Bob don't get scared by the horror film, but do get scared by films that are supposed to be child-friendly.
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** Alice and Bob don't care about the scenes in which people are brutally murdered by the vampires, but get terrified when a cute doll is destroyed.
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** Alice and Bob don't care about the scenes in which people characters are brutally murdered by the vampires, murdered, but get terrified when a cute doll with no plot significance is destroyed.
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* '''Reconstructed''': When Alice and Bob grow up, they decide (or get forced) to re-watch the film for some reason. This time, they enjoy it.
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* '''Reconstructed''': When Alice and Bob grow up, they decide (or get forced) to re-watch the film for some reason. This time, they enjoy it. They also ensure that their children don't watch horror films before they're mature enough.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob {{Wangst}} about the film for five minutes before forgetting it entirely.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** Alice and Bob {{Wangst}} about the film for five minutes before forgetting itentirely.entirely.
** Alice and Bob don't care about the scenes in which people are brutally murdered by the vampires, but get terrified when a cute doll is destroyed.
** Alice and Bob {{Wangst}} about the film for five minutes before forgetting it
** Alice and Bob don't care about the scenes in which people are brutally murdered by the vampires, but get terrified when a cute doll is destroyed.
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* '''Straight''': The children AliceAndBob watch the horror film ''Vampires of the Cottage''. They end up horribly scared and suffering nightmares.
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* '''Straight''': The children AliceAndBob watch the horror film ''Vampires of the Cottage''. They end up horribly scared and suffering nightmares.nightmares for weeks.
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* '''Reconstructed''': When Alice and Bob grow up, they decide to re-watch the film for some reason. This time, they enjoy it.
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* '''Reconstructed''': When Alice and Bob grow up, they decide (or get forced) to re-watch the film for some reason. This time, they enjoy it.
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'''Basic Trope''': Children watch horror films and get terrified.
* '''Straight''': The children AliceAndBob watch the horror film ''Vampires of the Cottage''. They end up horribly scared and suffering nightmares.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob get a [=PTSD-like=] disorder from watching the film.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob suffer nightmares the night after watching the film, but that's it.
* '''Justified''': The film has genuinely gruesome and scary scenes that children understand.
* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob watch it with their parents. Alice and Bob don't find it scary at all, while their parents end up terrified.
* '''Subverted''': Alice and Bob are scared while watching the film, but are okay afterward.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, when summer comes and they're going to their cousin's cottage, they're terrified of going there.
* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob {{Wangst}} about the film for five minutes before forgetting it entirely.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Both get scared while watching the film, but only Alice suffers nightmares afterward. They go away fairly quickly. Then it's time to visit their cousin's cottage. Alice has forgotten the film entirely, but Bob is now terrified...
* '''Averted''': Alice and Bob don't watch a horror film.
* '''Enforced''': The producers want to ScareEmStraight with AnAesop about why this kind of film is for adults and not children.
* '''Lampshaded''': "So you have nightmares too? I guess watching that film wasn't good for us..."
* '''Invoked''': JerkAss Cassandra encourages Alice and Bob to watch the film, hoping they'll react like this and get in trouble.
* '''Exploited''': Daniel comforts "horror film victims" at the cost of a few sweets.
* '''Defied''':
** Alice and Bob remind each other that it's only a film and they should get over it.
** Alice and Bob stop watching the film before they get more than a little scared.
* '''Discussed''': "I don't want think watching that horror film is a good idea. What if we end up traumatized?"
* '''Conversed''': "You'd think some of the children who watch horror films would enjoy it, but it never happens on [=TV=]."
* '''Implied''': After watching the film, Alice and Bob start getting less sleep.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and Bob are permanently turned off horror films.
* '''Reconstructed''': When Alice and Bob grow up, they decide to re-watch the film for some reason. This time, they enjoy it.
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* '''Straight''': The children AliceAndBob watch the horror film ''Vampires of the Cottage''. They end up horribly scared and suffering nightmares.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob get a [=PTSD-like=] disorder from watching the film.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob suffer nightmares the night after watching the film, but that's it.
* '''Justified''': The film has genuinely gruesome and scary scenes that children understand.
* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob watch it with their parents. Alice and Bob don't find it scary at all, while their parents end up terrified.
* '''Subverted''': Alice and Bob are scared while watching the film, but are okay afterward.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, when summer comes and they're going to their cousin's cottage, they're terrified of going there.
* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob {{Wangst}} about the film for five minutes before forgetting it entirely.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Both get scared while watching the film, but only Alice suffers nightmares afterward. They go away fairly quickly. Then it's time to visit their cousin's cottage. Alice has forgotten the film entirely, but Bob is now terrified...
* '''Averted''': Alice and Bob don't watch a horror film.
* '''Enforced''': The producers want to ScareEmStraight with AnAesop about why this kind of film is for adults and not children.
* '''Lampshaded''': "So you have nightmares too? I guess watching that film wasn't good for us..."
* '''Invoked''': JerkAss Cassandra encourages Alice and Bob to watch the film, hoping they'll react like this and get in trouble.
* '''Exploited''': Daniel comforts "horror film victims" at the cost of a few sweets.
* '''Defied''':
** Alice and Bob remind each other that it's only a film and they should get over it.
** Alice and Bob stop watching the film before they get more than a little scared.
* '''Discussed''': "I don't want think watching that horror film is a good idea. What if we end up traumatized?"
* '''Conversed''': "You'd think some of the children who watch horror films would enjoy it, but it never happens on [=TV=]."
* '''Implied''': After watching the film, Alice and Bob start getting less sleep.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and Bob are permanently turned off horror films.
* '''Reconstructed''': When Alice and Bob grow up, they decide to re-watch the film for some reason. This time, they enjoy it.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice and Bob do various weird things to "protect themselves from vampires".
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