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** '[[StartingANewLife Bernard]]' [[FakingTheDead intended for his old identity to be 'murdered']], but being witnessed this early made it [[GoneHorriblyRight Go Horribly Right]].



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* '''Enforced''': ???The author is deconstructing FakingTheDeath.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and Charlie are arrested and charged with animal cruelty.



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* '''Justified''': Without prior awareness of magic, it makes more sense that a person would be mauled by a bear rather than being transformed into one.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Without prior awareness of magic, it makes more sense that a person would be mauled by a bear rather than being transformed into one.one.
** The only thing they heard was [[PainfulTransformation Bob screaming in pain as he turned into a bear]] - without context, that could've easily sounded like someone getting killed by a bear.



* '''Parodied''': An entire town is transformed into bears, and is assumed to be a massacre by a single bear..

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* '''Parodied''': An entire town is transformed into bears, and is assumed to be a massacre by a single bear..bear.



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* '''Conversed''': ???"Oh man, I hope Bob can convince his friends of the truth before they decide to kill the bear out of revenge."

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob can talk in his bear form and immediately tells his friends he's a bear. They still insist that he killed Bob.



* '''Implied''': A bear is found with Bob's clothes, and Alice and Charlie kill it in revenge without it fighting back. The horrific possibility that Bob was just killed [[AbortedArc is never brought up again.]]



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* '''Invoked''': WickedWitch Carla turns Bob into a bear, and then runs out of the woods crying about a bear attacking Bob.

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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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WickedWitch Carla turns Bob into a bear, and then runs out of the woods crying about a bear attacking Bob.Bob.
** Bob wants to escape his human identity, so he makes it look like he was killed by the bear he actually is.
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* '''Inverted''': A bear that mauls Bob is mistaken as being transformed into Bob.

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* '''Inverted''': A bear that mauls Bob is mistaken as being Bob transformed into Bob.a bear.
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* '''Straight''': Bob's TrueCompanions Alice and Charlie encounter him, transformed into a bear, with his clothes at his feet. They assume the bear killed Bob.

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* '''Straight''': Bob's TrueCompanions Alice and Charlie encounter him, transformed into a bear, [[BearsAreBadNews bear]], with his clothes at his feet. They assume the bear killed Bob.



* '''Justified''': It is easier to assume that a person would be mauled by a bear rather than being transformed into one.
* '''Inverted''': A bear that mauls Bob is transformed into Bob.

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* '''Justified''': It is easier to assume Without prior awareness of magic, it makes more sense that a person would be mauled by a bear rather than being transformed into one.
* '''Inverted''': A bear that mauls Bob is mistaken as being transformed into Bob.



* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Double Subverted''': ???
The hunter claimed he didn't know who Bob is. Alice and Charlie then attacked the bear, thinking it killed Bob.
* '''Parodied''': ???An entire town is transformed into bears, and is assumed to be a massacre by a single bear..

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???'''Exaggerated''':
** Bob goes through a series of transformations, each time being assumed the killer of the previous form.
** An entire town is transformed into bears, and is assumed to have all been mauled by bears.



* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': Charlie and Alice run at Bob, yelling, "[[AndThisIsFor This is for Bob!]]"...and attack a hunter standing right behind him.

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* '''Justified''': ???
It is easier to assume that a person would be mauled by a bear rather than being transformed into one.
* '''Inverted''': ???
A bear that mauls Bob is transformed into Bob.
* '''Subverted''': Charlie and Alice run at Bob, Bob as a bear, yelling, "[[AndThisIsFor This is for Bob!]]"...and attack a hunter standing right behind him.
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* '''Straight''': [[TrueCompanions Alice and Charlie]] encounter Bob, transformed into a bear, with his clothes at his feet. They assume the bear killed Bob.

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* '''Straight''': [[TrueCompanions Bob's TrueCompanions Alice and Charlie]] Charlie encounter Bob, him, transformed into a bear, with his clothes at his feet. They assume the bear killed Bob.



* '''Invoked''': [[WickedWitch Carla]] turns Bob into a bear, and then runs out of the woods crying about a bear attacking Bob.

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* '''Invoked''': [[WickedWitch Carla]] WickedWitch Carla turns Bob into a bear, and then runs out of the woods crying about a bear attacking Bob.
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* '''Defied''': Alice, Bob, and Charlie create a trust password to use in case of a sudden transformation.

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* '''Defied''': Alice, Bob, and Charlie create a trust password TrustPassword to use in case of a sudden transformation.
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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Alice, Bob, and Charlie create a trust password to use in case of a sudden transformation.
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* '''Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???Charlie and Alice run at Bob, yelling, "[[AndThisIsFor This is for Bob!]]"...and attack a hunter standing right behind him.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Charlie hear Bob yell as he transforms, then come across his bear-self trying to get into his cabin. They think the bear is attacking Bob.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You know, Alice, it wouldn't surprise me if that bear is actually Bob transformed."

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Charlie hear Bob yell as he transforms, then come across his bear-self trying to get into his cabin. They think the bear is attacking Bob.
Bob.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You know, Alice, it wouldn't surprise me if that bear is actually Bob transformed."'''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???



* '''Invoked''': [[WickedWitch Carla]] turns Bob into a bear, and then runs out of the woods crying about a bear attacking Bob.
* '''Exploited''': Carla was going to kill Bob, but when he accidentally transforms himself into a bear, she leaves him alone, thinking his companions will kill him instead.
* '''PlayedForDrama''': Bob can't fight back; he might hurt Alice and Charlie. When he [[CurseEscapeClause transforms]] [[ThisWasHisTrueForm back]], Alice and Charlie are [[WhatHaveIDone horrified at what they did.]]

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* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "You know, Alice, it wouldn't surprise me if that bear is actually Bob transformed."
* '''Invoked''': [[WickedWitch Carla]] turns Bob into a bear, and then runs out of the woods crying about a bear attacking Bob.
Bob.
* '''Exploited''': Carla was going to kill Bob, but when he accidentally transforms himself into a bear, she leaves him alone, thinking his companions will kill him instead.
instead.
* '''PlayedForDrama''': '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''':
Bob can't fight back; he might hurt Alice and Charlie. When he [[CurseEscapeClause transforms]] [[ThisWasHisTrueForm back]], Alice and Charlie are [[WhatHaveIDone horrified at what they did.]]]]
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'''Basic Trope''': A disguised or transformed hero is mistaken for having killed "himself."
* '''Straight''': [[TrueCompanions Alice and Charlie]] encounter Bob, transformed into a bear, with his clothes at his feet. They assume the bear killed Bob.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Charlie hear Bob yell as he transforms, then come across his bear-self trying to get into his cabin. They think the bear is attacking Bob.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You know, Alice, it wouldn't surprise me if that bear is actually Bob transformed."
* '''Averted''': Bob is never transformed or mistaken for anything at all.
* '''Invoked''': [[WickedWitch Carla]] turns Bob into a bear, and then runs out of the woods crying about a bear attacking Bob.
* '''Exploited''': Carla was going to kill Bob, but when he accidentally transforms himself into a bear, she leaves him alone, thinking his companions will kill him instead.
* '''PlayedForDrama''': Bob can't fight back; he might hurt Alice and Charlie. When he [[CurseEscapeClause transforms]] [[ThisWasHisTrueForm back]], Alice and Charlie are [[WhatHaveIDone horrified at what they did.]]

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