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* '''Exaggerated''': A group is told than unless the enormous snake eats one of them, it will ravage the kingdom. Apollonia, Benedict, Constantine, Danilo, Edmund, Florian, Gregor, Henrietta, Imogene, Jasper, and Lily all argue over who will make the ultimate sacrifice.

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* '''Exaggerated''': A group is told than unless the enormous snake eats one of them, it will ravage the kingdom. Apollonia, Benedict, Constantine, Danilo, Edmund, Florian, Gregor, Henrietta, Imogene, Jasper, and Lily all argue over who will make the ultimate sacrifice. It swiftly devolves into a ridiculous EscalatingBrawl.
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* '''Justified''': Apollonia and Benedict are both {{Death Seeker}}s.

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* '''Justified''': Apollonia and Benedict are both {{Death Seeker}}s.Seeker}}s, {{Glory Seeker}}s or one of each.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The group eventually becomes completely disfunctional, as heroes constantly argue who should wear the weakest armour, check if the bridge is safe to walk on or even do things like domestic chores, as everyone wants to prove themselves the most heroic, brave and humble of all. In combat, the groups members are very prone to make [[StupidSarcifice moronic sacrifices]] and mostly jump in front of each other hoping to [[TakingTheBullet take the bullet for somebody else]] instead of actually attacking opponents.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The group eventually becomes completely disfunctional, as heroes constantly argue who should wear the weakest armour, check if the bridge is safe to walk on or even do things like domestic chores, as everyone wants to prove themselves the most heroic, brave and humble of all. In combat, the groups members are very prone to make [[StupidSarcifice [[StupidSacrifice moronic sacrifices]] and mostly jump in front of each other hoping to [[TakingTheBullet take the bullet for somebody else]] instead of actually attacking opponents.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The group eventually becomes completely disfunctional, as heroes constantly argue who should wear the weakest armour, check if the bridge is safe to walk on or even do things like domestic chores, as everyone wants to prove themselves the most heroic, brave and humble of all. In combat, the groups members are very prone to make [[StupidSarcifice moronic sacrifices]] and mostly jump in front of each other hoping to [[TakingTheBullet take the bullet for somebody else]] instead of actually attacking opponents.
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** However, after realizing that the dragon is too dangerous for Danilo to deal with, Constantine insists to take down the dragon on his own.

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* '''Subverted''': Constantine nobly tells his sidekick Danilo not to come on the dragon-slaying quest, and Danilo argues he's willing to risk it, when they both know the dragon is old and senile, and no real danger, and the treasure awaits.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Constantine nobly tells his sidekick Danilo not to come on the dragon-slaying quest, and Danilo argues he's willing to risk it, when they both know the dragon is old and senile, and no real danger, and the treasure awaits. awaits.
** Constantine nobly tells his sidekick Danilo not to come on the dragon-slaying quest, and Danilo argues he's willing to risk it. In truth, Constantine is trying to [[BatmanGambit get Danilo into killing the dragon so he doesn't have to deal with the dragon on his own]].
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** Katherine and Matilda argue, each of them trying to get the other to bring back the MacGuffin and so claim the credit of succeeding in TheQuest.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Apollonia, Benedict, Constantine, Danilo, and Edmund all argue over who will make the ultimate sacrifice.

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* '''Exaggerated''': A group is told than unless the enormous snake eats one of them, it will ravage the kingdom. Apollonia, Benedict, Constantine, Danilo, Edmund, Florian, Gregor, Henrietta, Imogene, Jasper, and Edmund Lily all argue over who will make the ultimate sacrifice.
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* '''Justified''': Apollonia and Benedict are both [[DeathSeeker Death Seekers]].

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* '''Justified''': Apollonia and Benedict are both [[DeathSeeker Death Seekers]].{{Death Seeker}}s.
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* '''Exaggerated''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???Apollonia, Benedict, Constantine, Danilo, and Edmund all argue over who will make the ultimate sacrifice.



* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???Apollonia and Benedict are both [[DeathSeeker Death Seekers]].



* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???The BlackKnight Rupert breaks into the middle of the argument and shouts, "No, I shall drink the potion!" and proceeds to guzzle down [[KickTheDog two seriously wounded people's last hope of survival]].



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Before the adventure even starts, the party sits down and decides who will be the designated SacrificialLion, and rank each other by expendability to avoid further arguments.

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* '''Inverted''': WhoWillBellTheCat

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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WhoWillBellTheCat
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** EvilerThanThou
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* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???Everyone else collapses from exhaustion. Zack carries them aboard the airship and sets it off by autopilot without any argument as he leaves to hold off the enemy from getting into shooting range.



* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Are we really going to argue over who gets to make the noble sacrifice?"
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???On a rooftop during a flood, Flora tells Gregory to take the rope lift to the helicopter first, because he's hurt; he tells her that he's trained for disasters.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Old and senile dragons, they both know, can breathe fire and kill.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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Old and senile dragons, they both know, can breathe fire and kill.
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'''Basic Trope''': Characters dispute over who gets to make the HeroicSacrifice (or try, by force or trickery, to preclude such a dispute).
* '''Straight''': Apollonia tells Benedict to take the healing potion, or he'll be crippled; Benedict argues that her wounds will kill her; Apollonia, that he's needed to overthrow the BigBad. Whereupon Benedict takes advantage of how bleeding is weakening her to force it down her throat.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': WhoWillBellTheCat
* '''Subverted''': Constantine nobly tells his sidekick Danilo not to come on the dragon-slaying quest, and Danilo argues he's willing to risk it, when they both know the dragon is old and senile, and no real danger, and the treasure awaits.
* '''Double Subverted''': Old and senile dragons, they both know, can breathe fire and kill.
** Edmund claimed that that was the real reason for the dispute, but in fact Constantine and Danilo didn't know that -- and it's not true, they really did risk their lives.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': "We need some way to show that Danilo is brave without actually putting him in danger."
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': The EvilSorcerer Mortimer lets Florian escape his prison cell so he will arrive in the room when Hal gets there, knowing they will argue about who risks the basilisk and give him time to escape.
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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