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* '''Averted''': Bodies only turn up in places like morgues and funeral homes.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Bodies only turn up in places like morgues and funeral homes. homes.
** Alice notices Bob's corpse ahead when she's approaching the car and promptly disposes his body to escape.



* '''Defied''': Alice notices Bob's corpse ahead when she's approaching the car and promptly disposes his body to escape.

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* '''Defied''': Alice notices Bob's corpse ahead is too focused on escaping that she doesn't notice or care that Bob is already dead when she's approaching the car and promptly disposes she hijacks his body to escape.car.

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

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* '''Defied''': ???Alice notices Bob's corpse ahead when she's approaching the car and promptly disposes his body to escape.


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* '''Implied''': Charlie is catching up to Alice on getting to the car and hears her scream from afar.

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* '''Enforced''': The creator insists on the author writing a scene like this because it's traditional.

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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The creator insists on the author writing a scene like this because it's traditional. traditional.
** The director decided to [[ThrowItIn throw in]] the [[RealLifeWritesThePlot unexpected finding of the corpse of one of the stage technicians during the last take of scene 55]].[[note]]Along with the [[EnforcedMethodActing raw genuine emotions it provoked]].[[/note]]
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* '''Parodied''': Alice and Charlie are fleeing a MalevolentMaskedMn and discover Bob's headless body in a car. When Charlie doesn't scream, Alice scoffs at him for not doing things properly.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice and Charlie are fleeing a MalevolentMaskedMn MalevolentMaskedMan and discover Bob's headless body in a car. When Charlie doesn't scream, Alice scoffs at him for not doing things properly.



* '''Exploited''': The MalevolentMaskedMan n hears Alice scream when she finds the body and uses it to hunt her down.

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* '''Exploited''': The MalevolentMaskedMan n hears Alice scream when she finds the body and uses it to hunt her down.
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* '''Exaggerated''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???Alice is fleeing a MalevolentMaskedMan and pulls open the car door, causing all the headless passengers inside to fall out and scaring Alice so much she had a heart attack.



* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Alice and Charlie are fleeing a masked man and discover Bob's body in a car. When Charlie doesn't scream, Alice scoffs at him for not doing things properly.
* '''Zigzagged''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Alice opens the car door and sees what appears to be Bob's headless body... but he was hiding in his shirt. His head then pops out, revealing him alive.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
He was actually headless; his head was decapicated.
* '''Parodied''': Alice and Charlie are fleeing a masked man MalevolentMaskedMn and discover Bob's headless body in a car. When Charlie doesn't scream, Alice scoffs at him for not doing things properly.
* '''Zigzagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': ???



* '''Enforced''': The producer insists on the author writing a scene like this because it's traditional.

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* '''Enforced''': The producer creator insists on the author writing a scene like this because it's traditional.



* '''Invoked''': The villain leaves his victims' bodies in the most surprising places he can imagine.
* '''Exploited''': The villain hears Alice scream when she finds the body and uses it to hunt her down.

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* '''Invoked''': The villain MalevolentMaskedMan leaves his victims' bodies in the most surprising places he can imagine.
* '''Exploited''': The villain MalevolentMaskedMan n hears Alice scream when she finds the body and uses it to hunt her down.
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'''Basic Trope''': Scares because of a body turning up where/when it's not expected.
* '''Straight''': As Alice is fleeing a MalevolentMaskedMan, she pulls open a car door, only to have Bob's headless corpse fall out of the driver's seat onto her. She screams in terror.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is fleeing a MalevolentMaskedMan and pulls open the car door, causing Bob's headless body to fall on her. She flinches and bites back a scream of terror.
* '''Justified''': Bob was quite strong and tough. [[TheWorfEffect If he's dead]], things have gotten that much worse.
* '''Inverted''': The fleeing Alice pulls open a car door to find Bob inside. She screams from surprise.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Alice and Charlie are fleeing a masked man and discover Bob's body in a car. When Charlie doesn't scream, Alice scoffs at him for not doing things properly.
* '''Zigzagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bodies only turn up in places like morgues and funeral homes.
* '''Enforced''': The producer insists on the author writing a scene like this because it's traditional.
* '''Lampshaded''':
* '''Invoked''': The villain leaves his victims' bodies in the most surprising places he can imagine.
* '''Exploited''': The villain hears Alice scream when she finds the body and uses it to hunt her down.
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Huh, she's opening a door and the music's turning ominous...think a corpse will fall out?"
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