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* '''Enforced''': Alice's actress Carol [[AbsenteeActor needs a sick day]] right in the middle of a [[RoadTripPlot Road Trip Arc]]. So Alice goes missing for an episode and is discovered to have accidentally shut herself in the trunk once Carol returns.

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* '''Enforced''': Alice's actress Carol [[AbsenteeActor needs a sick day]] day right in the middle of a [[RoadTripPlot Road Trip Arc]]. So Alice goes missing for an episode and is discovered to have accidentally shut herself in the trunk once Carol returns.
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* '''Defied''': Alice tries to push Bob into her trunk, threatening him with a knife, but Bob [[Neverbringaknifetoagunfight pulls out a gun]] and [[AssholeVictim holds it to Alice's head]], telling her exactly where to go.

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* '''Defied''': Alice tries to push Bob into her trunk, threatening him with a knife, but Bob [[Neverbringaknifetoagunfight [[NeverbringaknifetoAgunfight pulls out a gun]] and [[AssholeVictim holds it to Alice's head]], telling her exactly where to go.
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* '''Defied''': Bob does not own the car, and instead holds a gun to Alice (the driver's) head, telling her exactly where to go.

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* '''Defied''': Alice tries to push Bob does not own the car, into her trunk, threatening him with a knife, but Bob [[Neverbringaknifetoagunfight pulls out a gun]] and instead [[AssholeVictim holds a gun it to Alice (the driver's) head, Alice's head]], telling her exactly where to go.
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** Bob seems to be the only person driving from point A to point B, but at B, Alice talks about her trip in his car.

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** Bob seems to be the only person driving from point A Alice's house to point B, his own after a party, but once he's at B, his house, Alice talks is inexplicably there and starts talking about her trip in his car.car, finishing with "Oh, by the way, your trunk's open."

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** Alice, along with 10 other people, are placed in Bob's trunk.

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** Alice, along with 10 Alice and ten other people, people are placed put in Bob's trunk.



** Bob has murdered Alice, and is transporting her body to dispose of it.

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** Bob has murdered Alice, Alice and is transporting her body to dispose of it.



** Alice is riding in the front passenger seat, or at least the backseat.

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** Alice is riding in the front passenger seat, or at least the backseat.back seat.



* '''Subverted''': A police officer stops Bob, and searches the car for anything that shouldn't be there, and doesn't find anything unusual in the trunk.

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* '''Subverted''': A police officer stops Bob, and searches the car for anything that shouldn't be there, and doesn't find anything finds nothing unusual in the trunk.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Some hostages are transported in the trunk, others in the car itself.
* '''Averted''': No people (alive or dead) are found in Bob's trunk.
* '''Enforced''': Alice's actress [[AbsenteeActor needs a sick day]] right in the middle of a [[RoadTripPlot Road Trip Arc]]. So Alice goes missing for an episode and is discovered to have accidentally shut herself in the trunk once her actress returns.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Some hostages are transported in the trunk, others in the car itself.
itself.
* '''Averted''': No people (alive or dead) are found in Bob's trunk.
trunk.
* '''Enforced''': Alice's actress Carol [[AbsenteeActor needs a sick day]] right in the middle of a [[RoadTripPlot Road Trip Arc]]. So Alice goes missing for an episode and is discovered to have accidentally shut herself in the trunk once her actress Carol returns.



* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': These days, a lot of car manufacturers [[CrazyPrepared anticipate this very thing]], and so there is usually a way for the person in the trunk to open it from the inside and escape. And if Alice is dead, and Bob leaves her body in there (i.e. forgets about it), then she'll decompose, which will be a hell of a stench to clean up (and try to hide.)
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob takes out the safety feature (or simply does not put one in), and either only transports live people this way, or makes sure to take dead bodies out.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob "kidnaps" his friend Alice from her job to "hold her hostage" someplace more fun.

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* '''Discussed''': ???
AliceAndBob talk about how either of them might survive a trip in the trunk of any given vehicle.
* '''Conversed''': ???
"That's a [[BiggerOnTheInside surprisingly roomy trunk]]. It's the kind of trunk you only see on TV."
* '''Deconstructed''': These days, a lot of Many car manufacturers [[CrazyPrepared anticipate this very thing]], thing]] nowadays, and so there is usually a way for the person in the trunk to open it from the inside and escape. And if Alice is dead, dead and Bob leaves her body in there (i.e. forgets about it), then she'll decompose, which will be a hell of a stench to clean up (and try to hide.)
hide).
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob takes out the safety feature (or simply does not put one in), and either only transports live people this way, or makes sure to take remove dead bodies out.
bodies.
* '''Played For for Laughs''': Bob "kidnaps" his friend Alice from her job to "hold her hostage" someplace more fun.fun.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice's ride in the trunk is hell-like -- it's dark, hot, smelly, and the carbon monoxide in the exhaust inhibits her breathing (and may kill her).
* '''Played for Horror''': Bob is secretly a SerialKiller who prefers to kill his victims by driving them around in his trunk.
* '''Implied''':
** Bob seems to be the only person driving from point A to point B, but at B, Alice talks about her trip in his car.
** There are footprints leading to and/or from the trunk of Bob's car, but we don't see who made them.



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* '''Enforced''': Alice's actress [[AbsenteeActor needs a sick day]] right in the middle of a [[RoadTripEpisode Road Trip Arc]]. So Alice goes missing for an episode and is discovered to have accidentally shut herself in the trunk once her actress returns.

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* '''Enforced''': Alice's actress [[AbsenteeActor needs a sick day]] right in the middle of a [[RoadTripEpisode [[RoadTripPlot Road Trip Arc]]. So Alice goes missing for an episode and is discovered to have accidentally shut herself in the trunk once her actress returns.
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** Alice, along with 10 other people, are placed in Bob's trunk.
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Alice knows Bob's first choice is going to be the trunk, and it's all part of her escape plan.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice is in the trunk, but it's one of those trunks that's contiguous with the main interior of the car, so she's got plenty of air and could easily get out just by climbing over the back seat.



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

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* '''Enforced''': ???Alice's actress [[AbsenteeActor needs a sick day]] right in the middle of a [[RoadTripEpisode Road Trip Arc]]. So Alice goes missing for an episode and is discovered to have accidentally shut herself in the trunk once her actress returns.



* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob "kidnaps" Alice from her job to "hold her hostage" someplace more fun.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob "kidnaps" his friend Alice from her job to "hold her hostage" someplace more fun.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A character is transported in the trunk of a car.
* '''Played Straight''': Alice is placed in Bob's trunk.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice's mouth has been [[DuctTapeForEverything taped]] shut, and her hands and feet are taped behind her.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A character is transported in the trunk of a car.
car.
* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': Alice is placed in Bob's trunk.
* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Alice's mouth has been [[DuctTapeForEverything taped]] shut, and her hands and feet are taped behind her.



* '''Justified''': Bob is carrying Alice off as a hostage.

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* '''Justified''': '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''':
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Bob is carrying Alice off as a hostage.



** Bob is driving a car full of other characters; [[{{Grease}} the trunk is a convenient place to put a couple of them.]]
* '''Inverted''': Alice is riding in the front passenger seat, or at least the backseat.

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** Bob is driving a car full of other characters; [[{{Grease}} [[Film/{{Grease}} the trunk is a convenient place to put a couple of them.]]
* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Alice is riding in the front passenger seat, or at least the backseat.



* '''Parodied''': A bunch of characters get out when the trunk is opened, like a clown car.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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A bunch of characters get out when the trunk is opened, like a clown car.



* '''Deconstructed''': These days, a lot of car manufacturers [[CrazyPrepared anticipate this very thing]], and so there is usually a way for the person in the trunk to open it from the inside and escape. And if Alice is dead, and Bob leaves her body in there (i.e. forgets about it), then she'll decompose, which will be a hell of a stench to clean up (and try to hide.)
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob takes out the safety feature (or simply does not put one in), and either only transports live people this way, or makes sure to take dead bodies out.



* '''Lampshaded''': "I'm gonna stuff that bitch in the trunk when I'm through with her!"



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* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "I'm gonna stuff that bitch in the trunk when I'm through with her!"



* '''Exploited''': ???



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* '''Conversed''':

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* '''Discussed''':
'''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''':'''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': These days, a lot of car manufacturers [[CrazyPrepared anticipate this very thing]], and so there is usually a way for the person in the trunk to open it from the inside and escape. And if Alice is dead, and Bob leaves her body in there (i.e. forgets about it), then she'll decompose, which will be a hell of a stench to clean up (and try to hide.)
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob takes out the safety feature (or simply does not put one in), and either only transports live people this way, or makes sure to take dead bodies out.



* '''Played For Drama''': Almost always is.

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'''Played For Drama''': Almost always is.???
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** The passenger seat ''is'' the trunk of TheAllegedCar.

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** The passenger seat trunk ''is'' the trunk passenger seat of TheAllegedCar.
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** Bob is driving a car full of other characters; [[{{Grease}} the trunk is a convenient place to put a couple of them.]]
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* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':

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* '''Deconstructed''':
'''Deconstructed''': These days, a lot of car manufacturers [[CrazyPrepared anticipate this very thing]], and so there is usually a way for the person in the trunk to open it from the inside and escape. And if Alice is dead, and Bob leaves her body in there (i.e. forgets about it), then she'll decompose, which will be a hell of a stench to clean up (and try to hide.)
* '''Reconstructed''':'''Reconstructed''': Bob takes out the safety feature (or simply does not put one in), and either only transports live people this way, or makes sure to take dead bodies out.
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** [[{{Yandere}} Alice is stalking Bob]], and hiding in the trunk to better facilitate this.
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** The passenger seat ''is'' the trunk of TheAllegedCar.
*'''Deconstructed''':
*'''Reconstructed''':
*'''Zig Zagged''': Some hostages are transported in the trunk, others in the car itself.

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