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** "Let me tell you a little story before you drop that guillotine. There once was a man from Nantucket-" ''[[OffWithHisHead SCHWING!]]''
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** "Let me tell you a little story before you drop that guillotine. There once was a man from Nantucket-" [[CurseCutShort Nantucket]]-" ''[[OffWithHisHead SCHWING!]]''
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* '''Parodied''': Bob tells Evulz a story so terrible that Evulz decides against executing him, not wanting his last memory of Bob to be associated with said story.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** Bob tells Evulz a story so terrible that Evulz decides against executing him, not wanting his last memory of Bob to be associated with saidstory.story.
** "Let me tell you a little story before you drop that guillotine. There once was a man from Nantucket-" ''[[OffWithHisHead SCHWING!]]''
** Bob tells Evulz a story so terrible that Evulz decides against executing him, not wanting his last memory of Bob to be associated with said
** "Let me tell you a little story before you drop that guillotine. There once was a man from Nantucket-" ''[[OffWithHisHead SCHWING!]]''
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* '''Invoked''': Evulz tells Bob he will get to live if Bob tells him a good story.
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* '''Invoked''': PerilousPlay
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* '''Invoked''': Evulz, bored out of his mind, gives Bob a chance to make himself interesting just to entertain him.
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* '''Invoked''': Evulz, bored out of his mind, gives Bob a chance to make himself interesting just to entertain him.PerilousPlay
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* '''Defied'': Evulz kills Bob on the spot before Bob gets a chance to try and make himself seem interesting to Evulz.
* '''Discussed''': Bob and his fellow prisoner, Charlie, mention that Adam was able to avoid jail by making himself interesting to Evulz.
* '''Discussed''': Bob and his fellow prisoner, Charlie, mention that Adam was able to avoid jail by making himself interesting to Evulz.
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* '''Defied'': '''Defied''': Evulz kills Bob on the spot before Bob gets a chance to try and make himself seem interesting to Evulz.
* '''Discussed''': Bob and his fellow prisoner, Charlie, mention that Adam was able to avoid jail by making himself interesting toEvulz.Evulz.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob tells Evulz a SoBadItsGood story. Evulz holds off on executing him because he just has to know how hilariously awful it'll get.
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* '''Discussed''': Bob and his fellow prisoner, Charlie, mention that Adam was able to avoid jail by making himself interesting to
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob tells Evulz a SoBadItsGood story. Evulz holds off on executing him because he just has to know how hilariously awful it'll get.
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* '''Parodied''': Bob tells Evulz a story so terrible that Evulz decides against executing him, not wanting his last memory of Bob to be
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* '''Parodied''': Bob tells Evulz a story so terrible that Evulz decides against executing him, not wanting his last memory of Bob to be associated with said story.
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'''Basic Trope''': The hero is in a situation where the villains are about to kill them, but convinces them not to/to hold off on doing so for one reason or another.
* '''Straight''': [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] has [[TheHero Bob]] captured. Bob, however, tells Evulz part of a story, and Evulz holds off on executing him, wanting to hear more. By the time Evulz has heard the entire story, he's decided not to execute Bob.
* '''Exaggerated''': Evulz not only decides against executing Bob, he even sets Bob up to marry his daughter Alice, believing it'll stop Bob's quest against Evulz.
* '''Downplayed''': Evulz reschedules Bob's execution, having been convinced that Bob should at least have a few more days left to live by something Bob did.
* '''Justified''': Evulz is easily entertained, and greatly rewards servants of his who manage to entertain him.
* '''Inverted''':
** Evulz decides that Bob's life would be interesting if he was killed now, and prefers that Bob be thought of as boring.
** Evulz kills Bob now ''because'' he's interesting, meaning that the last memory he'll have of Bob will be an interesting one.
* '''Subverted''': Evulz executes Bob, finding the latter's attempt to convince him interesting, but not enough to make him decide against executing Bob.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, Bob pleading for his life right before being executed makes Evulz change his mind.
* '''Parodied''': Bob tells Evulz a story so terrible that Evulz decides against executing him, not wanting his last memory of Bob to be
* '''Averted''': Evulz decides against executing Bob for reasons that have nothing to do with how interesting he finds Bob.
* '''Enforced''': The writer wrote the scene where Evulz was about to kill Bob so that the next episode preview would have something to entice viewers to tune in next time; however, he doesn't/can't actually kill Bob off.
* '''Lampshaded''': One of Evulz's subordinates mentions that it's not even the first time that someone has done this.
* '''Invoked''': Evulz, bored out of his mind, gives Bob a chance to make himself interesting just to entertain him.
* '''Exploited''': Bob knows that Evulz is very easily entertained, so he does his best to make himself entertaining to Evulz whenever given a chance.
* '''Defied'': Evulz kills Bob on the spot before Bob gets a chance to try and make himself seem interesting to Evulz.
* '''Discussed''': Bob and his fellow prisoner, Charlie, mention that Adam was able to avoid jail by making himself interesting to Evulz.
* '''Straight''': [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] has [[TheHero Bob]] captured. Bob, however, tells Evulz part of a story, and Evulz holds off on executing him, wanting to hear more. By the time Evulz has heard the entire story, he's decided not to execute Bob.
* '''Exaggerated''': Evulz not only decides against executing Bob, he even sets Bob up to marry his daughter Alice, believing it'll stop Bob's quest against Evulz.
* '''Downplayed''': Evulz reschedules Bob's execution, having been convinced that Bob should at least have a few more days left to live by something Bob did.
* '''Justified''': Evulz is easily entertained, and greatly rewards servants of his who manage to entertain him.
* '''Inverted''':
** Evulz decides that Bob's life would be interesting if he was killed now, and prefers that Bob be thought of as boring.
** Evulz kills Bob now ''because'' he's interesting, meaning that the last memory he'll have of Bob will be an interesting one.
* '''Subverted''': Evulz executes Bob, finding the latter's attempt to convince him interesting, but not enough to make him decide against executing Bob.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, Bob pleading for his life right before being executed makes Evulz change his mind.
* '''Parodied''': Bob tells Evulz a story so terrible that Evulz decides against executing him, not wanting his last memory of Bob to be
* '''Averted''': Evulz decides against executing Bob for reasons that have nothing to do with how interesting he finds Bob.
* '''Enforced''': The writer wrote the scene where Evulz was about to kill Bob so that the next episode preview would have something to entice viewers to tune in next time; however, he doesn't/can't actually kill Bob off.
* '''Lampshaded''': One of Evulz's subordinates mentions that it's not even the first time that someone has done this.
* '''Invoked''': Evulz, bored out of his mind, gives Bob a chance to make himself interesting just to entertain him.
* '''Exploited''': Bob knows that Evulz is very easily entertained, so he does his best to make himself entertaining to Evulz whenever given a chance.
* '''Defied'': Evulz kills Bob on the spot before Bob gets a chance to try and make himself seem interesting to Evulz.
* '''Discussed''': Bob and his fellow prisoner, Charlie, mention that Adam was able to avoid jail by making himself interesting to Evulz.
