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** A genuine SerialKiller is going around. Bob [[OpportunisticBastard takes advantage of the opportunity]] by [[JackTheRipoff killing Alice the way the serial killer would have]].
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** The other bad guys of the plot [[EvenEvilHasStandards don't take kindly to the bloodbath]].
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* '''Deconstructed''': The additional murders provide extra forensic clues for the police, making Bob easier to catch than if he had just killed Alice and nobody else.
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** The additional murders provide extra forensic clues for the police, making Bob easier to catch than if he had just killed Alice and nobodyelse.else.
** Thirty simultaneous [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge roaring rampages of revenge]] are harder to deal with than just one (or a police investigation).
** [[DidNotThinkThisThrough Unfortunately for Bob]], Alice is too notable a person of interest and the police still prioritize finding out if she was the person anybody was aiming to kill with the other thirty people being [[AMillionIsAStatistic unfortunate collateral damage]] (and [[DisappointedByTheMotive the inverse being the more typical resolution]]). [[RevealingCoverUp Oops]].
** The additional murders provide extra forensic clues for the police, making Bob easier to catch than if he had just killed Alice and nobody
** Thirty simultaneous [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge roaring rampages of revenge]] are harder to deal with than just one (or a police investigation).
** [[DidNotThinkThisThrough Unfortunately for Bob]], Alice is too notable a person of interest and the police still prioritize finding out if she was the person anybody was aiming to kill with the other thirty people being [[AMillionIsAStatistic unfortunate collateral damage]] (and [[DisappointedByTheMotive the inverse being the more typical resolution]]). [[RevealingCoverUp Oops]].
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* '''Played for Drama''': The families of Bob's other victims are left mourning their loved ones while living with the fact that they were simply collateral damage.
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** Bob was not responsible for the others murders, he just knew they were happening and that he could pin Alice's death on the perpetrator.
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** [[JackTheRipoff Bob was not responsible for the others murders, he just knew they were happening and that he could pin Alice's death on the perpetrator.perpetrator]].
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Reasoning he needed his targets to be ones that would make it look like he didn't do it, he starts with himself.
* '''Zig-Zagged''':??? Though Alice was still his ultimate goal, ''all'' of his victims are people who had wronged him in the past somehow, for reasons ranging from the [[AssholeVictim arguably reasonable]] to the [[AllCrimesAreEqual downright petty]]; he figured, [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope if he was far-gone enough to kill one person he hated, he might as well kill everyone else he hates while he's at it]]. The fact that it ''just might'' throw suspicions off of him for Alice's death was a convenient bonus.
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** Alice [[CrazyPrepared takes precautions]] that will activate [[IfIDoNotReturn in the event of her death]] that instantly point to Bob and also heavily imply to the police that he would be the kind of man to kill a hundred people if that would give him any kind of increased chances of getting her.
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** Bob is a ProfessionalKiller specifically ordered by [[MurderInc his organization]] to kill several unrelated people in order to cover up the assassination attempt.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob is an indiscriminate serial killer, but dresses each of his killings up as a murder with an individual, personal motive.
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** To Bob's misfortune, the police begin their investigation by examining what may have been the reason for Alice to be killed and end up fast-tracking their way towards figuring out he did it.
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** Bob decides that using other deaths as a smokescreen for his main murder is a [[EvenEvilHasStandards line he will not cross]], and finds another method of covering his tracksinstead. instead.
** Bob doesn't wants to risk getting a LongerThanLifeSentence, so he figures out a way to hurt Alice in revenge that doesn't involves (multiple) bloody murder(s).
** Bob decides that using other deaths as a smokescreen for his main murder is a [[EvenEvilHasStandards line he will not cross]], and finds another method of covering his tracks
** Bob doesn't wants to risk getting a LongerThanLifeSentence, so he figures out a way to hurt Alice in revenge that doesn't involves (multiple) bloody murder(s).
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'''Basic Trope''': A murderer disguises their murder by killing other victims to make it look like the work of a serial killer.
* '''Straight''': Bob wants to kill Alice, but knows he'll be suspected. So he kills Charlie, David and Eve as well in order to hide the fact that Alice was the real intended target.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob nukes Alice's entire town for no other reason than to kill her and make it look like the work of an omnicidal maniac.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob only kills one additional victim to mask the motive and circumstances of his main murder.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob is an indiscriminate SerialKiller, but dresses each of his killings up as a murder with an individual, personal motive.
* '''Subverted''': It turns out that Bob had no personal motive for Alice's murder, so his killing spree is indiscriminate after all.
* '''Double Subverted''': But actually, his main target was Charlie.
* '''Averted''': Bob just kills Alice and nobody else.
* '''Enforced''': "The best way for Bob to hide his personal motive for Alice's murder is to kill others for whom that motive doesn't exist."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Where do you best hide a dead body? In a [[NeedleInAStackOfNeedles pile of dead bodies]]."
* '''Invoked''': Fred wants Charlie dead, and knows of Bob's plan to kill Alice, so he discreetly influences Bob to include Charlie as one of his extra victims.
* '''Defied''': Bob decides that using other deaths as a smokescreen for his main murder is a [[EvenEvilHasStandards line he will not cross]], and finds another method of covering his tracks instead.
* '''Discussed''': "Maybe, not all of the serial killer's victims were killed for the same reason. What if some of them were just a smokescreen?"
* '''Deconstructed''': The additional murders provide extra forensic clues for the police, making Bob ''easier'' to catch than if he had just killed Alice and nobody else.
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* '''Straight''': Bob wants to kill Alice, but knows he'll be suspected. So he kills Charlie, David and Eve as well in order to hide the fact that Alice was the real intended target.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob nukes Alice's entire town for no other reason than to kill her and make it look like the work of an omnicidal maniac.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob only kills one additional victim to mask the motive and circumstances of his main murder.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob is an indiscriminate SerialKiller, but dresses each of his killings up as a murder with an individual, personal motive.
* '''Subverted''': It turns out that Bob had no personal motive for Alice's murder, so his killing spree is indiscriminate after all.
* '''Double Subverted''': But actually, his main target was Charlie.
* '''Averted''': Bob just kills Alice and nobody else.
* '''Enforced''': "The best way for Bob to hide his personal motive for Alice's murder is to kill others for whom that motive doesn't exist."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Where do you best hide a dead body? In a [[NeedleInAStackOfNeedles pile of dead bodies]]."
* '''Invoked''': Fred wants Charlie dead, and knows of Bob's plan to kill Alice, so he discreetly influences Bob to include Charlie as one of his extra victims.
* '''Defied''': Bob decides that using other deaths as a smokescreen for his main murder is a [[EvenEvilHasStandards line he will not cross]], and finds another method of covering his tracks instead.
* '''Discussed''': "Maybe, not all of the serial killer's victims were killed for the same reason. What if some of them were just a smokescreen?"
* '''Deconstructed''': The additional murders provide extra forensic clues for the police, making Bob ''easier'' to catch than if he had just killed Alice and nobody else.
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