History PlayingWith / SmokingIsCool

* '''Justified''': Jack is outside the CompetenceZone and wants to be taken seriously.

* '''Implied''': assassination company is one of the few businesses in TheCity that still adorns its offices with ashtrays, and there's a higher concentration of cigarette butts outside its doors than anywhere else.

* '''Straight''': Jack works at MurderInc, where most people with seniority smoke.

** Jack is always smoking.

** EverybodySmokes at assassination company , and so do their targets.

** Jack has just finished his first assassination, and lights a cigarette -- only to be told by his superior that assassination company [[EvilVirtues doesn't allow smoking for health and safety reasons.]]

** The staff at assassination company don't smoke due to concerns about health. They occasionally come across poser assassins who smoke to look badass, but are completely incompetent and generally have far less stamina.

** Jack tries to join assassination company , but he is a chain smoker. He quits, and they let him in. Soon after, he discreetly takes it up again.

* '''Implied''': assassination company is one of the few businesses in TheCity that still adorns its offices with ashtrays, and there's a higher concentration of cigarette butts outside its doors than anywhere else.

%%* '''Played for Laughs''': ???

** EverybodySmokes at MurderInc, and so do their targets.

** Jack is a very capable assassin, but his smoking is explicitly shown as an annoying trait, as many people are irritated by his smell as smoke breathing. No one complains to his face, because he is such a hardened and dangerous killer.

** Jack has just finished his first assassination, and lights a cigarette -- only to be told by his superior that MurderInc [[EvilVirtues doesn't allow smoking for health and safety reasons.]]

** The staff at MurderInc don't smoke due to concerns about health. They occasionally come across poser assassins who smoke to look badass, but are completely incompetent and generally have far less stamina.

** Jack tries to join MurderInc, but he is a chain smoker. He quits, and they let him in. Soon after, he discreetly takes it up again.
** Some MurderInc employees smoke, others don't, and it's not the sole or even chief factor in determining who is or isn't [[EvilIsCool cool.]]

** Jack never has anything to do with smoking while at MurderInc

* '''Implied''': MurderInc is one of the few businesses in TheCity that still adorns its offices with ashtrays, and there's a higher concentration of cigarette butts outside its doors than anywhere else.

%%* '''Played for Drama''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': Jack used to smoke a pack of cigarettes a day, but he's cut down to one to two every few days.

* '''Inverted''': NoSmoking, or smoking makes you look like a wuss.

%%* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': ???

** The staff at MurderInc don't smoke due to concerns about health. They occasionally come across poser assassins who smoke to look {{badass}}, but are completely incompetent and generally have far less stamina.

** Everyone at MurderInc smokes, and so do their targets.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** Jack has just finished his first assassination, and lights a cigarette--only to be told by his superior that MurderInc doesn't allow smoking for health and safety reasons.
** Jack smokes but lots of just as cool people are nonsmokers
** The staff at Murder Inc don't smoke due to concerns about health. They occasionally come across poser assassins who smoke to look badass, but are completely incompetent and generally have far less stamina.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Jack tries to join MurderInc, but he is a chain smoker. He quits, and they let him in. Soon after, he discreetly takes it up again.
* '''Averted''':
** Jack never has anything to do with smoking while at MurderInc.

* '''Enforced''': "Jack would sure look [[RuleofCool cool]] if he took up smoking, wouldn't he?

* '''Invoked''': After a difficult assassination, Jack lights a cigarette and [[BadassBoast says something cool]]--even though he's by himself.

** Jack specifically bans his subordinates from smoking - the smell will give them away and he doesn't want to die from their incompetence. Besides he can't have them panting when he needs them chasing his quarry.

* '''Conversed''': "It's amazing how you never see those adventure-y types coughing or anything."
* '''Deconstructed''': Jack is slowed down due to his habit, and eventually dies due to it.

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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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

* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone at MurderInc smokes, and so do their targets.

* '''Subverted''': Jack has just finished his first assassination, and lights a cigarette--only to be told by his superior that MurderInc doesn't allow smoking for health and safety reasons.

* '''Parodied''': Jack has to take a "cool test" to determine whether or not he may take up smoking.

* '''Deconstructed''': Jack is slowed down due to his habit, and eventually dies due to it.
* '''Reconstructed''': The fact that Jack is so good at what he does despite that makes him even cooler.

* '''Averted''': Jack never has anything to do with smoking while at MurderInc.

* '''Defied''': Jack knows one of his subordinates is considering starting smoking, and casually reminds him that smokers often end up with several different health issues.

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** Jack smokes but lots of just as [[XtremeKoolLetterz Kewl]] people are nonsmokers

* '''Straight''': [[JackAttack Jack]] works at MurderInc, where most people with seniority smoke.

* '''Inverted''': NoSmoking.

* '''Reconstructed''': Jack quits smoking at some point.

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