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* '''Parodied''': Not only the advertising, but the narrator and the characters themselves repeatedly hint that "something unfortunate!" will soon happen to one of the main characters.

* '''Straight''': The FamilyDrama ''BigScrewedUpFamily'' is going to kill off one of its main cast. Upon learning of this, the [[ExecutiveMeddling execs]] air commercials advertising that TonightSomeoneDies.

** [[MiddleChildSyndrome Middle child]] [[ShrinkingViolet Courtney]], after being abused and treated as TheUnfavorite since the series began, is about to [[DrivenToSuicide abruptly commit suicide]] in a WhamEpisode. The executives spoil the shock entirely by airing tons of advertisings declaring that TonightSomeoneDies and strongly hint that she's the one.

** [[UnexplainedRecovery She gets better...]]

Back to TonightSomeoneDies, and... wait, [[KilledMidSentence what're doing with th-*BANG*]]

* '''Double Subverted''': Despite the marketing, a huge disaster fails to injure any characters. The narrator remarks "[[TemptingFate I guess nobody died after all.]]" Then a PianoDrop happens on one of the characters.

** The network heavily advertises that the [[KillEmAll entire cast]] of ''BigScrewedUpFamily'' is going to die.

** The network heavily advertises that the entire cast of ''BigScrewedUpFamily'' is going to die.

* '''Double Subverted''': Despite the marketing, a huge disaster fails to injure any characters. The narrator remarks "[[TemptingFate I guess nobody died after all.]]" At the end of the episode, one of the characters is killed off in a freak accident.

* '''Defied''': [[UnexplainedRecovery She gets better...]]

* '''Double Subverted''': Despite the marketing, a huge disaster fails to injure any characters. The narrator remarks "I guess nobody died after all." At the end of the episode, one of the characters is killed off in a freak accident.

** In the WhamEpisode, Courtney's OnlyFriend, Leo, manages to stop her just before she ingests the cyanide pills, and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming tells her]], "YouAreNotAlone."

* '''Exaggerated''': [
** [MiddleChildSyndrome Middle child]] [[ShrinkingViolet Courtney]], after being abused and treated as TheUnfavorite since the series began, is about to [[DrivenToSuicide abruptly commit suicide]] in a WhamEpisode. The executives spoil the shock entirely by airing tons of advertisings declaring that TonightSomeoneDies and strongly hint that she's the one.

* '''Subverted''': The marketing heavily plays up an impending death, but nobody ends up dying that week.

Back to TonightSomeoneDies, and... Wait. [[KilledMidSentence What're doing with th-*BANG*]]

* '''Exaggerated''': [[MiddleChildSyndrome Middle child]] [[ShrinkingViolet Courtney]], after being abused and treated as TheUnfavorite since the series began, is about to [[DrivenToSuicide abruptly commit suicide]] in a WhamEpisode. The executives spoil the shock entirely by airing tons of advertisings declaring that TonightSomeoneDies and strongly hint that she's the one.

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

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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

* '''Inverted''': For a show where main characters die weekly, the SeasonFinale contains no deaths and is heavily advertised as such.

* '''Deconstructed''': By turning a character's death into a hyped-up RatingsStunt, the network actually decreases the impact of the event and make it appear as if the death is more about bringing in ratings than dramatic storytelling.
* '''Reconstructed''': Despite this, the episode is written well enough that it still brings in the ratings, encouraging the network to continue the process.

* '''Averted''': No one dies. Ever.

* '''Enforced''': The whole point of this trope is that it is enforced.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Sooo, was she the death the network advertised so heavily?"
** A less [[BreakingTheFourthWall Fourth Wall-breaking]] example: "Well, I think we all knew, at this rate one of us was gonna die sooner or later."
* '''Invoked''': "I have to kill you, my love. The ads for this episode say so."

* '''Played For Laughs:''' ???
* '''Played For Drama:''' ???

Back to TonightSomeoneDies, and...wait. What're doing with that- BANG
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* '''Subverted''':
* '''Double Subverted''':

** A less [[BreakingTheFourthWall Fourth Wall-breaking]] example: "Well, I think we all knew, the way we've been acting, one of us was gonna die sooner or later."

* '''Subverted''': The creators want this death to be a WhamEpisode, and the execs agree not to spoil the surprise.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...However, the advertising tack they take ''instead'' make it clear [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore things are going to change dramatically]] and drop hints that it involves somebody's untimely demise.

* '''Defied''': [[IGotBetter She gets better...]]

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