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* ''’Played For Horror''': Alice is MuggingTheMonster with a a hunk of wood/cap gun/FingerGun. "TooDumbToLive" is not only enforced, [[{{Gorn}} very little remains of Alice afterwards to identify as human]].

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* ''’Played '''Played For Horror''': Alice is MuggingTheMonster with a a hunk of wood/cap gun/FingerGun. "TooDumbToLive" is not only enforced, [[{{Gorn}} very little remains of Alice afterwards to identify as human]].
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* ''’Played For Horror''': Alice is MuggingTheMonster with a a hunk of wood/cap gun/FingeerGun. "TooDumbToLive" is not only enforced, [[{{Gorn}} very little remains of Alice afterwards to identify as human]].

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* ''’Played For Horror''': Alice is MuggingTheMonster with a a hunk of wood/cap gun/FingeerGun.gun/FingerGun. "TooDumbToLive" is not only enforced, [[{{Gorn}} very little remains of Alice afterwards to identify as human]].
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* ''’Played For Horror''': Alice is MuggingTheMonster with a a hunk of wood/cap gun/FingeerGun. "TooDumbToLive" is not only enforced, [[{{Gorn}} very little remains of Alice afterwards to identify as human]].
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** Alice brandishes her "gun," believing it's enough to intimidate Bob and get the job done but finds herself completely unprepared Bob whipping out a powerful machine gun and immediately firing.

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** Alice brandishes her "gun," believing it's enough to intimidate Bob and get the job done but finds herself completely unprepared for Bob whipping out a powerful machine gun and immediately firing.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice intimidates Bob with a real, loaded gun that she wouldn't mind using, and Bob isn't scared.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Alice intimidates Bob with a real, loaded gun that she wouldn't mind using, and Bob isn't scared.scared.
** Alice has an invisible gun that is very useful for assassinations, but useless for robberies and other crimes that require threatening.



** Alternately, Alice successfully intimidated Bob, but reality sinks in later in the story when the police knocks on Alice's door...

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** Alternately, Alice successfully intimidated Bob, but reality sinks in later in the story when the police knocks on Alice's door...

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice brandishes her "gun," believing it's enough to intimidate Bob and get the job done but finds herself completely unprepared Bob whipping out a powerful machine gun and immediately firing.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Alice brandishes her "gun," believing it's enough to intimidate Bob and get the job done but finds herself completely unprepared Bob whipping out a powerful machine gun and immediately firing.firing.
** Alternately, Alice successfully intimidated Bob, but reality sinks in later in the story when the police knocks on Alice's door...

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* '''Straight''':
** Alice holds an unloaded pistol to Bob's head. Bob is successfully intimidated by the "gun" that Alice is pointing at him and is willing to do whatever he is told.
** Alice holds a prop pistol to Bob's head. He is intimidated and willing to do what Alice says.
** Alice carries around a pistol exclusively for intimidating people.

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* '''Straight''':
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'''Straight''': Alice holds an unloaded pistol to Bob's head. Bob is successfully intimidated by the "gun" that Alice is pointing at him and is willing to do whatever he is told.
** Alice holds a prop pistol to Bob's head. He is intimidated and willing to do what Alice says.
** Alice carries around a pistol exclusively for intimidating people.
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** The scene takes place in a MentalWorld, so the empty/fake gun still shoots because YourMindMakesItReal...



** Until someone recognizes it for the unloaded/prop weapon that it is, and it stops working in a PuffOfLogic.
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'''Basic Trope''': Intimidating someone with either a real weapon that you doesn't intend to use or with one that's totally useless (i.e. an unloaded or toy gun).

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'''Basic Trope''': Intimidating someone with either a real weapon that you doesn't don't intend to use or with one that's totally useless (i.e. an unloaded or toy gun).

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