| 1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character is hanging off a cliff's edge or otherwise over a long drop. |
| 2 | * '''Straight''': Billy, TheBully, hangs Helen on a flagpole as [[DisproportionateRetribution revenge for spilling chocolate on him.]] |
| 3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Helen, clinging by a mere pinky finger, hangs over the edge of the Grand Canyon. |
| 4 | * '''Downplayed''': Helen is hanging from a smallish cliff, tall enough to injure (but not kill) her if she falls. |
| 5 | * '''Justified''': The area they live is known for falling accidents, making her death easy to [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident look like an accident.]] |
| 6 | * '''Inverted''': Billy decides to have Helen BuriedAlive. |
| 7 | * '''Subverted''': Billy decides not to leave Helen on a flagpole and prepares to leave her ChainedToARailway. |
| 8 | * '''Double Subverted''': Realizing a public demise would be better, and the 3:15 train doesn't arrive until 4:00, Billy takes her back and leaves her hanging. |
| 9 | * '''Parodied''': Helen clings to dear life over a drop of 10 centimetres. |
| 10 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': Helen clings to a kilometre-high cliff, loses her balance, and falls... a few metres at a time, somehow grabbing a prominence every so often. |
| 11 | * '''Averted''': No character is taken to high altitudes and made to hang on to anything to keep from falling. |
| 12 | * '''Enforced''': It generates easy suspense. |
| 13 | * '''Lampshaded''': "[[Series/BetweenTheLions Can't... Hold... On... Much... LONGER!!!]]" |
| 14 | * '''Invoked''': After Billy pushes Helen over the cliff, Billy calls to her "Try to catch something!" |
| 15 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
| 16 | * '''Defied''': |
| 17 | ** [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Billy shoots Helen to injure, scare, or kill her.]] |
| 18 | ** Helen learns that Billy plans to do this to her and promptly says "ScrewThisImOuttaHere" |
| 19 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
| 20 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
| 21 | ---- |
| 22 | Back to LiteralCliffhanger. [[TakeYourTime Quick, before my arms tire out!]] |
| 23 | ---- |
| 24 | %%Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
| 25 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
| 26 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
| 27 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
| 28 | %%* '''Played for Laughs''': ??? |
| 29 | %%* '''Played for Drama''': ??? |
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