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1	'''Basic Trope''': In fiction, being hidden from sight by whatever obstruction always means you're safe from weapons fire.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice is in her car when she sees Bob on the side of the road pointing a gun at her. She ducks behind the car door, and it reflects or absorbs impact from every bullet Bob fires.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Bob can't pierce the car with an assault rifle.
4	* '''Downplayed''': A plaster wall withstands a couple of shotgun blasts, but crumples after another.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** Bob is using a RayGun that can only melt through flesh and other soft materials.
7	** The door is made of particularly strong materials.
8	** Bob uses a gun of low calibre, like .22 Long Rifle. Short barrel or/and large distance from Alice are also a factor.
9	* '''Inverted''':
10	** Unconcealed equals uncovered: if you can be seen, you can be shot at. [[NoArcInArchery Distance is not an issue,]] reinforced glass is never strong enough, [[WaterIsAir liquid is never dense enough,]] etc.
11	** Bob chucks a dry snowball at Alice's car, and it breaks through her side window.
12	** Bob fires a pistol, penetrating several walls without any drop of velocity and angle.
13	* '''Subverted''': Alice ducks beneath the car door. The bullet doesn't care.
14	* '''Double Subverted''': Alice still gets hit after she ducks, but it's revealed to be OnlyAFleshWound and she would be dead if the car door hadn't absorbed most of the impact.
15	* '''Parodied''':
16	** Alice closes her eyes and refers to the rule of thumb "as long as you can't see the shooter, you're a hundred percent safe."
17	** Bob is DualWielding two {{BFG}}s. Alice successfully takes cover behind a large grass plant.
18	** A sleeping Alice is shot at in her bedroom, She survives from being covered by her blanket.
19	* '''Zig Zagged''': Whether a bullet can pierce through a car door depends on [[HandWave "the strength of the car"]].
20	* '''Averted''':
21	** Alice jumps out of her car and takes cover behind the engine block.
22	* '''Enforced''': Bullet-proof concealments reduce the complexities of animating the interactions compared to animating realistic concealments, which in turn reduces the animation budget significantly.
23	* '''Lampshaded''': "So you emptied your whole magazine onto a car, yet you couldn't pierce through it? Either some script writer hasn't been doing their research or you need to get rid of that wimpy peashooter."
24	* '''Invoked''': ???
25	* '''Exploited''': Alice regularly uses a thick slab of wood as a shield.
26	* '''Defied''': ???
27	* '''Discussed''': ???
28	* '''Conversed''': ???
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30	Back to [[spoiler:Concealment Equals Cover]] %% It's meant to be spoilered and unwicked - concealment (being hidden behind a spoiler) equals cover (from being wicked)

Context PlayingWith / ConcealmentEqualsCover