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1'''Basic Trope''': The traditional portrayal of {{Hell}} as a fiery place of eternal torment.
2* '''Straight''': Bob goes to {{Hell}}, and is thrown into a lake of molten lava.
3* '''Exaggerated''': Then fished out, ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice, [[FlayingAlive skinned]], [[NoKillLikeOverKill dunked back in the lava pit, thrown into sulfuric acid]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking given an atomic wedgie.]] And that’s after he was mutilated and stabbed dozens of times.
4* '''Downplayed''': The torment is not eternal, although it may last for a long time and/or feel like eternity.
5* '''Justified''': Hell takes on AFormYouAreComfortableWith... OK, Comfortable isn't the right word, more like [[SelfInflictedHell Uncomfortable With]].
6* '''Inverted''':
7** Bob goes to FluffyCloudHeaven.
8** [[EvilIsDeathlyCold Hell is freezing cold.]]
9* '''Subverted''':
10** Bob goes to Hell, but [[AHellOfATime it's not so bad.]]
11** Hell exists in this story, but it means "eternal separation from {{God}}," not a literal place.
12* '''Double Subverted''':
13** It's an IronicHell
14** Bob ends up with [[HumansAreBastards other people]] who are in the same boat, and frequent [[WarIsHell wars]] happen that involve arson, people being thrown into lava, or sometimes (already dead) people being so depressed that they're DrivenToSuicide (but never succeed because they're already dead), [[FateWorseThanDeath for all eternity]]. It's the ''ultimate'' WretchedHive.
15*** Alternatively, Bob is completely alone for all eternity and ends up [[GoMadFromTheIsolation going crazy as a result.]]
16** ... except that it turns out [[https://biblehub.com/psalms/139-8.htm one isn't really separated from God]] (KJV).
17* '''Parodied''':
18** On top of all of the above happening under "Exaggerated," Bob is [[ChainedHeat handcuffed to]] [[ObnoxiousInLaws his bitchy mother-in-law]].
19** It's revealed that [[SubvertedTrope it's all fake, just for the tourists]].
20** Hell is actually Heaven's heating system.
21* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
22* '''Averted''':
23** Bob goes to {{Heaven}}.
24** The afterlife Bob goes to is just a generic world of the dead where ''everyone'' ends up.
25** Or, there is no afterlife, just TheNothingAfterDeath.
26* '''Enforced''': The traditional view of {{Hell}}, that is probably familiar to the audience.
27* '''Lampshaded''': "...To Hell, where you will drink naught but burning lava and eat naught but burning coals..."
28* '''Invoked''': Hell is created along with the earth, and it's created as a firey pit.
29* '''Exploited''': Charlie the caveman is in search of fire, so he deliberately acts bad so that he could find it.
30* '''Defied''': {{God}} makes sure nobody ever goes to Hell at all.
31* '''Discussed''': "So... If I'm bad, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I get]] [[AppeaseTheVolcanoGod thrown into a volcano?]]
32* '''Conversed''': "Actually, the whole fire and brimstone thing is WordOfDante."
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36%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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38%%* '''Implied''': ???
39%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
40%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
41%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
42%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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