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Basic Trope: A character can move their body in very minor ways even when they're frozen or body-controlled.

  • Straight: Bob gets trapped in a block of ice. He can still move his eyes.
  • Exaggerated: Bob can move his fingers and head despite being frozen solid.
  • Downplayed: ???
  • Justified: ???
  • Inverted: ???
  • Subverted: When the other characters encounter Bob, they try and call out to him to see if he is alive, but he doesn't move.
  • Double Subverted: That was only because he was sleeping, and hitting the block of ice was enough to wake him up. He is only able to move his eyes.
  • Parodied: Even though Bob has been trapped in a block of ice, he is not affected in any way, being able to move his whole body.
  • Zig-Zagged: ???
  • Averted: Bob never gets trapped in ice.
  • Enforced: ???
  • Lampshaded: ???
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: Bob is completely frozen, and can't move anything.
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???

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