Basic Trope: An enemy takes you back to the beginning of the level instead of killing you.
- Straight: A mook grabs Bob and carries him out of the Big Bad's castle.
- Exaggerated: The mook carries Bob from The Very Definitely Final Dungeon to the start of the game.
- Downplayed: The mook just takes Bob back to the last Save Point.
- Justified:
- The mook knows that if he directly fought Bob, he'd lose.
- The mook is a bouncer.
- Bob isn't allowed in the area, but the mook doesn't have authority to kill him, leading to a stealth sequence where the player has to avoid the Mook Bouncer to progress.
- Inverted:
- Bob grabs the mook and carries him out of the castle.
- The mook carries Bob to the Big Bad's throne room.
- Subverted:
- The mook drops Bob.
- Alternatively, Bob is too heavy for the mook to carry, causing the mook to give up and leave.
- Double Subverted:
- The mook realizes he's not carrying Bob, and quickly returns to grab him.
- He returns, with friends.
- Parodied: The mook carries Bob back to the womb and Bob needs to replay his entire life.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: All the mooks in the castle try to kill Bob.
- Enforced: Never Say "Die"
- Lampshaded: "These mooks will never kill you, so don't bother bringing any potions!"
- Invoked: A Genre Savvy Character sets up a situation where the trope can occur.
- Exploited: After defeating the Load-Bearing Boss, Bob uses the Mook Bouncers to quickly escape the collapsing castle.
- Defied: The mook tries to grab Bob, only for Bob to shoot him.
- Discussed: "Why don't these mooks just kill us?"
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed: The mook is fired and/or executed by the Big Bad for throwing Bob out of the castle instead of simply killing him.
- Reconstructed: Then mooks carry him out of the level.
- Played For Laughs: The mooks kick anything they touch out of the level, including each other, resulting in a huge wall of mooks at the entrance that prevents Bob from entering.
- Played For Drama: Bob was pulled out away from his dying sister Alice who desperately need medicine from him.
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