- Basic Trope: A Murphy's Bed or wall bed causes Amusing Injuries.
- Straight: Bob gets crushed by a wall bed, and becomes an Accordion Man.
- Exaggerated: Bob is Squashed Flat.
- Downplayed: Bob simply falls down and rubs his head upon getting out from under the bed.
- Justified: Bob did not know the bed was there.
- Inverted: Bob is stuck under his wall bed. Alice puts it back, freeing him.
- Subverted: Bob sees the wall bed coming down and quickly jumps away from it.
- Double Subverted: He didn't jump far way enough to dodge it.
- Parodied: Bob simply mutters "Not again..." every time this happens to him.
- Alice repeatedly crushes Bob by deploying the bed and putting it back as a form of Percussive Therapy.
- Zig-Zagged:
- Averted: Bob does not get crushed by the bed.
- Enforced: To show that these beds can be dangerous to an unaware person.
- Lampshaded:Alice: Bob, I wouldn't stand there if I were you.Bob: What are you talking abo- YEEEEEARGH!
- Invoked: Bob stands where the bed is located.
- Exploited: Bob is a serial killer. Alice deploys the bed at the perfect time to crush him, giving her enough time to call the police while he tries to escape.
- Defied: Bob steers clear of any walls to ensure he doesn't get squashed.
- Discussed:
- Conversed: "That's gonna hurt in the morning."
- Deconstructed: Bob is knocked unconscious from a blow to the head.
- Reconstructed:
- Played For Laughs: Bob gets smashed through the floor upon getting crushed.
- Played For Drama: Bob suffers a severe head trauma and dies. Cut to a Courtroom Episode where Alice's lawyer must convince the jury that it was an accident.
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