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Then the troper tales and real life examples are wrong.
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The description trumps the title, and both of them trump the examples from media, which trump the Troper Tales and Real Life sections.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Which implies...? @ Madrugada
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Go by the description of the trope, not the examples and the troper tales.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
The description doesn't seem all that specific either, but my current understanding of it is that the characters are supposed to be both intimidating (ie. as if they're in a position to kill) AND well-dressed. Is that understanding correct?
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Yes.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Should we put a disclaimer in Troper Tales, then? "If you are not a hitman, you are not Dressed to Kill."
Someone beat me to it, I guess.
edited 18th Nov '10 3:15:16 PM by melloncollie
Not really, your disclaimer is more concise. But I do not think the trope is limited to hitmen.
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From the title and the description, I got the impression that this trope was supposed to literally be about someone being both well-dressed AND threatening; that someone was LITERALLY dressed to kill.
But according to the troper tales (one of which I removed) and the real life examples, it doesn't seem that specific at all.