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Batty Lip Burbling

While insanity is not always something to laugh at, the kind of madness that leads to someone batting at one's own lips is usually the kind that is Played for Laughs. Characters batting at their own lips is used as a punch-line, requiring a set-up (characters being taken-aback by something irrational or surreal) for them to work off of (motorboating themselves the only kind of reaction they can give, responding to strangeness with more strangeness).

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Bob's Death

Bob gets run over by policemen Jack and John after not looking before crossing the street, seemingly killing him. After Lila, Jaune, Skid, and Pump enter the car, Bob's body disappears, where it's revealed he lived through the ordeal and is trying to kill the four once more. He gets shot in the back by the policemen, and when John asks if they think he's dead, they decide to use the rest of their bullets on the body. This proves to still not be enough, and Jack ends up running Bob over an additional 3 times, finally killing him.

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