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* '''Inverted''': Janey is [[FairCop a detective]] who spends her days trying to hunt Patrick down.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** Janey is [[FairCop a detective]] who spends her days trying to hunt Patrickdown.down.
** Patrick [[PityTheKidnapper discovers far too late]] that [[MuggingTheMonster he is most definitely not the most dangerous person in the room - Janey is]].
** Janey is [[FairCop a detective]] who spends her days trying to hunt Patrick
** Patrick [[PityTheKidnapper discovers far too late]] that [[MuggingTheMonster he is most definitely not the most dangerous person in the room - Janey is]].
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* '''Double Subverted''': Janey discovers the hard way that [[SimpleSolutionWontWork Patrick booby-trapped the door]] and [[BatmanGambit he expected her to try to escape through it as part of his complicated plan to kill her]].
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* '''Justified''': Janey lives in a remote area, like [[DontGoInTheWoods the woods]].
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Janey lives in a remote area, like [[DontGoInTheWoods thewoods]].woods]].
** Janey knows what will happen if she left him to his own devices, [[HeroicSacrifice so she'd rather sacrifice herself to his continued confinement instead of sacrificing the city]].
** Janey lives in a remote area, like [[DontGoInTheWoods the
** Janey knows what will happen if she left him to his own devices, [[HeroicSacrifice so she'd rather sacrifice herself to his continued confinement instead of sacrificing the city]].
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* '''Enforced''': Patrick has lured Janey into a situation she can't easily escape from, like [[DirtySocialTricks a dinner party she needs to attend to keep her career on the up-and-up]].
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* '''Enforced''': Patrick has lured Janey into a situation she can't easily escape from, like [[DirtySocialTricks a dinner party she needs to attend to keep her career on the up-and-up]]. ??
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* '''Invoked''': To try and lure Patrick out into the open, Janey uses herself as bait.
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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
** To try and lure Patrick out into the open, Janey uses herself asbait.bait.
** Patrick has lured Janey into a situation she can't easily escape from, like [[DirtySocialTricks a dinner party she needs to attend to keep her career on the up-and-up]].
** To try and lure Patrick out into the open, Janey uses herself as
** Patrick has lured Janey into a situation she can't easily escape from, like [[DirtySocialTricks a dinner party she needs to attend to keep her career on the up-and-up]].
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* '''Deconstructed''': Being alone with a dangerous person can get lethal very quickly. Janey knows this, and the stress [[IdiotBall starts taking a toll on her reasoning]]. It's almost too easy when Patrick corners her in a side hallway and [[DropTheHammer rearranges her face]].
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* '''Deconstructed''': Being alone with a dangerous person can get lethal very quickly. Janey knows this, and the stress [[IdiotBall starts taking a toll on her reasoning]]. It's almost too easy when Patrick corners her in a side hallway and [[DropTheHammer rearranges her face]]. face.
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* '''Downplayed''': Patrick isn't a threat, just [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} highly eccentric]] and unable to pick up on [[NotGoodWithPeople social cues]]. Janey can take her leave at any time, but she's too polite to do so.
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* '''Downplayed''': Patrick isn't a threat, just [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} highly eccentric]] and unable to pick up on [[NotGoodWithPeople [[NoSocialSkills social cues]]. Janey can take her leave at any time, but she's too polite to do so.
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'''Basic Trope''': Spending time isolated with a dangerous or [[AxCrazy mentally unstable]] person.
* '''Straight''': [[PluckyGirl Janey]] is trapped in her apartment with Patrick, who is [[SerialKiller more than a little off]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Janey and Patrick [[SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere share a one-room apartment in the Mojave Desert with no door or windows]].
* '''Downplayed''': Patrick isn't a threat, just [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} highly eccentric]] and unable to pick up on [[NotGoodWithPeople social cues]]. Janey can take her leave at any time, but she's too polite to do so.
* '''Justified''': Janey lives in a remote area, like [[DontGoInTheWoods the woods]].
* '''Inverted''': Janey is [[FairCop a detective]] who spends her days trying to hunt Patrick down.
* '''Subverted''': Janey is trapped with Patrick--[[AntiClimax until she finds the spare key under her floor mat]].
* '''Parodied''': Patrick [[DastardlyWhiplash ties Janey to a railroad track while laughing manically]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': The situation is time-sensitive; Patrick has let Janey know about a [[MadBomber "little gift"]] he's planning to leave in a public area, and the only thing keeping her in his presence is the knowledge that other people will get hurt if she leaves him alone for a second.
* '''Averted''': Neither Janey nor Patrick are trapped with each other.
* '''Enforced''': Patrick has lured Janey into a situation she can't easily escape from, like [[DirtySocialTricks a dinner party she needs to attend to keep her career on the up-and-up]].
* '''Lampshaded''': [[YouCanRunButYouCantHide "You have to show yourself sometime, you know.]][[ImpliedDeathThreat I don't like being kept waiting."]]
* '''Invoked''': To try and lure Patrick out into the open, Janey uses herself as bait.
* '''Exploited''': Patrick has a key to the locked room [[ManipulativeBastard and is pretending to be trapped with Janey to get the result he wants]].
* '''Defied''': Janey makes every effort to get away from Patrick, including [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled jumping out a five-story window]].
* '''Discussed''': While trapped together, the two have a [[{{Understatement}} very awkward conversation]] about "how difficult it can be to find alone time".
* '''Conversed''': "If you were trapped with Jason Voorhees, would you try [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath talking him down]] or [[RunOrDie just run like hell]]?"
* '''Implied''': Janey [[LateToTheRealization comes to notice she's alone with Patrick only after he's done away with everyone else]].
* '''Deconstructed''': Being alone with a dangerous person can get lethal very quickly. Janey knows this, and the stress [[IdiotBall starts taking a toll on her reasoning]]. It's almost too easy when Patrick corners her in a side hallway and [[DropTheHammer rearranges her face]].
* '''Reconstructed''': Going through the ordeal with Patrick is terrifying, but necessary, since Janey needs his (voluntary or otherwise) cooperation to find out his plans and foil them.
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* '''Straight''': [[PluckyGirl Janey]] is trapped in her apartment with Patrick, who is [[SerialKiller more than a little off]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Janey and Patrick [[SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere share a one-room apartment in the Mojave Desert with no door or windows]].
* '''Downplayed''': Patrick isn't a threat, just [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} highly eccentric]] and unable to pick up on [[NotGoodWithPeople social cues]]. Janey can take her leave at any time, but she's too polite to do so.
* '''Justified''': Janey lives in a remote area, like [[DontGoInTheWoods the woods]].
* '''Inverted''': Janey is [[FairCop a detective]] who spends her days trying to hunt Patrick down.
* '''Subverted''': Janey is trapped with Patrick--[[AntiClimax until she finds the spare key under her floor mat]].
* '''Parodied''': Patrick [[DastardlyWhiplash ties Janey to a railroad track while laughing manically]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': The situation is time-sensitive; Patrick has let Janey know about a [[MadBomber "little gift"]] he's planning to leave in a public area, and the only thing keeping her in his presence is the knowledge that other people will get hurt if she leaves him alone for a second.
* '''Averted''': Neither Janey nor Patrick are trapped with each other.
* '''Enforced''': Patrick has lured Janey into a situation she can't easily escape from, like [[DirtySocialTricks a dinner party she needs to attend to keep her career on the up-and-up]].
* '''Lampshaded''': [[YouCanRunButYouCantHide "You have to show yourself sometime, you know.]][[ImpliedDeathThreat I don't like being kept waiting."]]
* '''Invoked''': To try and lure Patrick out into the open, Janey uses herself as bait.
* '''Exploited''': Patrick has a key to the locked room [[ManipulativeBastard and is pretending to be trapped with Janey to get the result he wants]].
* '''Defied''': Janey makes every effort to get away from Patrick, including [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled jumping out a five-story window]].
* '''Discussed''': While trapped together, the two have a [[{{Understatement}} very awkward conversation]] about "how difficult it can be to find alone time".
* '''Conversed''': "If you were trapped with Jason Voorhees, would you try [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath talking him down]] or [[RunOrDie just run like hell]]?"
* '''Implied''': Janey [[LateToTheRealization comes to notice she's alone with Patrick only after he's done away with everyone else]].
* '''Deconstructed''': Being alone with a dangerous person can get lethal very quickly. Janey knows this, and the stress [[IdiotBall starts taking a toll on her reasoning]]. It's almost too easy when Patrick corners her in a side hallway and [[DropTheHammer rearranges her face]].
* '''Reconstructed''': Going through the ordeal with Patrick is terrifying, but necessary, since Janey needs his (voluntary or otherwise) cooperation to find out his plans and foil them.
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