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* '''Played For Horror''': A chain letter promises a gruesome fate to those who do not send it to those new and ends up causing a horrific end to a society.
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* '''Justified''': The fear of bad luck for not sending the letter makes Bob anxious and unable to actually do his job properly, leading to mishaps.

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* '''Justified''': The fear of bad luck for not sending the letter makes Bob anxious and unable to actually do his job properly, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy leading to mishaps.mishaps]].
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???
Bob refuses to send the letter and [[BananaPeel slips on a banana skin]].
* '''Justified''': ???The fear of bad luck for not sending the letter makes Bob anxious and unable to actually do his job properly, leading to mishaps.



* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Bob receives the letter from Alice but doesn't send it. Nothing happens to him.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???But Cindy, who ''also'' didn't send the letter, gets in a car accident.



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* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
Some people who don't send the letter get bad luck, and some don't, leaving us to wonder whether [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane the letter had anything to do with it]].
* '''Averted''': ???Nobody is sent a chain letter in the first place.



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???A [[HollywoodHacking hacker]] uses the letter to send a computer virus, or find gullible people for scams.
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Back to '''Basic Trope''': A letter which must be sent to a certain number of people lest its recipient suffer bad luck.
* '''Straight''': A character refuses to continue a chain letter and gets bad luck, like the letter said would happen if they don't continue the chain.
* '''Exaggerated''': From the very moment the character refuses to continue the chain, an anvil falls on their head.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': The character continuing the chain gets bad luck for doing so.
* '''Subverted''': ???
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Basic Trope: A trope (a common convention that you can expect to show up in certain works).

Straight: A character refuses to continue a chain letter and gets bad luck like the letter says would happen if they don't continue the chain.

Exaggerated: From the very moment the character refuses to continue the chain, an anvil falls on their head.

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Inverted: The character continuing the chain gets bad luck for doing so.

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Basic Trope: '''Basic Trope''': A trope (a common convention that you can expect letter which must be sent to show up in a certain works).

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number of people lest its recipient suffer bad luck.
* '''Straight''':
A character refuses to continue a chain letter and gets bad luck luck, like the letter says said would happen if they don't continue the chain.

Exaggerated:
chain.
* '''Exaggerated''':
From the very moment the character refuses to continue the chain, an anvil falls on their head.

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Justified:

Inverted:
head.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
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* '''Inverted''':
The character continuing the chain gets bad luck for doing so.

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Back to '''Basic Trope''': A letter which must be sent to a certain number of people lest its recipient suffer bad luck.
* '''Straight''': A character refuses to continue a chain letter and gets bad luck, like the letter said would happen if they don't continue the chain.
* '''Exaggerated''': From the very moment the character refuses to continue the chain, an anvil falls on their head.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': The character continuing the chain gets bad luck for doing so.
* '''Subverted''': ???
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Basic Trope: A trope (a common convention that you can expect to show up in certain works).

Straight: A character refuses to continue a chain letter and gets bad luck like the letter says would happen if they don't continue the chain.
Exaggerated: From the very moment the character refuses to continue the chain, an anvil falls on their head.
Downplayed:
Justified:
Inverted: The character continuing the chain gets bad luck for doing so.
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