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** Alice doesn't intend to humiliate with it but to make sure it is a NonLethalKO.


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** ... because she considers Bob NotWorthKilling.

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** Alice wore Bob to the point where all he'd need to go down is a light touch (which is convenient for her because she is similarly worn out).

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** Alice wore Bob out to the point where all he'd need to go down is with just a light touch (which is convenient for her because she is similarly worn out).


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** Alice attempts CherryTapping by brushing [[VisualPun a cherry]] against Bob.

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** Bob's skull is pretty weak in the forehead area. That light smack which would barely hurt a normal person actually caused some pretty serious brain damage.

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** [[AchillesHeel Bob's skull is pretty weak in the forehead area. area.]] That light smack which would barely hurt a normal person actually caused some pretty serious brain damage.damage.
** Alice wore Bob to the point where all he'd need to go down is a light touch (which is convenient for her because she is similarly worn out).



** The "light smack" Alice finished the fight with was actually a PressurePoint TouchOfDeath that only looks unimpressive to those who don't understand precisely what she was doing.

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** The "light smack" Alice finished the fight with was actually [[FingerPokeOfDoom actually]] a PressurePoint TouchOfDeath that only looks unimpressive to those who don't understand precisely what she was doing.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice uses a weak, but swift finisher on Bob. It supposed to be efficient and not meant to be purely humiliating, but her style of the technique suggests otherwise.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice uses a weak, but swift finisher on Bob. It is supposed to be efficient and not meant to be purely humiliating, but her style of the technique suggests otherwise.



* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"He went down with just a light touch. That was unexpected."
* '''Conversed''': ???"He went down with just a light touch. That shouldn't have taken him down in reality."



** Bob was expecting Alice to fight more conventionally. This did him no favors when he blew all of his energy early in the fight, defending against big attacks that weren't going to happen, allowing Alice to win against him.

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** Bob was expecting Alice to fight more conventionally. This did him no favors when he blew all of his energy early in the fight, defending against big attacks that weren't going to happen, allowing Alice to win against him.



* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob takes numerous powerful attacks during the course of the battle and is barely standing. Alice pushes him, and he keels over for the finish. Alice tells him to rest it off.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice is fighting against a very frail opponent and must be careful to avoid killing them.

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* '''Played For for Laughs''': Bob takes numerous powerful attacks during the course of the battle and is barely standing. Alice pushes him, and he keels over for the finish. Alice tells him to rest it off.
* '''Played For for Drama''': Alice is fighting against a very frail opponent and must be careful to avoid killing them.
* '''Played for Horror''': Alice isn't fighting anybody -- she's out in everyday life where she is a menace to society, a SerialKiller in all but name, because she kills people just by touching
them.

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* '''Subverted''': Bob appears to go down, but he was just making her lower her guard.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Bob appears to go down, but he was just making her lower her guard.guard.
** The "light smack" Alice finished the fight with was actually a PressurePoint TouchOfDeath that only looks unimpressive to those who don't understand precisely what she was doing.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is knocked out with a punch, as one would expect realistically, though the punch is relatively weak.

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* '''Downplayed''': The entire fight has been Alice and Bob is knocked out flinging superhuman powers at one another, but Bob, who lacks any sort of SuperStrength, finishes it with a punch, as one would expect realistically, though the punch is relatively weak.mundane sucker punch.
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** Alice unsuccessfully finished Bob off and lost when she could have fight normally to win.
** The cherry tap defeated Bob because of a pre-existing condition which leaves Bob on the verge of death.

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** Alice unsuccessfully finished Bob off and lost the fight due to not taking Bob seriously when she could have fight normally to win.
easily won if she actually treated him with some respect and went full force.
** The cherry tap only defeated Bob because of a pre-existing condition which leaves Bob on the verge of death.



** Bob was expecting Alice to deliver a powerful move and was completely caught off-guard when she used a weaker move instead.
** Alice either has the expertise to heal him or can get him to a hospital in time.

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** Bob was expecting Alice to deliver a powerful move and was completely caught off-guard fight more conventionally. This did him no favors when she used a weaker move instead.
he blew all of his energy early in the fight, defending against big attacks that weren't going to happen, allowing Alice to win against him.
** Alice either has was the expertise to heal one who gave him or can get him to a hospital that condition earlier on in time.the fight as a curse.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice unsuccessfully finished Bob off and lost when she could have fight normally to win.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Alice unsuccessfully finished Bob off and lost when she could have fight normally to win.



* '''Reconstructed''': Bob was expecting Alice to deliver a powerful move and was completely caught off-guard when she used a weaker move instead.

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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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Bob was expecting Alice to deliver a powerful move and was completely caught off-guard when she used a weaker move instead.



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* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob are fighting, and the latter passes out with a light smack to the forehead.

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* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob AliceAndBob are fighting, and the latter passes out with a light smack to the forehead.

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

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* '''Exploited''': ???Alice is fighting Bob, Charlie and Diane at the same time, and finds cherry tapping useful to avoid being attacked while she finishes one of them off.



** The cherry tap defeated Bob because of a pre-existing condition which leaves Bob on the verge of death.



** Alice either has the expertise to heal him or can get him to a hospital in time.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob takes numerous powerful attacks during the course of the battle and is barely standing. Alice pushes him, and he keels over for the finish. Alice tells him to rest it off.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice is fighting against a very frail opponent and must be careful to avoid killing them.



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** Bob's skull is pretty weak in the forehead area. That light smack which would barely hurt a normal person actually caused some pretty serious brain damage.
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* '''Inverted''': TheresNoKillLikeOverkill

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* '''Inverted''': TheresNoKillLikeOverkillThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill



%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

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** Alice attempts to do this on a well-trained martial-art master.



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* '''Enforced''': ???The writer wants the battle to be more entertaining.



* '''Implied''': The battle was offscreen, and Bob did not want to talk about the ending.



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice unsuccessfully finished Bob off and lost when she could have fight normally to win.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob was expecting Alice to deliver a powerful move and was completely caught off-guard when she used a weaker move instead.



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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Alice uses a weak, but swift finisher on Bob. It supposed to be efficient and not meant to be purely humiliating, but her style of the technique suggests otherwise.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is knocked out with a punch, as one would expect realistically.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is knocked out with a punch, as one would expect realistically.realistically, though the punch is relatively weak.
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** Alice method to deal the coup de grâce on Bob? Excessive amounts of {{tickl|eTorture}}ing, which causes him to [[LudicrousGibs explode]] after [[CriticalExistenceFailure his HP reaches zero]]. (Because the developers didn't bothered to create a different death animation!)

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** Alice Alice's method to deal the coup de grâce on Bob? Excessive amounts of {{tickl|eTorture}}ing, which causes him to [[LudicrousGibs explode]] after [[CriticalExistenceFailure his HP reaches zero]]. (Because the developers didn't bothered bother to create a different death animation!)

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* '''Parodied''': Bob [[MinorInjuryOverreaction freaks out and surrenders]] after being tapped on the shoulder.

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Bob [[MinorInjuryOverreaction freaks out and surrenders]] after being tapped on the shoulder.shoulder.
** Alice method to deal the coup de grâce on Bob? Excessive amounts of {{tickl|eTorture}}ing, which causes him to [[LudicrousGibs explode]] after [[CriticalExistenceFailure his HP reaches zero]]. (Because the developers didn't bothered to create a different death animation!)



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'''Basic Trope''': Someone is defeated by a weak attack to humiliate them.
* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob are fighting, and the latter passes out with a light smack to the forehead.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob [[MadeOfExplodium explodes]] when Alice accidentally bumps into him.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is knocked out with a punch, as one would expect realistically.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice is stronger than she looks.
** Unless programmed otherwise, any attack does some form of damage at any point in the battle in fighting games; it's just math.
* '''Inverted''': TheresNoKillLikeOverkill
* '''Subverted''': Bob appears to go down, but he was just making her lower her guard.
* '''Double Subverted''': He's then promptly taken care of with a foot to the face.
* '''Parodied''': Bob [[MinorInjuryOverreaction freaks out and surrenders]] after being tapped on the shoulder.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': The game is programmed to only allow more powerful attacks to finish opponents.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "You don't get more experience points by being boring, Alice! Spice it up a bit!"
* '''Invoked''': Alice holds back throughout the whole fight to show Bob how inferior he is.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alice decides that it'll be much more satisfying to use a proper FinishingMove.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
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