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* '''Played for Drama''': Bob is severely injured or killed as the result of the fall.

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* '''Played for Drama''': Drama''':
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Bob is severely injured or killed as the result of the fall.fall.
** Bob gets trapped in the pool and [[Film/ThePool2018 has to figure out how to escape]].
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'''Basic Trope''': A character dives into an empty swimming pool.
* '''Straight''': Bob gets on the diving board and dives into the pool, only to find out that it's empty.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob is fully aware that there's no water in the pool but for some reason jumps in anyway.
** Bob jumping into empty swimming pools is a RunningGag.
** Bob jumps into the empty swimming pool from a ridiculously high distance.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob doesn't exactly ''dive'' into the pool, but does jump in expecting it to have water in it.
** There is ''some'' water in the pool, but not enough to dive effectively.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob expected the pool to have water in it.
** Bob is TheDitz and doesn't realize there's no water in the pool.
** Bob cannot see water for whatever reason, so an empty swimming pool and a pool filled with water look the same to him.
* '''Inverted''': Bob brings his skateboard into a pool filled with water, expecting it to be empty so that he can ride around in the pool. It isn't.
* '''Subverted''':
** Bob is warned not to dive into the pool because there's no water in it. He does it anyway... and the pool actually does have water.
** Bob realizes in time that the pool has no water in it, and doesn't dive in.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** But not enough.
** He changes his mind and dives in the pool later, though.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** Bob doesn't dive into any swimming pool, empty or not.
** The pool is filled with water.
* '''Enforced''': RuleOfFunny
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Alice tricks Bob into jumping into the empty swimming pool.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''':
** Bob fills the pool with water.
** Bob decides not to jump in the pool once he sees there's no water inside.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': [[FridgeLogic "Why couldn't Bob see there's no water in the pool?"]]
* '''Played for Laughs''': AmusingInjuries
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob is severely injured or killed as the result of the fall.
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Jump back into EmptySwimmingPoolDive... but make sure there's water in it first!
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%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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