History PlayingWith / LittlestCancerPatient

** Clyde can be killed by the AlienAttack, but he can survive anything that is less severe than that.

* '''Inverted''': Clyde makes a miraculous recovery from leukemia, but then aliens attack and he gets killed.

* '''Justified''': Clyde comes from a family of optimists, and always had a bright outlook on life before the illness.

* '''Exaggerated''': Clyde is dying of cancer, but you can shoot him point-blank with an anti-material rifle and he won't be harmed at all.

** 10-year-old Clyde has leukemia. Aliens are attacking his hometown and many people die, but he survives it.

* '''Invoked''': [[WindsOfDestinyChange Alice]] is left with an unenviable position where the only way her son Bob will survive is to [[EquivalentExchange choose another more distant doom for him]] and sadly she cannot [[HeroicSacrifice take up]][[TakeMeInstead his doom instead.]]

* Clyde is wheelchair-bound with a disease that won't kill him anytime soon, but that doesn't slow him down any.
* Clyde is a teenager with cancer.

* '''Downplayed''': Clyde is wheelchair-bound with a disease that won't kill him anytime soon, but that doesn't slow him down any.

* '''Exaggerated''': Clyde is dying of cancer, but you can shot him point-blank with an anti-material rifle and he won't be harmed at all.
* '''Downplayed''': Clyde is wheelchair-bound with a disease that won't kill him in the near future, but that doesn't slow him down any.

* '''Exploited''': A ConArtist spins a sob story about a dying child, in order to play on people's heartstrings and get them to give the ConArtist money. In fact, there ''is'' no child, either with or without cancer, and the money is ''not'' going to pay for that child's healthcare, or pay for the family's living expenses/the cost of moving closer to a specialized hospital or to support cancer research.

'''Basic Trope''': A little kid whom suffers from a terminal disease. Often notable for surviving absolutely everything... other than the disease itself.

** 10 year old Clyde has leukemia. Aliens are attacking his hometown and many people die, but he survives it.
** The terminal ill boy is [[WiseBeyondTheirYears very mature for his age]] and used to bring out the softer side of [[TokenEvilTeammate mean and obnoxious Josh]].

** Clyde is extremely [[Main/GenreSavvy Genre Savvy]], which explains his ability to survive.

* '''Parodied''': Clyde survives an alien invasion, a ZombieApocalypse, several natural disasters, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking his least favourite song being played on the radio]].... then he dies of a cold.

* '''Enforced''': The producers do not want to have a child get hurt, but they still want to spread awareness of child cancer.

* '''Exploited''': A ConArtist spins a sob story about a dying child, in order to play on people's heartstrings and get them to give the ConArtist money. In fact, there ''is'' no child, either with or without cancer, and the money is ''not'' going to pay for that child's healthcare, or pay for the family's living expenses/the cost of moving closer to a specialized hospital, or to support cancer research.
* '''Defied''': 10 year old Clyde has cancer. The BigBad and its LegionOfDoom just happened to attack his town, [[RapePillageAndBurn killing all who oposed them, burning it to the ground]] and taking everyone as slaves. When Clyde is rounded up, the BigBad notices his disease. [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Realizing Clyde won't make a good slave]], rather than [[LeftForDead leave him behind]] knowing he's [[UnexplainedRecovery obviously]] going to die, the BigBad [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim promptly kills him]] [[MoralEventHorizon right in front of everyone]].

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Subverted''': Clyde is about to die from cancer after the alien invasion is fought off.... cue LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt from the audience.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Justified''': ???

* '''Defied''': ???

** 10 year old Clyde has leukemia. Aliens are attacking his hometown,and many people die, but he survives it.
** The terminal ill boy is [[WiseBeyondTheirYears very mature for his age]] and used to bring out the softer side of [[TokenEvilTeammate mean and obnoxious Josh]]
* '''Exaggerated''': Clyde is dying of cancer, but you can shot him point-blank with an anti-materiel rifle and he won't be harmed at all.

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

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

* '''Straight''': 10 year old Clyde has leukemia. Aliens are attacking his hometown,and many people die, but he survives it.

* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': ???

'''Basic Trope''': A little kid suffers from a terminal disease. Often notable for surviving absolutely everything... other than the disease itself.

* '''Exaggerated''': Clyde is dying of cancer, but you can shot him point-blank with an anti-material rifle and he won't be harmed at all.

'''Basic Trope''': A little kid suffers from a terminal disease.
* '''Played Straight''': 10 year old Clyde has leukemia. Aliens are attacking his hometown,and many people die, but he survives it.
* '''Exaggerated''': Clyde is dying of cancer, but you can shot at him with a gun without harming him,