Basic Trope: A character teases someone, so the one being teased kills the teaser.
- Straight: Alice and Bob are fighting at night and Alice mockingly says, "Isn't it past your bedtime, Bobby?!" so Bob kills her.
- Exaggerated: Bob mutilates Alice just for smirking at him.
- Downplayed: Bob injures Alice as a result of the comment, but she lives.
- Justified: Bob has no moral compass and is an experienced assassin.
- Inverted:
- Alice is a ghost and she makes the "past your bedtime" joke. Bob resurrects her.
- Alice expresses her respect for Bob, but he kills her anyway.
- Alice mocks Bob right before killing him.
- Subverted: Bob stabs Alice, but she survives and gets medical attention.
- Double Subverted: Bob kills her later anyway.
- Parodied:
- Zigzagged: Alice, Carol, Dan, and Edward all tease Bob. Bob kills Alice, spares Carol, tries unsuccessfully to kill Dan, and Edward runs away before Bob can even try to kill him.
- Averted:
- Bob does not kill Alice even though she teased him.
- Alice does not mock Bob.
- Enforced:
- Lampshaded: "You insulted me?! Die!"
- Invoked:
- Exploited: With Alice out of the way, Bob can do what she was preventing him from doing.
- Defied:
- Alice refuses to provoke Bob.
- Bob decides killing Alice because she mocked him isn't worth it.
- Discussed: "Never tease Bob— the last person to do so is now dead!"
- Conversed: "Ooh, that character is mocking their opponent. Hope they don't die."
- Implied: Bob is seen shooting at Alice, but it's never revealed if she's dead or alive.
- Deconstructed:
- Reconstructed:
- Played for Laughs: The death is played for Black Comedy.
- Played for Drama: Alice's death is a very sad, dramatic moment.
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