Basic Trope: A Moment of Awesome that looks like it's going to happen but doesn't.
- Straight: Bob stares down at a defeated Emperor Evulz with a gun in his hand. With a Pre-Mortem One-Liner, Bob pulls the trigger... but the gun jams. During Bob's split second of panic, Evulz gains the upper hand and takes him down.
- Exaggerated: When Bob pulls the trigger, the gun explodes. Evulz survives and stands over Bob's dead body. Fade to black.
- Downplayed: Bob shoots but misses Evulz, who then uses the opportunity to fight back.
- Justified: Bob was ill-prepared in handling guns.
- Inverted: Evulz tries to shoot Bob, who kicks the gun out of his hand. Bob then picks up the gun and shoots him with it.
- Subverted: Bob's gun jams. Evulz uses this opportunity to escape, but Bob pulls out another gun shoots him with that.
- Double Subverted: ...but Bob misses him and Evulz gets away.
- Parodied: Bob is heavily armed and turns all his guns on Evulz. They all explode, giving both Bob and Evulz an Ash Face.
- Zig Zagged: Bob shoots Evulz but it turns out he's wearing a bullet-proof vest. He then shoots Evulz' face but it turns out he's wearing a realistic mask that is also bullet-proof as well. He finally wounds Evulz but it was just a flesh wound. Repeat cycle.
- Averted:
- Bob's gun works and he succeeds in killing Evulz.
- Or alternatively, Bob isn't given the chance to kill Evulz.
- Enforced:
- The writers want Evulz alive because Status Quo Is God.
- Bob is the series' Butt-Monkey and the writers absolutely refuse to grant him any breaks.
- Lampshaded: "You almost killed me, Bob! You could have been a hero!"
- Invoked: Evulz stares down at the barrel, notices there are no bullets inside and challenges Bob to shoot him.
- Exploited: Evulz revels in Bob's inability to kill him and taunts him about it every time they cross paths.
- Defied:
- Evulz tells Bob that the gun he's using is flimsy.
- Bob triple checks the gun before encountering Evulz.
- Bob immediately attacks Evulz with the malfunctioning gun before Evulz can react.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed: Bob is never able to live down almost killing Emperor Evulz and gets teased about it for the rest of his life.
- Reconstructed: Bob opts to take target practice and a course in gun safety so next time he and Evulz meet he is able to shoot him to death for real.
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