MithrandirOlorin
Since: May, 2012
Nov 19th 2014 at 9:19:32 AM
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Has anyone ever played with this Trope by seemingly playing it completely annoyingly straight right up until the hero doesn't escape and is in fact killed horribly by the elaborate death trap?
Guvner
Since: Jan, 2012
Jan 30th 2012 at 7:46:53 PM
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This occurs at least once in every book of Anthoney Horrowitzes' Alex Rider series. Sometimes even twice in the same book.
Someonebesidesomeone
Since: Dec, 2010
May 24th 2011 at 3:46:16 PM
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Should the Cocodrile's example from One Piece count or is an aversion of the trope. The thing is that after having impaled someone in the chest with a hook and buried him in quicksand, one could reasonably assume is death.
The main page says
But then proceeds to list practically all the bullet points under Justified in the Playing With page. This seems contradictory. Either reasons given for the villain not immediately killing the heroes are BVS, Justified, or they’re not this trope at all. Which is it?
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