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* '''Double Subverted''': But when he sees a lot of other villains tying their victims to the tracks, he goes to back to the conveyor belt of doom.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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But when he sees a lot of other villains tying their victims to the tracks, he goes to back to the conveyor belt of doom.doom.
** The railroad tracks are ''on'' a conveyor belt.
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* '''Subverted''': Count Badorana considers this but decides to go with the classic "[[ChainedToARailway chain the Princess to the train tracks]]" instead

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* '''Subverted''': Count Badorana considers this but decides to go with the classic "[[ChainedToARailway chain the Princess to the train tracks]]" insteadinstead.



** Why does Badorana need a conveyor belt? Because he's a supervillain, duh!!! And what supervillain worth his salt ''wouldn't'' have zany [[DeathTrap death traps]] all over his fortress?
** Sure, the workers are freaked out about finding a dead body in their work area, but how are ''they'' supposed to figure out how or why she got there, let alone the cause of death or who killed her? They're just laborers!!!!

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** Why does Badorana need a conveyor belt? Because he's a supervillain, duh!!! duh! And what supervillain worth his salt ''wouldn't'' have zany [[DeathTrap death traps]] all over his fortress?
** Sure, the workers are freaked out about finding a dead body in their work area, but how are ''they'' supposed to figure out how or why she got there, let alone the cause of death or who killed her? They're just laborers!!!!laborers.
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** Count Badorana ties up Princess Voltara, [[MineCartMAdness places her in a mine cart, and sends her on a long track to the bottom of the mine.]]

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** Count Badorana ties up Princess Voltara, [[MineCartMAdness [[MineCartMadness places her in a mine cart, and sends her on a long track to the bottom of the mine.]]



* '''Averted''': Count Badorana doesn't go for such old-fashioned tricks.

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* '''Averted''': Count Badorana [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim doesn't go for such old-fashioned tricks.tricks]].

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* '''Played For Drama''': With Princess Voltara bound to the conveyor belt and heading toward certain doom, Captain Goodmann must RaceAgainstTheClock to rescue her.



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** Count Badorana straps Princess Voltara on a conveyor belt with the Idol of MacGuffin on one end, then activates the conveyor belt so that she's moving away from it solely to [[ForTheEvulz taunt her]].



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

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* '''Exploited''': ???Count Badorana discovers he is so good at strapping people to conveyor belts that he sets up a business in which other criminals pay him to strap their victims to conveyor belts.

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* '''Straight''': Count Badorana ties up Princess Voltara, then places her on a conveyor belt heading to a buzz saw.
* '''Exaggerated''': Count Badorana ties up Princess Voltara, [[MineCartMAdness places her in a mine cart, and sends her on a long track to the bottom of the mine.]]

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* '''Straight''': '''Straight''':
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Count Badorana ties up Princess Voltara, then places her on a conveyor belt heading to a buzz saw.
* '''Exaggerated''': ** Count Badorana ties up Princess Voltara, [[MineCartMAdness places her in a mine cart, and sends her on a long track to the bottom of the mine.]]]]
* '''Exaggerated''': Count Badorana does this to several characters.



* '''Lampshaded''': The Count's {{Mook}} flunky says to him, "Hey, boss, we got you the ACME Doom Belt 4000, just like you asked!"
* '''Invoked''': "My next trap is called 'The Conveyor Belt of Doom.' I learned about it while taking Villain 101 at my local community college!"

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* '''Lampshaded''': The Count's {{Mook}} flunky says to him, "Hey, boss, we got you '''Lampshaded''':
** "Why do so many villains use
the ACME Conveyor Belt of Doom Belt 4000, just like you asked!"
* '''Invoked''':
trick?"
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"My next trap is called 'The Conveyor Belt of Doom.' I learned about it while taking Villain 101 at my local community college!"college!"
* '''Invoked''': Count Badorana's {{Mook}} flunky says to him, "Hey, boss, we got you the ACME Doom Belt 4000, just like you asked!" The count decides to try it on Princess Voltara.



* '''Discussed''': "Why do so many villains use the Conveyor Belt of Doom trick?"

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* '''Discussed''': "Why do so many villains use the Conveyor Belt of Doom trick?"???



** Alternatively, Count Badorana uses a conveyor belt in an old factory to kill Princess Voltara... the next day, the workers arrive and find her body. Oops!!!

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** Alternatively, Count Badorana uses a conveyor belt in an old factory to kill Princess Voltara... the next day, the workers arrive and find her body. Oops!!!



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** The townsfolk actually ''[[WeirdnessCensor don't]]'' [[DyingLikeAnimals care]] about that abandoned factory mysteriously being used again because [[BystanderSyndrome it's completely irrelevant to them.]]

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** The townsfolk actually ''[[WeirdnessCensor don't]]'' [[DyingLikeAnimals care]] care about that abandoned factory mysteriously being used again because [[BystanderSyndrome it's completely irrelevant to them.]]

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** The townsfolk actually ''[[WeirdnessCensor don't]]'' [[DyingLikeAnimals care]] about that abandoned factory mysteriously being used again because [[SomebodyElsesProblem it's completely irrelevant to them.]]

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** The townsfolk actually ''[[WeirdnessCensor don't]]'' [[DyingLikeAnimals care]] about that abandoned factory mysteriously being used again because [[SomebodyElsesProblem [[BystanderSyndrome it's completely irrelevant to them.]]
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* '''Straight''': Count Badorana ties up Princess Voltara, places her a conveyor belt heading to a buzz saw.

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* '''Straight''': Count Badorana ties up Princess Voltara, then places her on a conveyor belt heading to a buzz saw.



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

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* '''Downplayed''': ???The conveyor belt simply leads to a prison cell that's too far away for Badorana to feel like carrying the princess.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A character is placed on a conveyor belt or similar delivery device which slowly advances them towards some messy fate.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A character is placed on a conveyor belt or similar delivery device which slowly advances them towards some messy fate.



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



** Alternatively Princess Voltara straps the bleeding and near-dead [[TheHero Ace]] onto a conveyor belt to carry him to an automated surgeon robot.

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** Alternatively Princess Voltara straps the bleeding and near-dead [[TheHero Ace]] onto a conveyor belt to carry him to an automated surgeon robot.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Count Badorana ties Princess Voltara to the conveyor belt. The princess complains about how cliche it is, then lands in a bin full of teddy bears instead of a pit of lava. Thinking she's safe, the princess tries to stand up, but soon discovers that the bin is actually a trash compactor. Right as it appears she'll be squashed, a safety mechanism goes off and she's saved. The Count knew this was going to happen and only wanted to scare her. As the princess nervously laughs, the compactor reaches the end of a conveyor belt and dumps her into a pit of spikes.
* '''Averted''': Count Badorana doesn't go for such old-fashioned tricks.
* '''Enforced''': "Hey, let's make sure the viewers know how resourceful this Badorana guy is by having him try to kill Princess Voltara with a conveyor belt!!!"
* '''Lampshaded''': The Count's {{Mook}} flunky says to him, "Hey, boss, we got you the ACME Doom Belt 4000, just like you asked!"
* '''Invoked''': "My next trap is called 'The Conveyor Belt of Doom.' I learned about it while taking Villain 101 at my local community college!"
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Count Badorana's assistant Lord Untrustworthy suggests killing Voltara in an old factory, but Badorana rejects the idea.
* '''Discussed''': "Why do so many villains use the Conveyor Belt of Doom trick?"
* '''Conversed''': "Great. Another two-bit villain who thinks he's ''so'' clever by strapping his victim to a conveyor belt. Why can't they try anything ''interesting'' for a change?!?"



** Count Badorana finds himself needing to explain why he has a conveyor belt in his SupervillianLair. Then somebody questions why it leads to an incinerator, and Voltara's lover puts two and two together...

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** Count Badorana finds himself needing to explain why he has a conveyor belt in his SupervillianLair.SupervillainLair. Then somebody questions why it leads to an incinerator, and Voltara's lover puts two and two together...



* '''Zig Zagged''': Count Badorana ties Princess Voltara to the conveyor belt. The princess complains about how cliche it is, then lands in a bin full of teddy bears instead of a pit of lava. Thinking she's safe, the princess tries to stand up, but soon discovers that the bin is actually a trash compactor. Right as it appears she'll be squashed, a safety mechanism goes off and she's saved. The Count knew this was going to happen and only wanted to scare her. As the princess nervously laughs, the compactor reaches the end of a conveyor belt and dumps her into a pit of spikes.
* '''Averted''': Count Badorana doesn't go for such old-fashioned tricks.
* '''Enforced''': "Hey, let's make sure the viewers know how resourceful this Badorana guy is by having him try to kill Princess Voltara with a conveyor belt!!!"
* '''Lampshaded''': The Count's {{Mook}} flunky says to him, "Hey, boss, we got you the ACME Doom Belt 4000, just like you asked!"
* '''Invoked''': "My next trap is called 'The Conveyor Belt of Doom.' I learned about it while taking Villain 101 at my local community college!"
* '''Defied''': Count Badorana's assistant Lord Untrustworthy suggests killing Voltara in an old factory, but Badorana rejects the idea.
* '''Discussed''': "Why do so many villains use the Conveyor Belt of Doom trick?"
* '''Conversed''': "Great. Another two-bit villain who thinks he's ''so'' clever by strapping his victim to a conveyor belt. Why can't they try anything ''interesting'' for a change?!?"


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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': Princess Voltara puts Count Badorana on a conveyor belt heading to a certain doom.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Princess Voltara puts Count Badorana on a conveyor belt heading to a certain doom.



* '''Deconstructed''': Count Badorana finds himself needing to explain why he has a conveyor belt in his SupervillianLair. Then somebody questions why it leads to an incinerator, and Voltara's lover puts two and two together...

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Count Badorana finds himself needing to explain why he has a conveyor belt in his SupervillianLair. Then somebody questions why it leads to an incinerator, and Voltara's lover puts two and two together...



*** If he was smart enough to use an abandoned factory... well, he wasn't so smart after all. The factory hasn't been used in so long, the conveyor belts don't work because nobody's been maintaining them!!!
**** And if he can get it running again, the townsfolk will certainly get suspicious when that old abandoned factory suddenly springs to life again for no apparent reason...
* '''Reconstructed''': Why does Badorana need a conveyor belt? Because he's a supervillain, duh!!! And what supervillain worth his salt ''wouldn't'' have zany [[DeathTrap death traps]] all over his fortress?

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*** If he was smart enough to use an abandoned factory... well, he wasn't so smart after all. The factory hasn't been used in so long, the conveyor belts don't work because nobody's been maintaining them!!!
**** And if he can get it running again, the townsfolk will certainly get suspicious when that old abandoned factory suddenly springs to life again for no apparent reason...
* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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Why does Badorana need a conveyor belt? Because he's a supervillain, duh!!! And what supervillain worth his salt ''wouldn't'' have zany [[DeathTrap death traps]] all over his fortress?



*** The townsfolk actually ''[[WeirdnessCensor don't]]'' [[DyingLikeAnimals care]] about that abandoned factory mysteriously being used again because [[SomebodyElsesProblem it's completely irrelevant to them.]]

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*** ** The townsfolk actually ''[[WeirdnessCensor don't]]'' [[DyingLikeAnimals care]] about that abandoned factory mysteriously being used again because [[SomebodyElsesProblem it's completely irrelevant to them.]]
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* '''Basic Trope''': A character is placed on a conveyor belt or similar delivery device which will convey them to some messy fate.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A character is placed on a conveyor belt or similar delivery device which will convey slowly advances them to towards some messy fate.
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* '''Basic Trope''': A character is tied up and placed on a conveyor belt which will convey them to some messy fate.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A character is tied up and placed on a conveyor belt or similar delivery device which will convey them to some messy fate.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Count Badorana ties Princess Voltara to the conveyor belt. The princess complains about how cliche it is, then lands in a bin full of teddy bears instead of a pit of lava. Thinking she's safe, the princess tries to stand up, but soon discovers that the bin is actually a trash compactor. Right as it appears she'll be squashed, a safety mechanism goes off and she's saved. The Count knew this was going to happen and only wanted to scare her. As the princess nervously laughs, the compactor reaches the end of a conveyor belt and dumps her into a pit of spikes.



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

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???The Count's {{Mook}} flunky says to him, "Hey, boss, we got you the ACME Doom Belt 4000, just like you asked!"
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* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"Great. Another two-bit villain who thinks he's ''so'' clever by strapping his victim to a conveyor belt. Why can't they try anything ''interesting'' for a change?!?"

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'''Basic Trope''': A character is tied up and placed on a conveyor belt which will convey them to some messy fate.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A character is tied up and placed on a conveyor belt which will convey them to some messy fate.



* '''Exaggerated''': Count Badorana ties up Princess Voltara, [[MineCartMAdness places her in a mine cart, and sends her a long track to the bottom of the mine.]]

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* '''Exaggerated''': Count Badorana ties up Princess Voltara, [[MineCartMAdness places her in a mine cart, and sends her on a long track to the bottom of the mine.]]



* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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* '''Deconstructed''': ???
Count Badorana finds himself needing to explain why he has a conveyor belt in his SupervillianLair. Then somebody questions why it leads to an incinerator, and Voltara's lover puts two and two together...
** Alternatively, Count Badorana uses a conveyor belt in an old factory to kill Princess Voltara... the next day, the workers arrive and find her body. Oops!!!
*** If he was smart enough to use an abandoned factory... well, he wasn't so smart after all. The factory hasn't been used in so long, the conveyor belts don't work because nobody's been maintaining them!!!
**** And if he can get it running again, the townsfolk will certainly get suspicious when that old abandoned factory suddenly springs to life again for no apparent reason...
* '''Reconstructed''': ???Why does Badorana need a conveyor belt? Because he's a supervillain, duh!!! And what supervillain worth his salt ''wouldn't'' have zany [[DeathTrap death traps]] all over his fortress?
** Sure, the workers are freaked out about finding a dead body in their work area, but how are ''they'' supposed to figure out how or why she got there, let alone the cause of death or who killed her? They're just laborers!!!!
*** The townsfolk actually ''[[WeirdnessCensor don't]]'' [[DyingLikeAnimals care]] about that abandoned factory mysteriously being used again because [[SomebodyElsesProblem it's completely irrelevant to them.]]



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

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* '''Enforced''': ???"Hey, let's make sure the viewers know how resourceful this Badorana guy is by having him try to kill Princess Voltara with a conveyor belt!!!"

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