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* '''{{Deconstructed|Trope}}:''' The work is a documentary, where Elena, Frank and Gustavo talk about what exactly a person sees the moment they're about to die. In these works we actually see recreations of Alice's and Cornell's incidents while they talk.
* '''{{Reconstructed|Trope}}:''' The work is a documentary, where Elena, Frank and Gustavo talk about what exactly a person sees the moment they're about to die. In these works we actually see recreations of Alice's and Cornell's incidents while they talk... except said work it's a ShowWithinAShow, and they don't appear afterwards, or appear for other, specific scenarios.

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* '''{{Deconstructed|Trope}}:''' The work is a documentary, where Elena, Frank and Gustavo talk about what exactly a person sees the moment they're about to die. In these works this work, we actually see recreations of Alice's and Cornell's incidents while they talk.
* '''{{Reconstructed|Trope}}:''' The work is a documentary, where Elena, Frank and Gustavo talk about what exactly a person sees the moment they're about to die. In these works this work, we actually see recreations of Alice's and Cornell's incidents while they talk... except said work it's is a ShowWithinAShow, and they don't appear afterwards, or appear for other, specific scenarios.



** The work is a PublicServiceAnnouncement about danger on the wildlife. While Alice is being murdered, the narrator, in an off-voice, talks about the dangers that a person may face if they venture in the wilds.

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** The work is a PublicServiceAnnouncement about danger on the wildlife. While Alice Cornell is being murdered, crushed, the narrator, in an off-voice, talks about the dangers that a person may face if they venture in the wilds.



** The boulder that crushed Cornell was about to kill Dante instead, however, at the last minute [[TakingTheBullet Cornell pushed Dante aside]] and took the hit.

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** The boulder that crushed Cornell was about to kill Dante instead, however, at the last minute minute, [[TakingTheBullet Cornell pushed Dante aside]] and took the hit.

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%%* '''{{Justified|Trope}}:'''
%%** Bob has a vendetta against Alice. And the only way for said debt to be paid is with her life.
%%** Dante advices Cornell that it isn't a good idea to travel through Canyon Disaster. An earthquake is triggered, proving Dante's suspicions right.

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%%* '''{{Justified|Trope}}:'''
%%** Bob has a vendetta against Alice. And the only way for said debt to be paid is with her life.
%%** Dante advices Cornell that it isn't a good idea to travel through Canyon Disaster. An earthquake is triggered, proving Dante's suspicions right.
* '''{{Justified|Trope}}:'''
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Not sure if those count. They justify why a character would be killed, but not why the death would be shown from said character's perspective.


* '''{{Justified|Trope}}:'''
** Bob has a vendetta against Alice. And the only way for said debt to be paid is with her life.
** Dante advices Cornell that it isn't a good idea to travel through Canyon Disaster. An earthquake is triggered, proving Dante's suspicions right.

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* %%* '''{{Justified|Trope}}:'''
** %%** Bob has a vendetta against Alice. And the only way for said debt to be paid is with her life.
** %%** Dante advices Cornell that it isn't a good idea to travel through Canyon Disaster. An earthquake is triggered, proving Dante's suspicions right.
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Two separate scenarios with two different sets of protagonists are taken into consideration for this trope:
* Alice is fighting Bob, and Bob kills her. The last thing the viewers see is Bob killing Alice from Alice's POV.
* [[AerithAndBob Cornell and Dante]] are in the middle of a trek, when a huge boulder falls upon Cornell. The last thing the viewers see is the boulder falling, from Cornell's POV.
* Where the example is actually a MedicalDrama or a medical RealityShow with interviews, Elena is the medic, Frank [[TheCoroner the forensics specialist]] and Gustavo the psychiatrist.
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!! Typical forms
* '''Played Straight:'''
** Bob kills Alice. We see everything from Alice's POV.
** Cornell is killed by the boulder. We see everything from Cornell's POV.
* '''{{Justified|Trope}}:'''
** Bob has a vendetta against Alice. And the only way for said debt to be paid is with her life.
** Dante advices Cornell that it isn't a good idea to travel through Canyon Disaster. An earthquake is triggered, proving Dante's suspicions right.
* '''{{Inverted|Trope}}:'''
** Bob kills Alice. We see everything from Bob's POV.
** Cornell is killed by the boulder. We see everything from Dante's POV.
* '''{{Subverted|Trope}}:''' SecondPersonAttack.
* '''{{Double Subver|sion}}ted:'''
** SecondPersonAttack, but Alice later dies due to delayed internal damage.
** SecondPersonAttack, but Cornell dies due to the boulder crashing vital organs, leading to a delayed death.
* '''{{Parodied|Trope}}:''' Both scenarios are part of an act, and everyone is reprising their roles. At the end of each scenario, the director screams "Cut!" and the backgrounds become green screens.
* '''{{Deconstructed|Trope}}:''' The work is a documentary, where Elena, Frank and Gustavo talk about what exactly a person sees the moment they're about to die. In these works we actually see recreations of Alice's and Cornell's incidents while they talk.
* '''{{Reconstructed|Trope}}:''' The work is a documentary, where Elena, Frank and Gustavo talk about what exactly a person sees the moment they're about to die. In these works we actually see recreations of Alice's and Cornell's incidents while they talk... except said work it's a ShowWithinAShow, and they don't appear afterwards, or appear for other, specific scenarios.
* '''{{Zigzagged|Trope}}:'''
* '''{{Averted|Trope}}:''' In both cases, we're prived of the key part of the trope: seeing the last moments from the victim's POV.
** Bob doesn't kill Alice.
** The boulder doesn't kill Cornell.
* '''{{Enforced|Trope}}:'''
** The work is a PublicServiceAnnouncement about danger on the streets. While Alice is being murdered, the narrator appears on screen talking about the dangers of going solo in the night.
** The work is a PublicServiceAnnouncement about danger on the wildlife. While Alice is being murdered, the narrator, in an off-voice, talks about the dangers that a person may face if they venture in the wilds.
* '''{{Implied|Trope}}:'''
** Bob is about to kill Alice. We see everything from Alice's POV... [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou except her actual death]]. In the next episode/scene, the circumstances of Alice's death are being discussed.
** The boulder is about to kill Cornell. We see everything from Cornell's POV... [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou except his death]]. In the next episode/scene, we see Dante lamenting the whole ordeal.
* '''LogicalExtreme:'''

!! Tone and Style
* '''{{Exaggerated|Trope}}:'''
** Bob kills Alice. We see everything from Alice's POV. The death was so gruesome that there's NotEnoughToBury.
** The boulder crushes Cornell. We see everything from Cornell's POV. But behind the boulder, there was another, bigger one. And another, even bigger.
* '''{{Downplayed|Trope}}:'''
** Bob kills Alice, but we never get to see things from Alice's POV. (Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs?)
** Cornell is crushed by the rock, but we don't get to see things from his POV. (Same?)
* '''PlayedForLaughs:'''
** Bob is strangling Alice and we see everything from her POV, however, it turns out to be just a joke between the two.
** Cornell thinks he's being crushed by a rock. In reality, Cornell and Dante were playing a Jumanji-like game.
* '''PlayedForDrama:'''
** While killing Alice, Bob tells her to recall what she did to him in order to deserve such a fate. Alice has a flashback with the wrongs she did to him.
** The boulder that crushed Cornell was about to kill Dante instead, however, at the last minute [[TakingTheBullet Cornell pushed Dante aside]] and took the hit.
* '''PlayedForHorror:'''

!! Specific characters
* '''{{Lampshade|Hanging}}d:'''
** ''"How does it feel to suffer the pain before dying, Alice? What do you see while you're dying?"'' - Bob
** ''"Dante, [[TemptingFate what are the odds of a boulder falling on any of us]]?"'' - Cornell
* '''{{Invoked|Trope}}:'''
** ''"Bob. I was expecting you. What took you so long? Did you stop in a motel to get some fun with a chick?"'' - Alice
** ''"Dante, IfWeGetThroughThis, I'm buying us some beers."'' - Cornell
* '''{{Defied|Trope}}:'''
** ''"I still have a lot to live for, Bob!"'' - Alice; cue GroinAttack.
** ''"Cornell, get out of here!"'' - Dante, and Cornell quickly steps aside.
* '''{{Exploited|Trope}}:'''
* '''{{Discussed|Trope}}:'''
* '''{{Conversed|Trope}}:'''
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