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Basic Trope: A character who attempts to be redeemed gets killed.
- Straight: John is about to help Bob, but he is killed by Jason.
- Exaggerated: John gets a heart attack the millisecond he even considers repenting.
- Downplayed: John thinks about helping Bob, but does not. John goes on to live a full life for many years and to a ripe old age but dies of heart attack caused the guilt of not helping Bob once he gives it a thought one day.
- Justified: John's evil ways was leading up to his own demise. By the time he realized it, it was too late.
- Inverted: Bob, the hero, realizes he wants to be bad, but is killed before he can do anything evil.
- Subverted: Jason brutally attacks John but he survived his injuries and pulls an official turn.
- Double Subverted: But John dies due to his injuries before he is able to help Bob.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: John successfully becomes good without dying.
- Enforced: Jason is paranoid about betrayal and is secretly watching John. The second John tries to help Bob, Jason activates a secret kill switch that kills John.'s
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Jason gave John a serum that when he is about to betray him, activates and kills John.
- Exploited: John's rival, Jacob, realizes that he can get John killed and himself promoted without blood on his hands by subtly making it easier for John to try helping Bob.
- Defied: Bob revives John, realizing he could use his help.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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