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Basic Trope: A main character survives a deadly situation simply because they're one of the main characters.
- Straight: Bob is placed in a Literal Cliff Hanger over some jagged rocks, falls, and is rescued Just in Time by Alice.
- Exaggerated: Bob's foot is touching the rocks before Alice saves him.
- Downplayed: Characters important to the plot have increased defense and/or Hit Points values for no discernible reason except their plot roles, but they can still be taken out depending on how the Player Character acts.
- Justified: Bob's Applied Phlebotinum alerts Alice to his peril.
- Inverted: Red Shirt
- Subverted: Decoy Protagonist
- Double Subverted: Bob comes back near the end of the series.
- Parodied: They Killed Kenny
- Zig Zagged: Sometimes Bob gets into these situations, and sometimes he doesn't.
- Averted: Bob falls on the jagged rocks and dies.
- Bob is never put in a Literal Cliff Hanger situation in the first place.
- Enforced: The executives fear that if The Hero is killed, people won't watch the show, so the writers are not allowed to kill Bob.
- Lampshaded: "Phew! I was Just in Time!"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: Charlie is Genre Savvy and knows that main characters tend to stay alive longer, so he intentionally becomes Bob's best friend.
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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