Deadly Change-of-Heart/Playing With

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 Heel Face 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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