Everything Trying to Kill You/Playing With

Basic Trope: A thing that is usually safe is harmful in a video game.

• Straight: Bob is in a forest, but if he touches the deer or birds he gets hurt
• Exaggerated: If Bob touches anything other than the floor, such as rocks and tree stumps, he explodes in a shower of gore.
• Justified: The animals will only fight back if Bob hurts them first.
• Inverted: Bob gets shot at by a minion but doesn't lose any life.
• Subverted: A bird charges towards Bob, but inflicts no damage.
• Double Subverted: The knockback from the bird's attack pushes Bob into a trap.
• Parodied: A chair suddenly comes to life and tries to eat Bob.
• Zig Zagged: During his first visit to the forest, the deer and birds are harmful to Bob, but on his second visit they do no damage.
• Averted: All the enemies are things that make sense as enemies.
• Enforced: The developpers couldn't think of any enemies that fit in with the theme of the level, so they just made random things into enemies.
• Lampshaded: ???
• Invoked: Emperor Evulz genetically engineered the deer and birds to be coated in poison.
• Deconstructed: Bob becomes afraid to leave his house because he will get attacked if he goes outside.
• Reconstructed: Bob learns various self-defence techniques in order to protect himself from the enemies.
• Exploited: ???
• Defied: ???
• Discussed: ???
• Conversed: ???

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