< Literal Cliff Hanger
Literal Cliff Hanger/Playing With
Basic Trope: A character is hanging off a cliff's edge or otherwise over a long drop.
- Straight: Billy, The Bully, hangs Helen in a flagpole as revenge for spilling chocolate on him.
- Exaggerated: Helen, clinging by a mere pinky finger, hangs over the edge of the Grand Canyon.
- Justified: The area they live is known for falling accidents, making her death easy to look like an accident.
- Inverted: Billy decides to have Helen Buried Alive.
- Subverted: Bob decides not to leave Helen on a flagpole and prepares to leave her Chained to a Railway.
- Double Subverted: Realizing a public demise would be better (and the 3:15 train doesn't arrive until 4:00), Bob takes her back and leaves her hanging.
- Parodied: Helen clings to dear life over a drop of 10 centimetres.
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- Invoked: After Billy pushes Helen over the cliff, Bob shouts out to her "Try to catch something!"
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