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A special type of spoiler. Since this is a spoiler-fueled trope, all spoilers are unmarked. Consider yourself warned. Certain characters aren't going to die or move away. They can't, because if they do, the story is over. However, some writers still try to squeeze drama out of this by either: Killing them off and then bringing them back, or Writing a cliffhanger where it seems they might be dead or teasing the departure of a love interest. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })If it's very well written, it can work. If not, it turns bad for Genre Savvy fans. It's a cheap attempt to build tension for a season finale, two-part episode or a sequel. Bonus points if the character whose death they're teasing is the title character of the show or film franchise. There are several cases where this is not applicable: (most) shows or films where Anyone Can Die, the exception being one of the show's central characters, like Jack Bauer on 24; if the show is broadcasting its series finale (especially a Grand Finale); in a medium where Death Is Cheap (like comic books); if the work is a biography of a person who famously died in some significant manner (Malcolm X, The Pride of the Yankees); or when it's done for Character Development or to collect a Plot Coupon. Plot Immunity applies only when the fan watching or reading the story knows that a character's teased death or departure is done for cheap drama and isn't going to stick. Please list only examples of characters with whom a writer has tried to tease removal; don't just rattle off characters you think their respective stories wouldn't survive losing. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Compare Like You Would Really Do It, I Knew It! and Status Quo Is God. Contrast Put on a Bus and Killed Off for Real. Entries are sometimes "incomplete" because this trope is about people who couldn't be killed/removed. Please refrain from adding spoiler tags, per the warning at the top of the page. Spoiler tags would make the whole entry unreadable. |
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Our Miss Brooks: Plot immunity guarantees Miss Brooks' position at Madison High School. In "New Job in Norwich", Miss Brooks thinks of giving up her job teaching to take up her old job working as the secretary to the Mayor of Norwich, Connecticut. The secretary had just won 49,000 in (show sponsor's) Colgate-Palmolive's "Lucky Goldmine" contest. Naturally, Miss Brooks stays on at Madison High School. In "Clay City English Teacher", Principal Jason Brille tries to lure Miss Brooks to Madison High School's arch-rival, Clay City High School. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); }) |
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