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Line 1: {{trope}} '''Basic Trope''': A more or less normal character becomes a [[A God Am I\|much more powerful and generally non-corporeal being]] due to [[Goal-Oriented Evolution]], being [[Touched Byby Vorlons]], using [[90% of Your Brain]] or something similar. This usually results in a much reduced role for the character, and [[Real Life Writes the Plot\|sometimes that's the goal to start with]]. * '''Straight''': Bob gets killed, but he's The [[Obi Wan]] to the hero, so his spirit hangs around giving the protagonist emotional support and cryptic advice for the rest of the series. * '''Exaggerated''': Bob gets killed in a significant [[Heroic Sacrifice]] - and comes back and proceeds to use his newfound power to easily beat his killers and everyone else. Line 6: * '''Inverted''': [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]] gets [[De-Power\|De Powered]]. * '''Subverted''': [[Ascend to Aa Higher Plane of Existence\|Ascending to a higher plane of existence is possible]] in this setting, and Bob should be capable of it... but no, he fails or [[Anyone Can Die\|just plain dies]] and doesn't come back. Alternately, it's possible to Ascend... but it just means joining a [[Hive Mind]], which people really wouldn't want if they knew what they were in for. Alternately, it's possible to Ascend, and a good thing... but Bob was misinformed about how to do it or misunderstood and winds up dying embarrassingly. Line 22: Alternately, ghosts do exist, but there's no way to control who becomes one and they aren't particularly powerful and no main characters ever happen to come back. ** Alternately, there are no [[Evolutionary Levels]] in this setting, despite all the [[Applied Phlebotinum]] and [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien\|Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]]. * '''Enforced''': Bob's actor wants off the show. The writers want to leave open the possibility of reusing the character, or just want to give him a dignified, awesome sendoff that completely inverts [[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him]], so he gets [[Soap Opera Disease]] and the main characters manage an [[Epic Hail]] so that [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien\|Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] take him back to their planet to convalesce for an unstated amount of time. * '''Lampshaded''': When Bob Ascends, a [[Genre Savvy]] character waves and shouts, trying to get the attention of the [[Touched Byby Vorlons\|aliens taking him]] so they'll take him too. * '''Invoked''': Bob knows or even researches a magic ritual to Ascend, and uses it. * '''Exploited''': Bob owes Alice a favor. Bob Ascends. Alice can now ask for practically anything. Line 33: ** Alternately, in a setting where [[Death Is Cheap]], someone Ascends by accident. Or Ascends when they actually [[Death Seeker\|wanted to die]]. * '''Played For Drama''': Glowing lights. Alice mourns [[Genre Blind\|even if she really should know better]]. [[Evil Laugh\|Mad, cackling laughter]] at Bob's [[A God Am I\|newfound power]]. * '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Bob Ascends; it's set up as a big deal, it comes with powers that might or might not give him [[Story-Breaker Power\|Story Breaker Status]], the audience is left wondering what it will mean for the character and the show... but it's just because this was just the easiest way to [[Put Onon a Bus\|put him on a bus]], and he's never discussed again. ---- Back to [[Ascend to Aa Higher Plane of Existence]] {{reflist}}