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'''Kat:''' You know what this means? |
'''Kat:''' You know what this means? |
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'''Antimony:''' We must see where it leads! |
'''Antimony:''' We must see where it leads! |
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'''Kat:''' Damn straight! |
'''Kat:''' Damn straight! |
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|''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]''}} |
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Just like Pandora should have known better than to open her box, characters in fiction should know better than to ask questions, explore [[Haunted Castle]]s, read aloud from the [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]], or be [[Curiosity Is a Crapshoot|curious on general principle]]. It inevitably starts the plot, which of course starts things moving and gets people dying. |
Just like Pandora should have known better than to open her box, characters in fiction should know better than to ask questions, explore [[Haunted Castle]]s, read aloud from the [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]], or be [[Curiosity Is a Crapshoot|curious on general principle]]. It inevitably starts the plot, which of course starts things moving and gets people dying. |
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If these characters are in a horror flick, anyone showing the ''slightest bit'' of curiosity in [[Slasher |
If these characters are in a horror flick, anyone showing the ''slightest bit'' of curiosity in [[Slasher Movie]]s [[Sorting Algorithm of Mortality|will die.]] Or release the [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]. Or get their [[Genre Savvy]] friend killed as he complains that they shouldn't be there. Or gets them [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|captured]]. Etc. etc. |
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Outside of the slasher horror genre, the death rate of this trope drops considerably, even if it still stirs up a hornet's nest of trouble. Since curiosity is often the driving force that starts a plot, it can be used to get heroes into and out of several precarious situations. For example, considering the tone of her [[Web Comic]] is goofy and mysterious, odds are Kat and Antimony aren't going to be dead at the end of that particular story... though you can bet your second shadow something interesting will happen! |
Outside of the slasher horror genre, the death rate of this trope drops considerably, even if it still stirs up a hornet's nest of trouble. Since curiosity is often the driving force that starts a plot, it can be used to get heroes into and out of several precarious situations. For example, considering the tone of her [[Web Comic]] is goofy and mysterious, odds are Kat and Antimony aren't going to be dead at the end of that particular story... though you can bet your second shadow something interesting will happen! |
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* The main character of ''[[The Spiderwick Chronicles]]'' just can't help but read the book, <s>even</s> especially after a note tells him not to. Considering he's a teenaged boy, this is understandable. |
* The main character of ''[[The Spiderwick Chronicles]]'' just can't help but read the book, <s>even</s> especially after a note tells him not to. Considering he's a teenaged boy, this is understandable. |
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* The Umbrella Corporation people at the beginning of ''[[Resident Evil]]: Apocalypse''. The crack team of commandos they sent into The Hive never came back, and one of the two survivors who ''did'' barely make it out alive was infected with the T-Virus. What's the smartest move? Re-open the facility and send a second ''even less well-equipped'' team in [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|to investigate]]! |
* The Umbrella Corporation people at the beginning of ''[[Resident Evil]]: Apocalypse''. The crack team of commandos they sent into The Hive never came back, and one of the two survivors who ''did'' barely make it out alive was infected with the T-Virus. What's the smartest move? Re-open the facility and send a second ''even less well-equipped'' team in [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|to investigate]]! |
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* Arguably the leading cause of death in [[Slasher |
* Arguably the leading cause of death in [[Slasher Movie]]s. |
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* The first victim in ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' walks, unprovoked, ''directly into Leatherface's kitchen''. Each successive victim heads in looking for the others. Easiest massacre ever! |
* The first victim in ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' walks, unprovoked, ''directly into Leatherface's kitchen''. Each successive victim heads in looking for the others. Easiest massacre ever! |
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* [[The Nightmare Before Christmas|Curiosity killed the cat, you know!]] |
* [[The Nightmare Before Christmas|Curiosity killed the cat, you know!]] |
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