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** A huge glowing bomb is assumed to be a superweapon, and is then revealed to not have any effective blast due to its inefficiency.
* {{smallcaps|[[Double Subversion|Doubly Subverted]]}}: Like a [[Subverted Trope]], but then later it turns out that the apparent subversion was misleading, too. [[Mind Screw|Again,]] compare [[Red Herring]].
** The butler is the prime suspect at the beginning, but then eliminated as a
** A huge glowing bomb is assumed to be a superweapon, and is then revealed to not have any effective blast due to its inefficiency. But the glow itself [[Nuke'Em|is super-effective]].
* {{smallcaps|[[The Untwist|Untwisted]]}}: The audience expects a trope to be subverted, but it is played straight instead. (Highly subjective; any plot development can become [[The Untwist]] to a [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|sufficiently paranoid reader.]])
** The butler is shown early on as the suspect with the flimsiest alibi, like a typical [[Red Herring]] with a [[Big Secret]], but after a series of twists and turns the detective reveals to everyone's surprise that it ''was'' old Alfred, after all.
** The glowing weapons appear to not glow at
* {{smallcaps|[[Parodied Trope|Parodied]]}}: The form of the trope is twisted and often used in a silly way for comic effect.
** Butlers learn their trade at butler college where they are taught [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|cleaning, cooking, and murdering.]]
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* {{smallcaps|[[Played for Laughs]]}}: The humorous elements of a trope are played up. Differs from Parody, when different, by being a straight use.
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** The Butler did it, but is quite [[Sympathetic Murderer|sympathetic]], and the reasons he did it are gone into in great detail.
** [[Unholy Holy Sword|Only evil weapons glow, causing the user much angst.]]
* {{smallcaps|[[Exaggerated Trope|Exaggerated]]}}: The trope is used [[Up to Eleven|to an extreme.]] Please note that this does not necessarily have to be used
** All the butlers in the city go on a killing spree, and nobody suspects a thing.
** The strongest weapons completely obscure the screen by their glow.
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