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'''Basic Trope''': When a series kills off a character, the network plays it up for all its worth as a [[Ratings Stunt]].
* '''Straight''': The [[Family Drama]] ''[[Big Screwed-Up Family]]'' is going to kill off one of its main cast. Upon learning of this, the [[Executive Meddling|execs]] air commercials advertising that [[Tonight Someone Dies]].
* '''Exaggerated''': [[Middle Child Syndrome|Middle child]] [[Shrinking Violet|Courtney]], after being abused and treated as [[The Unfavorite]] since the series began, is about to [[Driven to Suicide|abruptly commit suicide]] in a [[Wham! Episode]]. The executives spoil the shock entirely by airing tons of advertisings declaring that [[Tonight Someone Dies]] and strongly hint that she's the one.
* '''Justified''': Ratings are plummeting, and they want to attract viewers by advertising something that the general public will find interesting.
* '''Inverted''': For a show where main characters die weekly, the [[Season Finale]] contains no deaths and is heavily advertised as such.
** Someone is coming [[Back From the Dead]], and the networks make sure the trailers tease the hell out of it.
* '''Subverted''': The creators want this death to be a [[Wham! Episode]], and the execs agree not to spoil the surprise.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...However, the advertising tack they take ''instead'' make it clear [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore|things are going to change dramatically]] and drop hints that it involves somebody's untimely demise.
* '''Parodied''': Not only the advertising, but the narrator and the characters themselves repeatedly hint that "something unfortunate!" will soon happen to one of the main characters.
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