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Basic Trope: A thing that is usually safe is harmful in a video game.
- Straight: Bob is in a forest, but if he touches the deer or birds he gets hurt
- Exaggerated: If Bob touches anything other than the floor, such as rocks and tree stumps, he explodes in a shower of gore.
- Justified: The animals will only fight back if Bob hurts them first.
- Inverted: Bob gets shot at by a minion but doesn't lose any life.
- Subverted: A bird charges towards Bob, but inflicts no damage.
- Double Subverted: The knockback from the bird's attack pushes Bob into a trap.
- Parodied: A chair suddenly comes to life and tries to eat Bob.
- Zig Zagged: During his first visit to the forest, the deer and birds are harmful to Bob, but on his second visit they do no damage.
- Averted: All the enemies are things that make sense as enemies.
- Enforced: The developpers couldn't think of any enemies that fit in with the theme of the level, so they just made random things into enemies.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Emperor Evulz genetically engineered the deer and birds to be coated in poison.
- Deconstructed: Bob becomes afraid to leave his house because he will get attacked if he goes outside.
- Reconstructed: Bob learns various self-defence techniques in order to protect himself from the enemies.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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