Slow Transformation/Playing With

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    Basic Trope: A really, really slow transformation.

    • Straight: John is bitten by a zombie, but it takes a whole week for him to completely turn into a zombie.
    • Exaggerated: John only finishes his transformation a whole year after he is bitten by a Zombie.
    • Downplayed: John finishes the transformation within twenty-four hours, screaming in agony the whole time.
    • Justified: John was only infected with a sinlge particle of The Virus.
    • Inverted: John is bitten by a zombie and immediately becomes one himself.
    • Subverted: John seems to be taking a long time to transform, but is then bitten by another zombie and proceeds to transform twice as fast.
    • Double Subverted: ...only to have Alice inject him with the last of the anti-virus, which isn't enough to eradicate the virus but at least slows the transformation sequence enough to possibly find more anti-virus.
    • Parodied: A side screen shows a panel of grass growing faster than John's transformation.
    • Averted: The transformation is finished in a matter of minutes.
      • Transformation is not a plot point.
    • Lampshaded: "Geez, when will it all be over?"
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