Basic Trope: A big mysterious question that is central to the point.
- Straight: The plot of the detective movie "Tropey Mystery" revolves around the question, "Who killed Bob?"
- Exaggerated: Every single scene or even every second of "Tropey Mystery" is about trying to answer the question "Who killed Bob?"
- Downplayed: A scene-specific question, like "How is Bob gonna escape the situation he's in?"
- Justified: Knowing who killed their beloved Bob will bring closure to their families
- Inverted: N/A: while specific examples may be inverted, said examples will still contain a (different) Driving Question.
- Subverted: The identity of Bob's killer is revealed about a third of the way through the movie, which exposes that a grand conspiracy had Bob killed for stumbling onto its existence.
- Double Subverted: The movie now revolves around the question, "Who's running The Conspiracy, and what is their goal?"
- Parodied: The plot's driving question is: "Who ate Bob's cheesecake?"
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: The plot is not being driven by a question.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Played for Drama: Alice spends the next 20 years trying to solve the mystery behind Bob's murder, and her interpersonal relationships end up strained as a result
What makes the Driving Question so important?