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* '''Played for Drama''': Due to Bob's AdaptationalVillainy, Alice is not willing to reciprocate his crush and is quite scared of him instead.



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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Carol is heading to the theaters to watch an adaptation of her favorite romance novel ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob'' play out, she imagined a epic fantasy with Bob as a PrinceCharming and Alice as a beautiful [[PrincessClassic princess.]] However while watching the movie Alice and Bob laugh at the idea of them being in love in another universe, to say Carol wasn't pleased would be an understatement.



* '''Averted''': Carol is heading to the theaters to watch an adaptation of her favorite romance novel ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob'' play out, she imagined a epic fantasy with Bob as a PrinceCharming and Alice as a beautiful [[PrincessClassic princess.]] However while watching the movie Alice and Bob laugh at the idea of them being in love in another universe, to say Carol wasn't pleased would be an understatement.

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* '''Averted''': Carol is heading to the theaters to watch an adaptation of her favorite romance novel ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob'' play out, she imagined a epic fantasy with Bob as a PrinceCharming and Alice as a beautiful [[PrincessClassic princess.]] However while watching the movie Alice and Bob laugh at the idea of them being in love in another universe, to say Carol wasn't pleased would be an understatement.
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* '''Averted''':

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* '''Averted''': Carol is heading to the theaters to watch an adaptation of her favorite romance novel ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob'' play out, she imagined a epic fantasy with Bob as a PrinceCharming and Alice as a beautiful [[PrincessClassic princess.]] However while watching the movie Alice and Bob laugh at the idea of them being in love in another universe, to say Carol wasn't pleased would be an understatement.

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Enforced means enforced, not Pragmatic Adaptation


* '''Enforced''':
** Alice and Bob's romantic relationship had some sort of [[ValuesDissonance implications that could be inappropriate for the target audience]] - such as [[IncestSubtext them being related to each other]] - so the writers decided to just make them friends.
** Alice and Bob's relationship wouldn't work for the movie without them being StrangledByTheRedString or causing a RomanticPlotTumor.
** It's an adaptation for younger audiences, and the executives believed that [[NoHuggingNoKissing romance would be inappropriate for them]].

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* '''Enforced''':
** Alice and Bob's
'''Enforced''': The CensorshipBureau forbids the depiction of a romantic relationship had some sort of due to [[ValuesDissonance implications that could be it's inappropriate for the target audience]] - -- such as [[IncestSubtext them being related to each other]] - BrotherSisterIncest or QueerRomance -- so in the writers decided to just make them friends.
** Alice and Bob's
adaptation their relationship wouldn't work for the movie without them being StrangledByTheRedString or causing a RomanticPlotTumor.
** It's an adaptation for younger audiences, and the executives believed that [[NoHuggingNoKissing romance would be inappropriate for them]].
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* '''Downplayed''':
** Alice and Bob were married in the original novel, but in the movie, they're just starting their romantic relationship.
** Alice and Bob get some ShipTease in the movie.

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* '''Downplayed''':
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'''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob were married in the original novel, but in the movie, they're they just starting their romantic relationship.
** Alice and Bob
get some ShipTease in the movie.ShipTease.
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'''Basic Trope''': A romantic relationship that was in the original version is removed/downplayed in an adaptation.
* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob were dating in the original novel ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob''. In the movie adaptation, [[PlatonicLifePartners they're just friends]].
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice and Bob were HappilyMarried and always with each other in the original novel, but in the movie, they don't even know each other at all.
** The original novel was one where EveryoneHasLotsOfSex. However, the movie strictly operates on NoHuggingNoKissing.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Alice and Bob were married in the original novel, but in the movie, they're just starting their romantic relationship.
** Alice and Bob get some ShipTease in the movie.
* '''Justified''':
** The movie takes place before Alice and Bob have met.
** Alice and Bob [[RelatedInTheAdaptation are related to each other in the movie adaptation]].
** Alice and/or Bob have some sort of AdaptationalSexuality in the movie, and an IncompatibleOrientation.
* '''Inverted''': [[PromotedToLoveInterest Alice and Bob were just friends in the novel, but they're in a romantic relationship in the movie]].
* '''Subverted''': At first, Alice and Bob seem to be just friends, but a later scene shows that they actually have been in a romantic relationship the whole time.
* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out that Alice and Bob being in a romantic relationship was actually just a rumor.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice and Bob have a case of WillTheyOrWontThey in the movie.
* '''Averted''':
** In the novel and the movie, Alice and Bob are PlatonicLifePartners, and this doesn't change.
** Alice and Bob's romantic relationship is kept in both the novel and the movie.
* '''Enforced''':
** Alice and Bob's romantic relationship had some sort of [[ValuesDissonance implications that could be inappropriate for the target audience]] - such as [[IncestSubtext them being related to each other]] - so the writers decided to just make them friends.
** Alice and Bob's relationship wouldn't work for the movie without them being StrangledByTheRedString or causing a RomanticPlotTumor.
** It's an adaptation for younger audiences, and the executives believed that [[NoHuggingNoKissing romance would be inappropriate for them]].
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* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alice and Bob decide to fall in love with each other.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Hey, why are Alice and Bob just friends in the movie? They were dating in the original story!"
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