History PlayingWith / AgainstMyReligion

** Gym class really ''is'' against Alice's religion, which only exists InUniverse.

** The main rule of Alice's religion is "never do anything you don't like".

** Alice, who loves eating candy, claims that eating candy in class — which is against school rules — is ''[[CultureJustifiesAnything required]]'' [[CultureJustifiesAnything by her religion]].
* '''Subverted''':

** [[ExactWords Alice never said it was against her]] ''[[ExactWords religion]]''. [[ExactWords She said it was against her]] ''[[ExactWords principles.]]''

** Bacon is [[KryptoniteFactor kryptonite]] to Muslims and Jews, beef is kryptonite to Hindus, scissors and razors are kryptonite to Sikhs, etc.
* '''Zig Zagged''':
** Alice will claim that she cannot do certain things, due to them being against her religion. It turns out that some of them, but not others, actually are against her religion. Then it later turns out there are other things her religion forbids -- but she does them, anyway. In fact, there is even this one thing that her religion actually ''requires'' -- that she claimed it forbade.
** Gym class is against Alice's religion some days, other days it isn't. (Either she changes religions like she changes shoes, or shes a Discordian and considers screwing with people's heads her sacred obligation.)
* '''Averted''': No one makes any claims of anything being against their religion.
* '''Enforced''': "A doctor's note won't keep letting Alice out of class [[KidHero to save the world.]] Eventually, it will become clear that the note is fake." "Hmmm...but if her religion was against it, then they'd have to honor it!"

** "Does your religion forbid being a pain in the ass?" "No, sir, that's a sacred obligation to all true believers."

** Alice successfully founds the religion she was claiming to have. It becomes internationally recognized and is used by kids everywhere to get out of gym.
* '''Played For Laughs''':

* '''Played For Drama''': Alice continues to claim that things are against her religion, until her church actually finds out how she's disrespecting her religion. She is then banned from her church and humiliated in front of the entire town.
* '''Played For Horror''': Alice goes into gruesome detail of the eternal punishment she will suffer if she takes gym class. Her coach turns white with fear at hearing it.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The plot centers around Alice converting to Islam, because it prohibits eating pork, [[DoesNotLikeSpam which is something she dislikes]].

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** Bacon is [[KryptoniteFactor kryptonite]] to Muslims and Jews, beef is kryptonite to Hindus, scissors are kryptonite to Sikhs, etc.

** Gym class really is against Alice's religion, which only exists InUniverse.

** Bacon is [[KryptoniteFactor kryptonite]] to Muslims and Jews

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The plot centers around Alice converting to Islam, because it prohibits eating something she [[DoesNotLikeSpam dislikes]].

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The plot centers around Alice converting to Islam, because it prohibits eating something she [[DoesntLikeSpam dislikes]].