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** Alice is TheSociopath and loves torturing people - what she can do to enemies of the state at the StateSec.
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* '''Averted''': Nobody works for a governmental organization.
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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
** Nobody works for a governmentalorganization.organization.
** The PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny is ruled by an AI, so there isn't any need for employing humans.
** Nobody works for a governmental
** The PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny is ruled by an AI, so there isn't any need for employing humans.
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* '''Exploited''': Alice sabotages the StateSec 's work to allow rebels to avoid capture.
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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
** Alice sabotages the StateSec 's work to allow rebels to avoidcapture.capture.
** Alice gets information about the guy she is after by reading his StateSec surveillance notes.
** Alice sabotages the StateSec 's work to allow rebels to avoid
** Alice gets information about the guy she is after by reading his StateSec surveillance notes.
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** Alice lives in an environment where a person's worth is measured by their degree of loyalty to the state. In her opinion, working for the StateSec seems most loyal.
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* '''Zigzagged''':
'''Zigzagged''': Alice is a psychology instructor. One day, she teaches young StateSec agents and assists in hearings of enemies of the state, and another day, she gives a normal course to students at a university. In the latter, she has to teach them sometimes that disliking the state is a [[DiagnosisKnowingTooMuch severe mental disorder]], but usually only follows science.
* '''Parodied''': While every other StateSec official is PuttingOnTheReich, Alice is an over-the-top GranolaGirl.
* '''Parodied''': While every other StateSec official is PuttingOnTheReich, Alice is an over-the-top GranolaGirl.
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* '''Discussed''':
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* '''Lampshaded''': "And once again some innocents go to torture prison...freshly arrested by my dear colleagues..."
*'''Discussed''':
'''Discussed''': Alice and Bob are two teenagers from the PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny who are both at least a little critical of the regime. They discuss their future career and whether it should be at places like TheGovernment or the StateSec.
*'''Conversed''':'''Conversed''': "Really, Alice. It's wrong to stay there, just leave."
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'''Basic Trope Description''': A character works for a dystopian government.
* '''Straight''': Alice is a secret agent for the StateSec of the PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every named and not-named character works at the StateSec.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is a menial worker who repairs cameras. She is sometimes called to repair the cameras used for the [[BigBrotherIsWatching surveillance of the people]].
* '''Justified''':
** The StateSec offers power, and Alice wants to have at least a little.
** Alice was raised in a family of StateSec officials and is following the tradition.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice works for the government of TheRepublic or TheGoodKingdom.
** Alice is a member of the most downtrodden and powerless caste in the PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice seems to be a StateSec agent, but only uses this as a front to recruit captured rebels for LaResistance.
** Alice starts off as a StateSec agent, but leaves after her HeelRealization.
* '''Double Subverted''': This gets to her superiors. After [[TwoPlusTortureMakesFive some torture]], she is their most zealous agent.
* '''Enforced''': The author thinks that Alice can give some nice insights into the world-building by working for the dystopia.
* '''Averted''': Nobody works for a governmental organization.
* '''Zigzagged''':
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Invoked''': Alice's parents, both StateSec officials, send her to a boarding school with the goal of raising the next generation's StateSec.
* '''Exploited''': Alice sabotages the StateSec 's work to allow rebels to avoid capture.
* '''Defied''': "Sorry, mum and dad, but I won't take the same job as you. I will go to medical school and become a doctor."
* '''Lampshaded''': "
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Implied''': Alice is always wearing a StateSec badge.
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* '''Straight''': Alice is a secret agent for the StateSec of the PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every named and not-named character works at the StateSec.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is a menial worker who repairs cameras. She is sometimes called to repair the cameras used for the [[BigBrotherIsWatching surveillance of the people]].
* '''Justified''':
** The StateSec offers power, and Alice wants to have at least a little.
** Alice was raised in a family of StateSec officials and is following the tradition.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice works for the government of TheRepublic or TheGoodKingdom.
** Alice is a member of the most downtrodden and powerless caste in the PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice seems to be a StateSec agent, but only uses this as a front to recruit captured rebels for LaResistance.
** Alice starts off as a StateSec agent, but leaves after her HeelRealization.
* '''Double Subverted''': This gets to her superiors. After [[TwoPlusTortureMakesFive some torture]], she is their most zealous agent.
* '''Enforced''': The author thinks that Alice can give some nice insights into the world-building by working for the dystopia.
* '''Averted''': Nobody works for a governmental organization.
* '''Zigzagged''':
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Invoked''': Alice's parents, both StateSec officials, send her to a boarding school with the goal of raising the next generation's StateSec.
* '''Exploited''': Alice sabotages the StateSec 's work to allow rebels to avoid capture.
* '''Defied''': "Sorry, mum and dad, but I won't take the same job as you. I will go to medical school and become a doctor."
* '''Lampshaded''': "
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Implied''': Alice is always wearing a StateSec badge.
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