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** Queen Alice sits on her throne backwards.



*'''Inverted:''' Alice sits in a chair normally.

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*'''Inverted:''' *'''Inverted:'''
**
Alice sits in a chair normally.normally.
** A chair sits on Alice backwards.
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Invoked: Totally Radical pothole


*'''Invoked:''' Alice, an adult or older teen, sits this way to try to look cool and approachable in front of a younger audience.

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*'''Invoked:''' Alice, an adult or older teen, sits this way to try to look [[TotallyRadical cool and approachable relatable]] in front of a younger audience.
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Lampshaded: Backwards -> Backways


*'''Lampshaded:''' [[Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff The chair is marked with text reading "backwards chair."]]

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*'''Lampshaded:''' [[Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff The chair is marked with text reading "backwards "backways chair."]]
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*'''Unparodied:''' [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] makes Alice sits backwards in a spinning swivel chair for an extended period of time as a form of ColdBloodedTorture.

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*'''Unparodied:''' [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] makes Alice sits sit backwards in a spinning swivel chair for an extended period of time as a form of ColdBloodedTorture.

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Basic Trope:

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Basic Trope: A character sits on a chair in the opposite direction to it.



*'''Exaggerated:''' Alice always sits on chairs like this.

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*'''Exaggerated:''' *'''Exaggerated:'''
**
Alice always sits on chairs like this.
** ''Everyone'' sits like
this.



** Alice is [[FreezeFrameBonus briefly]] shown sitting on a chair backwards in the background. She sits normally all other times.
** Alice sits on a chair backwards, but at an oblique angle.



** Alice needs to talk to someone standing behind her, and the chair is heavy and can't easily be turned.



*'''Inverted:'''
*'''Gender-Inverted:'''
*'''Subverted:'''
*'''Double Subverted:'''

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*'''Inverted:'''
*'''Gender-Inverted:'''
*'''Subverted:'''
*'''Inverted:''' Alice sits in a chair normally.
*'''Subverted:''' Alice approaches a chair turned backwards and it looks like she's about sit this way. She turns it around and sits forwards instead.
*'''Double Subverted:'''Subverted:''' Alice approaches a chair turned backwards. She turns it around and it looks like she's about to sit forwards, but then she sits backwards facing the opposite direction instead.



*'''Averted:''' ???
*'''Defied:'''
*'''Zig-Zagged:''' ???
*'''Enforced:''' ???
*'''Lampshaded:''' ???

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** Alice sits backwards on a spinning swivel chair.
** Alice sits on a stool backwards.
*'''Averted:''' ???
*'''Defied:'''
Nobody sits down.
*'''Defied:''' The owner of Alice's favorite restaurant replaces all the chairs with stools so nobody can sit like this.
*'''Zig-Zagged:''' ???
*'''Enforced:''' ???
Sometimes Alice sits like this, and sometimes she sits normally.
*'''Enforced:'''
** One of the chair props on ''The Alice and Bob Show'' was badly stained down the front minutes before shooting time, and it can't be replaced. The director has Alice's actress sit this way so the stain isn't visible.
** Alice sits like this as a way for her actress to [[HideYourPregnancy Hide Her Pregnancy]].
*'''Lampshaded:''' ???[[Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff The chair is marked with text reading "backwards chair."]]



*'''Invoked:''' ???
*'''Exploited:''' ???
*'''Played for Laughs:''' ???
*'''Played for Drama:'''

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*'''Invoked:''' ???
Alice, an adult or older teen, sits this way to try to look cool and approachable in front of a younger audience.
*'''Exploited:''' ???
[[TheTrickster Bob]] sets up a prank chair with a flimsy back. The back of the chair snaps and Alice falls face-first [[PieInTheFace into a cream pie]] when she tries sitting this way.
*'''Played for Laughs:''' ???
Alice sits this way while doing something like eating or gaming. She unconvincingly insists it's still comfortable.
*'''Played for Drama:'''Drama:''' Alice sits this way in front of [[TagAlongKid Kyle]] to give him some bad news about his mother.



*'''Implied:''' ???
*'''Unparodied:''' ???
*'''Untwisted:''' ???

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*'''Implied:''' ???
We see a group of people walking away from a circle of folding chairs. One of them is facing the opposite direction from the rest.
*'''Unparodied:''' ???
[[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] makes Alice sits backwards in a spinning swivel chair for an extended period of time as a form of ColdBloodedTorture.
*'''Untwisted:''' ???NeatFreak Alice approaches a chair turned backwards. It looks like she's about to turn it around and sit normally, but she sits backwards anyway.



*'''Reconstructed:''' ???

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*'''Reconstructed:''' ???Alice accustoms herself to sitting this way and learns how not to fall.
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* '''Straight:'''

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* '''Straight:''''''Straight:''' Alice sits on a chair backwards.



** Alice is naked and sitting this way covers her privates.

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** Alice is naked and sitting this way covers to cover her privates.breasts and privates until someone brings her clothes.



*'''Parodied:''' Alice, a ReluctantFanserviceGirl, sits on chairs backwards when clothed but regularly when nude. Guys are too distracted to correct her.

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*'''Parodied:''' Alice, a ReluctantFanserviceGirl, sits on chairs backwards when clothed but regularly when nude. Guys are too distracted to correct her.*'''Parodied:'''



*'''Deconstructed:''' Alice falls.

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*'''Deconstructed:''' Alice falls.falls due to her weird sitting posture.
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Basic Trope:
* '''Straight:'''
*'''Exaggerated:''' Alice always sits on chairs like this.
*'''Downplayed:'''
*'''Justified:'''
** Alice is naked and sitting this way covers her privates.
** Alice is weird.
*'''Inverted:'''
*'''Gender-Inverted:'''
*'''Subverted:'''
*'''Double Subverted:'''
*'''Parodied:''' Alice, a ReluctantFanserviceGirl, sits on chairs backwards when clothed but regularly when nude. Guys are too distracted to correct her.
*'''Averted:''' ???
*'''Defied:'''
*'''Zig-Zagged:''' ???
*'''Enforced:''' ???
*'''Lampshaded:''' ???
*'''Discussed:''' ???
*'''Conversed:''' ???
*'''Invoked:''' ???
*'''Exploited:''' ???
*'''Played for Laughs:''' ???
*'''Played for Drama:'''
*'''Played for Horror:''' The chair turns around, revealing that Alice was decapitated.
*'''Implied:''' ???
*'''Unparodied:''' ???
*'''Untwisted:''' ???
*'''Deconstructed:''' Alice falls.
*'''Reconstructed:''' ???

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