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** [[FriendToAllLivingThings Alice]] actually thinks the lion is cute despite being afraid of him.

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** [[FriendToAllLivingThings [[AnimalLover Alice]] actually thinks the lion is cute despite being afraid of him.

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** A talking lion calls Alice the hunter "Nice human" to convince her not to shoot.



* '''Enforced''':

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* '''Enforced''':'''Enforced''': The execs think the tense lion chase needs a bit of comic relief.



* '''Implied''':

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* '''Implied''':'''Implied''': Alice survives an offscreen lion attack and says "He wasn't a nice kitty."
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* '''Downplayed''':

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* '''Downplayed''':'''Downplayed''': Alice says this to [[CatsAreMean an overly nasty stray kitty]].
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'''Basic Trope''': Making BabyTalk to a menacing animal while trying to back away.
* '''Straight''': Alice is trapped on a savannah and a lion is chasing her. She backs away, saying "Nice kitty".
* '''Exaggerated''':
** It's a whole pride of lions!
--->'''Alice''': "Nice kitties...good cats...I'll be leaving...please don't eat me."
** If you only heard her dialogue, you wouldn't think she was trying to get away at all!
--->'''Alice''': ''(backing away but speaking fully affectionately)'' "Who's a nice kitty cat? You are! Yes, you are! Look at your handsome eyes!"
* '''Downplayed''':
* '''Justified''':
** Alice is trying to butter up the lion.
** [[FriendToAllLivingThings Alice]] actually thinks the lion is cute despite being afraid of him.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice scolds the lion when backing away.
--->'''Alice''': "Bad cat!"
** Alice makes baby talk while running ''[[FearlessFool towards]]'' the lion.
** When a little kitten runs up to Alice, she slowly walks up to it, acting nervous all the way, all the while insulting it and calling it a lion.
* '''Subverted''': Alice starts off making baby talk but then changes her mind.
* '''Double Subverted''': She starts up the baby talk again.
* '''Parodied''': Alice goes through this when dealing with an angry house cat.
* '''Averted''':
** There are no menacing animals.
** There are menacing animals, but nobody makes baby talk to them.
* '''Zigzagged''': Alice's dialogue when being chased by the lion is a mixture of baby talk, exclamations, insults and neutral words.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "I know lots of people have called you a nice kitty before so you're probably bored of it..."
* '''Invoked''': Bob says to Alice, "Maybe if you call him a nice kitty, he won't attack you!".
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Alice refuses to say anything to the lion.
* '''Discussed''': "Why am I calling him a nice kitty? He's trying to kill me!"
* '''Conversed''': "Why do these characters make baby talk to animals they're trying to get ''away'' from?!"
* '''Implied''':
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''': The lion turns out to be a TalkingAnimal who's actually quite friendly and says, "Well, I try to be a nice kitty."
* '''Played for Drama''': The lion ends up seriously injuring Alice.
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