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** Alice is an Alien who is considered a regular person on her home planet, by earth standards she is considered super-strong and super-fast.

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** Alice is an Alien alien who is considered a regular person on her home planet, but by earth Earth standards she is considered super-strong and super-fast.
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** In her own world, Alice the human is very weak. In the land of Microbes, she's basically an EldritchAbomination.

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** In her own world, Alice the human is very weak. In the land of Microbes, she's basically an EldritchAbomination.a HumanoidAbomination.
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* '''Inverted''': BoisterousBruiser Bob is transported to world of Giants, where gravity is 2.5g and everybody's three meters tall, making him a weakling.

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* '''Inverted''': BoisterousBruiser Bob is transported to world '''Inverted''':
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of Giants, where gravity is 2.5g [[TheBigGuy Cl]][[TheBabyOfTheBunch ay]], who stands 6'6 and everybody's three meters tall, making him a weakling.weighs about 220 pounds, is completely dwarfed by the 3 meter tall inhabitants. And they're all the {{Large Runt}}s of the species.

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* '''Subverted''': It seems that Alice will be stronger than small Tinies, but they turn out to be {{Pint Sized Powerhouse}}s.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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It seems that Alice will be stronger than small Tinies, but they turn out to be {{Pint Sized Powerhouse}}s.Powerhouse}}s.
** Alice's abilities are extraordinary even in her homeworld but she's either lying or unconfident in them.
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** In her own world, Alice the Alien is very weak. In the earth is a physicalGod.

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** In her own world, Alice the Alien is very weak. In the earth is weak, but on earth, she's considered a physicalGod.PhysicalGod.

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* '''Straight''': Alice is a regular teenager on Earth, but in the land of Tinies, where gravity is 0.5g and everybody's only a foot tall, she's a super-strong giant.
* '''Exaggerated''': In her own world, Alice is very weak. In the land of Microbes, she's basically an EldritchAbomination.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice's reflexes are a bit better than other Tinies'.

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* '''Straight''': '''Straight''':
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Alice is a regular teenager on Earth, but in the land of Tinies, where gravity is 0.5g and everybody's only a foot tall, she's a super-strong giant.
** Alice is an Alien who is considered a regular person on her home planet, by earth standards she is considered super-strong and super-fast.
* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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In her own world, Alice the human is very weak. In the land of Microbes, she's basically an EldritchAbomination.
** In her own world, Alice the Alien is very weak. In the earth is a physicalGod.
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Alice's reflexes are a bit better than other Tinies'.Tinies'.
** Alice the Alien who is average on her planet is stronger than an average human, although she doesn't stand out too much.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice must deal with the fact that the world of Tinies wasn't designed for Earth-bound lifeforms. She constantly breaks things, she can't sit on a chair without breaking it either and she must constantly stoop to fit in Tiny houses and doors. Not to mention that RealityEnsues - much like astronauts in ISS, without training a lot her muscles start to atrophy and soon she's just as weak as Tinies.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice must deal with the fact that the world of Tinies wasn't designed for Earth-bound lifeforms. She constantly breaks things, she can't sit on a chair without breaking it either and she must constantly stoop to fit in Tiny houses and doors. Not to mention that RealityEnsues SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs - much like astronauts in ISS, without training a lot her muscles start to atrophy and soon she's just as weak as Tinies.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Alice is aware of RealLife consequence and so she trains hard (weight lifting, jumps) to keep her Earthling strength. Long time spent in Tiny world makes her careful, so after initial problems she learns to judge the force necessary. Her human strength and reflex prove invaluable in defeating the BigBad.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Alice is aware of RealLife consequence and so she trains hard (weight lifting, jumps) to keep her Earthling strength. Long time spent in Tiny world makes her careful, so after initial problems she learns to judge the force necessary. Her human strength and reflex reflexes prove invaluable in defeating the BigBad.
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* '''Straight''': Alice is regular teenager on Earth, but in the land of Tinies, where gravity is 0.5g and everybody's only a foot tall, she's a super-strong giant.

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* '''Straight''': Alice is a regular teenager on Earth, but in the land of Tinies, where gravity is 0.5g and everybody's only a foot tall, she's a super-strong giant.
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* '''Straight''': Alice is regular teenager on Earth, but in the land of Tinies, where gravity is 0.5g and everybody's 1.2 meters tall, she's a super-strong giant.

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* '''Straight''': Alice is regular teenager on Earth, but in the land of Tinies, where gravity is 0.5g and everybody's 1.2 meters only a foot tall, she's a super-strong giant.



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice must deal with the fact that the world of Tinies wasn't designed for Earthlings. She constantly breaks things, she can't sit on a chair without breaking it either and she must constantly stoop to fit in Tiny houses and doors. Not to mention that RealityEnsues - much like astronauts in ISS, without training a lot her muscles start to atrophy and soon she's just as weak as Tinies.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice must deal with the fact that the world of Tinies wasn't designed for Earthlings.Earth-bound lifeforms. She constantly breaks things, she can't sit on a chair without breaking it either and she must constantly stoop to fit in Tiny houses and doors. Not to mention that RealityEnsues - much like astronauts in ISS, without training a lot her muscles start to atrophy and soon she's just as weak as Tinies.
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* '''Parodied''': ???Alice starts boasting about her height and strength to the Tinies and how they should submit to her. The Tinies proceed to zap her with their blaster guns.
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* '''Straight''': Alice is regular teenager on Earth, but in the land of Tinies, where gravity is 0.5g and everybody's 1.2 meters tall, she's super-strong and a giant.

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* '''Straight''': Alice is regular teenager on Earth, but in the land of Tinies, where gravity is 0.5g and everybody's 1.2 meters tall, she's a super-strong and a giant.
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* '''Exaggerated''': In her own world, Alice is very weak. In the land of Microbes, she's basically EldritchAbomination.

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* '''Exaggerated''': In her own world, Alice is very weak. In the land of Microbes, she's basically an EldritchAbomination.
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* '''Discussed''': "But what if Tiny Land was much smaller?" "Well, we'd look like {{Comicbook}}/{{Superman}} to them, wouldn't we?"

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* '''Discussed''': "But what if Tiny Land was much smaller?" "Well, we'd look like {{Comicbook}}/{{Superman}} Franchise/{{Superman}} to them, wouldn't we?"



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice must deal with the fact that the world of Tinies wasn't designed for Earthlings. She constantly breaks things, she can't sit on a chair without braking it either and she must constantly stoop to fit in Tiny houses and doors. Not to mention that RealityEnsues - much like astronauts in ISS, without training a lot her muscles start to atrophy and soon she's just as weak as Tinies.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice must deal with the fact that the world of Tinies wasn't designed for Earthlings. She constantly breaks things, she can't sit on a chair without braking breaking it either and she must constantly stoop to fit in Tiny houses and doors. Not to mention that RealityEnsues - much like astronauts in ISS, without training a lot her muscles start to atrophy and soon she's just as weak as Tinies.
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* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice appears in the world with 1.5g and she's very weak there. However, every creature there is a GlassCannon, making her super-tough. It turns out, though, that super-toughness is actually and effect of magical amulet she's wearing, but when she puts it off, she realizes it was a power limiter and th gravity is acutally 0.8, making her stronger, faster and tougher than anybody else.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice appears in the world with 1.5g and she's very weak there. However, every creature there is a GlassCannon, making her super-tough. It turns out, though, that super-toughness is actually and an effect of magical amulet she's wearing, but when she puts it off, she realizes it was a power limiter and th the gravity is acutally actually 0.8, making her stronger, faster and tougher than anybody else.



* '''Conversed''': "...and then she traveled to the land of Tinies and she looked super-strong!

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* '''Conversed''': "...and then she traveled to the land of Tinies and she looked super-strong!super-strong!"



* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice just can't stop breaking things, with [[HilarityEnsues hilarious results]], causing annoyance to everyone around her. She even manages to take out the BigBad by accident, because she tripped and hit his DeathRay head first. Suffice to say, the DeathRay ended up in much worse condition than her head.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice just can't stop breaking things, with [[HilarityEnsues hilarious results]], causing annoyance to everyone around her. She even manages to take out the BigBad by accident, because she tripped trips and hit hits his DeathRay head first. Suffice to say, the DeathRay ended ends up in much worse condition than her head.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice's reflexes are a bit better than of other Tinies.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice's reflexes are a bit better than of other Tinies.Tinies'.



* '''Defied''': BigBad closes the portal to Tiny land so that Alice won't use it against him.
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* '''Defied''': BigBad closes the portal to Tiny land Land so that Alice won't use it against him.
* '''Discussed''': ???
"But what if Tiny Land was much smaller?" "Well, we'd look like {{Comicbook}}/{{Superman}} to them, wouldn't we?"
* '''Conversed''': ???"...and then she traveled to the land of Tinies and she looked super-strong!
* '''Implied''': Alice works both in Tiny world and on Earth. In Tiny Land, she appears much stronger than on Earth, but it's never alluded to even once.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice must deal with the fact that the world of Tinies wasn't designed for Earthlings. She constantly breaks things, she can't sit on a chair without braking it either and she must constantly stoop to fit in Tiny houses and doors. Not to mention that RealityEnsues - much like astronauts in ISS, without training a lot her muscles start to atrophy and soon she's just as weak as Tinies.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice is aware of RealLife consequence and so she trains hard (weight lifting, jumps) to keep her Earthling strength. Long time spent in Tiny world makes her careful, so after initial problems she learns to judge the force necessary. Her human strength and reflex prove invaluable in defeating the BigBad.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice just can't stop breaking things, with [[HilarityEnsues hilarious results]], causing annoyance to everyone around her. She even manages to take out the BigBad by accident, because she tripped and hit his DeathRay head first. Suffice to say, the DeathRay ended up in much worse condition than her head.
* '''Played For Drama''': What's described in "Deconstructed" happens. Alice becomes terrified that she might hurt her Tiny friends and escapes to the desert with nothing but huge amount of {{Angst}} to accompany her.



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'''Basic Trope''': Character who's regular in their own world is absolutely powerful in another world.
* '''Straight''': Alice is regular teenager on Earth, but in the land of Tinies, where gravity is 0.5g and everybody's 1.2 meters tall, she's super-strong and a giant.
* '''Exaggerated''': In her own world, Alice is very weak. In the land of Microbes, she's basically EldritchAbomination.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice's reflexes are a bit better than of other Tinies.
* '''Justified''':
** Tinies are much smaller than humans and Alice doesn't change size when she gets there.
** Alice's muscles are used to support her in 1g, making her appear stronger in 0.5g compared to Tinies.
* '''Inverted''': BoisterousBruiser Bob is transported to world of Giants, where gravity is 2.5g and everybody's three meters tall, making him a weakling.
* '''Subverted''': It seems that Alice will be stronger than small Tinies, but they turn out to be {{Pint Sized Powerhouse}}s.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but her reflexes still turn out to be much better.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice appears in the world with 1.5g and she's very weak there. However, every creature there is a GlassCannon, making her super-tough. It turns out, though, that super-toughness is actually and effect of magical amulet she's wearing, but when she puts it off, she realizes it was a power limiter and th gravity is acutally 0.8, making her stronger, faster and tougher than anybody else.
* '''Averted''': Alice never travels to another world.
* '''Enforced''': "Let's give her superpowers - but nothing ridiculous, I want it scientifically plausible. Oh, I know! Let's put her on a planet with half of Earth's gravity! Job's done, gentlemen!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "So, weren't you a bit weaker back on Earth?" "Sure, but here everybody's weaker than us, so I look stronger!"
* '''Invoked''': Alice deliberately goes to the land of Tinies to look stronger, so that she'll finally get [[DudeWheresMyRespect respect she thinks she deserves]].
* '''Exploited''': Alice deliberately takes the BigBad to the land of Tinies, knowing that she'll have an edge over the BigBad who's not used to smaller gravity.
* '''Defied''': BigBad closes the portal to Tiny land so that Alice won't use it against him.
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