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* '''Inverted''': Alice was suffering from CharacterDerailment in the original show, and her personality is more consistent in the fanfiction.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice was suffering from CharacterDerailment [[invoked]]CharacterDerailment in the original show, and her personality is more consistent in the fanfiction.
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** Alice has just entered the explorative phase of puberty.
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Alice acts out of character, but then Bob uses it to frame Alice for a crime.

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* '''Justified''': Alice was under mind-control.
* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Alice was under mind-control.
** The fanfiction is a TrollFic.
* '''Inverted''': ???Alice was suffering from CharacterDerailment in the original show, and her personality is more consistent in the fanfiction.



* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???The fanfiction is a TrollFic where Alice becomes utterly despicable so that ParodySue Carol can date Bob.
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* '''Straight''': In a fanfic of ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob'', Alice, who is usually a FriendToAllLivingThings and quite timid, is portrayed as a confrontational and abrasive impolite person whom yells at everyone and goes around [[KickTheDog kicking dogs]].

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* '''Straight''': In a fanfic of ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob'', Alice, who is usually a FriendToAllLivingThings and quite timid, is portrayed as a confrontational and abrasive impolite person whom yells at everyone and goes around literally [[KickTheDog kicking dogs]].
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I don't approve of name-calling either.


* '''Straight''': In a fanfic of ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob'', Alice, who is usually a FriendToAllLivingThings and quite timid, is portrayed as a confrontational and abrasive jerk whom yells at everyone and goes around [[KickTheDog kicking dogs]].

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* '''Straight''': In a fanfic of ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob'', Alice, who is usually a FriendToAllLivingThings and quite timid, is portrayed as a confrontational and abrasive jerk impolite person whom yells at everyone and goes around [[KickTheDog kicking dogs]].

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'''Basic Trope''': A character acting not like themselves.
* '''Straight''': In a fanfic of ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob'', Alice, who is usually a FriendToAllLivingThings and quite timid, yells at everyone and literally KicksTheDog.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character acting not like themselves.
unlike their usual self.
* '''Straight''': In a fanfic of ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob'', Alice, who is usually a FriendToAllLivingThings and quite timid, is portrayed as a confrontational and abrasive jerk whom yells at everyone and literally KicksTheDog.goes around [[KickTheDog kicking dogs]].



* '''Parodied''': The title of the fanfic is ''Alice Acts Weird''.
* '''Zigzagged''': Alice yells at everyone, then apologises and gets worried about hurting their feelings, then goes out and kicks the dog, then says "Sorry, little doggy", and pats him on the head, then calls Carol a jerk, then apologises, etc.

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* '''Parodied''': The title of the fanfic is ''Alice Acts Weird''.
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* '''Zigzagged''': Alice yells at everyone, then apologises apologizes and gets worried about hurting their feelings, then goes out and kicks the dog, then says "Sorry, little doggy", and pats him on the head, then calls Carol a jerk, then apologises, apologizes, etc.



* '''Lampshaded''': "What's with Alice?"
* '''Invoked''': At the beginning of the fanfic, an EldrichAbomination who is also TheTrickster makes everyone act not like themselves.

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* '''Lampshaded''': '''Lampshaded''':
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"What's with Alice?"
Alice? She hasn't been herself as of lately."
** The title of the fanfic is ''Alice Acts Weird''.
* '''Invoked''': At the beginning of the fanfic, an EldrichAbomination EldritchAbomination who is also TheTrickster makes everyone act not like themselves.



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* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Played for Laughs''': ???

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'''Basic Trope''': A character acting not like themselves.
* '''Straight''': In a fanfic of ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob'', Alice, who is usually a FriendToAllLivingThings and quite timid, yells at everyone and literally KicksTheDog.
* '''Exaggerated''': ''Everyone'' is acting the correct ''opposite'' of their characters.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice calls a mean person a "jerk" despite not approving of name-calling in the series, but is otherwise in-character.
* '''Justified''': Alice was under mind-control.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': It turns out not to be Alice yelling and kicking dogs.
* '''Double Subverted''': It was Bob DisguisedInDrag, and he's usually the most sensible of the group and would have no reason for running around in drag, yelling at people and kicking dogs.
* '''Parodied''': The title of the fanfic is ''Alice Acts Weird''.
* '''Zigzagged''': Alice yells at everyone, then apologises and gets worried about hurting their feelings, then goes out and kicks the dog, then says "Sorry, little doggy", and pats him on the head, then calls Carol a jerk, then apologises, etc.
* '''Averted''': Alice stays in-character.
* '''Enforced''': The fanfic writer wants to know what would happen if Alice suddenly acted mean.
* '''Lampshaded''': "What's with Alice?"
* '''Invoked''': At the beginning of the fanfic, an EldrichAbomination who is also TheTrickster makes everyone act not like themselves.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': Bob and Carol try to find out why Alice is acting so weird.
* '''Conversed''': "Alice would never do that, has the writer even WATCHED ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob''?"
* '''Implied''': Alice is only mentioned in passing by Bob, who mentions that she yelled at him or kicked his dog.
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Played for Laughs''': ???
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice's Out of Character behaviour is a symptom of a disease that Bob and Carol must FindTheCure for.
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