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* '''Inverted''': Queen Alice is a mother of a princess.

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Queen Alice is a mother of a princess. princess.
** Princess Alice [[VillainousPrincess is the antagonist]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is pampered and haughty as the result of her upbringing.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is pampered Despite the series taking place across many different genres, from fantasy to sci-fi to FilmNoir to horror and haughty as beyond, the result protagonist of each installment is always a princess, even in cases where the work has to bend to make her upbringing.one.

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* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': Queen Alice is a mother of a princess.

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* '''Justified''': ???
The show is a FeministFantasy that takes place in a WorldOfActionGirls. Alice is made a PrettyPrincessPowerhouse to subvert two [[DamselInDistress very sexist]] [[RealWomenDontWearDresses tropes]] associated with princesses.
* '''Inverted''': Queen Alice is a mother of a princess.
* '''Gender-Inverted''': Prince Alex is the main character.



* '''Double Subverted''': Second movie reveals King Bob isn't actually his father, however the third movie uncovers Alice to be a daughter of another king.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "If you haven't noticed, I'm the princess, I'm the hero."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Double Subverted''': Second movie reveals King Bob isn't actually his her father, however the third movie uncovers Alice to be a daughter of another king.
* '''Parodied''': ???
The characters are [[MediumAwareness aware of their existence in a show]]. When one day Alice resigns her role as the main character, the rest of the cast is forced to hold auditions to replace her, and refuse any girl who isn't a princess.
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Alice isn't really a princess, just acting as one in a play. But she turns out to be an HonoraryPrincess. Only she isn't she just has a PrincessPhase. Well, actually, she took an ancestry test and turns out to have descended from African royalty. But that ancestry test was a hoax. Also, she's a DecoyProtagonist.
* '''Averted''': ???
Alice is not a princess.
** Or she is, but she's not the main character. Or she's neither the main character ''or'' a princess.
* '''Enforced''': ???
The show is aimed at little girls, whom the [[ExecutiveMeddling executives]] feel will only want to watch a show if it features a princess as the star.
* '''Lampshaded''': "If you haven't noticed, I'm the princess, I'm the hero."
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* '''Invoked''': ???
Alice, [[MediumAwareness knowing she's in a show]], intentionally marries a prince so that the little girls watching can see their favorite main character become a princess, showing that they can live out their dream, too!
* '''Exploited''': ???
Alice is told that if she marries Prince Jamal, she will get her own show.
* '''Defied''': ???
"Just because this show is about me, does NOT mean I have to be a princess."
** "Just because I'm the daughter of a queen doesn't mean the focus has to be on me! Let some other girl have the spotlight for once!"
** "Honestly, who cares about Princess Alice? Focus on [[FarmGirl Peasant Girl Diana]] instead!"
* '''Discussed''': ???
"I don't know who I thought I was competing against. Alice is a princess, of course she'd be the main character."
* '''Conversed''': ???"Why are the female main characters of movies always princesses? Don't get me wrong, I like princesses and all, [[DoubleStandard but it's not like every male protagonist has to be a prince!]]"
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The writers wanted to show a princess that [[PrettyPrincessPowerhouse branched]] [[TomboyPrincess outside]] [[PoliticallyActivePrincess of]] [[RebelliousPrincess the]] [[VillainousPrincess stereotypes]].



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'''Basic Trope''': Protagonist is a daughter of a king or queen regnant.
* '''Straight''': Princess Alice is the protagonist.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is pampered and haughty as the result of her upbringing.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is princess only in a technicality and certainly doesn't act like one.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': Queen Alice is a mother of a princess.
* '''Subverted''': Mid-way through the story, it's revealed that Alice is an imposter.
* '''Double Subverted''': Second movie reveals King Bob isn't actually his father, however the third movie uncovers Alice to be a daughter of another king.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "If you haven't noticed, I'm the princess, I'm the hero."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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