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* '''Double Subverted''': ...But then she actually starts to act senile later on.
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* '''Double Subverted''': ...Subverted''':
** ...But then she actually starts to act senile lateron.on.
** ...But a flashback to 40 years ago show that she was cured of that at approx. the age of 30.
** ...But then she actually starts to act senile later
** ...But a flashback to 40 years ago show that she was cured of that at approx. the age of 30.
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** There's a {{Flashback}} to 50 years ago, and the 20-year-old Alice is every bit as scatterbrained as her modern-day counterpart. She isn't senile; she's just Alice.
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** There's a {{Flashback}} to 50 years ago, and the 20-year-old college student Alice is every bit as clumsy and scatterbrained as her modern-day counterpart. She isn't senile; she's just Alice.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???Alice's husband Bob tells his kids "She isn't senile; she's just Alice."
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'''Basic Trope''': An older person who is portrayed as forgetful, [[TheDitz ditzy]], and/or [[AttentionDeficitOhShiny easily distracted]].
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'''Basic Trope''': An older person who is portrayed as forgetful, [[ForgetfulJones forgetful]], [[TheDitz ditzy]], and/or [[AttentionDeficitOhShiny easily distracted]].
* '''Implied''': Alice is an elderly woman who appears as a minor character. In many of her appearances, she shows signs of being a little forgetful, but it's never specified why.
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* '''Played for Drama''': Alice is slowly succumbing to dementia, and feels awful because she can no longer remember anything - worse yet, she may even feel as if her family wants to abandon her.
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* '''Played for Drama''': Drama''':
** Alice is slowly succumbing to dementia, and feels awful because she can no longer remember anything - worse yet, she may even feel as if her family wants to abandonher.her.
** Alice, who was previously a CoolOldLady, [[TookALevelInJerkass becomes meaner]] due to [[AilmentInducedCruelty her dementia]]. Even worse if [[InnocentlyInsensitive she doesn't even realize that she's being mean]] and doesn't understand why people are offended or alienated by things she says.
** Alice is slowly succumbing to dementia, and feels awful because she can no longer remember anything - worse yet, she may even feel as if her family wants to abandon
** Alice, who was previously a CoolOldLady, [[TookALevelInJerkass becomes meaner]] due to [[AilmentInducedCruelty her dementia]]. Even worse if [[InnocentlyInsensitive she doesn't even realize that she's being mean]] and doesn't understand why people are offended or alienated by things she says.
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* '''Enforced''': Alice is supposed to be depicted as having dementia, so the creators went with the usual stereotypes.
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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
** Alice is supposed to be depicted as having dementia, so the creators went with the usualstereotypes.stereotypes.
** [[WrittenInInfirmity Alice senilized along with her actor]].
** Alice is supposed to be depicted as having dementia, so the creators went with the usual
** [[WrittenInInfirmity Alice senilized along with her actor]].
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* '''Played for Horror''': [[EvilOldFolks Alice]] is an AxCrazy SerialKiller who acts much like InsaneEqualsViolent horror antagonists.
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* '''Played for Horror''': Horror''':
** Alice is the protagonist, and the audience gets to witness her increasing confusion and memory loss [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness firsthand]]. By the end, she has suffered a complete {{mental shutdown}}, and her inner monologue becomes [[WordSaladHorror word salad]] with occasional flickers of faint memory, and finally [[EmptyShell nothing at all]].
** [[EvilOldFolks Alice]] is an AxCrazy SerialKiller who acts much like InsaneEqualsViolent horror antagonists.
** Alice is the protagonist, and the audience gets to witness her increasing confusion and memory loss [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness firsthand]]. By the end, she has suffered a complete {{mental shutdown}}, and her inner monologue becomes [[WordSaladHorror word salad]] with occasional flickers of faint memory, and finally [[EmptyShell nothing at all]].
** [[EvilOldFolks Alice]] is an AxCrazy SerialKiller who acts much like InsaneEqualsViolent horror antagonists.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice turns out to be ObfuscatingStupidity.
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** Alice turns out to beObfuscatingStupidity.ObfuscatingStupidity.
** There's a {{Flashback}} to 50 years ago, and the 20-year-old Alice is every bit as scatterbrained as her modern-day counterpart. She isn't senile; she's just Alice.
** Alice turns out to be
** There's a {{Flashback}} to 50 years ago, and the 20-year-old Alice is every bit as scatterbrained as her modern-day counterpart. She isn't senile; she's just Alice.
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'''Basic Trope''': An older person who is portrayed as forgetful, [[TheDitz ditzy]], and/or [[AttentionDeficitOhShiny easily distracted]].
* '''Straight''': Alice is a 70 year old woman who easily forgets things, isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, and tends to go on long tangents about specific anecdotes.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is a 100 year old woman who is the logical extreme of CloudCuckoolander and TooDumbToLive.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is around 60, and she's a little forgetful and easily distracted, but not very much.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice has Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia.
** Alice has always been a fairly quirky and forgetful individual, which has stayed with her even in old age.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice is an old lady who's sharp as a tack.
** Alice is a young child who is a very forgetful CloudCuckoolander.
* '''Subverted''': Alice turns out to be ObfuscatingStupidity.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...But then she actually starts to act senile later on.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': How Alice acts seems to depend on the writer.
* '''Averted''':
** Old people don't show up in the work.
** Alice is reasonably intelligent.
* '''Enforced''': Alice is supposed to be depicted as having dementia, so the creators went with the usual stereotypes.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice is portrayed as a goofy CoolOldLady who's often prone to NonSequitur dialogue and often comically mistakes things for each other.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice is slowly succumbing to dementia, and feels awful because she can no longer remember anything - worse yet, she may even feel as if her family wants to abandon her.
* '''Played for Horror''': [[EvilOldFolks Alice]] is an AxCrazy SerialKiller who acts much like InsaneEqualsViolent horror antagonists.
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* '''Straight''': Alice is a 70 year old woman who easily forgets things, isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, and tends to go on long tangents about specific anecdotes.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is a 100 year old woman who is the logical extreme of CloudCuckoolander and TooDumbToLive.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is around 60, and she's a little forgetful and easily distracted, but not very much.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice has Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia.
** Alice has always been a fairly quirky and forgetful individual, which has stayed with her even in old age.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice is an old lady who's sharp as a tack.
** Alice is a young child who is a very forgetful CloudCuckoolander.
* '''Subverted''': Alice turns out to be ObfuscatingStupidity.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...But then she actually starts to act senile later on.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': How Alice acts seems to depend on the writer.
* '''Averted''':
** Old people don't show up in the work.
** Alice is reasonably intelligent.
* '''Enforced''': Alice is supposed to be depicted as having dementia, so the creators went with the usual stereotypes.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice is portrayed as a goofy CoolOldLady who's often prone to NonSequitur dialogue and often comically mistakes things for each other.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice is slowly succumbing to dementia, and feels awful because she can no longer remember anything - worse yet, she may even feel as if her family wants to abandon her.
* '''Played for Horror''': [[EvilOldFolks Alice]] is an AxCrazy SerialKiller who acts much like InsaneEqualsViolent horror antagonists.
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